Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-05-08
LOCAL NEWS,


Dean Of a Cojored Nav GTr,r tr,,,s,,, q p,y
ON tnday lat, young cOlored mHn named
,,t, Sa 70 Brown, aged about - YEAR,, reading
Win hls PARENTS al the corner OF An and Al
streets southeast, died after a sickness OF three
osys, ana there are some who believe that his
, Ian va oecasioned by poison. IL appears
that on Monday night lass a bali or festival WAS
held az Mechanics Hall, on MARYLAND avenue
near "a street west, which was attended hv the
ueceaseo aud companion named John West
who resides on 9Th, near East Capitol Street and
whlle there, 81 a refreShment booth tool sona
iemonsoe and PIE Brown arrived AZ his home
az O'Clock Tuesday morning, and was taken
with vomiting, but IL vas not until Thur.dsy
that's physician-Dr. Z. NJ. Ford-was called an.
III. ORD found Browns throat sore with sym
toms OF inflammation of the stomach aud howels
And At times violent pains. but the patient w.s
'oo Tar gone to be relieved, and he died ne.,
S Ssy. west, II appears, when he arrived
PIE hensve that there was Sometime "a
the lemonade besides the usual ineredI-
ents TOOK an eDetic and speedily recovered.
~ was reported that young man named Mar.
shall, residing on r street. between 81 ana al,
east, vas taken al in the same way hut ~ an
pears he vac not with the Others. ana eat moth
ing al the festival, and hrs physician Dr Walsb
ascribes bis dikease TO a heavy cold. DIR Ford
says that Brown e death NAV have resnit.a Sro,.
= hessy colo. IL u the impression among some
or Browns friends, however, that some enemy
POISONED him, and on Capitol Hal to-day a ven
cradle old colored woman. in speaLinc of Tie
sfair, remarked, lyon can't tell whs, some Of
spite sgin him." 80
AN ADEoIT FEMALE swrSpLxR-Tbs c..r
dehce Sdme AND Altered CLecLs-A handson,a
and fsshionably dressed woman went 20 IL
grocery store OF Messrs. Middleton & BealI ON
s,.aa,:s n anna avenue, between ~ and 9TH
about business matters, during which she Led
the hrm 10 believe that che was in the prod1cs
business IN Rockville, Md, and wanted TO msks
some purchases, she left, but shortly returned
and requested the hrm Ito accommol lste r.
with their check for 80. a. She wished ~ NAL
c cna, amount 'S 70 Trend in Rockville" OF
tne request as she rendered the amount o. m.
check in gEeenhacks for the favor A check on
S Sne bahk gu Washington, payable TO bearer,
she ietiTed. The sane game was PLAYED bv her
Al the grocery store of Messrs Hall a Hgme
. we cntck ia tls case being for slo9. In set
tnng up their bank books last week Messrs
Mlcdieton * Beall found their firm CHARGED
WIN GRAFT OF 800 of which thew IA. m
,hihcNIe1ee' and hessrs Hall & Hame iouni
themselves charged with payment on a checs
OF slGN. An invesiig cation ia each csss r.
Neaied the TACT that the checks given 10 IA.
taislole tensile had been ingeniOusly altered
bN Der OF her confederstes. 30 a. 20 realize
just ten times the amount OF greenbacks "a
vested ia each case. The interesting ourr.tor
has not been seen since.
The FoLLANsBKR PAVEMENT FOR syvsxru
SIkEsI.-Ihere ~ some excitement slOng the
!ne OF W street IN South Washington from IA.
report that the contract for LAYING tbe xraai
pavement, authorized by the Councils ON tbat
street, some time ago. has been awarded 20 the
rouaDsbee pavement men, represented by a.;
W. Linvil!e. the bill authorizing the pa wing of
th street, from b street to theriser wa pas-ed
about year ago. and the contract a. given out
soout tne SIN OF March. II Il alleged, but no.
boey seems TO have known OF the fact until With
IN q day or two. Some of the citizens on eth
street object to q wood pavement and those
wbe favor pavement of that Kind say that the
peat ano most satisfactory kind in use should
have been selected, and not one that can bring
no vouchers Tor its quality. There is also good
deal OF feeling in regard TO the secret manner
In which the contract Was given cut wItboot
public notice Of any KIND.