The Evening critic., 1883-04-12

PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

WARMERS Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
THE street lamps will be lighted at 945
D. m. and extinguished at $3.50 q. m.
CHARLES RuPERTUs was acquitted to-
day In the Police Court of the charge of
participating in the disgraceful row in
Lynn's saloon on Monday evening.
AT THE Bischoff concert tomorrow even
ing Miss Evan, Miss johnson, Miss Harr-
son, Miss Maddox, Mrs. Mills, Miss Roberts,
Little Miss Morrice, Mr.. Forsemau and
others will participate. Admission, 25
cents.
GEORGE HAWKINS, q colored thief,
pleaded guilty in the Police Court to-day
to stealing a set of harness from Richard
Dillon, and was committed for the Grand
Jury for second offense of petty larceny,
and in default of $1,000 bonds.
MARY SWAN and Annie Clark had
rough and tumble fight yesterday because
one spilled candle-grease in the others eyes
and the sable-hued damsels appeared to-
day in the Police Court dock with
choice assortment of scratches and bruises
on their faces and were fined $5 each.
AT the annual meeting of the Inland
Seaboard Coasting Company held yesterday
afternoon the following directors were
elected: John w. Thompson, A. II. Herr,
Fl. A. Willard, William Thompson, j. H.
Baxter, Nathaniel Wilson, Samuel Nor
ment, George II. B. White and II. d. Cooke.
MIR. LEON ToBRINER, as attorney for
Henry Rupert, yesterday entered suit
against the District for $1,000 damages, for
cutting an open sewer thirty feet wide and
sixteen feet deep through his lot, No. 130,
OF Dole & Wight's subdivision Of Mount
Pleasant, and splitting the lot into two
parts.
THE District of Columbia, through
Messrs. Riddle and Miller, its attorneys,
yesterday entered suit against J. III. and t.
X. johnson, trading as Johnson Bros, to
recover $4,000 alleged to be due for rent of
the wharves on the river front between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, from 1873
up to the present time.
Miss MAGGIE LARKINs, pretty little
lady in a brilliant red toilet, appeared in
the Police Court to-day and charged Police
Officer Norcomb with assaulting her. Nor
comb was pursuing boy on Sunday, when
the young lady called the boy into her
yard and attempted to prevent his arrest.
Norcomb pushed past the lady and made
the arrest, and, according to her story, not
only pushed her roughly, but struck her.
The policeman denied using any violence
and was honorably discharged.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY PADGErT called up
a number of vagrants in the Police Court
Wright and William Davey. Davey and
Brown were given month each, and
Wright was given time TO produce some
witnesses. Henry Brown, for making too
much noise, was fined $5. Thomas J. King
fined SO for failing to exhibit light on
an obstruction in the street at night.
Joseph Tombs was fined 500 for fast driving
and sentence was suspended.
The Iowa Republican Association held
| its regular monthly meeting at Grand
Army Hall last evening, o. H. Herring
presiding and M. Il. Anderson, secretary
The regular business was first transacted
The following literary and musical pro-
gramme was rendered: Piano solo, Miss
McCreery; reading, Charles II. Babbitt;
solos, Major F. NJ. Clarke, THE Last Chord"
and ''Thy Sentinel Am I !" duet, Mrs. Din
widdle and Miss Grantham ; original poem,
]. l.. McCreery; addresses by General
O'Connor and Colonel Aten, and reading by
Mrs. Stewart.
MR.. EDWARD WELDON, the driver of the
| police ambulance, has resigned that posi-
tion to accept place in the Fire Depart
ment. Mr.. Weldon filled the former posi-
tion admirably, combining great physical
| power and unfinching courage with tender,
| gentle care for tAe more unfortunate and
| weaker persons entrusted to his care. The
diffiuclt matter of controlling all classes,
from the raving msnaic to the dying
| woman, was accomplished by Mr.. Weldon
| in way that deserves praise. As fire
laddie Mr.. Weldon will find equal use for
his unusual strength and courage.
The New York League Club and Ma
tionals played their second game of ball
| yesterday afternoon, which resulted in a
victory for the former by score of 6 to l..
| The grounds were in excellent condition,
| and there was marked improvement in
the playing of the home team. The visit
ors played a brilliant game, but made more
errors than they did the day before.
| O'Niel pitched for the New Yorkers and
Barr, of the Waverlys, occupied the same
| position for the Nationals. The fielding
of Ward, of New York, and Wise, of the
Nationals was the feature of the game.
BOYS clothing, Eiseman Bros, 7th and E.