Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-27
LOCAL NEWS.
AMUsEMENTs To-NIaHr

tue prominent parts, ana she will he adm ira.
Ny Ny sus.alned by MIR. Fords fine company.
Maggie engagement it should be remembered
Is rapidly drawing to a close
SANTERRURY.-H. w. Egan and 7. S. Ed.
@aros, the popular Ethiopian comedians, We're
h, .srseo with enthusiasm last night Their
;ases VI comlealues is new and really am :
sing. Julia Mortimer, and Mile Fowler
agaih executed the ssArab Lay" while the en-
ere troupe appeared in one of the best bills of
HE Lose LlsT.-Friday the police of tia
rourth Ward made ninety four arrests for
cupied the attention of Justice THOMPSON mn
to p m. Saturday. OF the cases. sixty Il Va
Were lined III sums ranging from 81 10 500 nine
were sent TO me workhouse, four Were turned
over 10 the military, one was sent to Jail, four
ADMITTED 10 bail for hearing, and eleven dis
missed. The total of fines was Sln5 20 Tho
greater number OF arrests was forty seven
hacKmeh, Tor failure 10 comply with the law
requiring them to wear metallic numhars on
their right breasts. The fines wers 81 each.
AKA designed as warning TO hack TO com.
pay %ien tne law. Inc next LARGEST was of
persons found ia houses fprostitution-thirty.
thfte. W these. nineteen were fined in suns
ranging from 81 .50 to 50. seven were dismissed
aho seven sent to the workhouse. OF the re-
naihinS fourteen cases, most were for triilin0
lo!ations OF law. A few remain 10 be finally
disposed OF,
The list Of cases was returned to the police
headquarters, where il had to be entered in
full, with all its details of description, in the
alphabetical record there. This was no small
Job Tor the recording clerk, when it is consid-
cred that, in addition to this return there were
nine others, some of them-as those OF the
Sixth and Tenth Precincts-being very heavy.
The fines and costs in the cases referred TO all
belong to the general fund OF the Corporation,
ont of which the police magistrates are paid.
The fines and costs paid to Justice Thomp-
son from the LIST TO the 24th of October amount
to a sum cons iderabiy larger than his annual
salary; besides The amounts paid i'll county
cases, returnable to the Levy Court, and the
United States cases, in a majority of which
the magistrates are required to work for moth
ing and hnd themselves.
fuLICE REPogTs.-FTrst Precinct Alex
Clemans and Francis Roster, last driving ou
Eastern Branch Bridge, IS cents costs. James
fast driving on Eastern Branch Bridge $50
each
Second Prscinct.-Lonis Luders, riding on
pavement; S2.5u. Hugh Glaten, drunk; mill
tary. Pink, alias Adam Jackson, Jas. Evens,
Morris Black, assault and battery: dismissed.
James Evans, disorderly; 49, Morris Black,
tion; military. Sam Jones. d,sorderly; sa-for
threats; bail for peace. Morris Black. do; do,
Third Preeimct.-Henry Wayne, disorderIy;
- d. Alex. Giles, selling liquor to soldiers;
$40 Sldonia Powers, dlsorderly; a156. VIM.
Norbeck, do; S2.44. b. f. Moseley, nuisance;
~2ii VIM. smith, disorderly; So ii.
Fourth Prscinct-Marearet Glenn disorder
ly; 50; Jas. Glenn. drunk and dsorderiy; 81
Sinth ireciHict.--Wm. Howard, grand larceny;
Jail tor court. John Nichols, drunk: John
Ienny' do; dismissed. Amos Bailey, drunk
81 Edw. DoneIly, lighting; So. Mary Jackson,
attempt at fraud; dismissed. Augustus Kits,
assault and battery, intent to kill; Jail for
court Benz. Wright, larceny: dismissed. Jas.
A. Hayes and Thomas Miller, petty larceny:
jail for court.
Tenth Precinct-James Barron and Thomas
Lyttle, dsorderly; military. Washington Ty-
Ter, do; deferred. Mansell BranseIl, A. Bur.
rell and Mansell Denicco do; dismissed MARY
Smith and Josephine Mcdonald, Migrants: do.
stephen Brooks, assault and battery; deferred
Joseph Berry, Robert White, Francis Casson,
Deanis Driscoll and Mary Sralding, drunk:
dismissed. Charles keenan,, violating CITY or
dinance; 81 81, Charles J. Brown: James Rob
srtson, Ashley Chilly, disorderly: military.
-Sarah fening, do.i dismissed.
SMUGGLING ExTRAoRpISARY.-Yas
Mary Welsh and Catharine Hartnett were ar
rested by the guard at the Seventh street ferry
just as they were getting the boat to go 70
Alexandria. The unusual size Of Mary's lac
teal fountains tshe was "double- breasted in
every sense of the word) attracted the aten ton
of the guard, and an investigation developed
with whisky, were disposed there with the do.
sign to pass them of as the natural develop.
vents. A bottle OF the pizen'' was alse found
!, Tue pocket Of Catharine's dress. The two
Eora~ we're then turned over to female de-
tactive 10 is employed at the wharf. and she
S;snoyersd n, ct each had secreted othr7 can
teens filled with whisky by fastening them to
their legs, after a mai, ner we are not prepared
the women ware sent to the Central Guard
house, and were this morAing orGared TO report
to the Provost Marshal OF Alexandra
LARCBsY.-On Sunday morning, as the night
police of the Third Ward was going OF duty,
officers g. W. Frazier and q. l.. Greer caught 4
two colored men, James A. Hayes and Thos. /
Miller, in the act OF stealing wood anc coal
II IS "A
9th street. They were taken before Justice
Thompson, who sent them to Jail for court.
Later in the day, Officer r. johnson arrested
VIM Howard for stealing clothing from Henry
BAKER, q boardsr OF the Delavan House. He
confessed that he took q portion, but not all OF
the clothes. Justice Thompson also commit
ted him to Jail for court Howard was recog-
missed by the police as person. who had before
been in their custody Tor a similar offence, On
which occasion he gave the name OF 10. Eli
lis His '.mug' was taken, and it now ador1S
the gallery Of the police department. n s5I4
FIRx-About nine o'clock last night, an
upper chamber Of the Kirby House, corner OF
Thirteenth and ID street, WIS discovered TO be
on fire. The room is occupied by colored SER
want and II is supposed thatshe accidentally set
fire to m0sq uito bar while searching for some
thing in the room. The firemen were ON the
spot in q few minutes after the alarm was given
but their ser vices were not needed "a the in
IN ates OF the house succeeded In extinguishing
the flames. The furniture OF the room, the bed
ding and one or two trunks We're burned, but
the loss was small During the excitement g.
woman ran mp 10 her room to save her proper
ty, and was almost oyerpowered by the dense
smoke, but officer Fairali rescued her Before
she sustained serious injury. 4@f= 20 6HitsE-T
FoRD's NEW THBATER--1he. LittleG Barefoot
For this evening, the last but four of Miss
Maggie Mitchell at this popular place Of re-
sort Manager Ford announces the production
of two pieces of sterling merit, viz:1"T The
Little Barefoot and " The Little Sentinel
As matter OF course, there. will be lively
rivalry between candidates for secured seats,
inasmuch as this is most Undoubtedly the final
representation of Miss MitchelFs beautiful
companion play to s.Eanchon.,a When Il is
considered that in addition to this attractive
drama, d burletta of rare excellence is to be
given. we may expect a large and fashionable
audience at Ford's this evening.
CLosKD.-The whisky shops OF the following
named nave been permanently closed: Mrs.
Helen Kelly. New jersey avenue, between q
and b streets north; James q uinn, G street, be-
tween New Jersey avenue and First street:
Mrs. Spauiding, next door; NJ Sharry, First
street, between and G streets north; Mrs.
Donolly and John Haskins, next door; Mrs.
ID hot lu1a