The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-13
LOCAL TALKS.
What Persons, Prominent and Other
wise, Find to Interest Them.

h's aNiUtIt JdIlltt--l iltl w -
the cleanest and most convenient city IN
this country Pam more firmly convinced
than ever. After visiting nearly all the
large cities in the West, found they were
ahead of us in the matter of lighting the |
streets and street car accommodations.
They may have larger and finer bu iness |
blocks, but all of these are lost whcu, In |
crossing the street, you sink over your |
shoe tops in mud. In nearly all the large |
cities throughout the West the question |
of paving the streets has been sadly ne |
elected and when the question is agi- |
tated there is always two factions who are |
continually growing and claiming fraud;
SO that in the wind-up nothing is accom-
plished. In the city Of Denver the qucs-
lion Of paving the streets has been before
the people for such length of time that
they were sick and tired of the whole
question. One of the papers that uscl
every possible way to antagonize the use
/ Of asphnltum went on to say that tue peo.
pie Of Washington were sick and tirei'of
IT, that II was very expensive and danger
ous to horses on account of it being 80
slippery; that in the summer time 1t be-
came so soft that pedestrians have had
their shoes pulled OF in crossing the
street Where the writer obtained his in
formation | do not know. But If he
would stop over a few days among W,
think he can be assured that there will
be no danger of his shoes being pulled of
IL they are as large as his imagination.
John Reynolds, T25 Eleventh street
northwest-This is one of the Oldest
houses on the street. | cannot say how
old it is, but have a liriend 60 years of
age who says that II was standing here
when he was boy. II stood at that time
among vacant lots end hills, and
on account of its height, ! am told,
| its roof was used as signal station to
signal vessels coming up the Potomac
| River. That church over there, st. Pauls
| Lutheran, Eleventh and III streets, has
a cube beneath it which extends along
Eleventh street TO Pennsylvania avenue.
| A creek ran through all that portion of the
| city, the same as along Second street,
something like Jones' Falls in Baltimore.
| Yes, where Woodward 4 Lothrop's store
| is located, at Eleventh and + streets and
| Barber IL Ross store, at Eleventh and &
| streets, on the opposite corner, to which
| is to be built another Palais Royal estab-
| lishment, were nothing but sand hills
when this house in which | live was first
| erected
Commissioner Ross-The opinion of
Justice James relative to the illegality of
| action taken by two commissioners in GER
tain cases is entirely Judicial matter.
cannot say whether the opinion was taken
into consideration when the Senate passed
the hill which makes the two Commission
ers n quorum and gives authority to Cap
tain Rossell to act as Engineer Commits
sioner as long as Colonel Robert is inca
pacitatc from attending to his duties at his
Office. will say that Engineer-C Commis-
sioncr Robert has had under consideration
and has signed certain papers, thus show
ing that action has been taken therein by
the entire board of Commissioners.
A Lawyer-Judgc Jeremiah II. Wilson
is one of the leading advocates before the
United States Supreme Court, and is a
..f nj t.tt h
profession. Last night he was talking to
patty of gentlemen when thesnhieet of
the death Of Joe Coburp-Came up Mr.
Wilson was at one time u circuit Judge In
InGiana and way holding that office Mt
the time that l0bun and Mike McCool
had their faEous fight upon Indiana soil.
The two pugilists were arrested upon the
charge 81 prize-fghting, duly indicted by
gTAgd jury, and were arraigned before
Jtdge Wilson for trial. The evidence was
I onclusive, tn pugilists We're found guilty
and sentenced to Imprisonment in the
county Jail for six months each.
In passing sentence Judge Wilson said:
"You will have a companion during
your confinement who, ] have no doubt,
will be able, single handed and alone, to
knock you both out This enemy cannot
be conquered, and he will cause you more
misery and trouble than any person either
of you are ever likely to meet in the prize
ring. If you do not succumb to this
enemy you will have done more to benefit
this locality than anything else ] know
: of. The enemy / refer to is the chills and
fever.'
4 Coburn recovered sufficiently to say:
'Your Honor, ] only wish to say that
for lightweight you are wonder, for
you have succeeded in knocking us out"
Sergeant Perry--Few of the people OF
, this city realize what an old rattle-trap
4 Al lnn do, ,n,tn Ia n,,1