Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-17

hogs 81 each, feeding Is cents; geese 50 cents,
feeding Is cents.
horses, eight cows, four hogs, and twenty-five
geese, and the cows having been followed by
their owners, zone Journalistic were speedily
redeemed, also one hog, the whole yielding
revenue of Sf7. 1t was ascertained that three of
the cows brought in yesterday belongedto a per
son living in Prince George county, Md, from
whom they were stolen about three weeks since.
nIa A New swindIe.
Bldel- Mailing the Soiled D0res-ROw the Officers Of
he Police Court Get Bad Name Without De-
serringit.
On Thursday last Marshal W. o. Thomas, Of the
Police Court, received letter from ennie Hoover,
that she had had difficulty with two girls, and that
they had tbreatenet 10 have the house ralded and
agreement he had made with her protect her from
ali future trouble. This staggered him, as he had
tants, Geo. G. Thomas and Henry Lacey, to whom
he showed the letter and after some eonsnltstio
upon the woman. He sent an answer back stating
est he fSGd M Ta n %as Uu e weSS p a
on Visiting the woman she stated that Mr. Thomas
Se Eoe%HS Ga
George O. thomas, and Henry Lacy visited her
recognized either j them Is the party who had
promised 20 protect her She disclaImed having
seen either Of them She then produced receipt as
aWasnrysIoS, d. G., Feb q, lEl;-Received of
aReceived payment, Police Court.
She then went on to relate that ON the day after
Marshal Thomas, OF the Police Gouft, called upon
her and ~ that al hs had ,5y d e
her (which he showedl chsrgipe her with keep
mig by District ' ATTORNEY c6 na oee eom GS
mise the case If she would pay him SIS.
with friend, went out and borrowed themcney sz1
and paid It over to him. taking his receipt above.
TIE n to her eer rG al arsr
ing together, came TO the conclusion that this i'm
Police Court loafer for time, and has giren in
formation in bawdy house cases in several Instances
they sent for. Davis 70 come to the Police
noom an the was so sao"n sent into a he
She this morning, and on seeing him, walked
shai Thomasf' Davis turned all the eoiors q the
rainbow, and on seeing his Confusion, Mr.. Gloss
cell Of the Police Court The woman saws is s te
man who obtained the s25 frsm her to compromise
the warrant and b1sed il in heT TORE up
Davis is one of the principal witnesses for defense
blank Information AID warrant from the Police
Court, and filed it up and served it himself
placed Snder Seo hail for his appearanse Q. D.
Barrett, his counsel, bec1mins bis surrey.
THE COLUMBIA RAILwAY-RapsS Progress Of
the Hofk--The work on this new street railway
is progressing rapidly, and it is expected that the
and III street to the Boundary will be done by the
IstofJuly, and the cars running by the 18th.
track laid to beyond Delaware avenue, crossing
the tracks OF the b. & O. X. r., and be paving as
far as ith street west A turnout or switch
has been made between 9th and 10Th streets,
and second one east of 9Th street west. There
will be three other tarnouts, viz West of
North Capitol, between 4th and 5th streets east,
and between 9Th and 10th east. The running
time from end TO end-abOut ~ miles-will be
35 minutes Messrs. Entwisle & Barron have
commenced the erection of the brick stables, 50
by e3 feet, near 18th street east, and expect to
have them completed by the middle of July.
"Nomor let thorns infest the ground,
Nor weeds nor fhistleS grow = . =
EDITOR STAK:-The honorable directors of
the widely-celehrated institution Of learning
ton, viz: that the row Of this5les skrting the
college grounds On 14th street while neither use
ful nor Ornamental, is not in Keeping with the
spirit Of Improvement which has of late years
marked the history of '.Columbian." Would 1t
not be well, therefore, now, just before they 60
to seed, to have these objects, III only for the
"burning, "''gathered homen by the reaper, and
thus rid foot-traveleis by the college Of q Just
cause Of complaint? AK OLD SuBscR IBER.
RAILROAD CHAxeEs--The 41o train. WASH
ington branch Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
cipal citations, win hereafter stop at all the way
trains, $40 and 925. The trains for Baltimore
passengers start at Gas, 9, SIS a. m, t2:45, 3,
40, 20 and 7;s5 2, n; The trains for principal
Annapolis junction and Reiay-start at i24S. 4
and ~ The s ?. M train stops at Jesup's.
The BoDr or THE DROWNED MAN, JAMS
WEBSTER, RECovEKED.-About O'Clock this
morning two white boys discovered the BODY of
at Guinand's wharf, foot Of Sd street southeast.
A. boat was procured, and the body brought
ashore, where Il has been identified as the BODY
of. James Webster, who was accidentally
knocked overheard from q scow off the Arsenal
wharf, o stated In The STAR of Thursday last
The Coroper was notified 50.
I The vKe8TABIx GARDEN of the President TO
the west OF the Executive NJ ansion will when
the proposed extension OF Executive avenue.
noticed in TIE STAK few days ago, Is carried
out. be converted into q Lawn similar to the one
on the east side of the white House..
s. JUsrlcR O. 8. b. VAIL who was shot nv
Captain Davenport on Wednesday last, Is some
what better to-day, and his friends have hopes
y = - ffla fEe
Coy. Cooks to-day appointed George q. Cali
IiAon inspector Of lumber, vice Joseph Williams
DVAn Indiana cat Is sucking litter of pirs.
tSs 5! Essnl Georgia yiphs tread the mases Of
Z EAdx-weeks' bride took arsenic In Indisna-
Tolls last week became 6 his fslksD didn't liks !
, EDWARD Reniok, Of New orlsam, took