Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-25
ALEXANDRIA.

PROBABLE r ATAL ACCIDENT TO A WASH.
queuces result from the careless way OF al
lowing firearms 70 lay around. One OF the
cases Of this kind happened in this city yes
the victim being little boy, about nine
years old, named Frank Helmuth, son of
MI. stephen Helmuth, living At No III sth
came down from Washingto on the eleven
O'Clock boat TO pay visit to his brother,
MI. Louis Helmnth: who lives on Fairfax,
they were IN the parlor the little fellow went
into his IN cle's room, where q revol yer was
lying on a table. and 1t is supposed he COM
toe ball striking him In the left side of the
abdomen, ipeictiDg wound which will
prnoaoly cost him his life. DR.. Brown was
The exact place of the ball is not known as
the wound is very much swollen. As soon
as the report was heard, Mr.. Louis Helmuth
and as he was returning with the child in his
arms he met the father coming up. Mr. Hell
mnth intended returning home on the six
o CLOCK boat yesterday, but the sad accident
has kept him here.
SUIT FOR DANAGEs-Justice BENJAMIN
Austin, OF Alexandria county. through Chas.
against the Columbia Turnpike Company
for So $50 damages incurred by the breaking
OF his leg, caused by the upsetting of his
ago, on account of the unsafe condition of
the rood. Mr.. Austin is the secretary and
stockholder OF the company, and the suit
promises to be lively one.
ARRESTED Robert Carter, colored, alias
william Johnson, was arrested yesterday on
suspicion OF receiving stolen goods. He re-
and cou'd not tell q straight story about il.
he was locked up for further examination.
de Is sus pected OF being connected with the
murder OF young Everett ISentinei, 24th
LUNATiCs.-A colored man named Will
liam Williams, who has heretofore been in
jail on the charge Of lunacy. but was re-
attscR OF be od mad
Saturday night, and had to be arrested and
consigned to jail again. ...Acolored woman
steet between Woif snS WiRss ~ oa S eom
United to Jail this morning by the Mayor on
suspicion OF lunacy. Jennie IL well known
Robert Massey, and has Always ways S been mn much s
respected. Her mother died at q very ad-
vanced age some weeks since, and IL is sup
very hot weather, has affected her mind. Ga
Saturday evening she attacked an old
woman named Lucy Williams with an axe,
and the latter had considerable difficulty in
DANGEROUS PRKDICAMENT. - AS the
steamer Jane Moseley was lying at her
wharf on Saturday night, one OF the boys
on her rudder, suppOsing that the steamer
would go ahead and he would have q short
ride and then jump of: Contrary to his ex-
out and carried him nearly up to Fishtown
before she started down again, he holding on
meanwhile for his life, and fearful each
minute OF being swept under the wheels aud
drowned. He got of, however, when the
steamer started ahead, with no other damage
than good scare. 1t is safe to predict tina:
that boy wont attempt any more rides on q
steamboats, rldder.
THE ICE SUPPLY.-The fears OF an Ice
famine, for the present, at least, are dissipa-
ted. A steamer load OF ice passed up TO
Washington this morning, and the schooner
J.V.Wellineton, loaded with the refrigerent
sailed from Boston for this city on Saturday.
One OF our Ice dealers has just returned from
Boston, end says that II we have another
month OF such weather as the late heated
spell, the supply OF Ice will certainly fall
short. Freights from eastern ports on Ice
have risen considerably.
ROUGH TIME-A party OF young men from
Washington came to this city yesterday
afternoon and hired a sail boat to take them
to Marshall Hall, where a party of their
friends were having an excursion. They
failef to arrive at the Hall until after their
friends had left, and, starting on the return
winds, and suffered so much from the cold,
that they were obliged TO land on the Vir.
gfnia shore, opposite Fort Washington,
whence they walked to this city, arriving
early this morning, pretty well used up.
THREsHING MACHINE ACCIDENf.-Mr.
ieeo1Dg his threshing machine last week,
during the temporary absence OF the man
employed for that purpose, was 80 badly
hurt by the bursting of the drum that he was
rendered senseless, and for q time was
thought to be dead. One of his ribs was
broken, and his face, eye and head were Sc
brother, the late Roy Mason. was killed by q
similar accident some years ago.-lGdzette,
24th.