The Evening critic., 1883-05-29
pERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

L. +. MIDDLETON will build dwelling
ON Woodley lane, to cost u 500.
THE street-lamps will be lighted at 7:i5
p. IN. and extinguished at 1:30 a. m.
L. B. BARNUM will erect frame dwell
ing in lie Droit Park, to cost $500.
ELIZABETH JOHNSON, colored, for as
saulting Mary Lawson, was fined S. by
Judge Smell to-day.
L. B. GIBBS will build q brick dwelling
on Q street, between Fourteenth and Fif-
teenth, to cost 5000.
NERVOUS DEBILITY, the curse of the
American people, Immediately yields TO the
action of Browns Iron Bitters.
THE armory building of the National
Rifles has been almost completed external
ly and the roof is being put on.
RICHARD BURGESS, for striking George
Burgess on the nose with piece Of iron,
was fined $50 to-day in the Police Court.
COMMISSIONER EDMoNDs took out per-
nit to-day for the erection Of private
stable in the rear of his X street residence.
ABOUT 7;30 o'clock last evening Arthur
Seit2, two-year.old grandson of the we'll
known baker, was severely bitten by dog
owned by Augustus Schafier. The child
was taken home, and upon examination it
was found that piece had been taken out
Of his arm.
THE stable of the Hon. Ben A. Halliday,
1911 X street northwest, was yesterday af-
ternoon discovered to be on fire by Special
Officer Daily, who turned in an alarm, al
though the Fire Department did not 90 into
service, as it was put out by the officers.
No damage.
KATE Fills, a servant employed in the
family of Mr.. II. Hoffa, at 622 G street
northwest, attempted to replenish the oil
in an oil stove in which there was fire.
An explosion was the result and the girl
was horribly burned. An alarm Of fire was
turned in from box 1913.
MILLIE STEPHENSON, the colored pro-
prietress Of q house in the Division, was
before the Police Court to-day charged
with keeping bawdy house. The house
was the scene of q drunken revelry last
| night, and was raided by Sergeant Boyle
| and Officers Bailey and Thompson, and to.
day the conductress was fined $50; in de-
fault sixty days for keeping the house.
! JUSTICE MAcARTHUR's court was occu.
pied yesterday afternoon in hearing the
| suit brought by Amorett j. Clark against
| the District of Columbia for $4,000 dam
| ages. Messrs. T.. II. N. Mcpherson and L
I! G. Hine appeared for the complainant and
Messrs. Riddle and Miller for the defend
ant. On the 25th of December, 1880, Mrs
| Clark got OIL n street car at the intersection
of Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue
and started to transfer to another. In do
ing SO she slipped and fell on the ice and
snow and broke her right hip, for which
injury the damages are claimed. The tria
was resumed this morning
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol
lowing new arrivals at the wharves
Steamer Norfolk, Captain Shropshire, mer
chandise for j. H. johnson & Co.; schooner
American, Captain West, 95 tons coal fol
johnson & Bros; schooner Nave of Wye
Captain Harris, "a tons coal do; schooner
j.. B. johnson, Captain Rose. 220 tons Goa
for city dealers. schooner Agnes Rippler
Captain Lloyd, 201 tons coal for Clark &
Given; schooner G. G. A. Travers, Captain
McNamara, 255 tons coal do; schooner
Mary Travers, Captain Levins, 232 tons Goa
do; schooner Thomas Richards, Captain
Hopkins 153 tons coal for S. Emery
barge Sallie A. Mayer, Captain Mayer
230 tons coal for j. NJ Dove
barge N. NJ. Newton, Captain Fitzsimmons
260 tons coal for j. G. Miller barge NJ. A.
Gunt0n, 27S tons coal for ]. NJ. Wheatley
barge Vandusa, Captain Gunson, 270 tons
coal for George Bogus barge Gratitude,
Captain Grant, 22O tons coal for j. NJ Dove
schooner Abbie X. Bentley, Captain Baker
100000 feet lumber for George A. Sheehan
Annie Whiting, Captain Gray, 125 900 fee,
lumber, do. schooner John Travy, Captain
Fields, 100000 feet lumber for E. E. Jack
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