The Evening critic., 1883-03-02
LACONIC LOCALS.

b. b. CLARK will build two brick dwell
ings on N street southeast at n cost Of
$500.
WIN. MUEHLEIsEN will erect brick
store and dwelling, costing $1,000, on Fifth
street, between / and X.
GEORGE HILL, a colored boy, who stole
n suit of clothes from John Wordsworth,
has gone to Jail for sixty days
TIE Grand Jury paid visit to the Jail
to-day and found Warden Crockcr's hotel
in a clean and healthy condition.
DANIEL NAYLoR was sentenced to jail
for one month for each of three larcenes of
meat from Charles Schrote, by whom he
was employed.
THE President will occupy box at the
performance of "Esmerada" by the Madi-
son Square Company, at Ford's Opera
House tonight
PATRICK QUIIK, the young man charged
with stealing an overcoat and hat from
friend at Abner's Hall, was honorably dis
charged to-day
THE Rev. Mr.. Kirkus, of Baltimore is
prevented, by serious sickness in his house
hold, from keeping his appointment at
Epiphany Church this evening.
THOMAS II. MCLEAN, indicted for as
sault with intent to kill, was brought into
the Criminal Court this morning by the
Marshal on bench warrant and commit
ted TO Jail in default of 81 900 bail.
A RECKLESS drunken man, in buggy,
drove violently against the lamp-post at the
southwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and Tenth street northwest, last night
completely smashing the letter-box and
scattering its contents
MEssRs. BENEDICT MILBoURN and
Elias J. Hill were elected on Thursday by
the congregation of Ninth-street NJ. P.
Church, the one as delegate, the other as
alternate to the annual conference which
will meet at Westminster, Nd, on the 14th
inst.
On Wednesday evening last the residence
of Rev. James 7. Lassell, pastor of Ninth
street NJ. p. Church, was visited by large
number Of his congregation who spent the
evening in conversation, feasting and
music and left behind them substantial
expressions of their good wishes.
JOHN l.. MCDUELL and Thomas Wall
| ington were charged before Judge Smell to-
| day with making an affray, but the evil
dence showed that Wallington assaulted
| McDuell with horsewhip and the lattors
actions were only in self-defense. Judge
| Smell fined WallingtOn $40 and acquitted
| McDuell.
| Two gaunt, seedy- looking tramps met
| and shook hands in the Capitol park this
| morning. Said one of them, with know
| ing look, Dye know that the persshun of
| President pro tempOre of the Senate is
very important one?" g. How do you
mean?" quericd number two. why, the
gap between him and the Preisdencyis is very
| narrow. A bulldog pistol and crank is
the gap, and there is a full crop of both of
| EN-"
| A COMMITTEE appointed by the Turn
| Nerein has obtained a reopening of the case
O: Henry Paul, sentenced to n years i'm
| prisonment for attempted street robbery of
| Frank Rolla, hanson cab-drivcr. 1t ap-
pears that Paul is very respectable young
| German, who only recently arrived here
and can speak little or no English. He was
| drunk and tried to make Rolla understand
| that he had lost his way, when the latter
| got scared and started for the police. There
was no demand made for money or life"
as the poor fellow had no such words in his
vocabulary. When tried in the Police Court
he was Unable to state his case. 1t is prob
able that a prompt reversal of the
sentence will be the result of the rehearing
Judge Smell to-day set the case for rehear-
| ing on Tuesday next.