The Evening critic., 1883-01-09
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

ISABELLA PERRY was given the extent
OF the law to-day for vagrancy.
THE street.lamps will be lighted at
6:25 p. m. and extinguished ats ;15 a. m.
WILLIAM LANE, an old tramp, was COM
mit,ed to the workhouse for three months to-
day.
JOHN O'BRIEN was before Judge Smell
today for vagrancy, and was given the extent
OF the law.
JOSEPH BELL, a colored boy who inter-
rupted the services at Lincoln Mission last
evening, was fined s5 by Judge Smell.
SALvINI, the great Italian actor, begins
his farewell engagement In Washington at the
National Theatre on Monday evening, Jan
uary 30.
HENRY WATKINS was charged in the
Police Court to-day with stealing coal from the
Baltimore Ohio Railroad Company, but was
not identified and was dismissed
MR.. GEORGE E. WINTERS, the genial
and genllemanly young East washingtoniau,
who will be remembered as Guiteau's last
death-watch, has returned to this city. George
looks as handsome as ever since his country
jaunt.
A REMEDY resting on tho basis of in.
trinsic worth demands the confidence of all.
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is known and used
most satisfactorily throughout the land, as is
attested by It's great sales. Your druggist
keeps II.
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol-
lowing new arrivals at the wharves for yester-
day: Lizzie Reagan, Captain Smith, 600 bush
els oysters; pungy Shining Light, Captain
Thomas, 800 bushels oysters; pungy William
B. Coleman, Captain Russell, 800 bushels
oysters.
THE National Metropolitan Fire Insur-
ance Company of the District of Columbia, at
Its annual election yesterday, chose the fol-
lowing directors for the current year: William
G. Metzerott, Edward CLARK, John Il. Lehman,
Il. II. Stinemetz, Henry Dickson, William Fl.
Hoeke, John P. Franklin, samuel.T. Williams
and John Bailey.
AT the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Central National Bank yesterday the
following directors were elected: Samuel Nor
ment James L. Barbour, J. II. Goddard, James
s. Edwards, II. Browning, b. Charlton, Henry
Dickson, William Z. Clark, O.. T. Thompson,
g. A. Beavans and Levi woodbury.. The board
VIII organize on Thursday.
VIM. MANNs, Charles Parker, James
Burk, James Boston, Thomas Hageri and VIM.
Larkins, six boys of various ages and colors,
We're before Judge Smell to-day, charged with
disorderly assembly and loud and boisterous
conduct The testimony was that the boys
were in a gang that stoned watchman and
created disturbance, and they were all fined
five dollars except Hager and Larktns, who
were dismissed on account of their youth.
SYLVESTER THOMAS, q colored man, who
has been employed at the Navy-Yard for
twenty years, was leaving the yard last even
Ing when he was stopped at the gate by a
sergeant, and on being searched, forty-four
pounds of pig.lead were found concealed on
his person under his overcoat. The man was
charged in the Police Court to-day with steal
Ing property of the United States, under the
statute, and through his counsel waived an
examination, and was committed In default of
$500 bonds to await the action of the Grand
| Jury.
THE Iowa Republican Association held
Its annual meeting at Cosmopolitan Hall last
evening, and officers were elected as follows ::
Oscar II. Herring, president; Major H. w.
Love, vice-president; Major III. It. Anderson,
secretary; Colonel George Cowle, treasurer
VIM. W. UttZ, G. @. Graham and Albert S. Scott
executive committee. The following were ap-
pointed q committee to arrange q programme
| for social and literary exercises for the next
meeting: George Cowie, +. w. Garden, II. Y.
HaZlltt, Mrs. Nettie Sanford and Mrs. j. G..
| Peacock.
OFFICER LAMB, of the Fourth Precinct,
attempted last night to arrest colored man
named Charles Murphy, who, together with
two other colored men, was creating a dis
turbance at the corner OF Seventeenth street
and New York avenue, when Murphy as
saulted him, nearly knocking his eye out. To
defend himself, the oi1lcer drew his pistol and
shot Murphy in the legs and then took him to
| the Fourth Precinct Station. A doctor was
| sent for, but the negro would not allow him to
| dress HIS wounds, and refused to go to the
| hospital.
The annual meeting of the National Fair
| Vernon building, and the annual statement
| showed net profit for the year, S9,301. Tho
| receipts for the year were $42, BOB, and dis.
bursements for improvements, $4,S62. The
Edwards, 553; Jos. @. McKibben, 497: George
| r. Repetti. d93; John II. Kelly, 52S; VIM.
| Dickson, 400; Phil. II. Christman, 507; VIM
| II. Smith, 415; George NJ. Oyster, 494; Horatio
CLARK, 4i3. Mir. j. S. Edwards was chosen
| president and P. H. Christman secretary pre-
| tenn, and r. Il. Baker treasurer, the latter
| receiving unanimous vote, 629 in all.