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The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
EAST WASHINGTON.

The Tenth Subdivision of Associated
Charities met, pursuant to call, at the
Church of the Reformation last evening.
Rev. w. E. Parson delivered the opening
address and introduced General John Eaton,
Commissioner of Education, who delivered
an eloquent address, reciting the suffering
of the poor, and suggesting methods of re-
lief. Earnest addresses were also made
by Rev. A. Floridus Steele, pastor of st.
Marks Church Rev. j. II. Bradford, Rev.
DR.. Chester and Mr.. j. i. Hayghe The
officers for the ensuing year are President,
Rev. William Il. Parson vice president,
Mr.. J. G. Bradford treasurer, Theodorc
McCaulcy secretary, DIR. Thomas Keech.
Among tho ladies present were Mrs. Taylor,
Mrs. NcCarty, Mrs. Otis Buxton Miss Cow
perthwaite, Miss King, Mrs. Hitz Mr.. Isaac
Slater and lady, w. ii. Stoutenburgh aud
lady, and Conrad Kaufman.
John Winters went home in an intoxica
ted condition last night and brutally beat
woman was forced to take refuge in the
house of n noighbor to escape her drunken
husbands wrath.
An Authors Carnival" will be given by
Professors Birmingham and Golway, at
Washington Hall, on the evening of rhurs-
day, February l. Each lady and gentle
man is expected to wear a costume repre-.
senting literary characters in prose or
poetry, and those assuming tho character
best will be awarded handsome prizes.
A coal oil lamp exploded in the house of
Mary Fry, colored, about 10 o'clock last
evening, causing considerable excitement
in the neighborhood, Damage slight.
large audience greeted Bishop Pink
ney at Emanuel r. L. Church, Anacostia,
last evening, and listened to an able and
eloquent address.
Eagleston Division, Sons of Temperance,
will meet hereafter on Friday evenings at
Washington Hall.
East washington Busiuess Notes.
Have you tried the water from the cele.
brated Healing Springs of Bath County,
Va? If not, try it. Its powers are Won
derful For sale by II. b. Ferguson, corner
Second street and Pennsylvania ave, east.
Clean coal, well-seasoned wood and full
measure is the motto of Mr.. b. l.. Simpson,
the East Washington coal and wood dealer
$40 Pennsylvania avenue east.
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THE EVENING. CRITIC.
EsTABLsHED AUGUST 1869.
LACoNIC LOCALS.


THE East Washington attempted rape
case has been continued until Saturday for
trial
ARMsTEAD JACKSON, for pounding VIM.
L. Ward, was committed to-day for thirty
days.
THE snow cases have been pretty well
disposed of, and only four cases were
brought TO Judge Snell's attention to-day.
JAMES TEMPLE, tho colored boy who
stole pair Of shoes yesterday from Stras-
burg & Bro, was sent to jail to-day for
two months.
RosEDALE Pleasure Club will give their
third annual ball at Abner's Music Hall,
January 90 1883. The committee reserves
the right to exclude all improper charac-
ters.
WIN. FORESTER and Mar ia Cole had
friendly set to on the street Y esterday and
were in the dock at Police Court to-day.
Forester was fined and Maria was dis
missed.
ADAM GREEN, coiored man employed
by the Washington Gaslight Company, was
committed to Jail for thirty days to-day for
stealing few pieces of coal from that
corporation.
LIEUTENANT ECKLoFF was taking the
necessary action before the Police Court
and Grand Jury to day to secure the bring
ing to this city and prosecution of the dia-
mond swindler arrested in Baltimore.
CHARLES DAWES, the boy who accident.
ally shot colored boy in the eye nearly
month ago, was in the Police Court for
trial. The injured boy is unable to appear
and the case went over for twelve days.
coLoRED man is reported to be en-
deavoring to circulate 50. counterfeit
coins. An arrest was made of person
corresponding to the description, but not
being identified he was dismissed to-day.
Hon. EDWARD MADDEN, Louisville, KY,
member Of the State Legislature, says ~
suffered with rheumatism for some time ;
finally began to use st. Jacobs Oil, which
at once relieved and in a short time cured
me-"
WhEN the Circuit Court convened this
morning, and the jurors were being ex-
amined as to their fitness, among those
who claimed exemption was dentist, who
pleaded his profession as his excuse. Justice
Macarthur examined the law, and then
said that physicians were exempt from jury
duty, but failed to find the word dentist"
in the law, which was enacted before den
-tistry became looked upon as profession
He could hardly look upon it as of the same
Importance as medicine, and for the present
he should hold that dentists were not ex-
empt from jury duty.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23

A Nebraska girl who is IL years old weighs
100 pounds.
Girls that abduct themselves haven't been
looked after closely enough.
Tom Thumb and his wife have grown so
much that they are no longer curiosities.
Notwithstanding Prince Bismarck's oblec.
tions, Roman letters are used In the text books
Of The Prussian schools.
The salvation Army medltates an East In-
dian campaign, and the Mohammedans are
actively organizing for combat.
There are 8 900 OF the o. U. W. In Missouri.
In New York the o. US who double you are
among the scores of thousands.
II may not be uninteresting to Mr.. Freeman,
The historian, 10 know that after all his friend
llnces toward America sedate Boston papers
accuse him OF eating beans with knife.
Chicago entered the new year with an empty
treasury, with creditors clamorlng for their
ray, and the municipal authorities at their
wills end for eXpedlents 10 raise money.
The church patronage OF English Roman
Catholics Is dispensed by oxford and Cam
bridge alternately, but It is under TODD that
any wishes expressed by the patron have
weight.
The key OF a safe I'm a railroad ofilce at Joliet,
H., WAS lost, and there being no honest lock
emith In town OF SUFFICIENT skill, q wellknown
bank burglar was employed TO pick tho lock.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
MRS. BIand,s ReeeD,;op.

Mrs. DR.. Bland's reception last evening
was very enjoyable occasion. Miss Fam
ME Friend and Mrs. Alice Curtis charmed
the guests by their music. Mrs. Lydia
Tilton read an original poem of great
beauty. The hostess entertained the happy
company for twenty minutes on the sub
icct of the science of facial beauty. Rev.
DIR. Hicks gave an exceedingly interesting
and instructive talk on India,
Among the guests were noticed Mrs. IL.
II. Bornvill, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Professor
Carpenter, of Boston; Colonel Ruter, of
Florida; Mr.. SperIy of tue Washington
World; Mr. and Mrs Meris, Mrs. Morell,
the artist; Mr. Curtis, of the Pension Office;
Mr.. Underhill, Colonel Burke, Mrs. Burnett,
Mrs, Cutter, Miss Lola Clokey, aud Others
of Washington.
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The Originni Judge Lynch.

Who the original Judge Lynch was If such
n parsonage ever really exist9d-is n mystery.
Tie earliest date assigned 10 this exhibition
of u developed "iTon conscience " ia, according
10 the "Galway Council Book" Tho year / 1875,
when an lrishman I'm municipal authority in
the county OF Galway, ,and named James LyncA,
hanged his own son out OF IL window for do
spelling and numbering strangers, "wlthout
martial or common law, 10 show a good exam
pie TO lposteriiy." Another ancestral deriya.
tion is 10 bo found In one Lynch, who, about
1857, was sent 10 America to suppress piracy
As justice was not administered with much
rigor or formallty In the colonies, sowing To
the difficulty of adherlng to the usual forms OF
law In the newly'fashioned territories II IS
presumed that this Judge Lynch was
empowered 10 proceed summarily against
the pirates, and thus originated the
term. Tho opinion which traces the eN-
precision TO Mr.. Lynch, founder OF the town
OF Lynchbufg, In Virginia, IS entirely unsup-
ported by any authority beyond Identity OF
name; but II Is curious to remember that so
long ago ns the reign OF Richard IL. there was
n current doggerel distich. "Flrst hang aud
Craw; then hear the cause by Lydford law"
. his may have been akin to the historic "glb'
let law OF Halifax" which was I'm practice
down TO the protectorate, but which, summary
as was the operation, was carried out by regu'
larly-appolnted magistrates
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
PERSONAL.

Hon. ADDISON @. HARRIS, of Indian.
apolis, is in the city on patent business
He is the guest of Representative Calkins
-EX- SENATOR j. L. MCDONALD and
wife are expected to arrive at Willard s
Hotel this evening. He comes to argue a
case in the Supreme Court.
MR.. JOHN MCKINNEY, clerk to the
Sergeant.at-Arms of the Senate, is at his
home in Indiana sick. He will return to
Washington as soon as he is able.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23

Mr.. W, jackson has been designated as mail
messenger between Hicks ford, Va, and the
railroad station In place Of Jetf Walker, who
was arrested, several days ago, by pOst0fllce
Mail service having been placed ON tho
Richmond & Mecblauburgh Railroad from
Keysvillo 70 Chase city, Va, the postmastars
at Elmwood, Haleysburgh aud Lula, Va,
messenger service between their respective
nflcess and the railroad station, tho distance
being over one-fourth OF a mile, service 10 com.
mence February 1, 1855
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23

The clerk Of tho Criminal Court has pro
pared permits t0 enter the Erie County (N. W
Penllentlary to the following prisoners for the
terms OF imprisonment named Eugene Bos-
ton, Frederick Williams and James Simms, 3
. years; Henry Young, 3 years; Edward
Morrlll aud Charles Wood, eight years each
Louis Dodsun, years, George SmOns, . years,
James johnson, years, Charles Montgomery,
O'LeaTy, . yoHrg, The two,ast named viii re.
main In iail hero until further orders from
Iu1srA Wylta
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
A Scuilie Followed

and the husband fearing Dicks law author
ity took to his heels. The latter drew
revolver and followed the indignant hus.
band, firing shot after shot at the retreating
figure. The fifth shot, instead of hitting
its mark, blew Dicks forefnger nearly off,
and " thus ended the first chapter A few
hours later all of the parties were placed
under arrest and locked ups in the Eighth
Precinct Station House, charged with as
sault and counter assault, and vowing to
renew hostilities when they were released
from "durance vilen
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23

According 10 Mr.. Charles wyndham, tho
wellknown actor, the tapestries at the New
York Union League Club are the handsomest
he has ever seen, and finer In every respect
Than can be seen al any clubhouse In all Lon
don,
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
rIr. hcn,i,s Ar sn,n

This collection is drawing many visitors
day and evening at the gallery No 913 f
street. The universal expression Is that of
admiration, and no doubsa large company
will be present ut the sale commencing to-
continuing Thursday and Friday. The
sale is without the least reserve aud some
great bargains may lie expected,
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
"LfttIe Red Riding HOod.n

she met wolf, in the person of Dick An
derson, the colored driver of the Jail van,
and the pair meandered down the street
conversing in gentle tones. At this inter.
esting point the enraged husband appeared
on the scene. Hot words followed, which
resulted in the husband dealing the gay
Dick a ponderous blow between his eyes
and sending him to the ground in heap
Dick regained his feet, and with an oath
said, Pm special officer, and | arrest
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23

DIR. GIBBONS, acting assistant surgeon to
10 tho Marine Hospital Service, at Little Rock,
Ark, reports tnat three cases OF smallpox
have appeared in that city 10 date.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
MIR. THOMAS OBJECTED

To Dick Anderson Walking with
Mrs. Thomas, and an Attempt TO
Enforce the Objection is Resisted.
The residents of South Carolina avenue,
between Ninth aud Tenth streets south
cast, were startled last evening by hearing
continued fusilade of pistol shots and
sundry cries and shouts in that neighbor.
hood. Investigation disclosed the fact that
another scandal was on the boards, and that
the firing and shouting was the sequel. 1t
appears that Admonia Thomas, wife of Ben.
jamin Thomas, well known colored man
started out last evening ostensibly for the
purpose Of visiting her sick mother. On
the way, like
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
AzZa2a@zzp@<9
~ &nF
Commissioners.

Incorporated In 1868 for 25 years by the Legisla-
ture for Educational and Charitable puy poses
with rapital of q, ,O00,0oo-to which q reserve
fund of over $3.50, ,000 has since been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote Its franchise
was made part of the present State Constitu-
ton adopted December I'd A. d. 1879.
The only Lottery eper Voted on and Endorsed by
The people Of any State.
IL neger scales or p0Stp0nes.
ITS Grand Single Number Drawings
take place Monthly.
ASPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN
A FORTUNE. SECOND GRAND DRAW
ING. GLASS Is, ATNEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY,
February 13, 1883 - 1854 Monthly Draw
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100, GOO Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, in Fffths, in proportion.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23

7 T. COLDWELL, Auctloneer.
DWELLING.
BY virtue of deed OF trust, dated the 1st day of
May, 1850 and duly recorded in liber No. $780, folio
-. 1b3, one OF the land records for the District OF
f7aa Columbia, the undersigned trustees will sell
Iii at public auction on MONDAY, January 20,
1853 at four o'clock p m In front of the pre- nises
lotNo. II, In square No. ig7 located sixth street
southwest, between q and II Streets improved by
atwo-story frame dwelling.
Terms, one-tbird cash balance at six and twelve
months, with notes bearing interest and secured
by deed of trust on the property.
All conveyancing at purchasers cost. 500 de-
post at time of sale.
CHARLES A. KRAUSE,
ii7,2O,24,27 Trustees.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23

ENSIGN WM. Il. PULLMAN has been or.
deled 10 duty AZ The Naval ObservaLory.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23

1867 Prizes, amounting s285, 800
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the office Of the Company in New Or
leans.
For further Information write clearly, giving
full address. Send orders by Express, Registered
Letter or Money Order, addressed only to
NJ. A. DAUPHIN.
New Orleans, La.
". B-0rders addressed to Neto Orleans aoW
receige prompt attention. was
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
DUVALL & MARI. Real Estate Brokers'
- 925 4 Street n. W.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUA BILE M
PROVED REAL ESTATE,


PROVED REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of deed of trust to me, dated the I'M
twenty sixth day Of July a. ID. iss2, and duly LEU
recorded In Liber NoA6ll folio 26s, ct seq, of
the land records of the District Of Columbia Will
sell at public auction In front of the premises on
SATURDAY the 3rd of day February. A. d. 1883, ,
az tho hour Of o'clock y. M, the following de-
serihed real estate situate in the City OF Wash.
ington, y. O., and known and described as part of
I9t numbered two (2), in square numbered (sl3)
eght nundred and thirteen, beginning for the
same At the northwest corner of said lot thence
south ON the line of Fourth street iifty two feet
thence east my feet thence nor h sixteen feet I;
thence east hity-nve feet one Inch thence north
thirty-sN feet: thence west one hundred and
five feet on Inch to the place OF beginning. subject
TO hrst deed OF trust TO secure 750and interest
ten per cent, per nnnum, un til paid from No.
Ncmber 10Th, A. ID. 1882, and taxes the total of
which Will be made known at the time of sale.
Terms of sale-One fourth cash and the balance
in six, twelve and eighteen months from day of
sale, with interest at six per cent per annuni, TO
be secured by deed of trust TO the satisfaction of
beneficiary. deposit of 500 will he required
when the property Is cksadown. Ifterms of
sale are not complied with infive days from date
sale the trustees the right TO sell at the
risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser.
- VIM. MAYSE, Trustee.
JOHN SHERMAN & CO.. AuctOneers.
VIM. NJ. SMITH, Salesman.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.


ucxzp RAILROAD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AR Smith and sherman Will continue at
Waugh NJ. e. Church, Sd aud a ats. II. c. each
evening this week at 1880 y. M All who need sal
vation come. f23-2t
ers1rs OFFICE OF PALM PAPER COMPANY,
H11 1o08 y street n. W.. Washington, ID. c.,
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Palm Paper Company OF the District of Colum.
bin, for the election of trustees for the ensuing
year and the transaction of other business, will
be held at the office OF the company, No. i008 Il
street n. W., on WEDN ESDAY, February 81, 1888,
between the hours of IL m. and p m.
i2o-n0.20-9t I. ]. BROOKS, Secretary.
srSsrs NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
1lBids will perceived at my office, 1911 F street
until noon OF FRIDAY, January %, 1888, for
grading square SG2 in this city. Two bids must be
made, one leaving two foct-terrace and the
other leaving q threefoot terrace. Bids must
specify the time desired within which TO do the
work, not exceeding two years, and may be made
either for the whole or for portion OF the work.
Ten per centum OF the amount due under any
ontract will be retained until the completion of
he work. Reserve the privilege of rejecting any
or nll bids.
10 Attorney at-Law
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rrssn NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
DIR. q. b. MUNoAsTBR,
&& DENTIST;

rm- STEELE PBos;, Na AND ND, ,Is), HEAD, N,Is
Line Of Meerschaum Pipes; also. OF French Briar
Root Pipes, Cigar smokers, Cases and other
e5 cts up to IS. s. SICKLE, 1Oi1 Pa. ave. oppo.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23
Louisiana State Lottery Company.

ARRANGEMENTS for all the Monthly and SEMI
annual Drawings of the Louisiana State Lot.
terry Company, and in person manage and con-
trol the Dra,oings themselves, and that the
same are conducted NTH honesty, fairness, and
in good faith topard all parties, and pe att
thorize the Company to use this certificate, ,cith
}ac-similes Of our signatures attached, in its ad
pertisements.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-23

OF
SIMON JOSEPH,
AUGUSTUS p. BAURMAN,
ia93.S7tf3 q
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-07-05
Six.hundred Feet Underneath New
Orleans.

In the Century George W. Cable de-
scribes the geological formations under
meath the city of New Orleans as re-
vealcd by the boring of an artesian well,
as follows:
The alluvial surface deposit is gen
orally two or three feet thick, and rests
on substratum of uniform and tena-
cious blue clay. The well in Canal
street found this clay fifteen feet deep.
Below it lay four feet more of the same
clay mixed with woody matter. Under
this was mixture of sand and clay ten
feet thick, resembling the annual de-
posts of the river. Beneath this was
found. one after another, continual If
regular alterations of these clay strait.
sometimes a foot, sometimes sixty feet
thick, and layers of sand and shells and
of mixtures of these with clay. Some
times a stratum of quicksand was passed.
At five hundred and eighty-two feet was
encountered a layer of hard pan; but
Throughout no masses of rock were
found, only few water-worn pebbles
and some contOrted and perforated
stones. No abundance of water flowed.
rhe continued alterations of tough
clay and loose sand and shells in such
variable thickness gave clear illustra-
ton of the conditions of delta soil that
favor the undermining of the MISSISSIPPI
pi banks and their fall into the river at
low stages of water, levesS being often
ca-ied with Them
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-07-05

Mrs. WILLIAM DowNEs, of Uxbrdge, Mass. writes
on March IS 1893, follows:
During the past three years have been great
sufferer from complication of diseases which bafled
the skill of the most experienced doctors, as could
obtain permanent relief by their treatment and pre-
scrptIons and have also tried many so called cures
in the medicine Inc, but could get no relief. The
pains aches and weakness increased rapidly and
stantly that reduced in strength as 10 be I'M
able to leave the bed and the doctors informed that
there was no hope of recovery. In this exhausted
and discouraged condition dear friend persuaded me
to Hunts Remedy and after taking It only three
days commenced to get better and TO my great joy
and delight have continued to improve constantly by
its use until now, after having taken the remedy only
q few weeks, am able to be about my house again,
and am doing my homework My lame back is
cured. the severe palms have disappeared, and am
in better health than for many years. and beg this
privilege of gladly recommending Hunts Remedy to
all who are affected with any disease OF the kidneys or
liver; and also highly recommend 1t for the attacks
Of sick headache My husband also has experienced
very great bencf TO his health by the of this most
valuable medicine, Hunts Remedy"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-07-05

Nor LEFT OUT.-There we're five of 'em
on the corner. One said that his wife was
cleaning house and had every room upset.
The second observed that he had just left
six painters at work on his house. The
third said he was tearing out partitions
and building on a wing. The fourth smiled
sadly and added that he was going to have
four ceilings whitewashed, three rooms re-
papered, a chimney torn out and his hall
widened. "Gentlemen," said the fifth
man, as he drew long breath, 81 don't
want to be looked upon as one who is try
ing to crawl out of his fair share of this
worlds misery, and therefore take this
opportunity of informing you that in order
to buy new carpets and a parlor suite
have been obliged to mortgage my honSe
and shall probably lose it."-DetrON Free
Press,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-07-05
A Hoodoo Woman's witch Charm.

A striking instance of the power OF
the Imagination is shown in the case Of
a colorcd woman who has been cooking
for Judge Greer. 1t seems that she and
another colored woman were in love
with the same sable Apollo, and the
odds were in favor of the Judges cook.
The rival was not TO be so easily cheated
of her lover, and accordingly called in
the services of hoodoo woman. The
latter drew q circle around Judge
Greer's house, and probably planted
some cats teeth in the yard. The re-
suit Of such a proceeding is that when
ever the hoodoo woman sticks a pin in
a cushion the victim feels the pain in
his or her body. The imagination of
the cook was so wildly impressed with
this that she Immediately began to
sicken. In the warmest days she would
shut every door and window of the
kitchen, and would allow no one to
come who did not satisfactorily explain
his reasons for desiring to enter the
room. Judge Greer tried to convince
her that she was acting very unreason-
ably in allowing herself to be worried
bv such insane practices, but it did no
good. He finally bethought himself of
burning some red powder, such as is
used on the stage for red lights. This
he did in the backyard, and he endeav-
ored to persuade the cook that this
would break the mystic spell and de-
stroy the influence. He also gave her
a certificate from himself as Judge
of the Criminal Court, but these precau-
tons could not relieve her, and she has
now taken to her bed, seriously i'll. She
has been gradually wasting away, and
her death is a possibility. ANYTHING
Stranger than this can hardly be mag
incd.- Memphis ArdLdnche.