The Evening critic., 1885-04-08
LOCAL BRIEFS.


SALVATION OH, tho great plin.romody,
as n liniment, is nonpareil. Price twenty
five cents.
A cAn.DR1vER named VIM. Rol Inns fell
from mis- cab at tho corner Of New York
ayen nc and Fifteenth street last night and
was badly bruised.
Ar last evenings meeting Of tho Anthro-
biological Society paper was read by Dr..
W. Matthews, U S. A., on the NEUROLOGICAL
dry painting of the Navajoes
THE National Academy of Fine Arts,
corner of Eighteenth street and New York
avenue, is open free TO the public every
Wednesday evening at o'clock
A MEETING Of the School Board would
have been held last night, but Trustees
Birney, Curtis, Purvls and Smith were che
only members of the board present
WONDERS for Children. Gould's, i2l 9th st
THE Easter Offering at Christ (P, ~
Church, West Washington, on Easter SUI
day, amounted TO $1,000, of which $l,2)0
was in cash and the balance in memorials.
THE Washington City Presbytery met at
the Assembly Church last night. Rev. DR..
Sunderland acted as moderator, Rev. b. f.
Bittinger, stated clerk. The sermon was
preached by DR.. Sunderland.
TmE Choral Society will give the second
of It's series of concerts at the Congrega-
tional Church this evening. The pro-
gramme Is a very elaborate and attractive
one, and the success of the concert is assured.
CHRIS ABNER's own cigars are the best
out for 5 cents.
SPORTING men hero are discussing tho
probabilities Of cooking main to DO held at
Bladensburg in May, between New York
and this city. A large main will be fought
Mt Lynchburg, Va, on the 21st of this month
batwnpn Xirpinin and this CITY.
A MEETING of the residents of tho Fifth
and Sixth districts interested in the
emancipation celebration met last night
and authorized the committee TO hire q
four-horse wagon on which to construct
the chariot.
DRuGaIsT Ito lazy man, who had
tnrned over new leaf) "You are early of
late; you used to be behind before, but now
you are first at last" Old man who did
rot see the point. "Give me my DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup, and stop your nonsense"
AN opinion has been rendered by Assist.
ant Attorney James Il. Padgett that the
first section of the ordinance to prevent
domestic animals running at large includes
chickens, and he thinks that reasonable
charge should be made for keeping them 10
pound
THE Washington Medical Association
last evening elected the following officers
for the ensuing term President, DIR. d. c.
Patterson Weep presidents, Drs. A. f. A,
King and j. o. Stanton secretary, DR.
Lacblan Tyler, and treasurer, DIR. S. S
Adams.
FASTER CARDS. Goulds, 421 9th st.
A POLO MATCH occurred at the Rhode
Island Avenue Rink last night between the
two Washington polo clubs, the Nationals
of the Il street Rink and the Stars of the
Washington Roller Skating Rink, Rhode
Island avenue. The Nationals won by u
score of Z too.
AN interesting programme of literary OK
ercises was rendered at II meeting of the
Y. M. G. A. Literary Society last night
Mr.. Mcmillan delivered n recitation. A de-
bate followed upon the question: IRE
solved, that the sale or manufacture of in.
toxicating liquors as beverage should be
prohibited by law"
SEE our So pants to order Hambnrger's.
VIM. JONES. more familiarity known a,
'Bill joiner, the avenger," who shot at Gut
ttau, has been sued for divorce. Catharine
M. d. Jones, who brings the suit, charges
habitual drunkenness ana cruelty on the
part of the defendant, and recounts in.
stances in which he menaced her will
knives and firearms.
A PATENT for tme-polnt indicator hat
been granted to Mr.. Il. A.. Nelson, an en-
poye of the Herdic Company. The in
vention consists of a watch with nova
bile ser es of points upon its face, en-
ahlipg driver or conductor to tell at II mo
ment's glance the time at which no is due
at any point on his route, while tho min
ute hand shows whether or not he is OF
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