The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

To-Day.
THE new spring uniforms for the police
day.
A NUMBER of members of the New Eng
land Press Association spent Sunday In this
city.
A WHITE man named George Smith was
assessed $40 by Judge Smell Saturday for In
decent exposure In the Centre Market.
LEMUEL SMITH, colorcd was fined S. in
the Police Court this morning for assaulting n
coiored woman named Catherine Rax.
ANNIE JOHNSON, colorod, broke win
dow and cursed on the street, and paid SIG
therefor In the Police Court this morning.
The room Of Mr.. N. w, Cannon, at tho
Arlington Hotel, was entered by professional
hotel thief laet night, and robbed OF 1901 In
money and jeweliY.
JAMES MoEvoY and wife, by bill In
equity, against Alfred Morsiand and others,
pray decree to divest aud inves { title to lots
z and 8, square 900.
MEssRs. j. @. PARKER, Isaac N. Kalb
and M. NJ. Rowzer as incorporators have filed
certificate OF the incorporation OF St. Paul's
English Lutheran Church.
UNION DEGREE TEMPLE meets this
evening at Timms Hall, corner Seventh and
d streets northwest for the purpose OF confer.
ring the higher good templar degrees.
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY CoYLE
has reported to the police that his house was
entered and robbed yesterday of sixteen
silver spoons and four forks valued at $3.50.
COLONEL CASEY has requested tho Com
missioners TO furnish him with n fre.engine
TO pump the water out OF the well at the
Warrington Monument for tho purpose OF
cleansing 1t.
JOHN b. STETsoN, indicted for obtaining
money under false pretenses from Henry A. p.
Carter, the Hawaiian Minister, pleaded guilty in
the Criminal Court this morning, and SEN
tence was suspended.
THE alarm of fire from box 20 at 11:30
O'Clock this morning was caused by the dis
eeovery OF lire In a small brick house No. 1112
W street. The ire spread to thelroof of1114
W street. Damage $500.
MAJOR DYE received telegram from
Detective Ram this afternoon stating that he
would leave Dayton, o. at once with Adds,
who 10 charged with embeSzling the funds OF
W. ID. Moses some time ago.
Mr.. 2. @. CHEEKS, District Deputy, as
sisted by the officers OF the grand lodge and
visiting templars will Institute new lodge OF
good templars this evening ut Blake Hall,
Seventh street southwest.
JAMES LAWSON, a colored boy, IA years
ofage, pleaded guilty In tho Criminal Court
Saturday morning to uttering forged orders on
N. W. Burchell, grocer, and was sent to the Re-
form School during minority.
NELLIE QUIRK, an old white woman, q
man, was sent to jail for three months by
Judge Smell this morning for the larceny OF q
lot ofclothing from her employer.
CHARLES CALHOUN was one of tho dis
morning, and promptly and emphatically
pleaded guilty to two charges OF street bias
phemy in West Washington. He was fined So
In each case.
Chief Clerk McGinn went to Buzzard's Point
last week to inspect the soap and bone f9cto-s
ries located there with q view to apsttngtke
nuisance created BY them, buttheys'were not
WALLPAPER at Rseph6fts, DIG Seventh st.
THE fire inskdftbln Hall building about
2 o,clQeksuhday ymprning originated in the
haek part OF Mr.. Lewis Bears store. Its
prompt discovery by onlcer Michael Byrnes
and Private Waterman Fred jana and the
swift, efficient, orderly work OF the Fire De-
partment saved valuable property and pre-
vented great public calamity.
A WHILE YOUTH named Charles Zy-
precht pleaded guilty In the Police Court to.
day to the charge OF embezzling $3.50 from
his employer, +. j. Auguster, q baker. He
made collections and failed to turn over the
funds TO his employer. Tho case was sent TO
the grand jury and the defendant was commit
ted.
THE District Commissioners have called
the attention OF the Senate District Committee
TO the letter OF Professor Baird, the reports OF
Colonel Mcdonald and DR.. Townshend and the
letter OF Mr. Thomas Lucas on the subject OF
gas tar In the Potomac and Its bad effect on
the fish.
INSPECTOR ENTwIsLE has issued the fol-
lowing permits to build: Mcintosh Il Boston,
erect six dwellings, on Canal. street, between
First ard Second streets southwest, $1,000; L.
q. Loomis, erect two dwellings In tho county,
5000; Daniel Hartwell, repair 154 Ninth
street, 5000; George Salter, repair 002 Massa-
chusetts avenue northeast, $3.50; James Rich.
ardson, repair house corner Twelfth and O
streets, 5000.
BUILDING INSPECTOR ENTwIsTLE has
Issued the following permits to build Charles
Early, erect dwelling on Connecticut ave-
nue., between Q and II streets to cost $4,000;
W. A. Stewart, erect two dwellings on Vermont
avenue, between u and v street, $4,000; John
j. Dermody, erect three dwellings on Ninth
street, between Il and + streets southeast, 3d.
600; George W. Watson, repair 1888 M street
southeast, $500; j. McKenna, repair 1906,
1907 and 1909 Eleventh street southeast,
5000. J. Mitchell, repair 731 Twentyifaufrh
oADlSET.slzr pnqsegrapesr6Siiy $3.50 per
dozen. Chester 3 Vesays 428 Seventh st. N. W.
JosEp1SxABUFLEt, Nellie Karr and
GeQngfdnha Weathers, three colored girls who
tfVe below the Avenue, were charged before
Judge Smell to-day with soliciting prostltu-
ton. o1lcers Dunnigan and Kenney testified
10 tho bad character OF the house In which they
live and their parading the street In front OF
their house in "Mother Hubbard" dresses.
The Court asked to be informed what sort OF o
dress this was, and the of1lcer said cit was q
loose gown that hangs loose from the neck
down." They were released on their personal
bonds.