The Evening critic., 1883-02-28

PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE street-lamps will be lighted at GEO
u. IN. and extinguished at 1:30 q. m.
Buck BUTLER, n notorious negro, was
before Judge Smell to-day for throwing a
stone at n companion and was fined So.
CHARLES DICKSON colored man who
stole two cigars from Charles Hawkins,
was fined So or 30 days by Judge Smell to-
day.
Mr.. r. X. ELLIOTT as solicitor for Ellen
Lawlor, has filed bill in equity against
James Lawlor to set aside tAe deed to lot
53, subdivision of square 500.
WILLIAM BUCKLEY and Joseph Drery,
two plucky schoolboys that settled dis.
pute in good schoolboy style yesterday,
were fined 81 each by Judge Smell to-day
for aflray.
GOOD STYLE is good sense, good health,
good energy and good will, but bottle of
Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup is good benefac-
tion that suffering humanity has already
learned to appreciate.
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol-
lowing new arrivals at the wharves:
Schooner Scud, Captain Haney, 600 bushels
oysters for market; steamer Bell May, Cap
tain Lucas, 1900 punches fish for r. A.
Golden
ROBERT AND MARY DIGGs, two colored
children, who stole bushel of coal from
the Baltimore & Ohio Company, were
charged in tho Police Court to-day with
| petty larceny, and the boy was given thirty
and the girl seven days.
REV. HORACE A. CLEVELAND, d. D.,
| formerly pastor of Foundry Church, lee
| tu1es tonight at DR.. Domers church, cor
ner of Eleventh and III streets northwest.
This is the only opportunity to hear him.
He is compelled to return home on Friday
morning. He has arrived in the city, and
laN Il, Ar Il
| Massachusetts, avenue.
A GANG of five colored boys, ranging in
| age from eight to twelve years, were before
| Judge Smell to-day for a series of larcenies.
| The boys stole a bicycle from the son of
Hon. j. Hale Sypher, a toy wagon from an
| other party and some fruit from third.
Judge Smell committed two of the boys to
the Reform School, one to jail and released
two on bonds for good behavior.
THE colored public schools, though noti-
fed at a late hour, enthusiastically entered
into the spirit of the Longfellow memorial
services. Blackboards were decorated by
| pupils with drawings from descriptive
scenes in his most popular productions,
compositions, recitations and singing were
heartily rendered and pennies literally
| given by the little folks. The teacher of
one school wrote lively memorial song,
which the pupils sang lusti' to the tune
of Joe Hardy"
| A MAN from the Green Mountains named
| G. p. Judd rushed into Police Headquarters
last evening and said he had b+c, robbod of
| a watch and chain. He said L ., vas used to
mountain air, and could not stand being
shut up in close room, and, as his wife
would not permit him to keep the door
open, he had gone out to sit in Armory
Square to cool of. While he was sitting
there two men came up to him and grabbed
his watch and chain. He could not say
what they looked like, or even whether
they were white or colored.
| THE statue of Robert Fulton, just placed
| in the old Hall of Representatives, is in
strong contrast with the other statues in
| the hall, owing to the manner In which the
| subject is treated. Mr.. Fulton does not
stand in an imposing attitude, with large
toga thrown around him, nor is he stifly
| clothed in the costume of to-day. He sits
upon an old-fashioned chair in his shirt
sleeves studying most intently a model of
the steamer ClermOnt, which rests upon his
knees, and is held by his outstretched
hands. The sulptor is Howard Roberts.
BETHEL HALL on M street was disagree
ably crowded last evening, it having been
| announced that Rev. J. c. Price, of North
Carolina, who attracted so much attention
in England by his eloquent oratory, and
Hon. Isaiah @. Wears, the well-known
orator. of Philadelphia, would speak. DR..
o. NJ Atwood opened with an interesting
paper upon Individual Development"
Messrs. Smith, Cromwell and Cardoza made
short speeches. after which Rev. j. G. Price,
Hon. j. @. Wears and Professor r. T.
Greener entertained the audience with
excellent addresses. Prominent among
those present were Hon. Fred Douglass,
DIR. G. b. Purvis, Representative J. H..
Rainey, Mrs. Sprague, DR.. and Mrs L. J..
Shadd, Mrs. r. j. Smith, Miss Rosa Coakley
and Miss Lucy Moten.