Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-20
singular Charge Of Highway Rsb

case are a. follows .fial The facts OF the
last, While driv' Cross on the 10Th Of April
about 3 Church, near the District line,
Ssosn sS s p1sssnssS pis
r. - demanded his watch, and he was forced
give mp. The robber then demanded the
: esaim over. "a as Also some small change. After
i8quiIing Of Mr.. G. his name and residence,
ne thief placed it on piece Of paper, saying
Would send she ticket Saes 70 him and d N ais 40
| the statement that he must not rarry in
| the nekghborhood he left, and permitted
Mr. Q. TO proceed on his way hemevard.
! The police, when the facts were reported to
to them, made every exertion to discover and
apPrehend the guilty party, and searched the
"Gipsy camp then in the neiShoorhood to
gee some clue; but were unsuccessful. Allstan,
| who had been living In the neighborhood as q
| farmer, land who was formerly wei do and
respectable young man, residing in the northern
victed of the larceny of mule belonging TO Mr..
| MIR. james Selden and sentenced to the penitenI-
SUSPECTED Of the new crime, and the suspicion
was strengthened by the fact that soon after
wards he disappeared from his place of abode.
| Search was made for him, but until July last he
| could not be found. Then Lieutenant johnson
and Officer HefDer asceTtalned that he had
been seen in the neighborhood of Tennsllytown,
ana getting on his trail, overlook him near the
Baltimore depot. He was committed to Jail
here, and in a few days was removed 70 TO the
Rockville jail on TequisitOn, and the trial came
The states attorney, MIR. Spencer C. Jones
prosecuted and Messrs. Peters and Henderson
who were retained by the Young Mems Christ
ian Association, appeared for the prisoner, and
introduced witnesses to prove an abb. The de
cision was reserved.
This morning the court entered judgment OF
guilty, and the counsel moved a new trial,
which VIII be argued tomorrow.
The COLoREp ScHoOLs-Hseti,,s Of NE Beard
Of Trustees-Aa Encouraging Financial ErAibit.-
The board OF trustees Of c0lored schools held q
regular monthly meeting at the Sumner school
building last evening, MIR. Henry johnson.
president, in the chair. The application of
Mrs. r. A. Chambers, teacher, asking for IF
teen days extension Of leave on account of
sickness was granted The superintendent OF
schools and the chairman of the committee on
school buildings were empowered to have slated
such blackboards in the school buildings as they
may deem necessary. Superintendent Cook
presented bic report for October, showing ,135
pupils on the rolls on the 31st ult; average num-
Der of pupils in tendance, 1851; per centage
OF attendance, S5:1; cases of corporal punish
ment, 100; pupils dismissed, p; suspended, 81.
On motion OF Mr.. Ryder, Mrs. Walker was con-
tiDued janitress of Walker school building.
Mr.. johnson Mr.. Ryder in the chair present
ell for the treasurer an abstract of the financial
condition Of the board for the month of October
showing settlement in full of the claim against
the sinking fund for SIG 3I3sl also SO 2S3 AZ re-
ceiyed from the District comptroller, together
with tax lien certificates TO the amount of So
267 81; making, in all, 3O,9l5.O4, from which
over so coo Of old Indebtedness we're liq Undated
and the teachers, janitors, and officers were
paid. Mr.. johnson stated that in Offering so
gratifying an exhibit simple justice demanded
that credit should be given where il was emf
nently due, ana therefore offered resolution,
which was unanimously adopted, rendering the
thanks of the board TO Gov. Shepherd, Con
troller Baker. and Mr.. Moses Kelly, treasurer
of the sinking fund-the former for his unfag-
gfng zeal in protecting the interests of the col
ored schools, and the latter for their urbanity of
manner and prompt settlement of accounts due
said schools.
On motion of Mr.. Archie Lewis the hour for
the meeting of the board was changed from 8 to
p. m. The superintendent was authorized to
employ an assistant for Miss Randall, at the
Delaware avenue school building. Miss Jeu-
nings, teacher in the Lincoln school, was
granted one months leave Of absence from the
lst proNimo.
SLIPPED HIS HOLT''-An amusing scene
was witnessed by large crowd on Pennsylva-
MIA avenue, near 18th street, about II O'Clock
this morning. A eountryman was driving a
beifer along the avenue towards the Center
market, ana just as they had passed 18th street
the animal, having been accustomed to the
quiet OF the country, took fright at something.
and turning, endeavored to pass her driver
The latter, as she was passing, made dive for
her head, but she shook him OFF. Nothing
ing and any number of flank movements, m an
aged to catch her by the tail. By this time a
large number of passers-by had stopped, and
were interested spectators of the scene. The
frightened animal tried to shake him OFF, but he
hung on like grim death, and followed her, run
ming atfull speed, now down the avenue, now
up the avenue, and now across the avenue.
until, notwithstanding the keenness of
the morning air, he grew red in the
face, and the perspiratiOn dropped in
pearly beads from his sunburnt brow
Meanwhile the people on the sidewalk encour-
aged him by such shouts as Hang to herr
Spit on your hands, ''Let 90 and take fresh
hold ~ .'Catch her by the legs" sc. Painting
like porpoise the countryman chung to the
tail, and was evidently gaining control of the
animal; when all Of sudden she darted to the
right. The momentum given the driver by this
movement was too great 10 be resisted. For a
moment his brown coat tails pointed heaven
ward and the next instant he was lying prone
on the pavement while the heifer was trottIng
leisurely down the Avenue a square away. The
countryman picked himself up, amid shout of
ping 10 brush the dust out of his homespun.
walked slowly after the frisky animal, making
some remark in an undertone, which sounded
like "Jam' the jam thing to jell :"
The GOOD TENPLARs-Annual Session of The
Grand Lodge.-Lsst night the Grand Lodge of
its annual meeting in the hall, corner of Ak
street and Pennsylvania avenue Hon. ID. r
Holloway, g; W; c. IT,, presiding. The annual
report Of A. S. Clements, secretary, showed the
following: Number of lodges within the juris-
dietion, :; number OF members in good standing
eetober 81, Is. ?, 243 initiated during the year.
l39; admitted by card, Is; reinstated, %; total
increase during the year. III; suspended during
the year, ilG; died during the year, 4; with,
Drawn by card Isl expelled, 8: withdrawn from
the order 10; total loss during the year, 15I net
gain during the year, %. The numerical
strength was reported as follows; Minnehaha,
No. |, 50; Ray OF Hope, No. 2, 52; Morning Star,
No. ), 81; Holloway. No. 4 s; Purity, No. : 40;
Oriental, No. s, ~; Hope, No. IL, 10. Total, 26S-
males, IA females, SO. The treasurer's report
showed the following: Amount received, si5o.-
90 amount expended, s102.55; balance, Sis.i0.
Total assets, Sl3l.65; total liabilities, s245 50.
After comforting the Grand Lodge degree upon
ten initiates, the Grand Lodge proceeded to the
election or officers for the ensuing year, with
the following result Charles l.. Conner, Grand
w. Chief Templar; Thee. p. Reid, Grand w
Counsellor; Miss Jennie Polkinhorn, Grand W.
Vice Templsr; L. L. Salkeld, Grand w. Secre-
tary; William II. WomerSley, Grand W. Treas
urer; Edward Davins, inside Guard; T.. H.
Jones, Outside; j. w. Bede, Grand w. Chap
lain. g. A. Mark, Grand W. Marshal. A. s.
Clements was elected to represent the Grand
Lodge of the District of Columbia in the next
meeting of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of
the nited States.
IMPROVEMENTS ORDERED BY THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WoRKs.-Directions have been given
for grading and paving the carriageway OF |
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