The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1883-05-16
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.
THE police made thirty-eight arrests yes
terday.
BURGLARS attempted to enter house No.
1415 X street this morning, but were fright
ened off
POLICE OFFICER w. W. HILL has re.
signed his position, and the resignation has
been accepted
WILLIAM LooNEy, an incorrigible boy,
was sentenced to the Reform School during
minority to-day.
OLIVER Cox forfeited $40 collateral to-
day for failing to exhibit lamp on OBJ
structions in the street.
GEORGE LEVY, boy who plucked some
flowers in Mount Vernon Park, was fined
So in the Police Court to-day.
ALL the property of any value in tho
Twelfth street and Mount Pleasant burg
1aries has been recovered by the police.
MARY SMITH, for fighting Addie Will
Jams, and Addie Williams, for pounding
Mary Smith, were fined by Judge Smell to-
day.
W. A. MELoY, as attorney for William
Duval, yesterday entered suit against Du-
val ct al. for partition. The Equity Court
affirmed the sale of certain real estate iu-
volved.
MARTHA ROBINSON, colored, was charged
in the Police Court to-day with stealing a
dress from the residence of Mr.. Isadore w.
| Samuels, and was sentenced to three
months in Jail.
| THE residence of Mrs. Ella Marbury, No.
| So X street northeast, was entered by a
| sneak thief yesterday, and gold medal and
| thimble and SIS in cash stolen from a
| bureau-drawer.
EDA ANN DALLAS yesterday entered suit
| against Oliver @. Leondas ct al. to compel
the defendants to sell real estate, and ap-
| pointment of guardian ad litem to the
children of Dallas, deceased.
THE Washington & Chesapeake Railway
| Company yesterday placed on record with
the Recorder of Deeds a mortgage to secure
bonds in the sum of 81 ,000,0 G0 in favor Of
the Farmers Loan g. Trust Company, of
New York city.
| THE story of the attempted suicide in a
Police Court cell is grossly exaggerated.
| The prisoner cut himself on the arm, about
as much as pin prick, and the injury was
SO trifing that no official report has ever
been made of the affair.
THE Grand Lodge of Good Templars will
meet this evening at Washington Hall,
corner Third street and Pennsylvania av-
enue, Capitol Hill, at o'clock. All mem
bers in good standing in the order will be
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one of Importance and interest.
BRIGHT's DISEASE of the Kidneys, Di-
abetes and other Diseases of the Kidneys
and Liver, which you are being so fright
ened about, Hop Bitters is the only thing
that will surely and permanently prevent
and cure. All other pretended cures only
relieve for q time and then make you many
times worse.
| EDWARD NASH was charged in the Police
Court again to-day with failing to exhibit
lamp on Instructions in the street. He
was released on personal bonds on the
charge, but behaved SO badly that he was
fined $40 for disorderly conduct in court,
and finally lodged in the dock for contempt.
Mr.. Nash was subsequently released on
paying the fine.
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol-
lowing new arrivals at the wharves
Schooner Hattie Baker, Captain Parker
500 tons ice for Rich & Co. schooner G.
w. Covington, Captain Myers, 1872 tons
Clark, Captain -, 260 tons coal for city
dealers; barge Jerry Barnes, Captain -
26O tons coal for G. H. Burgess; schooner
Five Sisters, Captain Knight, 35 cords
wood for j. o. Carter; schooner George
and Martha, Captain Western, 20 cord:
wood do.
EMMA ARTHUR, Annie Glee and Carrie
Page, three colored girls, none of whom ap'
pear to be over twelve years of age, have
been in the Police Court twice in the last
few days charged with being Migrants ant
prostitutes. Yesterday the girls were il
the dock, but, as on previous occasions
were discharged on account of their ex
, treme youth. To-day the dusky trio wer'
in the tolls again for indecent conduct il
the street. and the evidence showing tn,
most revolving depravity they were givel
! ninety days each.
t THE fire alarm last evening summoned
the Department to Willard Hall, wher
the gas by which the stage is lighted hat
been permitted to escape, and search TO
the leak with a lighted match had resulted
in noisy explosion and a fire. The cur
} tain and the scenery on the east side of tn,
stage caught fire, but the flames wer
promptly extinguished with very Sigh
damage. The fire will not postpone tn
entertainment announced for to-day. TIL
Fire Department deserve the credit of pre-
venting very serious fire.