Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-14
LOCAL NE w s.
Condensed Locals.


From C. Parker, Robert BealI. and Joe.
Shtingt"n We have H0Per's MH''h'y for
July.
a meeting Of great interest 70 Northern
ISc-f.C railroad bond holders VIII he held at
tE- Office o. Young 4 Middleton this evening.
The first ir,staIImsnt Of rails FOR the double
track OF the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
Tossd-fve car IOadS-arrived this morning.
Gardner this afternoon photographed the
Ere commissioners, fire chiefs and fOreme1
Of TIE Sevei al companies III q group
COmmodOres Nicholson. Feb ger and Cald-
well, Of the examining board, have returned,
AID are occupying their old quarters at the
See advertisement Of lectures hv DR. Webb
on the 81 OTceS OF Nature The lecturer was
educated al the Universities OF Virginia and
New York.
A match game Of crOquet for the cham
IiOnship Of the District. will be played a
IulontOwn. on Tuesday evening next. by the
East Washington and UniOntOwn clubs.
The L. :. steamer TallapOOSa left the navy
yard yesterday at one o'clock. having on
board several apprentice boys who are to be
placed on the scnOol snip Minnesota, now
lying al New York.
The lighti1COf the street lamps will he dis
continued until change Of the moon takes
place. The whole number of hours lighted
since Nav 2i>t up to last night, inclusive,
The Washington National Monument So
cIety have accepted an offer by Mrs. ImOgene
Robinson MOrrell. through Madame BOu-
hgny. 10 exhibit her picture .COrIinne" in
This city for the benefit Of the association.
The Rockville SeHfifjTi notices among the
stt4NaliIs2t~ OF the W Washington tTrDNe camp
grounds. in Montgomery county. that springs
AZ valuable medicinal qualities have been
discovered in the vicinity.
We notice that one of our morning cOtem-
pOTaTieS to-day uses word for word. without
credit, the detailed description THE STAR
gave some time ago OF the new st. DOminics
bowling by his excellent sales OF several
large libraries, has proved not only that this
i a good market for good books. bat that he
knows how TO impress upon his customers the
fact that they are books worth having.
The Old Democratic lac SSOn Association at
Washington i CONDENSED BY Don Piatt into
.'Iem- Jack. ASS.'-EJcbGytGe. Nonsense.
Tie EVENING STARdUb beSl IL with that title
before II. z. ever saw gtOn.-ChrO,,icle.
POLICEMAN SHOT BY An ALLEGED
THTEF-Saturday afternoon Officer Crook.
of the first precinct. had occasion to arrest
III alleged sneak thief named Martin MARI
ON a charge OF the larceny of TWO watches
one of the watches the officer recovered from
Mari. who promised that If the officer would
take him 10 the Theater COmiqUe ne would
point out the female who had the other
ticker ON arriving there. Mari took
seat IA the orchestra and refused 10 give the
1nfOIma lion promised. whereupOn the officer
Attempted To take him 10 the central guard
house. Mari resisted, and the officer was
compelled To use force. and in making use of
his billy broke IL, rendering il useless. He
hat ~ this time got the prisoner out on the
sidewa ak. and drew his pistol, when Mari,
Wrenchlng ~ from his hand. was about to
shoot Officer Sheppard being near by, ran
fO the assistance Of Crook, and received the
contents Of the pistol in his left hand. the
bail passing through the hand and striking
against the watch in his left breast pocket.
which probably saved his life. Officer Th0S
NaTkW6Ol here came upon the scene. and
securing Mari. turned him over TO Officer
trO-k. who. in company with MarkwODI.
iodged him III the guarihOuSe. Officer Shep-
pard was taken into Marin : drug store.
where DR. Winter dressed mis- wounds which
Though not considered dangerous, are very
painful. Mari was arraigned this morning.
a thc Pollce Court charged with assault
and battery with intent 10 Kill Officer Shep-
psri, who testified in substance to what is
above related, aud that Mari wrenched the
pistol from Crooks hand and when he -
went for him he deliberately cooked II and
fired al him with the results stated. He was
80 near that the powder scOrched his cloth
ing and his watch was considerably shat
tered. the chain being severed and the ring
detached. Officer Crook gave his estimouy.
after which Man was committed Tor action
o The grand jury.
CHARGEOF Abortion AG AINsT 4 TREAs-
TEY CLEEK.-Dfficer Shilling. OF the fifth
precinct, last Saturday obtained infOrma-
lion that Young girl named Tiliy Donald
bon alias Fla Morris was at a house al the
corner OF 10th and ! streets nOrt beast, in a
dangerous condition from the effects of an
abortion performed on her by the alleged
father OF her lllegltimate child. After being
relieved from duty he went 10 Lieut.. kelly's
station. corner 2i street and New jersey
avenue, and communicated his Information
10 mat OthceT. who. with Sergent MiiStead
aud Officer SchIiiing. went 10 the house,
where in one OF the looms they found the
unfortunate girl without fool or care, and
IN great agony. With her was Bernard May.
a clerk ia The Treasury department. q man
about forty years Of age, who has a family
living in this city, and whom the girl
cfarEts with causing her mistOrtuneS- Tilly
Wa able 10 relate her troubles To the officers
stating that she had been living with Nav
a. his wife for some time past. DIR. BrOckett
was called in ana pronounced her TO be IN
very dangerous condition and ordered her
removal 10 the Columbia hospital. Nav was
sken into custody. and this morning in the
I"-lce tOUrt ne was committed 10 jail for
hearing, which Will be delayed until the re-
suits Of the Injuries on the girl are ascer-
tanned.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN will find il
greatly 10 their advantage in getting ready
thelT Outnts for summer .aUnts to call at the
Oid-eStabli>hed jeweIry emporium of Mr.
John F.. Prigg. No 455 Pennsylvania avenue,
where Will be found all that is new and de
Sirdnie III the line OF Jewelry FOR ladies' and
Sentlemen'S wear. Mr.. PTigg has received
select assortment OF studs i'm dead gold. with
buttons 10 match HubDand's patent studs
II gOld. set in stone, Topaz, Amethyst. Lake
George diamonds, and Emerald, also.
Hoods patent in gold. and Wilcox and
BaIIetts improved shirt studs i'm the most
tt>4ltbie patterns. y superb stock OF Jet
goods lu sets bracelets, earrings, chains
crosse ians, and CLatelainS. We also no
tlcsd tray Of handsome French amethvSf
~. - iu l. karat plate for -. au exact initl-
Hon OF The reel gold. and something entirely
new and novel ia Scarf-TiLgs with gold fronts
s-i-tt pa -el' ttittifG~
NATIONAL THFATFE.-Tuc patrons of TIM,
lOi UiaE place 81 amusement should be pre-
sent ia force This evening. a. Manager Bar
ton whose enterprise ia furnishing the first
class Of musical and dramatic entertain
hent> through the winter afforded great
pleasure 10 our play-gOerS, i TO have his first
complimentary heuert in this city. y fine
BIIl mas Oe-U arr. II cd for The occasion. Besides
Inc appearance of Robert NcWade in Rip
an Winkle,' we are 10 have VOcaliSm by
Mss HO>mer. whose singing at the deIiCa-
lion OF ~. DOminiC'S church yesterday de-
lighted 30 many, with Prof Lang a. accom-
PIANIST, ami also the production OF a new
English comedy by the best talent OF our
home dramatic clubs.
-A
EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE
NORMA SCHOOL.-The examination of can
dIdatSS FOX admission 10 the Normal school
TOOK place on saturday, and was conducted
by the committee on minatiOn, trustees.
hOVey, Lloyd, Derrick, and DYER. Several
others OF the trustees and superintendent
wilson were present. and assisted in the eN-
animation. FOrty-fOur candidates, advanced
lGpilS OF the female grammar schools. were
present and thoroughly examined in natural
Ih.IoSOIhy. history, grammar. and arithme
uc- There are on Y twenty seats in the nor
MAI school 10 be flled from among those eX-
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