The Evening critic., 1883-02-03
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ESTABLISHED AUGUST Ises.
LACONIC LOCALS.

BRIDGET MORRISON ana Annie El00d
two notorious prostitutes were sent to the
workhouse to-day for ninety days each.
PHIL CUNNINGHAM, n small white boy,
camo near being drowned in Rock Creek
yesterday, having fallen in while attempt
ing to cross it on plank.
GUsTAvE GRocHE, the man who CON
Quoted the bar at the French ball, forfeited
$50 in the Police Court to-day for selling
liquor wholesale without n license.
MILITARY JONES, q colored man, is held
by the police on suspicion of having made
extensive depredations on the chicken
houses of farmers in the county. Sergeant
Perry made the arrest.
THE elegant stock Of silk underwear at
Taylor e. Hufty's has been completed by
renewing their stock. Their line of ladies'
underclothing is also complete, new goods
having come in rapidly tho past week.
An unusually large number Of defendants
were before Judge Smell to-day for making
threats of personal violence to other parties,
but as the prisoners made no efforts to
execute their threats their personal bonds
to keep the peace were accepted.
WILLIAM WALKER, the gigantic coored
ox-driver, who attracts so much attention
by his phenomenal height, was before
Judge Smell to-day for assaulting little
boy, bnt the testimony showed the
youngster threw Il stone at the giant, and
he merely picked him up ahd carried him
to the station.
Miss JOHNSON, daughter of Captain
johnson, of the Navy, gave german last
evening Mt her home, 1882 Massachusetts,
avenue, to her guests, the Misses Stanley,
of New York. Mr.. Clarence Deringer of
this city, led the german. OF those partic-
ipating were the Misses English, Calhoun,
Johnson Woods, daughter of Justice Woods;
Drum, Niles, Saunders, Stanley, Hayden,
Denver, Turner, Campbell, Mario and Sin
gleton.
SOME of the cases of burglary in East
Washington in which the gang of thieves
known as the Molly Macks, who were
described at length last evening, are i'm
plicated, were called in the Police Court to-
day, and went over to Tuesday next, when
they will all be tried together. Watt But
Ter was in the dock, and was committed
along with the others previously arrested.
Butler is alleged to be connected with the
burglaries of the houses of Dr.. Brewster, o.
NJ. Logan, Colonel Morgan, A. Z. Heit-
miller and NJ. Stricklin.
THERE was a musical and literary enter
| tainment at the Reformed A. NJ. i. Pisgah
| Church, corner Eleventh and r streets
northwest, last evening, at which addresses
were delivered by Bishop J. NJ. Brown,
| Messrs. J. B. Syphax, r. j. Smith and j..
W. Cromwell. Essays were read by Miss
Lou Seaton, Miss Mamie Syphax and Miss
Anna Geary. Master Frank Langston sang
solo. Professor B. d. Fleet was the Or
ganist. The Eastern Star Lodge was the
recipient of a handsome present. Miss Mat
tie Bowen made the presentation speech.
| TUE Commissioners at u board meeting
| yesterday afternoon discussed the reorgan-
ization of the detective corps, and issued
the following: Ordered, That the act of
Congress approved January 81 renders un-
necessary on the part of the Commissioners
the holding of Detectives DIcElfresh and
McDevitt to answer the matters disclosed
by the investigation held by Commissioner
West pursuant to the order of the board
dated December 27. And the secretary is
directed to transmit to the District At
torney the information contained in the
Memoranda Nos. l and 2, submitted by the
Citizens Committee to the Commissioners.
DAVID TowNsHEND, young man o
good appearance, but exhibiting some ugly
bruises ON his nose, was before Judge Smell
to-day for destroying private property
Several witnesses testified that about
o'clock this morning the prisoner went tc
the residence of Mr.. Samuel Cratin, No. 40t
G street southeast, and knocked at the door
and continued to hammer and kick until
the occupants of the house and
adjoining buildings went to front
windows and told him to go away
Townshend would not go and de
fed the police and neighbors and said thai
he proposed to get in. Finally the prisone
broke the door in and the police wer
called upon to take him out Townshent
said this morning, in court, that he hat
concluded that he was out late enough, ant
promoted by laudable desire to get to bet
he had sought for his home and found tn
right number, but, unfortunately, he hat
been in the wrong street. Judge Smell
said that was the worst kind of mistak
to make and sent Townshend down fo
sixty days for breaking the door.