The Evening critic., 1883-05-23
THE EVENING CRITIC.
EsTABLIsHED AUGUST 1895,
LACONIC LOCALS.
ESTABLIsHED .

JACOB A. CROWN, boatman, was fined
$50 by Judge Smell to-day for carrying
pistol.
FIVE policy cases were called in the Po-
lice Court to-day and continued until Sat
urday next.
No warrants have been issued(yet against
the barkeepers on the river steamboats, as
stated in some Of the papers.
JOHN O'BRIEN was charged in the Police
Court to-day with conducting an unlicensed
bar, and after lengthy hearing was fined
$105.
UPON the recommendation of Mr.. Brad
ley, chairman Of the Examining Commit
tee, Henry @. Hunterman was admitted to
the bar of this District.
HENRY M. CoNKLING, for threats of per-
s0nal violence to his wife, Annie Conkling,
was committed for six months in default
Of 500 bonds to keep the peace.
NICHOLAS WEGGEMANN, through his at
torney, Mr.. Reginald Fendall, has filed
bill in equity against Francis Fl. Wegge-
mann and others for partition of lots 10 and
90, in subdivision Of square 44S.
THE case of the colored driver, Joseph
King, who drove over Mr.. Henry johnson
at Ninth and F streets yesterday morning,
was called in the Police Court to-day, and
continued until Mr. johnson shall be able
to appear.
PHILIP HERMAN was charged in the Po-
lice Court to-day with stealing watch
from VIM. Gerick. The evidence was that
Gerick left his watch in Kernans house,
and that the latter turned it over to the po-
lice. The case was dismissed.
ERNEST VEssAIR and Henry Ternke
had quarrel at Fourteenth and E streets
yesterday and were fighting each other
with their canes when the police interfered.
The blame seemed to be pretty evenly dis
tributed and Judge Smell dismissed the
case.
GEORGE REDMOND, a colored rufian,
went to a house conducted by Sallie
Stephenson and got into q quarrel and was
ordered out, assaulted the proprietress and
pounded and kicked her and knocked some
of her teeth out. He was sentenced to six
months in Jail.
THE police lieutenants reported four rob-
| berries to the Chief of Police to day. Two
burglaries on Fourteenth street northwest,
| the details Of which have been already pub
| lished; the larceny of a satchel containing
| So, inadvertently left on o front porch, and
| 81 stolen from gentleman's room.
PHILIP VANcAMP and David Smith had
| dispute at the Baltimore & Ohio depot
| last evening, growing out of discussion
1
| pistol, but as he made no attempt to use it
he was released to-day on personal bonds to
keep the peace.
| CHARLES BUTLER, colored, attempted tC
90 into bottling establishment where
Moses Fleetwood was employed, and when
Fleetwood ordered him out, Butler knocked
him down and kicked and dubbed him
Judge Smell to-day sentenced Butler to six
months in Jail for the unprovoked assault
ON the old man.
THE contracts for furnishing grant,
blocks for street paving were awarded b.
the Commissioners yesterday as follows
New York & Maine Company, 100000 a
$4G.5O, and 100000 at SiS50; Westham 6
Co., 100000 at $47.50; John Booth, 10000
at $40, and Richmond company, 100000 a
$49.75.
The vestry of Grace Protestant Episco
pal Church has made call upon Rev
Frederick G. Lee, of Long Island, N. Y
The call has been accepted, and Mr.. Lee
will assume the rectorship next Sunday
He is graduate of Berkeley Divinity
School Of Middletown, Conn, and though
quite young has spent some eight year
each in the countries of India and Austria
liza. He is regarded as man Of considera
bic ability.
THE District Commissioners yesterda,
decided not to extend the season for trap
net fishing in the Potomac authorized tn
Engineer Commissioner to advertise for bid
for the general supplies of all kinds for th
District during the next fiscal year; in
structed their attorneys to take the neces
sa,y steps to secure an arbitration of tn
Strong suits, and agree to VIM. Penn Clarke
II. E. Paine and Edward Clark as the boar
of arbitrators.
THE Ordnance Department has just fin
shed the work of supplying the troops yves
of the Mississippi River with new shot
guns, with which to kill game. The gun
are models of beauty. They were mad
from old muzzle-loaders, and are single
barreled breech-loaders. The outfit consist
of cleaning apparatus and liberal suppl
Of ammunition, and the cost per piece
fixed at $S45. General Sherman sent for
specimen of the new army shotgun to-da
and has it on exhibition in his office.
MR.. HART COHEN was charged in th
Police Court to-day with assaulting co
ored servant woman named Fanny HATTIE
who was employed by his sister. Cohe
was in his sisters kitchen, when disput
arose about some milk, and he claims this
the servant attempted to put him out, an
she claims that he threatened to cut hi
throat with pen-knife. Whichever stor
was true, it was evident that the woma
had been cut on the hand with the pei
knife, and Judge Smell imposed q fine {
$40 on Mr.. Cohen, from which an appe
l ,nNa