The Evening critic., 1883-06-15
THE EVENING CRITIC.
TaTA RIIIRHED AIauaT 1868.
LACONIC LOCALS.

J. II. FOWLER, OF the Navy-Yard police,
Is confined to his house by Illness
COMMISSIONER EDMoNDs is confined to
his residence by an attack Of rheumatism.
MEssRs. JOHN WALLACE and Blair Lee
were to-day admitted to the bar Of this
District
STAT1oN-KEEPER H. A. WILSON, of the
Sixth Police Precinct, is off duty on a short
leave of absence.
PARALYTIc STROKES, heart disease, and
kidney affections, prevented by the use of
Browns Iron Bitters.
OFFICER MICHAEL BREEN, one of tho
best men on the force. is enjoying we'll
earned rest of a few days.
POLICE OFFICERS HARPER and Lyd-
dane, who have been slightly indisposed,
are recovering rapidly and will soon re-
sumo duty.
THE sympathy Of his many friends is
freely expressed for genial officer Middle
ton, of Lieutenant Kelley's precinct, who
is detained at home by serious illness in
his family.
RICHARD FITZPATRICK, an cid beggar,
who gained access to the house of Mr..
Joseph p. CALDWELL through charity got
away with some silver teaspoons, and has
gone to Jail for thirty days.
GEORGE CoAKLEY, colored, who for four
teen years has been employed as q messen-
ger at the Courthouse, to-day resigned his
position. He intends going to New York
and making his home there in the future.
LAST evening, an exhibition game of ball
was played by the Starvation and Ragmuf-
fin mines, of Anacostia. The Starvation
won by score Of 81 to "a. Any nine
wishing to challenge the Starvations can
do so by addressing the captain, Richard
Gates, Anaeostia, d. G.
WALTER CLAGGETT, as attorney for
George Barton, colored employe of the
National Hotel, who was arrested on May
Is for grand larceny from guest, called
Judge SHELLS attention to-day to the fact
that his client had been confined in jail for
month without a preliminary hearing.
The case was set for tomorrow.
THE District Commissioners have been
| considering the numerous complaints of
damages to private property resulting from
public improvements, and yesterday is
| sued the following order. "That the Com
\ missioners will decline to consider any
| question of damages to real estate claimed
| to have resulted from the works of i'm
| provement, or to make any abatement of
the special improvement tax on account of
| any such claim"
| A ACoLoRED woman named Matte Fry was
found lying on the pavement at Seventh and
| steots iasI eNehinB III AN UNCONSCIOUS
| condition and died soon afterward, appar-
emily from heart disease. The woman was
taken to the Sixth Precinct and the
Coroner summoned. No friends of the de-
ceased have as yet come forward. 1t is a
singular coincidence that two colored
women have died upon similar circum-
stances at this same corner within a few
days.
| HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol-
i 1nxr IL IL
Schooner Virginia Dare, Captain Delaney
105 barrels of fish for G. Wander, aud 1Se
tons of coal for s. Emery schooner Celind
Adams, 0O3 tons of ice for Independent Ice
Company schooner Joseph P. Ross, Cap
tain Griffin, 10000 feet of lumber foi
Wheatley Bros. schooner Mary Cathe
rine, Captain Nash, 25 cords of wood for ]
o. Carter schooner Exchange, Captain
Dickson, $4,000 feet of lumber for johnson
& Wimsatt barge Kitty Cushman, Cap
tain Craport, lis tons of coal for johnson
Bros.
JOHN WILLIAMS, a young colored cart
driver, was charged in the Police Court to-
day with running over little girl named
Martha Dunivan. The testimony was that
the driver was in charge of load of bricks
and was turning the corner of Fifth and G
streets, when the little girl, who is almost
an infant, ran under his cart and fell down
l anu tue mutt Stcppeu Ou ner MINUS, CRUSH
ing them painfully. A crowd of person:
who witnessed the accident started aftel
Williams to beat him, and he ran for police
protection. There was no doubt but thai
the affair was purely accidental, and Will.
iams' personal bonds were taken.
AMONG the District cases in the Polio,
Court to-day were those against VIM
Graham,who got twenty days for vagrancy
Samuel Cooper, who was sentenced to if
teen days for being disorderly in tn
county, and John l.. Jefferson, Hatti
Snow and Frank Barlie, who got fifteei
days each for disorderly conduct. Bridge
Welsh, a venerable vag, who has been be
fore Judge Smell innumerable times, wa
in the dock once more and was sentenced
for ninety days. Ellen Smith, colorei
vagrant, and Lewis Carter white beggar
were given similar sentences. James Curtis
colored youth who took his razor will
him to picnic at Ricks Park, was sen
fenced to fine of 500 for carrying conceale,
weapons.