The Evening critic., 1883-06-18
THE EVENING CRITIC.
EsTABL1sHED AUGUST 1ses.
LACONIC LOCALS.

THOMAS PAYNE has been appointed o
special private, to do duty in the Fourth
Precinct
THE early morning train on tho vir-
ginia Midland Railroad was several hours
late to-day.
S. ENGLISH NUNS CLOTH COATS at SO
apiece. A. Saks & Co., 316 and 3I8 Seventh
street.
The Rev. DIR. Burdick, of the Sixth
Presbyterian Church, has returned from his
trip to New York.
VIM. JACKSON, colored, was sent to Jail
for sixty days to-day for stealing clothing
from Charles Lee and Sarah Parker.
JOHN DINaLE for assaulting his wife,
from whom he has been separated, was
fined $5 in the Police Court to-day.
MR.. AND MRS. T. F. STOKES celebrated
the 40th anniversary of their marriage at
their residence ON Mount Vernon Place on
Friday evening
A coLoRED servant at No. 1909 Sixth
street northwest was severely burned on
Saturday night by her clothes catching fire
while attempting to light the gas
WILLIAM ROLLINS, colored, was sem
fenced to pay $50 or go to Jail for sixty
days, to-day, for carrying an immense Revo-
lutionary relic in the shape of an iron re-
volver.
Fridley, two well-known young ladies of
South Washington and members of the
Young Women's Christian Temperance
Union, have gone to Philadelphia on q
visit. Both young ladies are connected
with the White Ribbon Adrocate.
Mr.. ]. B. BUTLER appointment clerk of
the Treasury, was slightly injured yester-
| day afternoon by collision of his carriage
| with treebox on Fourteenth street. The
hnre nx.,1t to1, W. D,,t1 lrt.,t Naa
| fright and ran away, demolishing the car
riage. Both driver and horse were hurt.
GEORGE ROBINSON and George Jones,
| two colored men, INDUCED in little fracas
| yesterday, during which two pistol shots
4 were fired and some furniture shattered to
| pieces but nobody was hurt, and the par
ties were given fifteen days each. Jones
was also given sixty days for carrying the
| pistol.
| A YOUNG man named Manken employed
as clerk by Messrs. Golden & Richardson,
is reported to have had his pocket picked
| of $75 belonging to his employers. The
robbery is said to have occurred on an
| Avenue car, and to have been discovered
when the car had reached Fifteenth street
and New York avenue. No arrests were
made.
MARY HARRoD, sable-hued maiden
got after an acquaintance named Elizabeth
johnson, who charged her with improper
relations with the formers husband and
when the charges were reiterated Mary cut
Elizabeth with o penknife intlicting a
slight cut below her right ear. A fine of
$50 or imprisonment of sixty days was i'm
posed.
JAMES DEFIANT, aged Is, was before the
Police Court to-day charged with stealing
an old tricycle. from Mr.. VIM. w. Giles, of
West Washington. The boy is very poor,
and claimed that some money was due to
him and he took the tricycle. and sold it for
food. Mr.. Giles recommended the boy to
the mercy of the Court, and he was released
with reprimand.
NOTWITHSTANDING the dullness of the
season, our enterprising citizens, Messrs.
Taylor e. Hufty have provided the fullest
assortment of stylish summer suits, aud are
now selling them at prices that cannot be
matched this side of New York. These are
all fashionable costumes, direct from the
manufacturers hand, and cannot fail to
give satisfaction. Their white suits are
specially fine and cheap.
Hon. GEORGE B. LoRING, treasurer, an
M. Trimble corresponding secretary of the
Garfield National Masonic Memorial AS
sociation, acknowledge the receipt of the
following additional contributions: Oliver
Lodge, No. S4, Alexandria, La, $40; Everett
/
Lotzia, Virginia, 81; Rio Grande Lodge
No. 81, Texas, $40; Arthur S. Wolff, G. H
Smith, and A. Pedessen, Paris, France, 81
each William M. Rees, Pittsburg, Pa, 81
A FIRE was discovered at o'clock yes
terday morning in Miller's plumbing store
on Ninth street, between d and E north
west, and an alarm was turned in from box
1876 A general alarm was soon afterwari
turned in, for at one time 1t was thought
that the surrounding buildings were il
danger. The Fire Department, however
confined the fire to Miller's plumbing es
tablishment Wixom's provision store ant
Johnson's restaurant. The damage wa
$4,000 to Johnson's and $1,000 to Miller's
Slight damage was also done to other store
by water.
YOUNG WOMAN named Bette White
was locked ap at the Fifth Precinct Sta
ton on Saturday charged with stealing
$4,000 from Annie Wilson, No. 213 Tenth
street northwest. The girl was apprehended
in dressmaking establishment by the de-
tectives, and asked permission as they were
coming up Pennsylvania avenue to go into
pharmacy, where she secreted the money
| which was found afterward. Madame Viii.
| son recovered the money and will not ap
| pear against her. No case was presented
as linst the girl in the Police Court to-day
/, THE Chinese Legation, which has occu
| pied the large mansion erected on X stree
by Alexander r. Shepherd, will remove il
a short time to the Kennedy House on /
street. There appears to be a dispute as tt
the title to the Shepherd house, which be
: came tied up in some way during the finan
cial embarrassments of Mr.. Shepherd, ant
which will require legal proceedings to de
termine, probably in the nature of an eject
ment suit. According to international Law
, and custom, no action could be instituted
while the premises were in tho occupation
of a foreign ambassador. The property il
valuable, being worth 100000, if no
more.
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol
lowing new arrivals at the wharves
I Schooner Charm, Starr, 105 tons coal 70
Stephenson & Bros. ; schooner A. Booth
Todd, 1872 tons of coal for Walter Ii. Mar
low barge Sylvan Stream, Riley, 800 ton
coal for city dealers; barge New Jersey
Kinsley, 250 tons coal do. schooner Fanny
Baker, 100 tons sand for new Pension
office schooner Wave of the Wise, Harris
$4,000 feet of lumber for Wimsatt & Uhler
schooner Walter II. Parker, Rocket, so
. tons of coal for Rich & Co. schooner Ris
ing Sun, Dunnington, 130 bales hay for /
NJ. Posey barge II. o. Clayton, Name, IL
J.. tons coal for Potomac Steamboat Co.
steamer Sue, Geogheghan, merchandise 70
J. Stephenson & Bros.
50 English Nuns