The Washington critic., 1885-05-18
LOCAL BRIEFS.

CAROLINE WILHELMTNA Nj ATTERS has
petitioned for divorce from John V. Mat
tern.
FLORENCE RENTu, little white girl,
was knocked down by Seventh street
car at Seventh and 5 streets last evening.
MEssRs. L. j. Whipple and S. H. Jecko
Will hereafter be director of the choir and
organist at Trinity Church, Third street.
CHARLES b. DoNonUE of Seventh Street
Road has issued q challenge TO COMPETE
tors for twenty hours running contest.
JUSTICE HAGNER to-day granted Vir-
einia A. Galibart divorce from Walter n.
Galibart and the right to resume her
maiden name of Travis.
Mr.. VIM. II. FOSTER, while driving along
the Avenue yesterday near Twelfth street,
was thrown out of his buggy by his horse
becoming frightened His injuries con-
sisted Of sprained leg and some slight
bruises.
Mrs. S. V. BRY Ant, n clerk in the Dead
Letter Office, while going in Il hack to
visit relatives near the Soldiers Home
yesterday afternoon met with q serious
accident, The horses became frightened
and she was thrown out on her head, caus-
ing conclusion of the brain.
DR.. CHARLES b. SHuTE and w. r. Cooper
of Knoxville, Tenn; j. i. S. Libby, Dover,
n. H., and John ID. Young Boston, mem
bcls of the United Order of the Golden
Cross, have arrived in the city as delegates
Of that order to n convention to be held
here this week. and are stopping at the
National.
THE Grand Lodge of the District of Co
lumbia and Federal Lodge of Washington
Knights of Honor will visit Belle Haven
Lodge OF Alexandria to-day. They will
arrive there at GAO p. M. and will go to
the cemetery to decorate the graves of
their deceased brothers, Mclean and
lden.
THERE win be q special service at the
Church of the Epiphany tomorrow even
ing, after which the choir will render
Memberships oratorio of "Athalic." The
offerings at the service will be used for the
liquidation of the debt of the mission
chapel connected with the Church Of the
Epiphany
FATHER ]. D. ROLAND, the assistant pas
Tor of st. Matthews Church, has been Sent
this city as their delegate to the oonven-
ton of the Catholic Young Mems National
Union, which conyenes this year at New
ark, n. D., on Wednesday next. He left
last night to fulfill his mission.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued a.
follows: j. A. Brooks and Cora S. Tay.
lor; X. A. BraXton of this city and Ida l.
Athey of Georgetown, d. c.; Edward Jones
and Lucy Iwinell both Of King Georges
County, Va; c. A. Herfurth and Mary A.
Auguste; r. Il. j. Barber and Lucy u.
Hayden, both of st Mary's County, Md.
As OFFICER LARRABEE was passing the
barber shop of Walter e. Meyers, No. 2O32
Seventh street northwest, about S15
o clock this morning, he discovered n
BARRIERS chair on fire. The officer forced
open the door and extinguished the fire
without turning in an alarm. The fire is
supposed to have originated from lighted
cigar being left on the chair.
AT q temperance mass-meeting at
Herzog's Museum yesterday, Mr.. Thomas
d. Worrall reported that he had submitted
for committee of Good Templars an adj
dress, calling upon the President to ap,
point for this District men whose personal
habits and associations are such as to COM
mand the confidence and respect of the
community and insure the enforcement OF
the laws, Including those regulating the
sale of liquor. The President had replied
that he wished to give the District good
government aud would remember the adj
dress,