The Evening critic., 1883-02-21
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS,

| MALvIN BURDTE, q colored man, was
| fined by Judge Smell to-day for indecent
| exposure.
| ACTING DETECTIVE EDELIN arrested
| several suspicious male and female char
acters yesterday.
IT always does its duty, says Hon. Will.
lam T. Cody buffalo Bill, of st. Jacobs
Oil. 1t cures pain.
VIM. FREE, charged with wasting Po-
tomac water, was before Judge Smell to-day
and the case dismissed
THE entertainment and sociable of the
Washington Chess and Checker Club takes
place at Abner's Hall tonight.
JOSEPH WILSON, alias Hansburg, was
committed for trial to-day to allow the po-
lice TO prove that an overcoat found in his
possession was stolen.
WM. Il. WARD, colored, was given six
months in Jail to-day by Judge Snell
Ward represented that he was church
agent and collected considerable money
from unsuspecting victims in this way be-
fore he was caught.
Rev. DR.. ALEXANDER CRUMME1L, rector
of st. Lukes p. Il. Church, delivered quite
an entertaining and instructive lecture
upon racial fallacies before the Historical
and Literary Association at Bethel Hall
on NJ street last evening.
A BABY was born in a cemetery at Mar
shaltown, Iowa, short time ago, but
everywhere can be seen babies borne to the
cemetery because mothers cruelty neglect
to procure DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup, sure
cure for Group, colds and coughs.
DIR. TowNsHEND, the Health Officer,
stated when his attention was called by a
reporter to the rumor that there was case
of smallpox on L street. near Fourteenth
street, that the case had not been reported
to him, and that he had heard nothing
about it.
THE lady friends of the Young Mems
Christian Association are serving home
made lunch daily this week, at the associa-
tion rooms. Yesterday they had spendid
spread, and were well patronized. Lunch
from II to 2 o'clock p. m. The funds de-
rived from the lunch will be used in car
peting the lecture-room.
THE Seventh Subdivision of Associated
Charities, at meeting held last night at
the Metropolitan Church, elected B. u
keyser president and Mrs. Judge Smell
second vice-president. The committee
appointed to devise better working
system reported that the work was being
effectively done, but was deficient in the
number of active visitors.
Rous1NG temperance meeting will be
held under the auspices of Eureka Council,
No. 8, Sons of Jonadab, this evening, at the
Mission Chapel corner of North Carolina
avenue and Eighth street southeast. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by Rev. DR.. Ches-
ter, Mr.. b. III. Warner, John Tyler and
Captain Tuttle, sea captain from the
Sandwich Islands, who has visited every
nation ON the globe. The public arc cor
daily invited to be present at o'clock
sharp.
A LARGELYvATTENDED mass-meeting of
colored citizens was held last night at KIM
balls Hall to arrange for the proper cele-
bration of Emancipation day. Mr.. o. S. B.
Wall was called to the chair and Messrs. NJ.
f. Hanley and @. III. Marshall secretaries
After long discussion q resolution was
adopted providing that committee of five
from each grand organization and one dele
gate from each beneficial association shall
meet on the 10Th of March to make final ar
rapgements for the celebration.
THE articles taken from the boy, Will
liam Jones, arrested by Officer James on
Monday night, for robbng the showcase of
Mr.. j. j. Peabody on Seventh street, wete
identified yesterday by Mr. w. o. Douglass
& Co., whose establishment on Ninth
street was robbed on the 10th instant; Mr..
j. ID. Free, whose store on + street was
robbed on Saturday night last, and Mr..
Morris Clark, of No. 732 Seventh street
northwest, as their goods. The boy is sup
posed to be the thief who has been stealing
from show cases Of several stores, and the
robberies charged to him were done in that
manner.