The Evening critic., 1884-03-04
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

OFFICER MARI found set of nickel
plated harness In the county yesterday.
SUSAN DIGGs, an old colored woman, was
fined 81 by Judge Smell to-day for failing to an-
swer summons.
Mrs. HARRIET A. FORD to-day quail
fed as ndministratrlx OF the estate OF her nus
band, DR.. q. nj. Ford, on bond OF 81 200.
NJ. T. ATKINS, of 654 + street southeast,
has reported that a lot OF ladies' wearing up
parel was stolen from his house last Sunday.
THE Commissioners have appointed Thos.
Rocket an additional private on the police
force, without compensation from the District.
LAvINIA THOMAS, Luke Brown aud
Jacob Ross were nned SIS each by Judge Smell
to day for talking louder than the law allows.
A. T.. WILLIAMS has informed the police
that he had a valuable overcoat stolen from
the dining.room at the National Hotel during
noon yesterday.
MAJOR DYE reports that there were
eighteen colored and fourteen white
families relieved by the police from the poor
fund yesterday.
Il. G. WHEELER being the highest bidder
In the sale of iron label cases ut the City Post.
ofllce sale, and Hoffenmaier Il Co., the highest
bidders for 1ute sacks, wero to-day awarded
the contracts.
THE Washington Gas Company took out
q permit to-day 10 erect tank for holding gas
at the intersection OF New Hampshire and Vir-
Ginia avenues and and Twenty-sixth streets,
10 cost 100000.
A YOUNG MAN named VIM. Strobach was
assessed $40 by Judge Smell for brutally
kicking little boy named John Matthews In
tho face In West Washington while the de-
PENDANT was drunk.
AN intelligent-lookng fourteen-ycar-old
boy named George Berlin was sent TO tho Re-
form School during his minority, by Judge
the wagon OF Lewis r. Bart. 1872
Now t, they speak Of lsgdS Ee. - !s'l ?. as Isl,
take DR.. Bulls Cow yrup-the standard
s fSs fails and s sSsts only IS
csptss6bottle.
THE subject of Mrs. Eouisc Polloclz's free
lecture, Wednesday afternoon at 3 O'Clock, at
the Nurses Examining SCHOOL, 6lO Eleventh
street, will DO "Epochs In Child Life" which
exert powerful Influence on the child's char
acter and disposition.
ABOUT IL o'clock yesterday morning au
old white man named Saunders went Into
foro the chair reached him he fell to the floor
from paralysis. DR.. Elliott attended him and
he was sent to Freedman's Hospital.
THE Wednesday meetings of the W. G.
II. U. at Temple Hotel are exceedingly inter-
visiting the city from different States, also
from foreign countries, taking part In the ex-
erclses. Mrs. La Fetra welcomes all.
DIR. LUTHER MASON, who has spent sew
eral years In Japan, visited, last Monday, the
National kindergarten, corner OF Eighth and
streets, and gave the children q very inter.
esting talk about child lifo In Japan, whore
they have the finest kindergarten In tho
world
Mr.. HENRY Il. BURGESS, by his attor-
ney, Mr.. @. +. wroe, to-day nled q petition for
divorce from his wife, Mary Il. Burgess. The
parties were married IN Lynn, Mass, June ID,
1872, and he charges that she deserted him
on April 8, 1880, and is now living In New
York city.
ROBERT GRAY, Ellis Trice and Richard
Yanderpool were to-day convicted IN the
Criminal Court OF breaking Into the house OF
Michael OBrien, The first two were sentenced
| 10 two years each and the latter 10 eighteen
months In the Albany Penitentiary.
In the Criminal Court this morning Rob
ert o. Il. Petit, John O. Baum and james ID.
Cleary were excused as petit Jurors aud II, o.
omohundro, j, NJ. @. wallnch and VIM, II. Bell
were accepted 10 MI the vacancies, Mr.. rhos,
| NJ. Cogan was also excused as grand Juror
and Mr.. Seaton Perry accepted In his stead.
MINNEHAHA LODGE OF GOOD TEMPLARs
will give public entertainment this evening
at Timms' Hall, corner OF seventh ana ID
| streets northwest. The public Is cordially IN
| vlted and we are certain that all who may at
| tend will spend n pleasant evening. Dr..
Rise and Progress"
| PREPARATIONS are in progress at the
| executive lighthouses for beautifylng tho White
| are crowded with plants OF almost every des
| cripilon, q large portion of which are to DO
| planted I'm the grounds In few weeks, and II
| Is predicted that the gardens VIII be more at.
| tractlve and beautiful hortlculturally, than
| ever before.