The Evening critic., 1883-02-14
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THIS is st. Valentines day.
THE street lamps will be lighted at l1:3O
u. m. and extinguished at . q. m.
Tur will of Peter McGrath was filed yes
| terday and gives the entire estate to Daniel
| and Edward Hannah and names the latter
as executor.
IEpHINIAH LUNsFoRD, q young colored
man, was charged before Judge Smell to-day
with raising a disturbance on the streets,
and was fined So.
CONSTABLE MARYMAS was charged in
the Police Court with violating the dog
ordinance, and was fined $40. Tho case
was subsequently reopencd for further tes-
timopy.
ANNIE CoNNELL, a matronly laudlady,
was charged in the Police Court to-day
with trying to collect rent from colored
tenant, named John Young, by chasing
him around the house with a pistol and a
| knife. The case was dismissed.
HARBoRMAsrER SUTTON reports the fol-
| lowing new arrivals at the wharves ::
| Schooner Alfaretta, Captain Brashir, 500
| bushels oysters schooner G. W. Sanders,
| Captain Buchrum, 500 bushels oysters !;
pungy Shining Light, Captain Thomas, 500
| bushels oysters; sloop B. IL. Lambert, Cap
tain Davis, 400 bushels oysters.
"MRs. PARTIGAN, what do you use for a
very bad cold ?" asked Mrs. Dull. Hand
| llerchiefs ma'am," answered the aged
dame, looking over her spectacles. Hand
| kerchefs are n deSidcrdtum in the event of
| cold, but bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough
| Syrup is a necessity because it not only re-
| lieves, but cures the worst cold or cough.
THE man Donohue, who was indicted by
the Grand Jury for receiving stolen goods
and arrested on Saturday, and who fur
nished bail for his appearance, yesterday
| swore out warrant against Lieutenant
| Arnold, Sergeant johnson and colored
man named Forest for tresspassing on his
| premises and taking goods alleged to have
been stolen.
THE Commissioners have ordered that
all police lieutenants report to the Commits
sioners the number of men unable to dc
active duty, and the cause; also, that q
board consisting of the Inspector, one lieu
tenant and the Surgeon of Police shall sit
at Police Headquarters to inquire into each
case, and forward report of their investi
CATION to the Commissioners.
AMONG Judge SHELLS victims to-day wa:
venerable, crippled tramp, who hobbled
into the dock on crutches and pleaded
guilty to a charge of vagrancy. The old
man gave his name as Richard Burll, and
said that he lived in Cincinnati, but had
left there on Tuesday because he couldn't
swim. Burk agreed to leave town, and
gave personal bonds to do so.
Mr.. T. l.. CARDozA repeated his paper
upon the life and writings of Shakespeare
last evening before the Bethel Literary As
sOciation, which met at Union Bethel Hall
on M street, between Sixteenth and Sew
enteentb streets northwest His argument
in favor of Shakspeare's plays, as instruct
i've as well as entertaining, was generally
sanctioned by the audience. He main
tanned that classic plays upon the theatri
cal stage had tendency to elevate. Mr.
Cardozas views were seconded by Professor
r. T. Greener and other noted speakers.
MEssRs. b. LAWRENCE & Co., of Now
York, yesterday, through their attorneys
Messrs. Hagner & Maddox, filed a judgment
creditors bill in equity against John
Chapman, late bookseller and stationel
in this city. The plaintiffs alleged that the
defendant made fraudulent confessions o
Judgment in favor of other creditors and tt
the exclusion of the proper rights of th'
complainants. They ask that the sal,
made by the Marshal recently be set asid,
and for nothing held and that a receiver b,
appointed to take charge of the stock ant
book accounts and that the plaintiffs b,
paid their just claim against the defendan
of $4,000. A temporary restraining orde
was granted by Justice James.