The Washington critic., 1885-05-16
LOCAL BRIEFS,

THE gas.lamps will be lighted at 1870
p. M. and extipguished at $3.50 q. N.
PETER o. BARRY has been appointed q
private of class one on the police force, vice
Robert Hutchinson, resigned.
The fancy dress carnival at the Wash
ington Rolor.Skating Rink last evening at
tracted an immense crowd and was in every
respect successful.
w. NJ. STEWART, S. N. Crandall, s. l..
Williams, Alfred Clum, w. B. Grant and J.
G. Hutchins have been admitted to the bar
of this District.
THE annual meeting of the National Ar
bitration League was held at Masonic Tenn
pie last evening. Hon. John Tyler, jr., was
elected president for the ensuing year.
AN interesting entertainment was given
by the Sunday-school pupils of the Taber-
nacle Congregational Church at the
church building last night. 1t included
music and Rotations, together with tab
leaux vivant.
FOUR HUNDRED newsboys were amused
by the stereopticon exhibition at the Ma
tional Rifles Hall last night. Mrs. Truell
read q poem. Messrs. Darwin James and
b. FL. Warner made speeches, and Miss
Crawford played the banjo.
SUITS have been flied by the District At
torney against John f. Olmstead, L. G..
on the bond of VIM. G.. Morris, collector
of customs of Sitka, Alaska. 1t is alleged
that Mr.. Morris is in default S562.57 in one
case and S1,7oG.Gl in another.
THE children of the Gospel Temperance
Sunday school of street northwest rendered
the cantata, "The Blacksmith's Children"
very successfully last evening at McCauley's
Hall, and the children of the Lutheran
Nj mortal school gave delightful enter
tanment in the Sunday school rooms.
WHILE the river was being dragged below
the Great Falls for the bodies of the four
colored men drowned some days since, the
body of Charles Dorsey was found. Dorsey
had been working at the Falls, but had
Teen absent for several weeks, his friends
thinking that he had returned to his home
in this city.
JUDGE HAGNER yesterday ordered Mr.. G.
L. Creecy to turn over draft for $132 be-
longing to the estate of Charles A. Krum-
nell to the administrator. This is one of
the policemen's 90 per cent. claims, which
CIeecy claims right to collect aud retain a
percentage for his services in prosecuting
the claims.
THE stockholders of the Music Mountain
Gold Mining Company of Arizona have
elected the following directors for the en-
suing year: Jonathan q, Barton, Wash
Eisenhower, Samuel c. Pomeroy, VIII s.
Odell, William +. Grounds, Frank G.
Adams, L. l.. Burdck, VIII A. Coulter aud
Richard B. Porter.
THE closing exercises of the Enoslnian
Society of Columbian University took place
yesterday afternoon in tho presence of a
large and appreciative audience. Tue ora.
tion was delivered by Raleigh Sherman,
the senior farewell by Lee ID. Lodge and
the address of welcome by the president of
the society, II. W. Smith.
MISS SHERER of 920 o street, daughter of
Jacob Sherer, had narrow escape yester.
day afternoon of being killed by falling
tree on Tenth street, just above ID street.
Workmen were engaged in cutting down a
large tree and neglected to close the street
until the tree fell, The young lady drove
down the street, and, when opposite the
T. ee II fell completely covering the horse
and buggy and the lady. The carriage was
wrecked, but neither the lady nor the horse
were injured.