Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-09
GEORGETOWN.
Affairs in Gcorseteyrn.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND AssAULT.-Sl.ur-
day night as Mr. VIM. :. Crown, = butcher.
who lives at Tennallytown, was retuT ne
home from market here in his wagon. very
much lnebrlated he passed his home and con-
nnued on up the pike road about haiti a mile
beyond Tenallytown, when he attacked by
some person or persons unknown. between n
o'clock p. m. and O'Clock a m. and was badly
beaten about the head with stones and robbie o.
a quantity OF meat and about 500 in money.
he reached home about o'clock yesterday
morning; he did not know how he got there,
and has been unconscious ever since. There
We're several flint stones found in his wagon
covered with blood and hair. DR. Richie was
called 10 attend him, and pronounced him 10 be
IN a dangerous condition.
THE DUNBARToN-sTREET CHURCH-In the
absence Of Rev Mr.. McCauley, who is attend
ing the Baltimore Conference, Rev DR. Bur-
dette preached al this church yesterday, in the
morning and evening.
THE ERIDGR-sTREET CHURCH-The pastor
OF This church, DIR. Taylor, has returned, and
preached yesterday, in the morning and even
ing, TO large audiences.
VAGRANCy-Offioer Noble al I2 O'Clock last
night arrested Ann T. King, a colorpd girI rs
years Of age, who, after being m the lock.up
charged with being a vagrant. She WAS sent 10
he workhouse for 80 days.
D1soRDERLY.-George Green, colored. was
rrested by Offcer Hospital on Saturday for
belng drunk and disorderly, for which he was
fined S25p.
JAIL FOR Court -Onicer Hospital on Satur-
day arr sted VIM. Bell, who was taken before
Justice Buckley, charged with the larceny OF a
pair OF Congress CATERS from w. Williams.
The evidence WAS against the accused. and he
was committed TO Jail for court.
BIRTH AT THE STATION HoUsE.-Last Sat-
urday night at ten minutes past one O'clock
Officer Warwick found a colored woman named
Mary +. Pell sitting on the street steps of his
house, who seemed 10 be in pain. She wa
taken 10 the station house, when DIR Sheckels
was called in. In a short time fine, healthy
boy was born, which was given in charge of
Mollle johnson, who had been arrested with
Kate johnson and John w Mouiden, a short
time before npon the charge OF trespaseing on
the premises Of Mr.. T.. IL. Barrett. Mollie paid
the utmost attention TO her charge, and this
morning when thai even dispenser of justice,
NJ V. Buckley, made his appearance at the
station, Mollie came down stairs bearing her
charge, and in graceful speech presented il TO
the lusuce, who compllmented Mollie in return
for the good service she had rendered as nurse,
and, in consideration of which, when she came
before him upon the charge Of trespass she
was not sent back TO "the farm her old rem
devious. but. with Moulden and Kate, told 10
vacate Mr. Barrett's house, which they prom.
ised TO do The mother and boy are still At the
statIon-house doing well.
FUNERAL OF FRANCIS TEsNEY-The funeral
OF this promising young man, son of VIM. ii.
Ienney. Esq, took place yesterday afternoon
at O'Clock, from the West street PRESBYTERIAN
Chapel. The Sabbath school OF the Bridge
street Church, Of which the deceased was a
member, was in attendance, and the Rev. DIR.
A. A. L. Taylor preached. directing his re-
marks mere especially to the scholars OF the
Sabbath school, from the text " Remember thy
Creator in the days Of thy youth" After the
sermon the remains of the deceased were in
TERED in the Oak Hill Cemetery.
THE STEAhRRs.-The steamer John Gibson
has been towed TO the Navy Yard, where she
Will be bauled up and provided with a new
rudder, made to replace the one that was lost
in the Potomac last Wednesday. The steamer
Valley City, Capt. Price, sailed for New York
with merchandise on Saturday last.
THE CANAL.-The dredging machine was
this morning taken from Rock Creek through
the locks into the canal, and is TO be- set at work
cleaning the mud from the Georgetown level of
the canal. There is still considerable ice in the
canal, though it is pretty well broken mp.
THE RIvER.-The river is tree from ice be-
low High street, though above. where the ice
has not been broken by the steamers, it stIll re-
mains, though apparently very rotten.