The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-03-07

CITY AND SUBURBAN.

"A new sewer will be laid on Sixth street
northeast.
The Lydeckcr courtmartial will meet
The 25th OF this month
Nicholas White has sent lot Of bread
TO the police for the poor.
Hon. Fred. Douglass will lecture In
Lannon's Opera House tonight.
The Orpheus Club, colored, held re-
ctption in G. A. X. Hall last night.
MARY Chacc, committed recently for
manslaughter, has been given new trial.
Major Dewhurst and some of the Logan
'Jnvincibles called on General Alger ycster-
day.
Rev NJ. Y. b. Rice of the Dumbarton
Street NJ. Z. Church has gone to the Balti-
more Conference.
The branch Of the Cavalry Temperance
Union, Fort Myer, gave very pleasant
hop at Forest Hall last evening.
"A testimonial concert will be given TO
Miss Hattie Whiting of Boston at the
Church Of Our Father tonight.
The Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment
brought negro boy here from Braudts-
Vile with them and turned him adrft when
they reached this city.
The funeral of tho late W. u. Roach
took place yesterday afternoon from the
No. z, +. aud A. NJ, participated in the
services.
II. I. Foley was found lying on
Seventh street, between q and III northwest,
last night with his leg broken. He was
intoxicated and claimed he had been
kicked out of neighboring saloon.
Johnny Nonnermaker, a 9-ycar-old col
ored boy, came here from South Carolina
to see the inauguration and got lost.
Johnny is at the Twelfth Street Police
Station and the police are looking for his
father.
William Taylor, one of the best known
residents of Falls Church, died at his home
on Sunday. Hewas 81 years old. His re-
mains were laid to rest yesterday In the
graveyard adjoining the historical "Old
Brick Chapel"
Ni--George Clements, the crazed street
-aakir, who tried TO jump out of tho window
of his room on Four-and-a-half street some
days ago and was sent to st. Elizabeths
Insane Asylum, was released and taken
home by friends yesterday.
The Metropolitan Railroad Company
will extend their tracks up Seventh street
from Grant avenue to Princeton street
during the coming summer. The rails will
be of new aud improved character, and
will be laid on chairs about six inches above
the ties.
e. l.. Simpson, a brakeman on the b. &
o. Railroad, was caught between the
bumpers while couplingca yesterday and
was 30 badly injured that he died In a short
time. He resided in Alexandria, aud is a
nephew OF Officer Simpson OF the police
force OF this city.
The surviving officers of the Tenth
United States Heavy Artillery met in this
city last Tuesday night TO commemorate
the anniversary of their third muster-out
and TO form regimcntal association. The
next meeting Of the association will be held
at Milwaukee, Wis.
Mary Anderson was again too Ill to ap-
pear at Albaugh's last night. Her Physi-
clans certificate last night said: "Miss
Anderson's Improvement does not justify
her playing tonight. II is reasonable to
expect she shall be able to appear to-mor-
row night. II. G. YARRow."
"A special car left the Baltimore and
Potomac depot yesterday afternoon con-
tanning eighty-three crooks, who had been
arrested In this city during Inauguration
They were sent back to New York, and
detectives from Baltimore and Philadelphia
accompanied them to see that they did not
leave the train at either of those places.
In reply to letter from George l..
Riyes, regarding the openings In the P-street
bridge being in a dangerous condition, the
Cohnheeioneis inioTiiicu MN yesterday tndt
the openings were intended to let the dirt
escape into the river beneath. They say
that the bridge is not in dangerous condi-
ton.
F. P. Braceland of Philadelphia, John
J. Bealin of New York and James +.
Conaty Of Jersey City came here Yesterday
to present Senator Blair, Representatives
Cox and McAdoo, ex-Postmaster-Gene
Dickinson and Clerk Young Of the Senate
each a handsome book Of cngravings on
satin on behalf OF the lettcr-carriers Of
those cities, their testimonials for their
efforts in behalf Of the elght-hour law.