The Evening critic., 1883-05-25
pERTINEMT PARAGRAPHS.

THE street-lamps will be lighted at 7:i0
p. IN. and extiDguished at 4:15 a. m. r
ORvILLE DROWN will build an addition
TO house No. 1907 Fifth street, to cost
| $500. lI'
| L. G. MERRIAM will build bay-window
and extension to house No. 622 New Jer-
| sey avenue.
| Mrs. MARY POWERS took out a permit
to-day to build brick dwelling No. Ills
| n street northwest. The building will cost
| $4,000.
Macy WHITNEY, a colored woman, died
OF ruptured artery last night at her
home in an alley, near Twenty fifth aud
nj streets. -f1
THOMAS Z. WAeaAMAN will build two
brick dwellings in alley between l. and M
and Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, to
cost $1,000.
TIE Commissioners yesterday decided
that road should be cut to the Soldiers
Home from Seventh street through the
Scheutzen Park.
MISS JENNIE SMITH, the railroad evan
gelist, having returned from her trip to the
East, will conduct services at Foundry NJ.
&. Church tonight at o'clock.
PERMITS were granted yesterday to the
telephone company to erect telephone poles
In alleys from Fifteenth street to Rock
Creek, between NJ and N streets.
THE Bridget Rainey who was arrested
yesterday for the larceny of a piece of
meat in the market, was not Mrs. Bridget
Rainey, the wife Of John Rainey, of No. 30
G street northwest.
Mrs. ]. N. MILLER, who is visiting at
No. 614 Twelfth street northwest, discoy
cred yesterday afternoon that she had been
robbed Of $40 and some private papers The
lady called in Officer Nicholson, one of the
most efficient police officers in the city, and
the policeman, in a short time, arrested
Mary Allen for the larceny and recovered
everything that had been stolen.
THE Woman's National Labor League
met last evening in the office of the presi-
dent and large number of persons were
present. Several interesting addresses were
delivered and quantity of routine bnsi.
ness disposed of. A number of letters of
congratulation and Endorsement were re-
ceived from prominent people and read.
NUMEROUS inquiries are daily being
made by persons in the city about con-
cern styling itself the Merchants Union
of Washington, ID. g. They claim to rem
resent the merchant's interest by protesting
to expose or give information concerning
all dealers and consumers who do not pay
their bills promptly. Merchants on the
Avenue say they have no knowledge of
auy such concern.
ABOUT 6:15 o'clock last evening man
named b, II. Burgoyne attempted to get on !.
the rear platform of car No. 23 ON Penn
syivania avenue, near Tenth street, but j
just as his foot touched the step the car
started forward, throwing him to the 4
ground and, as he claimed, injnring him
severely. A crowd quickly gathered and
he was assisted to his feet. He recovered,
however, in time to take the next car.
THE contracts for street paving with
asphalt, which were awarded yesterday to
the only bidders-Messrs L. G. Crawford
and A. i. Barber, were, as previously
stated, on bids varying from $2.25 to S2.35
per square yard for pavement laid. This
is considerably less than the price paid last
year; but still the asphalt monopoly is SO
complete that the Commissioners considered
seriously the question of rejecting these
bids and demanding lower figures. The
total amount to be laid on the list Of streets
published on Monday, is 123,s32 square.
yards, of which 81 ,626 square yards was
awarded to Crawford and 92,2O6 square
yards to Barber. Portions of twenty-six
streets are to be paved, and of this number
CRAWFORD has the contracts for four and |
Barber for twenty-five. |