Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-09-11
LOCAL NEWS.

H. T.
day we alluded 20 an assault ana battery per-
peuatAd Sunday night, about - O'clock on
Dr james Phillips, on 18th street To-day
The parties, Gideon Hoover and Thomas Bur-
rel, were arr. sted by officer Brit. of the Sec
ono ward, and appeared before Justice Clay
ton for a hearing,
DIR. Phillips. in his testimony identified
Hoover as the nun who struck him, and Bur
reli as the one who dragged HIM from his
horse. He said he was coming into the CITY
riding slowly along 18th street. When be
tween II Street and New y ork avenue two men
drove up IN buggy, and drove furiousIy
against him. He expostulated with them. and
they abused him. and called him s-n of a
b-h. The Doctor thought it his duty 10 fol-
low item ana a. certain who they Were, that
they might be dealt with according to law
Near Vermont avenue. on 18th street. BurraI
struck the Doctors horse heavily with a whip,
and also struck the Doctor over the head win
u: the other then took his whip and struck the
Doctor over the head and shoulders Still
further on the two men pretended TO apollo
glZe, and the Doctor asked for their card They
gave him a card with few numbers on il
They then began 10 talk about being better men
thar he; and Burrell dragged him from his
morse, and Hoover beat him with a murderoHs
weapon. He cried murder. anda soldier came
TO his relief. and the doctor thinks the soldier
saved his life.
heard the loud talking, and went toward IL and
heard blows, but did not them struck Saw
BurTell drag the doctor from his hor.e. Drew
his sword and ran up, and called the prisoners
cowardly scoundrels for treating a man in that
way. Burrell said he was an officer in dis
charge Of duty, and showed his badge as a po-
hceman, and wanted the sergeant TO arrest the
doctor. billy wac subsequently found on
the spot by a small colored boy. who turned il
over to the sergeant, and the sergeant delivered
IT TO the Justice.
The justice required the attendance of the
ooiored boy, and the case was suspended TO OBJ
tain the witness.
Burrell is a young man recently appointed
on the police, and assigned to duty in the third
precinct, Georgetown. Hoover is very respec-
taby connec,ed.
After hearing the statement of the boy, that
ne fCund the billy on the spot where the fight
was, the Justice dismissed the case as to the in
tent 10 kill and rob- and held both the defend
ants 10 bail In $500 each for court for assault
and battery only.
THE SCHOOLS OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT
The people OF the Seventh Ward will learn
with surprise from the InteLLigeRcer that s.du-
ring the war The public schools on the Island
were in a sad condition. The attendance was
small, and IL was thought they would be aban.
doDed altogether
The Male Grammar School of the Fourth
District suffered some depletion at times during
the war, we believe, from some OF the pupils
being withdrawn by their parents to follow
profitable employment at the Arsenal and else.
where, but there was no time that the lower
grades of the schools in that district were not
full TO overlooking, and with numbers unable
TO gain admission. And SO far from. the schools
of that district being "demoralized' at that
time, the public examinations demonstrated
that from the Grammar Schools down they
were fully mp TO the mark. In school popula-
ton the Fourth District ranked, and ranks,
only one place from the front; a single district
only taking precedence in numbers. In schol.
arship IL has had no superior, as sbswn by the
number OF college scholarships awarded to the
district. The excellent trustees of that district,
who have been for years perplexed how TO
selve the constantly recurring problem Of sup
PLYING with seats the hosts of new candidates
for admission, will be astonished to learn that
II Is only lately that the number of pupils has
increased go rapidly that steps are being taken
for the erection of new schools"
MIsCEGENATIoN.-Last night, two white
girls. Alice Burk and Alice Smith, we'll known
Marble Alley, attended ball of the colored
fancy in house in Jackson Hall Alley, where
they became drunk and behaved in a disorder.
ly manner. Officers Thomas and Peaster en-
tered the room early this morning, and finding
that Charles Wright, by whom the ball was
given, had no license, they took him to the
station, as also the two girls, and they were
locked up for hearing. Quite a number of
colored men interested themselves for their
white friends, and attempted to bail them out
but the justice not being present, they were
unsuccessful This morning Justice Walter
beard the case, and fined Wright $40, and the
two girls SIS each for disorderly conduct.
DECREE OF DIvoRCE.-On Saturday, Judge
Fisher, in the Equity Court, made decree d.
vorcing from bed and board Johannah Will
liams from Thomas L. Williams The petition
filed IN this case sets forth that the parties were
married on the 18th Of February, 1874; that they
have three children, two of whom are married:
that he was without means at the time Of mar
riage, and she has supported herself on her
own efforts; that he has become a drunkard
and has Ill treated her, &c, and she h unable
TO stand the treatment any longer. The de-
PENDANT In his answer, denies that he ever was
without means. and declares that he has sup
ported his family. He denies that he ever ILL.,
treated his wife or that he has been in the habit
ofdrinking to excess. The testimony of this case
was taken before Commissioner Ashford
Brent and Merrick for complainant, w. j. Nil.
Ter for defendant.