Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-12

UNI drough If you sas So"
With that the darkey out with his old Jack,
and was making the first incision in the melol,
Whea II gave long deep, piercing, oh
"Gosh mighty, what dat" exclaimed Cuff:
dropping his knife.
"What do you stop for 7" said the gentleman
Dress God! tot him holler, did,
"Come, cut away, and see if it's ripe"
He gave another poke with his !;aiie, and this
you kill mel
Before TIE last word was out, the melon went
tumbling to the ground on one side of the stand,
and the darkey on the other, believing, 40 de
Lord o, de Lord of Hebens! 81
Picking himself up, he half scrambled, half
ran few PAGES from the stand, and turning to
behold the fragments of the melon, continued.
.tWhew, dis Niger pebber STAINS dat. Glare to
God, it boiler murder" while Wymau, the
celebrated ventriloquist, walked quietly away
enid the shouts and roars of the bystanders.
ORPHANS CoURT-Judge Purcell This
morning Margaret Meany obtained letters
administration on the estate of John Meany.
and q. Fries and George Jacob on estate
The will OF the late Judge Joseph Bryan was
fully proved. The executor nominated in the
will Judge Cummings, Of Georgia. being ab.
sent from the District, Judge Purcell stated
that he would appoint collector on Tuesday.
John L. Edwards, administrator on the estate
OF the late Mrs. Judge Crawford, filed final
notice for the settlement Of the estate.
This morning an Irishman applied for letters
OF administration on an estate, and the Judge,
as Is usual, proceeded to question him as to his
responsibility; when the man replied" Be ia
bers. l am worth good brick house and
lot" The Judge, not being fully satisfied,
asked. els there any encumbrances on it ;"
and the man innocently informed the Judge
ould brick stable on the back OF it,, The
Judge, after enjoying hearty laugh, in which
the spectators Joined, informed the man that
he should not consider stable an encum-
brance, and proceeded to advise the man what
course TO pursue, who, after thanking the
Judge, took his leave.
GoNzAGA COLLEGE AND ST. A1oYs1rs
CHURCH.-Gonzaga College opened on last
Monday with more than usual ectat. One hun
first morning, and since that time the number
has been constantly increasing. We understand
that only few more will be admitted. The
new dollhouse for girls, 100 by 40 feet at.
tached to St. AIoysius Church, is nearly com.
pleted, and on the first Of October will be taken
in charge by the Sisters of Mercy, until which
time this department will be under the direc-
ton OF three female teachers. The school for
boys at the same church il progressing finely,
and promises to be model school.
Rev. Chas Stonestreet, one Of the pastors of
ST. Aloysius, has been transferred to George
town College, and Father. Hitzelberger has
taken his place. 1t is understood that Father
Hitzelberger will preach tomorrow morning
at IL O'Clock mass. We also learn that two adj.
ditional voices for the choir ha We been engaged.
They were formerly attached to DIR. Cum
ming's choir, Twenty ninth street. New York.
FIGHT WITH APRIsoNER.-Y Yesterday, Danr
Dugan, whose name has frequently been in.
scribed upon the police record, was arrested by
the Third Ward police for being drunk and
disorderly, and locked up for trial in the Second
Ward station. During the afternoonshis Scoop
per being hot" as the saying is, he required
the officer in charge, j. Y: Grant, to watt on
him every few minutes with water. The officer
to avoid the trouble, filled a bucket and placed
it in the cell. A few moments after Dan became
savage, and began smashing things with the
hno bot mt to- hal III,
bucket and stop the noise, opened the door of
the cell to enter, when Dan met him and made
desperate attempt to escape from the cell.
Being alone, the officer had a severe fight to
secure the mad man, and in the struggle his
coat was torn to shreds: and finally being sure
that his strength would not secure the prisoner,
the officer laid hold of hose pipe. and with it
knocked the man down. He was then secured
and delivered to the Third Ward police.
SRcEsH CLovRN FooT.-Yesterday afternoon,
as officer McChesney was passing along Sew.
enth street, near the Park. he was called in q
house by man named John T. Norfolk, a
Waterman at Riley's corral, Nineteenth street.
who said that he " hoped that JEFF. Davis might
plant his foot in Washingt IN before to- morrow
morning" The officer was taken a little aback
by this language and asked Norfolk if he did
not know that he was doing wrong, when he
upon the officer took him to the station, when
Justice Wiltberger turned him over to detective
Magee, and he was taken before the Provost
Central Guardhouse. Jno. Broder and Thomp-
son Jarvin Were also committed to the guard
by Capt. Budd for using disloyal language;
HAREoRING RUNAWAY BoY-Seyeral
weeks since, VIM. harrison, a boy of seventeen,
lett his home in Baltimore and came to this
Wilson, Pear Tree alley on the island 81 where
John harrison, the boys uncle, also stopped
Mrs. Harrison went to the house and demanded
thai the boy be given up to her, and Mag Will
not,
Light, refused to let him him go. A warrant was
then procured, and on Wednesday night Off
GERS Clarvoe, Drane and Gibson arrested the
women and took them to the station, where
Mag was fined Sl09, the two girls sent to the
workhouse, and the boy remanded to the Gus.
tody of his mother, who took him home.
SECOND WARD STATION CAsEs.-Amos Raw
mond, drunk; James Merchant, do; military.
John Prindeil, drunk and disorderly; military
hearing. John Jordan, drunk and disorderly;
dismissed. Thomas McCloskey, do; SO. i.
Burke, disorderly; 3d. Edward Gibson, do;
dismissed; Frank Molitor, do; Sl.9i Howard
Warren, drunk; Sl.5s Eagene Stevens, do; -.
VIM. K. Kane, drank and disorderly dismissed.
Christopher Quinn, grand larceny; jail for
court Barnard Callan, dIsorderly; Sl.53. Jno
Spring, do: $l.9. George Wilmer, assault; dis
missed. VIM. Slasher, ASSAULT do. Joseph
Popalias, disorderly; $3.50. w. H. Parker, do;
do. Frederick T. Cooper, drunk and disorder
ly; So
THE BRANNAN HoMICIDE-Policeman iAomp-
SON Transferred to the Ciuii Neutrality-suspicious.
the application of Superintendent WeoD, OF the
Metropolitan Police, the Secretary of War has
issued an order directing that Chas. w. Thomp-
son, who shot Lieut.: Brannan, should bs turned
Mr.. Thompson has. ever since the homicide
occurred, been in the Old Capitol.
Sergt Cronin, Of the Fourth Ward, has now,
however the order for the transfer, and the
civil authorities will consequently have entire
iaris dlction over the ccse.
Neumeyer, a well known provision dealer was
wrestling with friend, 'Er. E. johnson, On a
field near his residence, on N street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets north, and during
the struggle his leg slipped into q hole, and was
broken near the ankle. DIR. Butt was sent for
and reset the wounded limb, and we hear he Is
doing well.