The Evening critic., 1883-06-19
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 1868.
LACONIC LOCALS.

LACONlO LSCALos
THE police made forty-nine arrests yes
terday.
OFFICER FELT, of the Seventh Precinct,
is of ON leave.
GEORGE WICK has been arrested for
selling bread below standard weight.
LoNGFELLow's poems are good, but the
Longfellow cigar is acknowledged superior.
No robberies of any Importance havo
been reported at Police Headquarters for
several days.
ARRESTS are made almost daily of parties
swimming in the Potomac in violation of
law and decency.
MARK TwAIN's new book, "Life on the
Mississippi" is for sale at Bealls bookstore,
495 Pennsylvania avenue.
PARK WASHINGTON, a colored woman
was fined $40 or thirty days for a5saulting
Annie Smith and ninety days for vagrancy.
A RUNAWAY at Fourteenth and r streets
yesterday resulted in the demolishing of
tree-box and buggy, but no further dam
age.
CHARLES JONES' colored boy, stole
suit of clothes from Wm. Lawrence, and
has been sent to the Reform School during
minority.
MEssRs. BRIGHT & HUMPHREY, as
builders, took out permit to-day for the
erection of brick residence on Jefferson
street, to cost $1,000.
THE meeting of Clements Lodge of Good
Templars at Washington Hall on to-mor-
row evening will be one of the most at
tractive ever held by this famous lodge.
AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS, colored man,
who assaulted John Mahoney and struck
him on the head with a pitchfork, was
committed to Jail this morning for ninety
days.
THE Whackers and the Washington Base
ball Clubs played game yesterday which
resulted in tie of 16 to 16-a very bad
game. You must do better next time,
boys.
A RECEPTION and meeting will be held
| by the prominent colored citizens of this
| city tonight at the Philadelphia House,
| in honor Of the acquittal of ex-senator
Dorsey.
w. BATcHLoR, alias Jas. .Wasdell, pleaded
| guilty before Justice Wyle this morning
to stealing watch from the person Of Jas.
| Barry, and was sentenced to one year in the
Eric County Penitentiary.
ARTHUR BRUCE, in the Criminal Court
this morning, pleaded guilty to the larceny
of diamond ring and earringssfrom John
English on May 81, and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for two years.
MR.. ROBERT BARR, of the National
Baseball Nine and a pitcher of whom
Washington may well be proud, is consid-
ering very fattering and promising offer
from the Allegheny Baseball Nine Of Pitts
burg, Pa.
The case against Harry Harris, colored,
who cut VIM. Herbert with a penknife
during fight, which was described last
evening, was called in the Police Court to-
day, and the accused was committed to
jail for 80 days.
The National Academy of Fine Arts,
corner of Eighteenth street and New York
avenue, will be open to the public Wednes-
day evening at o'clock. Mrs. Imogene
Robinson Morrell cordially invites all
lovers of art to be present.
| CARRIE BELL and Emma Ellis, two col
ored servants, were tried in the Police
Court to-day for stealing clothing and jew
elry from their employers, John A Bailey
and Orville Brown. The former was given
15 and the latter 80 days.
HARRY BAKER, a colored boy, who OBJ
structed the entrance to o staton-house by
standing in q crowd that followed an arrest,
was charged in the Police Court to-day
with disorderly conduct and was released
on his personal bonds.
| A FRIENDLEss woman, giving her name
as Hattie Warren, and reporting to be from
King Georges County, Va, was found
wandering about the streets yesterday by
| the police. The woman was looking for a
relative named Lawson Warren, but did
not know where he lived, and was sent to
the Woman's Christian Home
WHILE young man named Ehrhardt
was lowering form from the composing
| room to the pressroom of the Post this morn
ing, the handle which he was turning
slipped from his hand and injured him Sc.
| a1y ha
removed to the Emergency Hospital, and
his wound dressed by DIR. Taylor.
FRANCIS sAcKET, the venerable fruit
vender, was charged in the Police Court to-
day with obstructing the sidewalk in front
of the Treasury Department with his fruit
stand. Sacket exhibited permit from the
Chief Clerk of the Department but Judge
Smell decided that this did not protect hin
and imposed fine of S25, from which al
| appeal was noted, w. p, Bell argued tht
case for the defendant.
THE Washington Safe Deposit Company
took out a permit to-day for their extensive
fre.proof and burglar-proof vault building
to be erected on the site of the old ChrOni
Gle building. The building will cost $4,000
The dimensions will be 81 feet front, 9s
feet deep and so feet in height The edi-
fee will be Of brick, three stories and base
ment, brick and stone front, fat roof con
crete foundations, etc.
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol
lowing new arrivals at the wharves
Steamer Norfolk, Shropshire, merchandise
]. II. johnson & Bros; schooner l.. E. Will
Jams, Adams, 10000 feet lumber, E. L
Jackson & Co.; schooner Normandy, Percy
s21 tons ice, Independent Ice Company
barge William Donaldson, -, 900 ton
coal, G. II. Burgess; barge Frank Killiam
Killiam, 29S tons coal, city Dealers sehoone
Only Sam, Griffin, go cords wood, II, L
cords wood, do; schooner George W. Gov
ington, Myers, 100 tons coal, samue
] Emery.