The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
LOCAL BRIEFS.

COLDS, fevers and inlammations broken
MP by DIR. Pierce's Extract of Smart Weed.
THE Gospel Temperance Sunday-school
fair closes tonight. All articles to be
voted for will be awarded to the fortunate
candidates.
THE appointment of j. Steele as au over
ser Of the Washington Asylum has been
revoked, and George Martin has bsen ap-
pointed to the position.
list OF BATTLES of the Rebellion aud
Roster of Surgeons, 330pp. Price so cents.
For sale by Gray & Clarkson, 339 Pennsyl-
yania avenue, and at all news-stands.
MARRIAGE licenses have been issued as
follows Sol. j.. Mason of this city and
Rebecca Green of Howard County, Nd;
Charles Bailey and Annie King; George w.
Bagby and Laura Il. Palmer; John W, Wat
son and Elizabeth Grainer.
SUIT has been entered by John II. Barnes
against Police Officer Slack for false arrest
on November 23, 1884, and claiming $4,000
damages. This is the case where Slack
made himself so ofiicious, and which was
fully ventilated in the Police Court.
II HAVE thee on the hip cried rheu-
malism, scizing his victimand tossing him
ON suffering bed. mot So" ho cried
mot so Wait my ancient foe, just five
minutes, until the boy brings bottle of
Salvation Oil, then wen see who wins the
day."
The Washington Humane Society will
hold meeting tomorrow at the rooms of
The y. NJ. O. A. The name Of the society
WAS recently changed by act of Congress
from the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals" to the Humane So
ciety, with power to protect children.
ABOUT 1870 o'clock yesterday afternoon
four mules were killed by being struck by
a ira in on the Metropolitan Branch, b. &
o. Railway, just above Boundary street.
The animals were the property of Thomas
McCann, the contractor for tho Boundary
street sewer They were valued at $780,
THE Commissioners have recently deter
mined to revoke some of the permits al
ready granted to street peddlers, and also
to quit issuing them in the future. They
yesterday refused to grant permit to
Daniel w. Winchester of New Orleans to
allow 100 boys to sell the Ulster County
GJ.e te on the street.
JAMES A. GARFIELD PosT, No. Z, G. A,
r., held a reception of large proportions at
Grand Army Hall. The programme con-
sisted Of music, literature and dancing
The entertainment committee consisted 0I
Messrs. p III. Weber, +. G., Saxton, A. p
Bowman, w. o. Drew, +. w. Page, Frank
Wilson and S. I, +. Sterrick.
THE Eighth Subdivision Associated Char
itits held a meeting last night, Rev. Dr.
Cbickeripg presiding. 1t was suggested
that quite sum could be raised by the
society if they could get the use Of the ball
room in the Pension building and keep II
open 10 visitors at q charge Of twenty-five
cents the day subsequent to the ball, under
charge of a committee of well known ladies
and gentlemen.
WHY pay 90 cents for lniment when
Salvation Oil is sold at 20 cents bottle?
EVERY country, climate and sect wa
represented at the carnival OF nations at
Masonic Temple last night, given by tdt
Union Veteran Company, Old Guard, t.
terminate the series of entertainment
which have been progressing since Monday
Miss May Eldridge who assumed the charac
ter offs Knight Templsr, and Mr.. o. Shom,
that Of newsboy won the prizes offered
for the best characters. The decorations ii
the hall were superb, lanterns, trees aut
bnnting, with paste-board faces portrayinl
all kinds of expressions of mimiery ant
bu1oonry, being tastefully arranged. TIT
arrangements were under the supervision o
Captains Thomason and Ebert.