The Washington critic., 1889-01-21
CITY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

--Sixty-fve arrests were made Saturday.
up to noon yesterday no arrests were made
in South Washington.
Senator Beck, who is at Brunswick, Ga,
fishing for his health, is reported better.
The Sunday Herald with it's office and
presses, will be sold at auction next Friday.
General Ordway will muster in the Post
office Guards tonight, the members of which
are employed in the City ana General Post
Office.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society
did not meet last night on account of the
weather.
The additions to the b. & O. Station at
New Jersey avenue ana G street are rapidly
nearing completion.
The gas meter in George Smiths house in
Anacostia caught fire Saturday evening and
some $50 damage resulted.
The Congressional investigation OF the
aqueduct tunnel frauds will not be finished
before the 9th of next month.
Ben Jones ran over little Frity Nicker
yesterday afternoon while he was driving DR..
Adams carriage to the stables.
The official board of McKendree NJ. f.
Church has unanimously requested the return
of Rev. G. Herbert Richardson pastor of
that church
accommodation of the police matron in the
upper part of station-house 6, a room being
fitted up for her USE
Coroner Patterson investigated the death
of John Southeron, the colored man who was
killed by caying bank of earth at Hillside
Saturday, and found 1t accidental
An effort is on foot here to establish
home for aged Methodists and meeting to
forward the project will be held at Metro
politan NJ f. Church this evening.
The Central Presbyterian Church cele-
brated its twenty-first anniversary yesterday.
Rev. DR.. Pitzer, who preached the morning
sermon, has been the pastor all this time.
The Old Guard, Union Veteran Corps, and
National Rifles committees met jointly Satur-
day night to arrange for parade Of these two
independent military companies Washington's
birthday.
"A good-sized audience attended the ''song
service" held at the Metropolitan NJ. T..
Church yesterday afternoon. Services will be
held every night this week. except tonight,
at 1:30
There was large and enthusiastic tenn
perance meeting at Prohibition Hall last night.
Addresses were made and number Of sigma
lures to the total abstinence pledge were
obtained.
Charles Lam. Ottoway johnson, Robert
Duckett and William Smith were arrested
Saturday for throwing stones throuhg the
windows Of the schoolhouse at Third and
N streets.
--Pressmaus' Union No Saturday elected
John L. Nicholson, president; John A. Noel,
vice-president; Frank Frasier, secretary; Thos.
+. Maher treasurer, and ii. ID. Morgan, SER
geant-at-arms
The growth of popular interest in the
economic and sociologic questions of the day
was the subject Of the lecture of DR.. ii. b. Ad-
ans of Johns Hopkins University before the
Y. NJ. c. A. Saturday night.
The Second Regiment, National Guard,
District OF Columbia, marched over to St.
nhr lhIIr AZ For MT nd mn,
streets last night and listened to the regi-
mental chaplain's, Rev. j.. p. Perry, sermon.
-Commander-in-C Chief William Warner OF
the G. A. X. has appointed j, IL. jerks and
Captain George e. Lemon of this city aides-de-
camp on his staff. The twenty-thrd national
encampment will be held at Milwaukee, Wis.
August 27.
Herbert Wilke, the baritone, who was
formerly with the j. c. Duff Opera Company,
has signed with the "Said Pasha" Comps
1t is expected that Francis Gailard OF the
Duff Company will assume the title role in
''Said Pasha"
Charles r. Rollins, who was arrested Sat
urday night charged with robbng the resi-
dence of Theodore Otis of $lS5 worth OF sill
yerware, confessed the theft and revealed the
place where the goods were sold, from whence
they were subsequently recovered.
AN Avenue car ''ran away" down Capitol
Hill yesterday afternoon, and, jumping the
Y
tree. The horses and driver were uninjured
and, except spraned knee of John Drew's
reporter, who admits In the Press this morn
ing that he is "Jonah," there were no serious
consequences.
Herbert X. Hodgkins died yesterday
morning at mis- residence, % Grant Place
Mr. Hodgkins, though a young man only g
years old, was well and favorably knowr
among the business men of the city as tn,
superintendent OF Bradstreet's Mercantile
Agency in this city. He was formerly II
charge of the Baltimore Office.
George Coyer was released from Jail abou
n week ago, where he serveda term for shoot
ing Jennie Lomax. He met the woman OF
New York avenue, near Boundary street north
east yesterday, and fired three shots at he
from revolver, and then jumped into mill
cart and drove into the city, where he wal
captured by Policeman Lusky Neither sho
took effect.
Judge Keith Of Alexandria has incorpo
rated the National Automatic Fire Alarn
Company. The officers named are Va
II. Manning, presidents j. w. Frost, vice
presidents ID. +. Frost, secretary, and {
@. Frost, treasurer, all OF Washington. Th'
object Of the company is TO construct ant
operate fire alarm telegraph system in thu
District of Columbia