The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 1868.
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.


JAMES GREEN, a colored tramp, was
given the extent OF the vagrancy law to-day.
THE street.lamps will be lighted at
6!25 p. m. and eXtinguished at5 ;15 a. m.
RIDING in street car to-day is very
much like riding In nm Irish jauntlng car
over the rocky road to Kerry.
WE know from experience that st.
Jacobs OIL Will cure rheumatism, and we
feel that we are doing simply an act
OF Justice and mercy when we assert such pup
licly.-PoOyid (IR) Ddiky P6oriaR.
SHERIFF CLABKE, accompanied by two
men in n wagon, called at the First Precinct
station yesterday afternoon with requisltion
for Garner and Leo and carried the TWO cul-
prits to Marlboro, Nd, to appear for trial.
HARBORMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol-
lowing new arrivals at the wharves for yester.
day steamer Norfolk, Captain shropshire, NOR
chnndIse for j. II. Johnson Co.; pungy Martha
Travers, Captain Butter, OOO bushels oysters
for market
AN inebriated individual was found by
paseers.by on tho Avenue, between Tenth and
Eleventh streets southeast, at a late hour last
night. He had fallen down and was com
pletely showed under, and had he not boon
discovered as soon rs he was, the probabilities
are that he would have been found this morn
Ing frozen to death.
AT the last regular meeting of Eagleston
Division, S. OF T., the following officers were
Installed for the ensuing quarter; Il. X. Nc.
Intyre, W. p. John II. Lock, W. A.; W. J.webb,
II. s.; n. S. Keith, A. n. s.; L. Price Brown, +.
sayer, chaplain; l.. Il. Boyd, conductor; Miss
May Thomson, A. O.. Miss Alice Thomson, /.
s.. =. II. Martin, o. s.; II. j. Bradley, p. W. z.
WILLIAM LAWSON, small colored boy,
was charged In the Police Court to-day with
carrying concealed weapons, and with firing a
pistol In public reservation. The evidence
was that the boys were skating and sliding on
Babcock Lake and got Into quarrel and Law
son drew little revolver and fired three shots,
none of which wounded anybody. Lawson
was acquitted of carrying the pistol, and tho
other case was continued.
THE vestry of the Grace P. E. Church.
corner OF Ninth and d streets southw est,
called a meeting of the congregation last night
to consider the question of waysRnd means, In
The storm preventing a fair representation OF
the church membership attending, 1t was de-
cided to adjourn to next Wednesday, the 18th
instant. The pulpit has been supplied tenn
porarily since the resignation of Rev. Francis
Gilliat.
MEETING of the managers of the Iu-
dustrial Home School was held last evening
at Hon. II. A. Willards residence on X street,
vice.president Curtis presiding. There wore
present Messrs. q. NJ. Matthews, Nordlinger,
Warner, Abrahams, Brown, Doolittle, willard,
Mrs. Voorhees,, Mrs. Willard, Mrs. II. NJ. Tel
Ter, Mrs. Curtis, and Mrs. Blockford. The re-
ports OF the different officers showed unusual
Interest and activity in the affairs OF the
school; that many applications for admission
had to be declined for want OF funds to meet
the necessary expenses. Aspeclal committee,
consisting of Messrs. Warner, Curtis, and
| Abrahams, was appointed to provide addl-
| tional water supply for the home.