The Evening critic., 1883-05-30
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE police made forty-six arrests yes.
terday
GEORGE WHITE, colored man who
raised disturbance in the Theatre Com.
ique last evening, was fined s. to-day.
JOHN TYLER, colored, for stealing some
pieces of harness from John w. Shomo, was
tried in the Police Court to- day and fined S.
POLICE COURT held its Decoration day
session at an unusually early hour aud
disposed of a number of unimportant cases
JOHN SMITH and John Moore, two more
OF the bogus ring dealers were before the
Police Court this morning and sent to the
woIkhouse for ninety days EACH
HENRY JONES' for driving around town
early this morning in hack, and refusing
to pay the hire, was tried in the Police
Court oday and sentenced to pay the bill,
which he did.
JOHN GRIMES was charged in the Police
Court to-day with keeping dangerous
deg that bit little girl named Efie Gar
via. Mr.. Grimes gave his personal bonds to
kill the dog.
IHE malicious charge of robbery filed
against Mr.. Edward ]. Hudson, the restau-
rant keeper, was nolle prosecuted to-day,
an Investigation proving that there was
nothing in the case.
AT $3.50 o'clock last evening fire broke
out in the rear of Andrew J. Joyce's coach
factory, No. 412 Fourteenth street north
west, and was extinguished by No. 2 Fire
Company without turning in an alarm.
THE weekly reception of the Academy of
Fine Arts, corner of Eighteenth street and
New York avenue, will be held this week
on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, instead
OF Wednesday evening. All lovers of art
are cordially invited.
I'm
was charged with stealing $1.75 from his
employer, Samuel Lloyd, but the circum-
stances of the case did not sustain the
charge and the defendants personal recog-
nizance was accepted.
THE merriest picnic party that left the
city to-day was that composed of Prose-
cutting Attorney Moore, Deputy Marshal
McBlair, Grand Juror Colgate and Mr.
Campbell Darlington, accompanied by four
ladies. The party started in carriages for
the Great Falls.
SEVERAL dusky females had bloody
fight last night to decide which one should
be escorted home by sable dude, who was
in high favor with them all. Several of
the women were cut and scratched and Bit
and Kate White was fined 500 for the part
which she took in the battle.
RICHARD GRIFFIN and James Conners.
two of the men arrested yesterday for SELL
ing bogus rings, were charged in the Police
Court to-day with obtaining ST. from
Lemon II. Greenwell and 81 from Henry
Jones by the means of brass rings which
they represented to be gold, and the de-
fendants were awarded sixty days each.
SoPHRoNIA WARD, colored servant
employed at No. 1925 street northwest.
was arrested last evening by Sergeant
Boyle. OF the Fifth Precinct, for the larceny
from Miss Nellie A. Brown, who lives in
the house, of cluster diamond ring worth
$175. When threatened with arrest So
phronia produced the ring, and she has
been held for the Grand Jury.
JACOB LEVI, the second hand merchant,
was before the Police Court to-day for the
larceny of 81 from Miss Lucinda b. Hutch
inson, who went to his store to buy a
trunk. and in offering six one-dollar bills
in payment, accidently gave flve-dollar
bill instead of one dollar. Levi denied re-
ceiving five-dollar bill, and although he
swore long and hard, he was obliged to
make restitution of the four dollars in or
der to keep out of Jail.
THE concert last night at the Assembly's
Presbyterian Church was noticeable for uni
form excellence. The programme was long
and varied and happily rendered. Mr.. War
rem S. Young was director, Mrs. NJ Z. Grif-
fin presided at the piano and Mr.. A. NJ.
Little at the organ. The performers were
Mr. Little, Mr. Young Miss Maddern, Mr..
Provost, Misses Merrick, Campbell and
Plumer, Mrs. Griffin, and the vocal society.
The gem of the evening was the duet
Sweet Spring is Returning" between
Misses Kelly and Faunce, with chorus of
fifty voices.
THE subject discussed at the closing
meeting of the Bethel Literary Association
last night was "The year 1880" The ex-
ercises were introduced with reading of ex-
tracts by the president, Mr.. r. J.
Smith, from Tourgee's article on "The
dark horse of $780," followed by paper on
the average schoolboy of 1885," by Miss
Annie E. Geary; on "The average school
marin Of $780," by Miss A. R. Bowen; on
the NEGRO politician of $780," and on the
Negro preacher of 1885," by Rev. William
Waring. These exercises were appropri-
ately interspersed with music by Miss G.
MCPHERSON, Mrs. S. lyric, Miss M. Kicks
and Mrs. r. J. Smith, accompanied by Miss
G. Smith. The association will resume
its regular weekly meetings next October.