The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-06-24
CITY AND SUBURBAN.

The employees of the Government
Printing Office say they expect another
reduction in the force between now and
The first of July.
The funeral of II. H. Magruder took
place from Trinity Catholic Church
yesterday afternoon. The remains were
Inferred at Holy Rood Cemetery.
William r. Robertson yesterday low
cred the bicycle record from Ninth and
q streets to Cabin John by five minutes,
making the run in thirty eight minutes.
People living in the vicinity of Pen.
cote Grove, Anacostia, have protested
against the holding of colorcd camp
meeting there, and II will be held at
Mount Zion Hill
"Childrcn's Day" was celebrated in
The Lutheran Churches in this city. st.
Paul's and the Church of the Reforma
ton, on Capitol HILL were both hand
somcly decorated and the musical SC.
lcc,ions were unusually fine.
The Academy of the Visitation at
Georgetown will graduate Miss Mary
Waggaman Of this city. Miss Agnes
McQuado Of Utica, n. Y, and Miss
Susie Lanahan of Pittsburg, Pa, at It's
commencement next Wednesday after.
noon.
John o. Cantwcll is constantly com.
polling his brother to make n tour of
The pawn shops TO recover his property.
Recently IL was his knights of Golden
Eagle rcgalia now il is clock and q
banjo His brother has had him ar.
rested.
,ouyo ,o,,,nd E,o,i, Il;ot,,o.. III .
quarrel with Willis Campbell in Davis
saloon. at the corner of New Jersey ave.
nue. and n street northwest. Campbell
fired at Dickson, the ball striking a
twenty -fivc.ccnt piece in his vest pocket
This feat saved his life. Campbell
made his escape.
Mrs. Sarah COPYRIGHT had been
drinking considerably when she came
10 the wharvcs at the foot of Thirty
first street, Georgetown, and with entire
unconccrn she walked into the water
She was taken out and taken back to
her house in Brick Hill. She was not
seriously injured.
Mrs. William ID. Rudy, the bride of q
year of the wcll.known member of the
Columbia Athletic Club, who died
yesterday, was this morning taken to
her home in Bloomington, III. Funeral
services at her residence, at 1927 o
street, before the body was taken to the
train
Thomas Sims has been untrue to his
wife, Laura, his new charmcr being
Mary Jones. Laura discovered unmis-
taxable proof of Thomas and NIary's
pcrfidy last night and prccipitated u
small riot then and there. They were
locked up in the Eight Precinct Station.
House.
Henry Garrett and james Duvall were
very drunk when locked up last night
in South Washington, and were in no
condition to doubt the truth of a state.
mcnt that they had committed some scri.
Gus crime. They spent some time in
loud aud fearful prayer, and when re.
leased believed that II was in answer to
their supplicatlon.
South Washington was surprised last
night by two negroes, entirely innocent
of clothing of any kind. prancing
through the street at the highest speed
OF which they were capable. A crowd
gave chase. but they managed TO get
away They had been surprised by the
police boat while In swimming, and had
dropped their clothes in their flight.
Laura Dadc had an cventful even.
Ing yesterday She was arrested
by Officer Kcndig on II street
near Ninth, for fighting with
George Wells. On being placed in Il
cell with Eliza Brown she challenged
her to hand.to hand contest beating
her with u shoe until the staton-kecpci
interfered. Then she sat down in
moody sorrow and grieved because
there were no more worlds to conquer
Her melancholy led her to attempt sui
eide and she tied herself up to the cell
door, bnt She was cut down uncon
scions and was put in handouts.