The Evening critic., 1883-05-18
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

WASHINGTON PRICE, colored man, was
fined S5 to-day for wasting water
ANNA BELT will erect brick dwelling
on West street, near Valley street, at a cost
of 5000.
MR.. JAMES b. JOHNSON will erect four
brick dwellings on Seventh-street road, at
cost of $4,000.
LADIES and scsly girls requiring q non
alcoholic, gentle stimulant, will find
Browns Iron Bitters beneficial.
A LARGE force of stone-cutters are at
work preparing the blocks of stone for the
walls Of st. Patrick's Church.
LIQUOR LICENSES were issued yesterday
to John Connell, 927 ID street, and to Louis
Warcher, 635 Pennsylvania avenue.
CHARLES SCHNEIDER took out q permit
to-day to build private stable in che rear
of X street, between Four-and-a-half and
Fifth streets northwest. ,
The Inspector of Buildings has been en-
gagged in determining the exact location of
the county schools to be built during the
next fiscal year, and the sites have been ap-
proved by the Engineer Commissioner.
AMONG the District cases in the Police
Court to-day was John Streeks and Samuel
Stolt, charged with trespassing on park,
and Streeks was fined $5 and Stolt's case
dismissed. Alexander Lancaster was given
fifteen days for disorderly conduct, Mary
Edwards, the same penalty, for enticing
prostitution, and Joseph Kelly thirty days
for vagtancy.
THE conference between the Commits
sioners and delegation of gentlemen in
terested in the removal of the Garfield
Church yesterday afternoon was not pro-
6uctive of positive results. Mr.. Darneille
and Mr.. VIM. Roose were among those who
spoke in favor of the removal, but the Com
missioners expressed uncertainty as to
their authority to grant the request of the
delegation, and promised to give the mat
ter careful consideration.
DETECTIVES RAFF, Carter and Block and
Sergeant Hollinsberger made n successful
raid last evening upon an alleged new
policy combination, which is said to be
operating extensively and having their own
drawings ETC., in this city. The detectives
| raided shoemaker's shop on B street, be-
| tween First and Second, and also the build
| ing No. 81 Pennsylvania avenue, said to
| be the headquarters of the combination, and
arrested Joseph Torrens and John Wilson,
| as hackers of the gamo; George Williams,
| alias johnson, and Charles Cromwell, as
writers, and Tom Scott, rs runner. The
| cases have all been set for q hearing on
Wednesday and the parties released ON col
| lateral. DIR. Brooks was also arrested to
answer an old charge of writing policy.
HARBoRMAsTER SUTTON reports the fol-
lowing new arrivals at the wharves
Schooner Brave, Captain Stewart, $4,000
feet lumber for L. L. jackson s. Co.; steamer
F. M. Gilbert. Captain Hilton, fish for Wm.
Z. Stuart; schooner Maggie, Captain Cook,
| fish for J. II. Skidmore; sloop B. H. Lam
bert, Captain Davis, fish for r. A.'Golden
sloop Jeanette, Captain Raymond, fish do;
schooner John Francis, Captain Evans, fish
do; schooner Five Sisters, Captain Pullen,
fish do, schooner Silver Star, Capt. Bland,
| 20 cords wood for ]. o. Carter; schooner
Pioneer, Captain Bell, 90 cords wood do;
schooner Mount Vernon, Captain Woods, 30
cords wood do; schooner Thomas Ellis
Captain White, 80 tons coal for s. Emery
schooner William Donnally, Captain Hop.
kins, 176 tons coal do.
A GANG of three colored roughs, jaime:
E. Williams, Beverley Williams and Henry
Bannister, appeared in the Police Court
dock to-day to answer number of charges
The colored men began night of festivity
early last evening by stealing six bottles o.
wine and some forks and spoons from Alb
ner's Garden, on e street. Several hour:
later they turned up on Washington stree,
in an intoxicated condition, and were 81
disorderly that Officer George w. Cooper
put them under arrest for disorderly con
duct, when Bannister assaulted him. II
the Police Court to-day the men claimed
that the wine had been given to them, bu
did not tell straight story, and they wer,
sentenced to fifteen days each for the dis
order, three months each for the larceny
and Bannister was given one month addi
| tional for assaulting Officer Cooper.