The Evening critic., 1883-06-14
THE EVENING CRITIC.
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LACoNIC LOCALS.
KooI klothing at A. saks & Co.'s.

k0oL klothing at A. SakS " CO.'S
THE police made thirty-two arrests yes
terday.
MAX G. jacob, charged with being an
unlicensed book-agent, was fined $40 to-
day.
JAMES GATES and P. G. Riley were yes
terday appointed special policemen by the
Commissioners.
HESTER CHASE, young woman, was
sent to the workhouse to-day for twenty
days for vagrancy.
J. EMORY WILSON will build private
stable, costing 81 900, in an alley between
Sixth and Seventh and N and o streets.
Nor drink, not sold in bar-rooms, but
reliable, non-alcoholic tonic medicine, use
ful ut all times, and in all seasons, is
Browns Iron Bitters.
HENRY LEE and Edward Dent, two col
ored cartmen, werc fined $50 or thirty days
each for fast driving on K street northwest
by Judge Smell to-day.
THE District Commissioners will meet
this afternoon and act upon the matter of
the insurance on school buildings now in
the course of erection.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, colored man,
who wanted to sec the President, got fired
out of the White House twice yesterday,
and has gone to the workhouse.
THE Pennsylvania Globe Gaslight Com
pany have proposed to the Commissioners
to light the alleys and localities not sup
piled with gas at very low rate.
TIMOTHY DOWNING, a boy who went
swimming in pond on North Capitol
street in q nude condition, was fined 81 in
the Police Court for indecent exposure.
JAMES QUILLER has petitioned for di-
vorce from Charlotte A. Quiller. They
were married in this city on November II,
1867 and he charges that she deserted him
in 1876
IT WAS announced to-day that the final
agreement had been made that the inter-
national championship bicycle race between
Prince and Higham should como off it this
city.
The application of Mr. s. G. L. g. Rob.
erts. student, on motion of Mr.. Riddle, was
| to-day referred to the examining commit
tee, and that of Thomas Hampson, student,
was also referred.
IN response to complaints of stagnant
ponds and foul mashes at Ninth and d
| streets southwest, the Commissioners have
| stated that the improvements contemplated
| will abate this nuisance at an early day.
DIR. FRANK HOWE, city editor of the
| Republican, who has been confined to his
| bed for some weeks with o serious illness,
has recovered sufficiently to be about, and
was seen in his accustomed haunts to-day.
| Il. A. LINGER will build frame
structure, costing $4,000, on the River road
in Anacostia for use as hair factory This
building will be used in place of the old
Rock Creek Mill recently destroyed by fire.
IN reply to request for fire-alarm box,
at the Quartermaster's Corral, the Com
missioners have reported that these boxes
cost $125 each and transportation
from Boston, and they cannot comply with
the request unless the Quartermaster's
Department will pay the cost Of the box.
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol-
lowing new arrivals at the wharves
Schooner Americus, -, 10000 feet lum.
ber for Johnson & Wimsatt schooner
Peri, Nash, $500 feet lumber do; schooner
T. c. Eaton, Philips, $50 tons coal for John.
son & Bros, schooner George F. Carman
Walter, $4,000 feet lumber for Geo. A. Shee
han ; schooner Aletha, Mitchell, III ton:
coal for Stephenson & Bros.
A FREIGHT CAR, at Terra Gotta Station
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, becam,
detached from train last evening ant
started toward the city at speed or forty
miles an Rour. When the car reached tn,
switch at Delaware avenue and First stree
it turned and went in the direction o
Boundary street on the Washington Brancl
of the Baltimore g. Ohio road, and wa
stopped just outside the city limits.
colored man who was on the car jumped OF
and was badly injured.