Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-03
Au,usemeuts. Etc.

made. The close is mace more CuS6Tlul W
! keeping the heroine alive: There have also
| been other Improvements that add to the at
| fractions OF the performance. The play will be
| repeated tonight and tomorrow night, and at
| FoRD's OPERA HousE.-The Pinafore crew
! sings away at the opera House to appreclatlve
There has been perhaps a little too much Pima
| fore In washington to insure remarkable sue
cess TO even SO good company as that now
THRATBR CoMIQUE.-A complete and varied
programme Is always offered at this theater,
There is nothing dull or stupid In any Of its en-
ODD FELLOWS HALL.-The 26-hour pedestrian
| contest, In which Heron, Post, Crawford, Doug
begin at Odd Fellows Hall at O'Clock tonight,
| ending at 10 O'Clock tomorrow night. An hour
| run, for which there are ten entries, will pre-
cede the start for the walking contest
LINCOLN HALL.-Cariotta Patti win appear in
| concert at Lincoln Hall next Monday evening
| strongly supported.
ROBBED WHILE TAKING A BATH.-In the Po-
| lice Court this morning, Joseph L. Gibson, a re-
spectacle looking white man was arraigned on
| the charge Of stealing SIS from MIR. George W.
| Wilt, lame man, who testified to going with
| Gibson to the bath rooms, and while taking
| bath this man distracted the money from oox
| in his room where he placed 1t. Of11cer Mocka
bee, who called in to make the arrest, teStl-
| fed that Mr.. Wilt charged Gibson with OBTAIN
ting the key to the box out OF his (W1t'sl pocket
| and abStracting the money. He mad given MIN
| four silver quarters for showing the way TO the
bath Gibson had no testimony to offer, and
the court sentenced him to sixty days In jail.
An appeal was taken.
END OF AN INDICTMENT FOR FoRGERY.-Tc-
day, the District Attorney in the Criminal
Court, Judge Hagner, entered a nolle pros. in
the case of Francis A. Prescott, indicted in June
of last year for forgery, in having on Oct 10th,
1877, counteTfeted to an account against the
House of Representatives for 1915 the signature
Of Hon. w. h. Morrison.
A VITRIoL THROWING CAsE.-This morning, In
the Police Court, Hannah Jenefer, colored, was
charged with an assault on Martha Ball,
rather good looking yellow woman, on the 30th
o OH Farquha i The cas- case has been con
tinued from time to time on consequence of the
sickness of defendant. The testimony of con-
planning witness was that, as she was on her
way home from picnic the prisoner walked
up beside her and dashed vitrlol on her dress
burning it. Mr.: Birney, Jr., appeared for the
defence and submitted that the fact that the
vltriol was not thrown upon the person showed
that there was not a serious offence contem-
plated. The court imposed fine of $40 or so
days.
A DIVORCE CASE DIsMIssED-To-day, In the
EQUITY Court, Judge Macarthur dismissed dis s the
Orme for irregularity. The parties were mar
ried in 1865 and lived together until 1874. when
she was forced to leave him by reason Of his
diss1pated habits.
THE NEW GATEWAY AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY
| there before the work was finished. The gate
way is composed OF the columns, ETC., OF the
north portico OF the old War department build
ing, recently torn down. The columns were
| about 40 feet in height When the cap was
being put on top Of them no bowels or clamps
were used, and the stone work fell, breaking
| the scaffold into pieces. The wOrkmen miracu-
| lousy escaped. When the work was resumed
there was plenty of iron used to make it all
secure as it progressed.
AN Ex-WAsHINGToNIAN KILLED BY FALL
FROM TRA!N.-An Omaha paper of September
25th states that train No. !, which left that city
at 61O the previous evening, was in charge OF
Conductor Charles Mockbee. Among the other
train employees was his brother Frank, young
| capacity of brakeman. No. is due at jackson
station about O'Clock a. M, and on its arrival
there on the morning OF the 25th the young
man was missing. The train was Immediately
backed up, and three or four miles east of the
station were found the remains of the missing
brakeman: 1t Is not known how the accident
occurred, but it is probable that as the train
was approaching the station young Mockbee
went ION top to attend to his duty. That
either In climbing up or passing over the top OF
the cars his foot slipped In the darkness of tine
night he was unable to recover himself but fell
beneath the train and met his death there.
The two young men above mentioned were
residents of Washington, and brothers Of Mr..
Thomas MockDee, who carries on The shoe bust
ness at the corner of 18th and streets. He has
letter from Charles stating that Franks neck
was broken, but the body was not mangled. The
deceased, Frank Mockbee, was formerly In MIR
Hazetons shoe store, on 18th street, and went
west last August.
TROUBLE AMONG TIE ASPHALT PAVEMENT
CoNTRACToRs.-To-da day Gen. Butler and Mr.. o.
D. Barrett filed bill for oscar j. AveriIl
against Walter r. Davis, for dissolution Of
partnership, appointment OF receiver and to
enJoin defendant from interfering with the
business or disturbing the assets. The bill sets
forth partnership In May, 1877, for the pur-
pose OF laying pavements in the District and
Baltimore, Md; that at that time plaintiff held
nv contract with the Grahamita and Tripi6 ,i
| Asphalt company, Of New York, the exclusive
| right to lay such pavement in the District and
| certain secret processes held and owned by said
paving company, and the right to use the ma
ch1neIy, fixtures, tools, &C., at the corner OF B
and 18th streets, &C.; also the right to be fur
Dished with asphalt by said company at per
cent. above Its cost, and all these rights Were
transferred to the partnership: that no capital
states that during the first year they laid pave
ments amounting to Sl03,500, and since this
amount has been increased to $3.50, 575 S0 that
defendant has rendered no account to him, and
the G. q T. A. P. Co. has called for an account
but defendant has refused to recognize its
rights. He charges there is due to him S., 739 GS
as his share OF the profits, and to the Graham
lite and Trinidad company Ss,977.S3. And de-
PENDANT mas reduced his possession all the
money due for work work done .s except sl24ss, as
therefore prays as above. The defendant, w
r. Davis, was last night put out of possession
Of the works in question at the corner of 18th
and streets, leased from Messrs. Middleton &
Wilson, who have an $1,000 mortgage on it
from Gen. Averill, who has executed lease
to Messrs. BUNS & Mcknight, and 1t was a
party OF men employed by this firm who took
fOrcible possession OF the yard last night
This morning, Mr.. Barrett attorney for Jas Nc
Lain, entered suit against the G.. & T. A. P Co.
on account for $2l ,015.74, with a confession OF
Judgment by P B. Stetson, defendants attor-
ney.
"THE STRATEGIsTs," the new comedy to be
performed for the first time In this city, next
Monday evening, at Ford's Opera House, by the
clinton Hall company, is said by the Phiadel-
pbia papers to be full of amusing features and
situations, with not dull line In it. The Press
says 1t deserves to take rank with the best of
the genteel comedies. The cast includes Clin-
ton Hall, T. j. Hind, Sol Smith, j. F. Herne, w.
A. Rouse, Sam Ryan, Miss Adah Monk, Mrs Sol
Smith and others.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to Jos.
Butler, OF Bastrop, Texas, and Sarah A. Davis;
Harvey Bird and Julia johnson; John Warren
and Ida Arenster; Richard Stevenson and LOU
lisa r. Peters; Frederick Lattmer and Mary
Goodman; John Meeks and Margaret Ross VIM
Wfnans and Mary C. A. Gray; A. F. Beale and
S. A. Owens, both of Charles county, Md.
INDIcTED.-The grand jury to-day returned