The Washington critic., 1888-01-31
CITY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.


George e. Smelling has been sent to st.
Elizabeth's.
William O'Neals will was filed yes
terday. Annie j. O'Neal is the hciress.
-Heurich Schroth of 1726 Half street
southwest made an assignment yesterday
to Charles A. Walter.
With last night began the second week
ofthe successful Knights of Pythias Fair
at the E-street Roller Rink.
in the Circuit Court yesterday Judge
ment was rendered by consent in the
case of Hammond VS.. Kenderline.
The Corean Embassy are quickly
catching on to American customs and
were photographed by Rice yesterday.
THE Commissioners will not let James
Williams have a liquor license because
there are two doors connecting his bar
room and his grocery store.
The Standard Social Pleasure Club
gave their second ball last night at Edeps
Hall. II was a masquerade and the cos
tunes were varied and handsome.
Susan Slater, an S6-year-old colored
woman, was taken sick on the street yes
terday and removed to her home, so p
street northwest in the patrol wagon.
Hon. George @. Gorham will read q
chapter from his unpublished book on the
Extension of Freedom in America at the
A. NJ. 70. Church, Fifteenth and M streets,
tonight.
I'm speaking Of the removal of the
Adams Express Company yesterday tothe
store formerly occupied by Woodward 90
Lothrop, the number was inadvertently
given 910 instead of 921 Pennsylvania ave.
In the lyceum of the Metropolitan
NJ. n. Church, Four-and-a-half and @
streets, tonight there will be free enter
tainment, consisting of a mock trial in
costume according to ancient Jewish
usages.
Some of the colored people will hold
a meeting in the Baptist Church on II
street. to express their condemnation of
the .disorderly proceedings of the Re
publican convention at Willard Hall o
week ago.
The National Republican League No.
met in South Washington last night
and adopted call for mass meeting in
May to consider the matter of bringing
out the entire colored vote in the next
Presidential election.
The "Chalk Talk" entertainment,
which was to.have taken place this even
ing, had tobe postponed till Friday night
at 1880 o'clock, on account of Professor
Little having been snow bound in the
North. A fine literary and musical pro-
gramme has been prepared to make the
William L. Gregg James X. Mccain
mon, James II. Saville, J. G. Walker, r.
o. Holtzman, II. ID. Mckee and A. c..
Geer have been elected directors of the
National Press Brick Company The fol-
lowing are the officers elected by the
board: William L. Gregg, president: A.
| @. Geer, vice-president and chairman of
executive committee; Samuel Mulliken,
secretary and treasurer.
West Washington.
The following is the cast in the plays
to be given tomorrow night at Curtis
Hall for the benefit of st. Johns Church.
(Which is Which ?"- Copper, Mr.. Pierre
Stevens; Gargle, Mr.. Wendell; Paddles,
Billings; Annic Miss, Charlotte Stevens;
Mills, Miss Kate Hayden. "Cut Off With
aShilling'-Sdm,. Mr.. ]. S. Webb; Bern
9ys, Mr.. Barry Bulkley; Kitty Mrs, O. w.
"A lively interest is taken here in the
| fair for the benefit of the Potomac Boat
| Club, and speculation is rife as to who will
| be the lucky winner of the 10000 house.
The ladies of West Washington will be
well represented at the tables. Among
| the number are Mrs. Austin Herr, who
| will have charge of the candy and fruit
stand; Mrs Frank Jones, in charge of the
lemonade booth, and Mrs. Henry Green,
| the gypsy tent.
The Catholic Union will give COM
| plimentary entertainment tonight at
| Curtis Hall. A varied and entertaining
programme has been arranged for the oc-
casion and some of the best amateur
| talent engaged The affair promises to
be very enjoyable one.
The announcement THE CRITIC that
| the District Commissioners would call a
public meeting for the relief of the poor
was received here with great satisfaction
by all classes. Lieutenant Redway re-
| ports an unusual amount of suffering and
| destitution in this precinct, especially
| among the worthy poor, and that the re-
| lief fund is exhausted.
Lieutenant Redway is quite sick and
unable to be at his post this morning.
There was one arrest here for va
| grancy.
Temperature and condition of water
at a. m: Great Falls temperature 34
| condition, SO; receiving reservoir, tempera-
| ture 35 condition at north connection, 3i
| condition at south connection, SO; dis
| tributing reservoir, temperature 35; con-
dition at infuent gate-house 80; condition
at effluent gate-house, SO.
-Drovers' Rest, Jan. 30.-9i cattle up
and sold. Best, a to 5bi;'good, 4 to 41;
medium, 81 tod; common, p to st. $50
sheep and lambs Lambs, 6to o.; sheep,
A to 81; calves, to 6l. 10 cows and
calves sold from $25 to $55 per head,
Market fair.