The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-05-26
LOCAL. BRIEFS.

The gas-lamps will he lighted at mid
night and eXtinguished at $3.50 Il. m.
THE application of G. j. Mcchling,
student for admission to the District bar
was to-day referred,
Miss NJ. T.. LEMON and Miss J. u. Bruce
have been engaged TO sing at the Bethel
Literary closing exercises tonight.
THE entertainment and caietierc drill
under the auspices of the Y. NJ. G. A. at
tracted large audience TO their hall last
night.
THE Emmett Guard has filed record of
incorporation, with Messrs Dillon, Regan,
OConnell NJ. s. Walsh and Joseph IL.
Kelly.
RoBERT ]. CAMPBELL has filed bill
for divorce from Sarah Campbell and
the papers have been withdrawn from
the files.
A 1O-YEAR-oLD boy named William
and NJ streets yesterday afternoon and
broke his arm in two places.
l.. O. PosEY and T. Il. Holmes have been
admitted to the bar of this District, and
the applications of J. L. Sheppard, Albert
II. Hall f. D. Hell and A, p. Alberts have
been referred.
A DEBATEwill occur this evening at the
y NJ. c. a. rooms between the y. NJ. c.
A. Literary Society and the Jefferson De-
mission of Utah as a State
Ar meeting of gentlemen interested in
forest culture, at the Office of John Shcr-
man, last evening, arrangements were
made for large room and for another
meeting in few days TO fully organize Il
forestry company.
JAMES II. BRYAN having complained
that the stables of Messrs. J.. i. Wright IL
Son are Il nuisance and having asked
that they be restrained from rebuilding
on the site of the old stables, the defend
ant has been directed to show cause why
the injunction should not be granted.
YESTERDAY morning at . O'clock five
white boys made dash for liberty at the
Reform, School. Three Of them were
caught before they got out of the grounds.
Vim. Molair and lsadore Benings were ar
rested by the police in the city. yesterday
afternoon ana returned TO the Institution.
CLARENCE RIDGELY, one of the Criminal
Court jurors, disappeared shortly after the
court opened yesterday morning and an
attachment for him was issued. He was
brought in during the afternoon and
stated that his disappearance was due to
sickness. He was allowed to go on pay
ing the costs of the attachments.
MARRIAGE LICENSES hcve been issued as
follows: j. NJ. Wolfe and Jennie T.. Cox
both of Charles County, Va; Eugene
Tainor and Hannah Brcscnhaw; j. T.
tOutl ana l1ZZle W. LlpSCOlnD, both OF
Richmond, Va; Henry Meier aud Lizzie
Ruebsom; Frank Stewart and Caroline
Jewell.
Mrs. A. l.. BARBER presided at the
meeting of the Humane Society's new
Committee on Humane Education ycster-
day. The object of the committee is to
devise means for more rapidly advancing
the cause ofhumane education. Addresses
were made by Mrs. n. Il. Walker, Hon.
Dorman Il. Eaton, Rev. Alexander Kent,
j. b. T. Upper and S. W. Russell. The
secretary was by resolution, requested to
distribute such humane literature as is on
hand or may he secured for such purpose
among the several bands of mercy.
A LARGE NUMBER of residents of seventh
street, between New York avenue and
Boundary street, met last night to con-
denim the action of the Commissioners in
granting permission to the Western Union
Telegraph Company to erect poles on that
street and 10 devise means to defeat it in
court ii the Commissioners did not Cour-
termand the permit Mr.. r. &. Hewitt
presided and Oscar Knox acted as sccre-
taly. committee consisting of Messrs,
Burkhardt, Miller, Geer, Fox, O'Donnell
Hewitt, Ritter, Obcrhem, Reardon, Me-
Quire Wheatey, Walker Prnllert
Sprecht, Seabode, Gusdorf and Clark was
appointed to raise funds for this purpose
meeting will be held Wednesday morn
ing at the Office of their counsel, Mr.
Cook, previous to the case being called in
court