The Evening critic., 1883-04-30

PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS,

THE police made twenty-four arrests yes
terday.
FoR tremulousness, wakefulness, dizzi-
ness, and lack of energy, q most valuable
remedy is Browns Iron Bitters.
CHURCH edifce, to be known as Mt.
Jezreel Church, will be erected at the
southeast corner Of Fifth and Z streets
southeast, at an expense of 1000.
Mr.. LEE NANCE, of Mississippi, will
read an interesting paper at the literary en-
tertainment to be given at the Church of
the Heavenly Rest Up. E.) on May 10.
IF you arc frequentcr or a resident Of
miasmatic district, barricade your system
against the scourge Of all new countries
ague, bilious and intermittent fevers~by
the use of Hop Bitters.
THERE is scarcely q square in the city
on which there is not signs of improvement.
New buildings arc going up in every direc-
tioD, and old ones are being repaired, en-
larged and improved.
THE Entire Nous" Club gave another OF
their Friday evenings entertainments at
the residence of Mr.. G. s. Hyer, where the
opera of "King Alfred" was produced. The
singing of Miss Annie L. Humphrey was
extremely fine.
IT would be paying Investment If the
Columbia line Of street-cars were run at
shorter intervals and at greater speed. The
company would then receive many nickel
that is now saved because time can be
saved by walking.
GOVERNOR JOHN P. ST.. JOHN delivered
temperance lecture at the Congregational
Church yesterday under the auspices of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Mrs. Clara L.'Roach presided and Rev. DR..
Rankin opened the meeting with prayer.
WILLIAM CORNELL, Thomas Harris, alias
Kelly, and Everett ID. Berry, companions of
Cornell, are held in Baltimore for a further
hearing on the charge of being suspicious
characters. It is not supposed that they
were implicated in the Richmond robber-
les, but are thought to be wanted for thefts
in this city.
MR.. JOHN T. Cox, the recently.ap-
pointed detective, swore out informatons
against the following parties for keeping
their bars open on Sunday: Edward Abner,
Charles G. Godfrey, L. l.. johnson, Il. T.
Trieber, Francis Mueller, George w. Driver.
Warrants were issued by the clerk of the
Police Court.
ONE of our attorneys had occasion to
visit the Chinese Minister the other day
in company with Chinaman from Georgia,
who had suffered loss through q riot in tho
State of Stephens. Our legal friend says
ne entereu the minister Office, and as he
entered he saluted the representative of
the Colestials in the ordinary manner.
Looking around for his client he discovered
him down on his knees on the floor hoo
doing the minister by bumping his fore
head on the floor till it made the attorneys
head ache to look at him. Such is Celestial
etiquette ut the Chinese Embassy.
THE Sunday school exercises at the Yer
mont-avenue Christian Church yesterday
morning were of an interesting character.
After the regular lesson Mr.. Smell, agent of
the Washington City Bible Society ad-
dressed the Sunday-school on behalf of the
society, and an appropriation of $40 was
made to that society by the Sunday school
and the missionary society. Several of the
classes, having pledged amounts to the
building fund, have resorted to novel but
pleasant means to raise these sums--that of
giving excursions-the first of which is an
nounced for May IL, by class No. 20.