Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-06
LOCAL NEWS.
AMUsRMaNrs TONIGHT

L~JCAL NEWS.
AMUslMsNrs TONIGHT.
rORD's THKArxR.--Mr. j. Wilkes Booth, To-
9rpuIar actor, to night takes benefit, and va,
Ippear As "SAylock" In "The Merchant, o
and q s rssasho in the s 1T,esiiy
ohaksperian night. Mr. Booth hss gsia an-
1om1rers enough during his stay here 70 chi J
sure large audience on this, his benen' n.s
CAsTERrURr.-The entire Canterbudf|yd ' Bill.
Rany VIII appear tonight in spiena1 uara
Suna Mortimer, Ernestins de Fae wa,,sty of
and Mile Fowler. will appear IN N x the
graceful dances. Miss Kathleen o - as will
H. w. Egan, Geo. r. Edeson, j. 'i. ru c""cert
and others. In addition to the re Srsma The
Nail Entertainment. the roman Orm.d.
maniac Lover" will be perioiN
EXPLOSION AT THE ARsESAL.-I.co Men
Bu,nt-Ahout fl We o'clock yes'e,dday aiternoon,
an explosion took p place ~ now rs. d rs stors1
house for smmu Iihon, by which two men,
owen Meyary and Jerry McCarty.. were bad
iy burned about .n uG of u, a aon manas ~
ammunitios, some Of which had recently been
used TOR target practice, was placed in the
small building formerly used as the bake house
and dispensary of tue peniten.iary, chose
boxes W hich were not diled having been taken
to The Iabaratory,l andithat yesterday the two
men above-named were set to work storing the
from some cause not asceI tanned, exploded,
setting off the ammunition in other boxes, ex.
ploding twenty three rounds of the thirty-two
In four boxes. and setting the tow in which it
lie packed on fire.
The amount of powder exploded was over
ffty-seven pennds. The explosion forced to
the doors OF the house, and these being provided
with spring locks, the sufferers were locked In
for time. but quickly one Of the employees
unlocked the door, and they were got out and
taken to the hospital, where the surgeon of the
post is attending them, and he pronoun ces their
injuries not to be serious. An alarm OF fire was
raised, and the various companies Of the CITY,
including the Government steam fire depart
ment, were soon on their way to tne scene, but
before their arrival the engines of the Arsenal.
worked mostly by men from company F, 27th
pennsylvania volunteers, had extinguisheG
the fire, which did no serious damage to the
building, and had removed the ammu nition to
place of safety.
The cause of the accident has not yet been
ascertained, but an Investigation will at ouce
be made by the vigilant commandant of the
post. 1t was at first thought that box of loose
ammunition had by some means got into the
building and that the explosion was caused by
the friction fuses Of the shot, but it was found
this morning that the boxes had been filed. 1t
may be proper to state that the two injured
men were among the mcst careful employed at
the Arsenal, and on account Of their carer al.
ness aave been heretofore the only persons
allowed to stere the powder in this building.
PIFRY BRANCH RACEs.-The trottng match
wednesday at the Piney Branch Course was
one OF the most interesting that has lately taken
atteb ded, excellent order prevailing, The
purse was ter purse OF $500; best three in five
10 harness. The following were the entries:
Dan Mace names 8. &. Dan Mace, New York.
Robt L. Walker names b. m. Belle Of Port
land, OF Jersey City.
J: H. Martin names Oh. m. Belle Of Hartford,
of New York.
VIM. H. Bright names r. &. Jack.
Allen S. Dorsey names 6. &. Snow Storm.
Owner names b. e. Floating About
J. l.. Heise names b. g. Victor Emanuel.
Dan Mace, Belle of Hartford and lack only
were started.
In the first heat the mare Belle of Hartford
led off. Jack came next, followed by Mace, and
the mare on the turn broke, when the horse
came in ahead, leading by two lengths; the
roam Jack being distanced. Time AJAX.
The second heat was led by the horse who
held out to the score, leading the mare a length.
Time 237x.
In the third heat they got of we'll together,
first turn, broke, but came up again, and on
the home stretch they were head and head,
but when within two rods Of the score he broke
again, and the mare won in 2.37.
The fourth heat the mare took the lead on the
first turn, but at the half mile pole the horse
tapped her, but broke when about half way
to the score, and the mare came IN length
ahead leading by half a length, in 237.
The fifth heat was led by the horse, who held
his position to the home stretch, when the mare
tapped him, and they passed d the score the
The following is the summary:
Dan. Mace enters s. &. Dan. Mace. ii 20
j. II. Martin enters CHI. m. Belle
W. II. Bright enters r. g. .Distsnced.
Time-242X, 2.37h, 2s7, 2.37, 2.37.
POLICE RBPoRTs.-First Preeinet-W William
King & Co, selling liquor unlicensed $40
THIRD Precinet-Jos. Harper, disorderly; dis
missed. James Hicks, do; sl0.62. Mary Her.
bert, do; dismissed. A soldier, drunk; militia
~. John Stokford, disordsrly; Si&. Gilman
kerby, assault; Pat Lynch, disorderly; Pat
-Cassady, assault; dismissed.
Fourth Precinet-Ann Delaway, threats; bail
for peace. Henry Buckholz; do; do.
!SiIth Precinet.-Emilini jackson, grand lar
ceny;Jaii for court. J. p. Martin, do Jail for
a bearing. Henry Baker, drunk and disorder
ly, SO. Patrick Tyne do; 81.
Tenth Prccinct.-Cathafine Donovan, Jonn
Glssco, Timothy Driscoll, VIM. Williams, M.
Wolf, disorderly; dismissed. Jno. Manasan,
do; deferred. louisa Miller, Thos Maltlhox,
Caroline Snyder, Annie Keys and Henrietta
Smith, do; 50 each Mary Butler, profanity;
-. Patrick Rooney, drunk al. Henry Muth,
threats; for trial. Lewis Jones, stealing a
watch; Jail for court Truman Knight, steal
ing horse; dismissed.
BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE.-Last night,
Morton Pullison (colored) was arrested for
Fourth Ward station by Officer Ecklof. This
morning Justice Thompson called him for
hearing. Mr.. Chas. Walter testified that as he
was passing the little cigar store adjoining
Canterbury Hall, last night, he looked In and
saw tie prisoner and white woman and
chiidren drinking together, and very familiar.
He watched the party, and saw the prisoner
take improper liberties with the white woman
The witness did not say that the woman OBJ.
tected. The prisoner Is quite young, very
eark, neat in his attire, and evidently one OF
the fancy. He was fined 81.
FOURTH WARp STATION CAsIs.-George
Davis, petty larceny; dismissed. NJ. Stradel-
ItfyvsN IN, SYfnd