The Evening critic., 1883-01-12
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ES'rAnIJSHED AUGUST 1865.
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

TnE strcet.lamps will be lighted at
3 80 p. m. and extingulshed ats ;15 a. m.
OSCAR BROWN and Henry MacAuley
were fined 80 by Judge Smell to-day for falling
TO remove snow from tho sidewalk.
CAPITOL HILL was covered with sleighs
today. and Jolly Juveniles enjoyed gala
time sliding down tho long declines.
JOHN CARROLL, n tramp, who walked
here from New Jersey and arrived this morn.
ing, has been sent to the workhouse Tor
thirty days to get warm
VIM. Cook, a colroed cart-driver, who al
lowed his cart TO be within four rect OF
another vehicle, was fined by Judge smell TO-
day for violating the "cart'law'
WHEN Howard wrote. 81 find pity hangs
upon his broast," the How evidently had a
Bulls Cough syrup was the only safe remedy.
MERtMAC SHELTON, colored boy was
before Judge Smell to-day for stealing n sled
from white boy named Sommerville Nichol.
son. The case was continued for additional
evidence for the defense.
JUSTICE MACARTHUR yesterday dis
charged the Circuit Court jury for the term,
and today and tomorrow the court VIII be on.
gagged In hearing motions and demurrers and
settling bills OF exceptions.
JAMES j. HUNpLEY, n dry-goods mer-
chant on Four -and-a-half street southwest,
has made an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors to j. Walter Cooksey. preferences
are named TO the amount OF :2S6.35.
DIR NIA1L Ii. JOHNbON, I0c Du5luCSS
manager OF the Houston (rex.J Post, says; ~
have suffered with rheumatism for years, but
since have known st. Jacobs OIL, have been
freer from rheumatism than ever BEFORE"
ALEXANDER r. WILLIAMS, JR., hard
ware dealer, Seventh street, between G. and II
streets, has made an assignment TO John DOW.
ling for the beneft of his creditors. Preferences
are given to relatives to the amount of
S2,1i3.D5.
The Metropolitan Hotel has been pre-
tnl tt.tth l,u Vala tni,t frF :, n
readingroom by the railroads OF the Pennsyl.
vania Combination. Many handsomely de-
signed railroad cards are placed under glass
on the top Of the table.
Mr.. ROBERT BALL, Past High Priest oi
washington II. A. Chapter, No. 2, was last
night presented with n handsome past high
priests jewel. The gem is of elegant design
and handsome Workmanship, and the occasion
Of tho presentation was an enjoyable one.
OFFICER SHELTON found a white man
named John Carroll, and who is about 30
years OF age, In an Intoxicated and half frozen
condition last night In a vacant house on the
corner Of East Capitol and Seventh streets
The man could hardly speak when discovered
He claims to be from New Jersey.
JOHN DEURINGER yesterday made appli
cation to Justice Macarthur in the Circuit
Court for mandamus on Hillman A. Hall, q
Justice of the peace, to compel him to examine
Jacob Roth as to whether he is ample surety
TO perfect the appeal bond In the case OF
Bertha Schaefer Yonick, the petitioner. rule
18th instant.
THE police ambulance has been been di-
vested Of Its wheels and runners have been
| substituted as 1t was found almost impossible
| to reach the Insane Asylum, Freedman's Hos
pital and other suburban points on wheels
| The came course would be taken with the po
lice van only 1t Is feared that the prospect OF
| free sleigh ride to the jail would be 200 grea
an incentive to lighting and chicken stealing
FIVE colored men entered the store o
| Mr. Samuel Thinker, at Seventh and r streets
| last evening while his aged mother was alont
| In the store, and while one OF the men wa.
| purchasing some tobacco the others pro
| ceeded boldly to help themselves to cigars
| candies, etc., etc. The old lady was powerles
| to prevent the depredations, but cried lustll!
| for the police and Oflcer Mattingly Responded
| Just as the crowd were escaping. He succeeded
in capturing Richard Fillmore, but the other
| escaped. Henry Hutchison was subse
| quently arrested and identified as one OF tn
| gang and held for trial on Thursday mex,
| Mrs. Tinker was overcome by the shock an,
excitement and this morning Is seriously Ill.