The Evening critic., 1883-04-24

PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

BASS FISHING opened up lively last week
at and above Great Falls.
The strcet-lamps will be lighted at 7:15
tonight but will be extinguished at 10.
LADIES and all sufferers from neuralgia,
hystoria, and all kindred complaints,
will find without rival Browns Iron Bit
ters
THOMAS PATTON, a colored man, was the
first victim to the movement against parties
taking dogs to the market, and he was
fined 81 to-day for that ofIense.
BUTLER MORGAN has resigned his posi-
tion as telephone operator at Police Head
quarters, and a young man named Tomp-
kins has been appointed in his place.
YOUNG and middle-aged men, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred affec-
tions, as loss of memory and hypochondria,
should inclose three stamps for Part VII of
Worlds Dispensary Dime Series ofphamph
lets. Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, n. Y.
CHIEF JUSTICE CARTIER has refused to
recognize requisition from the Governor
of Virginia for George Payne, charged with
obstructing fishery in Alexandria County,
also one for Edward Payne and John Pow
ers, charged with assault and battery and
attempting to impede an officer in doing his
duty in Alexandria Country.
The action of the Commissioners upon
the bids for erecting six public school
buildings was as follows That j. T. Coiri-
gan Il Sons be given the contracts for the
eight-room building, square 500, and the
ten-room building square 55i, the two to
cost $39,975, and also the contracts for the
two-room building at Bennings, to cost
1890 and the one-room building at Brooks
to cost $2, ,420. The eight-room building on
square 1872 and the addition to the school
on Bladensburg pike will be readvertised
for, the bids having been rejected.
THE committees on arrangements, mill
tary, finance and speakers of the late eman-
cipation celebration and the staff officers of
| the parade met at the Philadelphia House
| last evening and perfected permanent or
ganization by unanimously electing the
following officers President, Colonel Perry
Carson first vice-president, ]. w. Free
man second vice-president, II. D. Ruffin !;
third vice-president, NJ. J. Tyler; fourth
| vice-president, Walter Middleton; secre-
| tary, George w. Stewart; assistant secre-
tary, NJ. +. Hamlin; treasurer, Colonel
George d. Graham. A committee of five
was appointed to draft a constitution and
bylaws and to select title for the associa-
| tion.
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol-
lowing new arrivals at the wharves {:
DledlucT DuG, Shptdin ocUbueSdL,
chandise for Stephenson & Bros. steamer
Norfolk, Captain Shropshire, merchandise
for ]. II. johnson & Bros. schooner
Robert Headley, Captain Brooks, 10000 feet
of lumber for w. w. Mccullough, and
guano for John A. Baker schooner Fanny,
| Captain Cannon, 12O tons of sand for new
Pension Office; schooner Martha Travers,
| Captain Gibson, $50 bushels of oysters
schooner Carpenter, Captain Hall,
200 bushels of oysters schooner
S. A. Douglas, Captain Lewis, 200
bushels oysters schooner b. f. Gillis, Cap
tain Ebenger, 200 bushels oysters; schooner
Ann Matilda, Captain -, $50 bushels
| oysters steamer Kate, Captain Ellis, fish
for L. A. Golden; steamer Comet, Captain
| Taylor, fish, do. sloop Jeanette, Captain
Raymond, fish, do. sloop b. Ii. Lambert,
Captain Davis, fish, do; sloop Bel
videre, Captain johnson, fish, do. !;
| sloop Harry Brice, Captain Aud,
fish, do; schooner Brewster, Captain
Jenkins, fish, do; schooner Five
Brothers, Captain Bolden, fish, do.
schooner John Francis, Captain Evans, fish
do; schooner Margaret Ella, Captain Da-
Wis, fish do; schooner Olive Harrison, Cap
tain Roberts, fish do; schooner NJ. j.
Stephenson, Captain Evans, fish do;
schooner Maggie, Captain Cook, fish for j.
| II. Skidmore; steamer +. w. Gilbert, Cap
tain Hilton, fish for William Z. Stuart.