The Evening critic., 1883-02-16
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE street lamps will not be lighted
again until the 23d Of the month.
SAMUEL BUTLER was charged in the
Police Court to-day with carrying razor,
and was fined $50.
THOMAS SCoTT and Thomas Patton, both
colored, were charged in the Police Court
to-day with writing policy, and were both
acquitted.
ELIZA QUILL was charged in the Police
Court to-day with keeping an open bar on
Sunday and was fined $50, from which
sentence she noted an appeal.
THE watch and portion of the jewelry
stolen by George Walker was recovered in
den in Majors alley, in the Second Pre-
cinct, and not Majors alley, in the Seventh
Precinct
The Woman's National Labor League
did not meet last evening owing to the
serious illness of Mrs. Charlotte Smith, the
president. who is confined to her bed with
the quinzy.
THE following parties were indicted by
the Grand Jury to-day: Charles Murphy
assaulting officer Lamb John w. Brawner,
Patrick Dempsey and Charles Boles, house,
breaking in the night.
NICHOLAS DUBOIS Il confectioner in
West Washington, was charged in the
Police Court to-day with selling candy on
Sunday, in violation of the Sunday ordi-
nance, and was fined So.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, the colored thief ar
rested in the Fifth Precinct for stealing
two sets of harness from the Thyson House
stables, was sentenced to six months in jail
in each case by Judge Smell to-day. The
man pleaded guilty in both cases.
CHARLES RICHARDSON, degraded va
grant, was before Judge Smell to-day for
| getting into a noisy dispute with lewd col
ored women in Louise alley, and smashing
| the windows of their shanty. The man
was sentenced to spend six weeks on the
| farm.
RICHARD SAUNDERS. colored man, who
recently inherited fortune of Si00, and
| has paid out almost the entire amount in
| whisky and Police Court fines was called
upon to-day for $40 more, but the fortune
was exhausted, and the man retreated ia
the dark recesses of the dock.
| DESPITE the very unfavorable weather
on last evening, the meeting of Morning
Star Lodge of Good Templars was largely
attended. The session was full of interest
and was highly enjoyed by ALL After the
close of business Mr.. Sarcll entertained the
lodge with remarks, as did Mrs. Chamber:
and Mr.. George A. Green and Miss Bessie
Perry contributed selected reading to tht
evenings pleasure.
1t must have been terrible state of af
fairs that caused the Psalmist to ask !:
"Who can stand before his cold?'
In his day the remedies were few
and doubtful how much happier should
this generation be, that has as household
remedy, DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup so won
derful have been its cures that millions rist
up and call it blessed
| HARBoRNAsTER SUTTON reports the fol
lowing new arrivals at the wharves
Steamer Cohono, Captain Latham, $4,000
feet lumber for city dealers schooner Mary
Ella, Captain Gibson, 600 bushels oysters
barge NJ. C. Palmer, Captain Williams, 200
tons coal for city dealers; barge Jane!
Dick, Captain Davis, 227 tons coal for Will
lam II. Richards. NavyYard.
SOME persons have misconstrued para
graph in yesterdays CRITIC so as to appea
that Lieutenant Arnold authorized tn,
statements concerning Frank Cronin's re
lease through the instrumentality of th
Citizens Committee. On the contrary
Lieutenant Arnold has never authorized
any such statement, and has denied an.
knowledge of the course pursued by tn
Citizens Committee. The CRITICS state
ments were made on good authority, bu
Lieutenant Arnold had nothing to do will
the matter and declined to say anything
concerning it,
MoHASIMED DEAN KAHN, the venerabl
tramp who many time and oft has gracet
the Police Court dock with his digniiet
presence and flowing tresses, and ha
numerously hied himself to the workhous
for vagrancy, was before His Honor Smell
to-day for raising disturbance at til,
Patent Office. The old fellow appeared il
the full regimentals of a cavalryman no
because he is n soldier, but because he ha
no other clothes. 1t was testified that Mo
hammed had insisted on being admitted t.
the Patent Office after hours, and was s.
profane about the matter that he has bee,
admitted to the wolkhouse instead.