The Evening critic., 1883-05-15
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

THE police made fifty arrests yester-
day.
JOHN WILLIAMS, for threats to his
mother, and John Smith, for threats to
Amanda Reed, were to-day committed for
six months, in default of bonds to keep the
peace.
The Potomac Boat Club will entertain
Miss Katherine Rogers and her company at
barge party on the river this afternoon.
The company will play the latter half of
this week for the benefit of the club, at the
National Theatre.
AT A special session of the Commission
ers yesterday they ordered that heating ap-
paratus be placed in the three new school
buildings, and in the Miner, Abbott J. F..
Cook and Randall buildings. They fixed
the hour for watering the streets from to
q. m. and to 10 p. m.
CENTENNIAL COUNCIL, No. 4, Sons of
Jonadab, inaugurated a series of public
meetings at their hall, corner of Seventh
and l. streets northwest, on last Saturday
evening. The exercises of the evening,
consisting of songs, rec;tations and short
addresses, were enthusiastically received by
the large audience present.
CHARLES REINHARDT, a shoemaker at
No. 30S Sixth street, and Mr.. J. w.
Throckmorton, of Mount Pleasant, have
been visited by burglars in the last few
days, and robbed of money, jewelry and
clothing. Mr.. Reinhardt's loss included
5000 cash, while the articles stolen from Mr..
Throckmorton aggregate q greater value.
No arrests have been made.
THE eighteenth anniversary of the Co.
lumbia Fishing Club and the sixtieth an
niversary of Mr.. George Juenemann were
celebrated in fine style last evening. Pis-
torio's brass band furnished promenade
music and string band kept the dancers
in the pavilion busy. Mr.. Juenemann
was presented with numerous handsome
presents, including silver ice pitcher from
the Great Falls Ice Company, and mag
nifcent gold headed cane from the Colum-
bia Fishing Club. Mr.. H. Rabe responded
to the presentation in an appropriate
| speech.
JUDGE SMELL to-day complained to the
bailiffs of his court of the class of people ad-
mitted inside the bar. The reserved space,
he said, in effect, was for dignitaries of the
| first magnitude, such as newspaper report
| ers, fly cops and brainy disciples of Black
| stone, and he did not want to see the lower
| classes admitted. He wanted people to
| know when they saw anybody come inside
the bar that it was high-toned, respect
able citizen. The railing would make a
good demarkation between the common
herd that thronged the court for the pleas
/
select party that gathered ia the court on
legitimate business, and were entitled to
the protection Of clean and respectable sur
roundings.
| HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol-
lowing new arrivals at the wharves
Steamer Sue, Captain Geoghegan, merchan-
disc for Stephenson & Bros. schooner
| Brewster, Captain Jenkins, fish for &. A.
Golden schooner John Francis, Captain
Evans, fish do; sloop Jeanette, Captain
Raymond, fish dc schooner Maggie, Cap.
tain Cook, fish for j. II. Skidmore & Co.
steamer F. M. Gilbert, Captain Hilton, fish
for William E. Stuart steamer Norfolk,
Captain Shropshire, merchandise for J. H
johnson & Co. and city dealers barge
Honesty, Captain Hawley, $50 tons Of coal
for city dealers ba;ge Mary and Laura,
Captain Lynch, 262 tons of coal for city
dealers schooner Gay Thomas, Captain
Shoe, 324 tons coal for Clark & Given
schooner R. P. King, Captain Knowles,
222 tons coal do; sloop Maggie, Captain
Woodland, 300 bushels of oysters.