The Washington critic., 1888-02-14
CITY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

-Mardi Gras.
--Shrove Tuesday.
st. Valentines Day.
Lent begins tomorrow.
Another cold wave is coming.
The Board Of School Trustees meet to-
night.
The /. ID. X. Pleasure Club has been
organized
The Washington Harvard Club dimes
at Wormey's Thursday.
The Anu-Poverty Society met last
night IN st. Georges Hall.
The Citizens Representative Com
mitteo meet tonight ot q. A. II. Hall.
"A prohibition meeting will be held
tonight at the Mount Vernon Church.
Miss Mary J. Van. RiswiclS was buried
yesterday from ST. Matthews in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Mr.. J.. $. Emery, secretary ofthc AS
sociated Charities, says that there are at
least 900 families in need.
Richard Hill (colored) has been sent
to Jail for one year for shooting at Francis
Wilmington on the Both of last month.
J. L. Weaver went John Il. Sullivans
bond yesterday for - 900. Sullivan is
charged with killing Henry T. LipscOmb.
Richard /. Moore, Wm. b. Hutch
ingson, II. r. Gorden and G. II. Kuhn
have incorporated the MinneOla Social
Club.
.-Noah Jackson, colored preacher,
charged with stealinga watch from o. $.
Jones, proved an alibi in the Police Court
this morning and was discharged.
Annie Wilson, Il white woman living
| in Louse alley, was seriously cut in the
abdomen last night by some unknown
| white man. She was taken to Providence
Hospital.
John Green was yesterday found
| guilty of stealing two tubfuls Of goods
| from j. j. Georges residence, and Frank
| Webster, colorcd, Of stealing lumber from
Barber Il Ross.
A man giving the name of s. NJ.
| Jones has been trying to swindle firms of
! the LEGAL coal merchants by presenting
bogus checks for coal and pocketing the
change. He succeeded at John J.
| GiVen's.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
| has completed arrangements with the
! Union Transfer Company by which the
latter will handle the baggage of passen-
gers of the railroad in Washington, Balti-
more and Philadelphia.
| -Toncy Coleman and Mary Il. Craig,
both colored, had fight about 1880 last
| night in Bates alley. Toney knocked the
woman down and kicked her in the
| stomach, inflicting serious injuries. She
was attended by DIR. McKone AT the
Emergency Hospital.
This morning in the Police Court
John Gull was fined Sl00 for keeping an
unlicensed bar at Twenty-frst and X
streets. Fritz human, who keeps sa.
loon on the opposite corner, was fined a
| like amount for the same otfense. An
| appeal was taken in both cases.
Company A, Second Battalion, First
Company Union Veteran Corps, gave
their Grand Army friends campfire at
their armory, corner of Seventh and ].
streets northwest, last night The pro-
gramme consisted of Instrumental and
vocal music, speeches and recitations.
The Home Circle Pleasure Club
elected the following officers last evening:
| President, A. j. Kimmel vice-president
Q. w. Riggin; treasurer, William Arneth
secretary, III. NJ. Cameron; corresponding
secretary j. i. Kelly; sergeant-at-arms
i. Davey; master of ceremonies, j Rup-
pert.
Yesterday morning u horse attached
to sleigh containing Mr.. James Pearson
and wife became frightened and ran
away. At Washington Circle Mrs. Fear
son was thrown out but not injured.
The horse continued down Pennsylvania
avenue to Nineteenth street, where he
knocked down colored man named Ben
Campbell injuring him severely about the
head and body The horse was thrown
and captured at the corner before he
could do any further injury.
An entertainment for the benefit oi
the childrens sewng-school of the Met
rOpolitan Presbyterian Church will be
held on Friday evening at the church,
corner of Fourth and B Streets southeast
The entertainment is organized OH u
novel basis. As each person enters he OF
she hands to the doorkeeper an envelope
containing contribution Of money and a
quotation from some author. An elocu'
Zionist will read all of the latter during
the evening. An attractive programme,
Miss Bertha Lincoln and others, has been
/ arranged.