The Washington critic., 1888-05-07
CITY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Their recent fair at the National
Rifles armory netted the Sons of Jonadab
over 50, 200.
Tho number of inmates at the work
house is ll3, of which IL are white and
66 colored.
Fire did $500 worth of damage to the
Washington Brick Machine Company's
works yesterday.
The light Infantry and the Corcoran
Cadets are making arrangements forriver
excursions this summer.
The regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Public Schools will be
held tomorrow evening.
An interesting literary and artistic
entertainment was given ut Norwood IN
stitute on last Saturday evening.
The Coroner investigated 81 deaths
during April. Four were homicides, one
suicide and II unknown infants.
-Burrell Boswell, colored, was fined
$50 this morning for drawing razor on
Mary Simms, on the 18th OF April last
1.-The Chain of Gambling" was the
subject of lecture delivered BY Major II .
A. Hall at the Y &c, A. rooms yester-
day.
Harmony Lodge No. II, +. \. A. NJ,
celebrated its twenty-ffth anniversary
Saturday with the finest kind of ban
quet.
Rev. DIR. J. Il. Rankin, for fifteen
years pastor OF the Congregational Church
here, will address mass,meeting there
next Sunday.
The ladies of the Homeopathic Free
Dispensary will hold tea at their rooms,
corner of Ninth and q streets northwest
tomorrow, from to 0p. IN.
With tonight begins the second week
of the Masonic fair at the E-street Rink,
and the bewildering whirl of pretty girls
will continue another week.
Private Reter Wetzler of the u. s..
Marine Corps was thrown from his horse
Saturday afternoon and seriously hurt.
He was taken to the Naval Hospital.
The supreme Castle of the Knights of
the Golden Eagle expect 5000 delegates
here on the 22d, and elaborate preDara-
ton is being made for their reception.
John ii. Magruder, DR.. George B.
Welch, j. ID. Free, ir, and Philip T. Hall
have been elected additional directors
of the Domestic Fire Engine and Pump
Company.
The Analostan Boat Club met Satur-
day night, accepted Captain Dents resig-
nation, and decided not to take any part
in either the National or the Potomac re-
gattas this year.
AT the recent monthly meeting of the
Caledonian Club, it was decided to give
two. excursions to River View this season,
one on the 22d of June and the other on
the 2ith of August.
James Ford, colored man, who has
been amusing himself for some time past
by blowing police whistle and annoying
the police, paid Judge Smell $40 for his
fun this morning.
The members of Friendship Lodge
No. Z, |. o. NJ, called ON a. l.. Saltstein
and bride at their residence, 6l7 Third
street, last evening and presented them
with q silver fruit stand.
Ida Martin and Mallie Blondell, in.
mates of house of ill-fame, were before
Judge Smell this morning charged with
vagrancy. They We're sent down for
thirty days in default of bonds.
Mr.. A. J.. Salstein and his bride were
surprised by the menbers.of Friendship
Lodge, No. Z, |. O.M,, who called at their
home last evening. and presented them
with handsome silver fruit stand and u
toothpick holder.
The Sunday-school scholars of st.
Patricks Church and the orphan chill
dren of st. Joseph's and st. Vincents
asylums took part in their annual May
procession yesterday ana decked the
statue Of the Blessed Virgin with flowers
Benjamin Gray, one of the worst
chicken thieves in the District, was CON
victcd in the Police Court this morning
fmalicious trespass on the grounds OF
the Patterson estate and burning lot
of fence. A fine of 500 or 60 days was
imposed.
Mrs. Josephine Davis, the colored
woman who conduCed fruit business at
0lS j street, died suddenly on Saturday
morning, She was n granddaughter OF
Right Rev. RICHARD Allen, founder and
| first bishop Of the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church.
Henry o. Hintz of Napoleon, Henry
! County, Ohio, who came here about a
month ago and secured position i'm the
| Pension Oilice died last week at Provi-
dence Hospital from typhoid fever. His
/ remains were sent 10 Ohio Yesterday.
For some time he owned the Horscmdn OF
/ Chicago.
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