National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-04


AN ACCOUNT OF YESTERDAYS WORK.
+ Mrs. Julia A. Fry owns house IN Uuiontown,
with spacious back and mont yards attached. On
Monday she sat Letta, - Old eolored servant,
out to tie acisthes-line mp, On which 70 hang tAe
already prepared washing. Letta had just nm
ished tying the rope to the lime fence With sspa-
rates Mrs. Fry's premises ffon those Of Joseph
Anderson, gentleman Of property, when Joseph
appeared inthe kitchsn-dcot y 2 somewhat t1i-
balent mood and commanded Lette 70 unite the
gestures ct her and oeeasioually hitting the door
Letta seems to b O. timid old creature, and was
hS,sG the ns sh e. Mrs ssd eon
tell you, q I've told you before, WANT you to
ssa. Ss &
Joseph, as he moved frsntically about in his back
yard, searching for place 70 cTsW. under me
III MAINTAIN though Tie hsssens isi ihristed
Julia through the cracks Of the line fence, az she
her snd.ssors % tie il before jo.sph
reached her. The nsighboring fowls
he . ..l nsS y.re stationed on the snss.
ing ct the top Of their yoices. Mrs. Fry was de.
tsfmined, and Joseph appeared to Be In the same
to The ro o that Anterior reached her. He had
knife in his hand, much IRE In his eyes and great
life in his legs and he crcled about the lady en-;
Yoa'Ss cut my hsnd!' cried Mrs. Fry, Is the rope
fell to the ground from yell.directed cut Of An.
derson; ~ don't care, won't have that RIPE
triumphant Joseph, q he scaled the fence and
returned victorious to his domicile In the examn-
alton 1t appeared that Mrs. Fry hands were free
court said that the proper case for the plaintiff to
bring was civil one, and dismissed the defendant
DogeLAss HALL,
on Barry farm, in tho county, near Union. wasthe
scene Of unusual activity Monday light. Prof
:ertainmente, assisted by colOred band. He
agreed to give them ten dollars provided he made
enough above expenses to do Il; II not. he TSuld
The performance proved unsuccessful, and oil he
had to give them was u. This amount he paid to
ss must Of
musicians, cent Of It. James thought otherwise,
and while Dorsey was counting 1t over he seized
while Jacob followed In hot pursuit. He overlook
him At the bottom Of the stairs, and both com:
menced active operations. They elinched, snd
then knGeS each other SSs t
professors hand between his teeth the blows and
kicks suddenly merged into yeils, and yells made
OF the opinion that the band was poorly paid. yet
this did not give Mr.. Henry any right to snatch
the money and then try to eat the professor up in
making his escape. The fne was placed at Is,
which was promptly paid BY one Of the band.
was passing up an alley towards Twentieth
street. when David Crnig met him, and asked him
for drink Of whisky, bottle full OF which David
supposed he had in his pocket. Military refused
to comply with this request, whereupon Craig
tripped hum up, seized an immense boulder. and
struck him terrific blow over the head. Mill
tary laid very quiet until kind friends came to his
assistance and carried him home. His head was
seriously cut, and his face badly bruised. Craig
was tined 80 and costs or thirty days In jail.
RESERVED SEATS.
Messrt. J. G.. Saville and w. Canning, man.
ayers of the National theatre, were in court on
the charge of selling and disposing Of tickets
after the opening Of the entertainment emitting
the purchaser TO reserved eeats and also for faii
ing to hang up framed copy Of the law regu.
lating shows and the sale Of seats, all Of which
was q violation Of the Legislative act approved
June %, 1873. The defendants counsel, Mr.. nj.
F. Norris announced to the Court that his clients
admitted the charge and would like 10 give bonds
for their appearance when desired: that he in
tended to contest the validity Of the law before
the court q, some future day. Mr.. ]. V. w. VAN
denburg entered their bond.
SMALL FRY.
William Jones' carrying concealed weapons;
fined ~. John Sullivan, Blanch Davis, John
Dunn aud Andrew Elliot. all for profanity, and
fined s. each. Henry Jordan, fined SO for carry
ing slung-sho Dennis Barrett was fined % for
driving through n funeral procession. Park
Washington, Tom Thompson and James Sinnons,
all fined IS each for disturbing quiet In George
town. Tom Harris, larceny Of five hundred cigars,
plead guilsy,.and was sentenced to nix months in
Jail.