The Washington critic., 1885-08-12
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mrs. G. G.. Byrnc is among the late
arrivals at Conanicut Island, Newport.
Mr.. Alexander Graham Bell was reg
istered at the Gilsey House, New York,
last evening.
Miss Cleveland says the old homestead
at Holland Patent never seemed SO at
tractive to her as it does this summer.
THE red glow in the western sky at
ter sunset has rcappeared, and is again
attracting interest in scientific circles.
GEORGE W. aud Margaret Cooper,
colored, charged with keeping a bawdy
house, were dismissed by Judge Mills
to-day.
FRED HAGULKY Of 1906 G. street fell
from Seventhstreet car last night at
Seventh and Il streets and received a
bad cut over the right eye.
THERE have been no meetings of the
School Board since June. The first meet
ing for August was set for last night,
but only one trustee was present, Gen
eral Birncy.
The body of VIM. Il. Brashears, the
young man who was drowned by the
sinking of a pile,driver In the lower
Potomac, has been found Off Lower
Cedar Point and brought to this city.
The square bounded by Twelfth and
Thirteenth and w and Boundary streets
has been sub-divided and street has
been opened through it. named Cleye-
land street, in honor OF President Cleve-
land,
CHARLES d. SMITH, who cut Jesse
Carter with knife in a fight over so
cents, was before the Police Court to-
day for assault with intent to kill He
waived examination and the case was
sent to the grand jury.
A CoLoRED woman, named Jenny
Campbell, of pugilistic proclvities, was
before Judge Mills this morning on q
charge of assaulting Officer j. G. DAILY,
in which she tore of his badge. She
was fined $40 or thirty days.
A VERY bad odor comes from the
sewer at the corner Of Eleventh and NJ
streets northwest. The health author
tiles would do well to give it their at
tention before a case of cholera makes
its appearance in the neighborhood.
LAKE LYDECKER is the name given
TO the beautiful eXpanse of water i'm
mediately north of Lincoln Park, for
merly known rs Gaskin's Frog Pond.
1t has been supplied with gondolas,
and the gay gondoljers are frequently
to be seen at eventidc gliding over its
picturesque waters.
The memorial meeting of the colored
people of this city, in honor of General
u. S. Grant, will be held ut the Nine
tecnth-street Baptist Church tonight.
Hon. John M. Langston will preside.
Addresses will be delivered by Hon.
Frederick Douglass and John r.
Lynch.
The Post Combination Sewing Ma
chine Company have elected the follow
ing board of directors to serve till the
end OF the year: w. ID. Peachy, Will
lam G. McTntire, Samuel X. Brown,
George A. McIlhenny, f. j, lIeiberger,
j. G.. Judd, j. Il. Freeman, Wilkinson
Call and william +. Hoffman,
THIS morning in the Police Court
John Johnson aud Joseph Moten were
charged with assault TO kill Abe
Flint, the colored man who was
seriously shot Monday night at Eigh-
teenth and II streets. As there
was great danger of the injured man
dying of his wounds, the accused were
committed without bail.
Mrs. HERTzBERG, about the date Of
whose marriage there has been some
doubt, was married by Rev. Dr. Wise
of Cincinnati, o., in this city on May
Is, 1870. Her husband was at that
time one OF the leading Hebrews Of this
city, and was afterwards employed,
from 1876 to 1878, in the District Re-
corder's Office, and later was in the en-
ploy of Simon Wolf, esq. He died on
March 10, 1882.
THIS morning in the Police Court a
colOred man named Samuel Lomax
was put on trial for making serious
assault ON Margaret Walker. A woman
named Spriggs had fight with Marga-
ret Walker and the latter was getting
the best of the battle, when LomaX took
mp the fight for his favorte and cut the
Walker woman twice with knife on
the arm. He was sentenced to six
months in Jail.
BILLY MEADE, a bartender at the
Garrck restaurant, who is a cripple aud
has hump on his back, was seriously
injured yesterday by fall from chair
at the saloon. A crowd of young men
who were intoxicated were playing
Jokes on him for some time, and it is
said that one OF them pulled the chair
from under him and the fall threw him
into spasms and injured his spine. Drs.
Bliss and Leech say his injuries may
prove very serious. Inquiry by the
police failed to verify the report that
the chair was pulled from under him.