The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1885-03-20
LOCAL BRIEFS.

A FRAME stable owned by John Minnix,
. in the County. above Uniontown, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire yesterday. Damage,
800.
THE police officers Of the Sixth Precinct
took possession of their now station house
on Fifth street, between M and N streets,
yesterday.
FLORENCE LUCAS, colored girl 10 years
of ago. was convicted to-day of the larceny
Of 50 from Mrs. s. M. Bell, while working
asa chambermaid in tho house Of the latter,
md Judge Macarthur sent her to jail for
20 days.
AN ADDRESS was delivered by the Rev.
DIR. John Hall Of New York at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church last
evening. His subject was an appeal for
financial aid for the Presbyterian Home
Missionary Society.
THE Washington Apollo Club has boon
Ieofganized with the following members:
George II. Boyd, John II. Gittings, Al.
Wilmington, J.. Wilmington, w. W. j.
Murphy, i. Main, John Yarrow, ID. II. Cos
tello, II. B. Noble r., and J.. +. Allen.
MR.. STEPHEN TowLEY aud colored
laborer named Smith Ross while tearing
down an old brick house at Twentieth and
i streets yesterday, were caught by n fall
ing wall. Mr.. Towley was only slightly
injured, but the colored man had his leg
broken.
MRS. ROSE MARoERoN, tho mother of
Mr.. James Marceron and Mrs. George M.
Oyster, died early yesterday morning ut
the residence of her son-in-law, 2l0 East
Capitol street, in the nth year of her age
The funeral took place this morning at 10
o'clock.
TIE devil would persist In bothering
Martin Luther until the bald-head monk
dispatched him with bottle of ink so
we learn that bottle of ink might rid
you of any dovil but bottle of DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup will always rid you of any
cold.
MARRIAGE licenses have been issued as
follows George w. Wylie and Mary h.
Condor; George Kerr and Isabella Curtis
Frederick Rose aud Roberta Payne Frede-
rick Young and Theresa Butler, George
Rawles and Isabella Towles; John L. Nc
Nally and Emma V. Torney.
Mr.. SAMUEL Il. LoMAx, pilot of the
United States navy tug Rescue, who was
mentioned in THE CRITIC yesterday as
lying quito i'll in tho Naval Hospital in
East Washington, was removed to his home
on + street, near Seventh street south
wtst, this morning. His condition is some
what improved.
The Register to-day received tho will of
the late W. ii. Winson Of Charleston S.
y. lie leaves some oil ms personal ELECTS
to his brother and sons. He directs that
his shares in the steamboat Theodore Stew.
art be sold, and with the residue of the es-
tate be divided equally between the chill
dren Of the deceased
MANY Of the ladies and gentlemen Of the
Diplomatic Corps, with Nine. Bonaparte,
the Misses Riggs, Miss Leila johnson aud
other well-known society ladies, waited
yesterday at tho dinner served to the old
men and women out at tho Home Of the
Little Sisters of the Poor in honor Of the
feast of st. Joseph, great feast of this in
stitution and annually celebrated.
OFFICER weldon Of the Central Precinct
yesterday took into custody Lily Clentine,
Comique actress, on the charge Of stealing
diamond lock ct worth 5000 from a emsle
companion. The prisoner confessed that
she had sent the property to New York and
last night sent two kilograms there to have
it returned. The Chief Of Police Of New
York has been not ified to look out for the
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