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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-15
THE OAKRTH.

POLICE COURT-Judge Bundy, Pro tenn.
Yesterday, after our report closed, Anna E.
Herbert, larceny Of dress; S. Joseph Carroll
assault on Richard Grayson; S..
To-day, John Wilson, disorderly in George
town; s., or seven days. Edward CorcOran
unlicensed bar: $l05, Or 60 days. Andrew Acker,
vagrancy; bonds, or so days. Arthur Middleton,
disorderly; S., or seven days. JOS. Hess, main
tanning a nuisance; $40. j. j. Shea, do; do
Morris Ganey, trespass on park; S., or seven
days. Jerry Simms, profanity; S., or seven days.
John Walsh, unlicensed bar; $l05. Joseph F.
Dyer, same charge; $l05. Frank Brooks. assault
and battery on John Barrett, by shooting him
son, larceny of q quantity of lumber from Thos.
W. Riley & Sons; slo or 80 days Rebecca Pat
terson, larceny OF gold necklace and several
articles of clothing from Mary Fuller; $40, or 10
days. Edward Wilson alias George woodruff,
larceny of clothing and tewelry to the value Of
$34, from DennisOn Reside; six months In jail
John f. Beckett, charged with assault with In.
tent to kill; continued. David Reese, assault on
Alice Jones; $25, or 60 days. John Mcguire, as
sault on his wife, Ann Mcguire, on the 7th OF
July; continued.
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HORSES KILLED BY EATING SAND-A farmer
In the upper part OF this county last year, az
different times lost five horses. All were taken
sick pretty much in the same way. The last
one was cut open after 1t died, and its nav was
found to be completely packed with sand There
is no doubt that the sand killed It, and as little
doubt that the others were killed by sand In
their mawS. The man on the farm that pre-
ceded this gentleman carried on the butchers
business, put up great deal of coraed beef
and was In the habit OF pouring out the pickle
In the field back of the barn, where it was very
sandy. In licking the ground to get the salt
the horses had filled themselves with sand.
indeed, it is said, they paved deep hole In the
sand to get the SALT Easton md star
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ssTWO Tender BABES i Nu0oed.,s
SIR JOSEPH PORTER GETS INTO TROUBLE BY AN
MPRUDENr REMARK.
telegram from Hartford, Conn, July IL,
says:-The Philadelphia Church Choir SPIN
afore company gave performance here two or
three evenings ago, and close observers noted
curious appearance OF one OF Sir Joseph Por-
ter's ept1cs while others remarked suspicious
Utter run through the company when the Ad-
miral sang:
Ny amaZement nv surprise
You may learn from the expression Of my eyes
Inc fact was that one OF Sir JoSephS eyes
mad rudely encountered the fist OF Mr.. Soussa,
the leader OF the orchestra, but an hour before
concealed the black and blue discolortng Ia part
but Sir Joseph was not sufficiently an artist lie
the line to wholly conceal his misfortune Ef-
sorts we were made to keep the facts quiet but
leaked out. 1t appears that the company gave
performance in Springfield the evening before
their appearance here. Little Buttercup was
singing her baby farming song and the Others
line
Two tender babes nussed,
Sir Joseph Porter (Mr. De Lange) turned 10
Hebe Miss Bellis) who stood beside MIN. and in
an undertone said something about the phys
lcal advantages In caring for a couplet OF babes.
Heoe was indignant and the following day told
mad insulted her. Mr. Soussa became the young
iadys champion, and told her that he would
demand an apology; Just after tea, at the
$500 .Su Soa.SS noUei, oouSSa encountered De
LANCE On the stairway, and I'm an angry tone
wanted to have talk with him about the
insult. De LANCE advised him to mind his own
business, and holding up his finger shook IL
Warnlngly In Soussa's face. In an instant the
knight OF the baton gave it to him straight
from the shoulder. Sir Joseph's energetic list
was not ready to resist" but he grappled with
bis asSailant, and the two rolled to the foot OF
the short stairs. SouSSa landed on top and
began to pummel the Admiral vigorously, when
friends Inter fered and separated the CON-
batantS The story goes that DE LANCE was so
refused an apology the next day even under a
threat OF managerial discipline and made no
secret OF his Intention Of taking 1t out OF
Soussas hide" at the earliest opportunity, His
fTlendS claim that the remark at which Miss
Bells took offense was In nowise indicate, bat
the ladies OF the company side entirely with
their companion.
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SHOOTING HIS SWEETHEART BECAUSE He
LOVED HER SO MuCH,-A dispatch from Omaha
ter, aged twenty two, shot Eff1e Bonden, his
affianced, aged eighteen, twice through the
back and arm, tntiicting DANGEROUS wounds.
picture taken. On their arrival he produced
a marriage license and invited her to go to FIRE.
mont and be married. She declined, when he
threatened to Kill her. She then jumped from
the carriage and started to store He pursued
and shot her twice. The wOuld-be murderer
was arrested by the Sheriff and taken to Fee
mont jail. Flatter's excuse for the act was that
he loved the girl and could not bear to see her
receive the attention from other young men.
He said she consented to marry him on the
4th Of July, but when the day came she re-
fused, saying it was too hot weather to be N ar
ried,
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THE BRIDEGRooM's AGE; OR THE SrEPFATHgR's
REvENGE-Lawrence Schuester, youth OF is
Essex county jail In Newark, charged with
perjury. On Pnngster Monday, Schuester in
company with woman of about "a years
named Lizzie Kessler, went to the house of the
Rev. Mr.: Kern OF the Blum Street German
Methodist church to be married. The pastor
objected to performing the ceremony, suspect
Ing that schueNer was not 81 years old. The
that effect. The couple were married, and
now Frederick Fell, the womans stepfather,
charges that the young benedict is only is years
CID. The case will be tried to-day in the special
sessions before Judge McCarter.-[N. Y. Sun,
1t4h
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Picnics, Excursions, &c.

iStonS Island with her first and select excursion
August list.
and St Johns COMMANDMENTS, United Order Of
the Golden Cross, tomorrow, to BlackistOn's
Island, On the John w. Thompson, which leaves
9th street wharf at 730 a. M, returning at 10:30
o. m. No liquors sold on the boat.
Boats leave hourly until $50 this evening for
thepicnic at Locust Grove, given by Eastern
Lodge, No. I, l. o. o. F.
The Jane Moseley will give grand family
excursion to Ocean City, via Crisfield, leaving
next Sunday at 9 a. NJ, and arriving at Ocean
City at p. m. OF the same day. She will re-
turn to washington at a. m. July 22d.
Company AS excursion leaves this evening
on the w. w. Corcoran, going 40 miles down,
and stopping at Glymont.
The Mary Washington will leave at $50 this
evening and return at II, going to Mount Yer
non Springs, where there Will be dancing.
The City OF Alexandra leaves at 1:15 this
evening for an evening excursion
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How FOUR SISTERS DIED.-A dispatch on July
announced the drowning In North Carolina by
the upsetting OF a boat OF the four daughters OF
Capt. Appleton Oaksmith. The bereaved father
writes pathetic account of the disaster to the
editor of the Netcbernian at the latters request,
from which 1t appears that the two older daugh-
tiers persisted In an attempt to save the two
younger ones who had been swept by the tide
away from the capsiZed boat. The father had
thrown two gratingS and two oars to his daugh-
tiers, but the little girls having lost their hold
On the gratings, their sisters deliberately gave
up their own only support in order to put the
oars under the arms OF the little Ones but with
out avail. The father and two boys were saved.
The names OF the girls were Bessie, aged 81,
Brooklyn: Mildred, aged 9, born in England,
and Pauline, aged I, born on board the bark
TrOubadaur In the German ocean. Bessie and
Corinne were frequent contributors OF verses to
the North Carolina papers, and had also been
represented in the pages OF st. Nicholas and
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u-Judge Paddock's son Henry, aged 12. was
drowned at Malone, N. Y, yesterday. Fred,
another son. was severely injured few days
ago by falling from tree.
nCharles Gibson, q horse thief, Alonz0
Hambr1ght, highway robber, and Charles
Goodman, burglar, under sentence for their
crimes, escaped from Lancaster (Pa.) jail Sun.
Gay night.
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JOHN COOK, AN ENGLISH BONDHoLDER of the
New York, Boston and Montreal railway, has
begun suit In New York to set aside as fraudu-
lent the sale OF bonds of the company to him
the defendants are Trenor w. Park, John j.
Hoyt, Wm B. Duncan and Sengman & Co. 1t
Is claimed that defendants f1oated the bonds In
Europe to get rid Of their losses Involved In the
insolvency OF the New York and Boston, the
Duchess and Columbia and the Harlem Ex-
tension companies.
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r. j. Nicholson, overseer at the Washington
Asylum, has been appointed an additional
patrolman of the Metropolitan Police.
The hay scales at 10th street and Louisiana
avenue were sold TO day to Samuel BenZ1nger
for 81 900.
Yesterday Lieut.. Hoxie issued an order d.
force that part CT the act of January 18th, 1870,
prohibiting the casting OF nuisances into alleys
and imposing a fine OF S. for the violation OF
this provision.
CONTRACTS FOR STREET WORK.
Yesterday, the award OF contract to lay stone
pavement on New Jersey avenue southeast to
w. E.. VermilliOn was revoked and the work
was given to Mcknight Burns, whose bid Is
S1.s7 per yard. The contract for improving Vir-
ginia avenue has been awarded to r. E. Rear
don.
REPAIRS TO SCHOOL. BUILDINGS.
Inspector Of Buildings Entwisle has awarded
contracts for repairs on several of the school
buildings, as follows:-Sumner building, j. II.
Hewlett, slIS so. Minor building, j. A. LOveless,
SIS. Chamberlain building, Linderman Fry,
SITS: jefferson building, 3. F. LarcOmbe, IRE
pairing plastering.) $3.50; F. II. Evans, (eXca-
waiting, &C., S129: w. A. Wilson, (brick work.
$50 IS; James c.. Lee, (KaSOmtning,) $34S RAN
dali building, w. Daniels, {patnting,) Sl45; E. w.
Knowles, (carpentering) SIS.
BUILDING PERMITS.
Issued by Inspector Entwise:-TO George W.
Adams, repair brick, 1904 X st. n W.; $1,000. G..
w. Royce, repair frame, 500 9th st. NV. $50.
John H.Peake, Tepa ir brick, Al eth st e. $3.50.
K. l. Fleming, construct brick dwelling on P
street circle; $4,000. C. II. Wells, construct
brick dwelling on 18th ST., lot 50, So 139; $4,000.
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eB-Two men and their four horses were killed
by lightning Thursday In the road In Chicon-
tlmi county, Canada.
"Charles Summers Conner, the well-known
New York type founder, died In that city
sunday, OF Brights disease. He was 40 years OF
age.
eHOn account OF the quarantine against
Memphis mail matter for Arkansas and Texas
is sent via st. Louis, as was done during the
yellow fever epidemic last year.
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children of Mr.. C.. c. Dickens, a well.to do
farmer living near High Point, and about eight
miles southwest OF Springfield, were poisoned
on Saturday last from eating mushrooms
Their ages range from two to ten years. The
TWO youngest died on Wednesday from the Ell.
fects OF the poison, and the other two are not
expected to lfve.-[ Cincinnati E,,quirer
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THEY HAVE doughnut tournaments at Lewis
ton, Me-, and they are about as ludicrous aud
hurtful as walking matches. The Gasette says:
s'The chap who attempted to consume 100 mince
turnovers In as many consecutive minutes at
the track, having made 81 turnovers and three
laps. His ankles are badly swollen and his
pulse is 80 In the shade. His physician says he
will do no more work for months, which tickles
him almost to death"
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A Pestilentfal Spot.

Edit0T Stdr:-The sewer which crosses the
square bounded by u street and Massachu ,etts
avenue and 4th and 5th streets northwest is
open and exposed, and extremely filthy; and it
is earnestly desired by the citizens Of that
neighborhOod that the city authorities Will
promptly abate the nuisance In some way. An
filth and q stencil in the nostrils of the people.
ought not to be tolerated for day, right in the
heart of the city. 1t sickening and positively
dangerous. II STREET n. w
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FEARFUL FALL WITH HAND CAR-As
hand car, upon which were two men, q woman
and one child, was running along on the Bur-
lington, Cedar Rapids and Northern railway,
bridge across the creek east Of Vinton, a dog
was discovered on the track directly over the
creek. Before the car could be stopped 1t struck
the dog, and hand car, men, woman, Child and
lance of 20 feet There was no water to speak
OF in the bed of the creek, but the fall itself.
together with the heavy Car, which was badly
smashed up: resulted In serious injuries to all
On board, while the injuries sustained by the
woman are thought to be fatal.-[Cedar Rapids
(Ioaca) Republican, July 5.
KILLED HIS CoLORED PARAMOUR James
Heaton, the republican ex.clerk OF the superior
court at Wilmington, N. c., and ex-judge OF
probate, shot and killed his col0red paramount
Mary Radcliffe, In the street, Saturday night
him, and, enc0untertng him Saturday night,
refused his proffered hand, when he drew pis-
tol and shot her In the breast. He then fed,
shot himself. Heaton had been In the peni.
Tertiary for melting riot, but had been par
doned. He had since been convicted OF o1enses
in of1icp, which would have sent him to prison
for ten ears but for his tragic death.
SHOCKING DEATH OF AN OLD LADY.-Leah
Herb, aged So, met with singular death on
Tuesday, near her home, about mile south OF
fleetwood, In Berks county, Pa. Contrary to
| the advice Of her children, she assembled q
| cherry tree to pick the cherries, and was found
lying dead beneath It, The theory OF her death
nas sa aes nasfss
| and happened to lay hold on partly decayed
| and rotten limb; 1t broke, precfpitating her a
distance Of about 20 feet to the ground. In
injuries. After falling she endeavored to crawl
/ toward home, but had only moved about six
yards when death Overlook her,
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A PRINT entitled "La Jeune Garde'' is selling
by the thousands in Paris, but we Judge that Il
Will not find favor In London. 1t shows bust
Of the prince imperial on column, surrounded
by large immortelle. lion watches at the
foot OF the pillar. The point, and there Is
plenty OF it. lies in the legend, which reads as
Louis Napoleon, met his death In South Africa
owing to the coWardice of his escort"
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WHO DID THE SHOOTING ?-In the Police Court
yesterday, Robert Wren was arraigned on the
cnarge OF an assault and battery with intent to
XII Mary ODel, and she and her witnesses teS-
tlned TO the fact; but Wren denied 1t, and as
serted that he was shot at first, and he had no
case.
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The Water Questfol,.

6dttof or ire StGT:-AllOw me small space
suggestion or two to the Commissioners with
regard to the water tax now being collected
from the people OF this District. see no good
lected In semi-annual installments, the same as
and thus relieve thousands Of takers who viii
amount to pay the tax for the whole year in
advance Some relief Of the kind must be
found, or great distress will result to thousands
means to defray the other necessary expenses
OF life and further suggest that hydrants be
erected on every square, at least, OF the CITY, so
exorbitant, and believe illegal demand, may
not suffer for the want OF the most Common
necessity OF life and the great preservative OF
health. Inns.
How to Regulate the Water Supply.
Editor Star; desire to submit plan through
your paper, that II adopted, l am sure Will aid
10 solve that very serious and much vexed ques-
ton OF the water supply. From comments in
an the papers yours included, it is evident that
lhere Is very serious trouble to be apprehended
especially from those sections OF the city where
the supply has always been short, and where it
now Ialls below even what it has been, together
with an increase in the water rates Of nearly
double for the present year. My proposition IS
to regulate the supply in accordance vita the
wafer pressure at the point; Levels have al
pennsylvania avenue the level is about ten feet
ABOVE tide water; at and 18th streets 1t is one
hundred, and on Capitol Hill it is nearly one
hundred feet above tide. Now, Without at.
tempting to be perfectly accurate, it is near
enough to say that ten times as much wat or
Will pass through the same pipe with the
pressure on pennsylvania avenue than with the
pressure On Capitol Hill. Every 80 feet OF water
In height gives Is pounds additional pressure;
SO That 1t Will be seen that on the avenue there
tol Hill. My plan is to establish regulation
taps, increasing in size, for every ten feet of
elevation, In such proportion as to give the
same HOW at any and all elevations. To make
for each house, and the time would not even
interfere with the use In the houses Where
any parties may desire more than the regula-
ZION supply, charge them extra for it in prOpor-
ton to the quantity. The entire change can be
maze within a month, and certainly 1t Is no
more than equitable to so regulate the supply
equally charged T. w
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REVEREND PILFERER.-The Rev. George L.
Ha1ght, methodist minister residing at Port
land, Ionia CO., Mich. has been charged with
purloining silver cup, accidentally left on a
seat IN railroad cal, along side OF that occupied
Dy him. The lady sent back for the cup before
the train started, but 1t could not be found Mr..
Hafght attempted to get rid OF the cup by throw
ing 1t away, but was caught in the act
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PERHAPS 1T IS THE YELLOW FRvER.-There is
very fatal disease, the name OF which we
have not learned, raging in the southern pOr-
ton Of this county. 1t seems to be contagious
and nearly every one who has 1t dieS.-[ ITALIA
hatchie MISSY Sentinel.
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1T Is PRETTY HARD to throw of old habits all
at once. A Nebraska dealer In agricul tural i'm
out the way to others and said to Ia rmer.N
Brother Jones. will guarantee that II you
join our church you will not only find 1t the best
IN the market, out 1t will take you straight
through without any further inventory. Give
it trial. and II not satisfactory will take back
your religion and refund your money"
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FAIRBANKS SCALEs.-The following transla-
ton or letter which the Messrs Fairbanks
have received from Russia Is of interest to all
American manufacturers:
GRAND RUSSIAN r. r. Co., NICoLAI LINE,)
ST. PETERSBURG,
DIRECTORS OFFICE, May Sd, 1879
MEssRS. FAIRBANKS & Co.,
beg to inform you that our line is supplied
with many FAIRBANKS SCALES, of which some
are already since 1851, and the rest since 1862 In
constant use. Many OF them are exposed to the
open air the whole year round, without any pro-
lection against the bad weather. All these
scales, without exception, have given entire
satisfaction, and, according to the opinion of the
method OF weighing heavy loads, and chiefly In
durability, all the other systems Of scales
Having twenty two years experience with the
FAIRBANKS SCALES, the superintendent office
of the Road can unhesitatingly recommend
them as especially practically adapted to rail-
(Signed) KoENIG, Director of the Nicolai r. r,
Engineer and Actual Counselor OF State.
NoTE.-The Nicolai Line Is the Oldest In Rus
STA, and was built by the Emperor Nicolas as a
grand military road between Moscow and ST.
Petersburg. 1t is upwards OF four hundred miles
long.
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To LADIES AND GENTLKNIN.-We wish to call
attention to A. Fischer's Chemical Securing and
Dyeing Establishment No. 9Os g street, near
9Th street. BY promptly adopting the latest
improvements, whether Of American or Euro
pean invention, he is enabled to do his work In
manner not to be equalled by those not pos
Sessing these facilities. Gents suits cleaned
for s.. N. Blaze curtains cleaned from Is
cents up to 81 q window, and no acid used In
whitening them. Wool blankets cleaned from
50 cents to Is cents pair, and restore them to
their natural softness; by cleaning q number, q
reduction In price. H-Cau for and deliver
them.
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SENTIMENTAL Miss MAUD.-A dreadful trag-
edy has occurred here. Miss Maud Crosland,
dianola, aged 10, while visiting her relative.
Mrs. E. E. A. Noble, and while Mrs. Noble
was absent up stairs, suddenly seized six
shooter hanging on bedpost, and, placing the
the trigger and fired. She literally blew her
brains out A few hours before Miss Grassland
had sung to her friends, "See That My Graves
Kept Green."-[ Victoria (7eras) Dispatch to the
Globe Democrat.
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CITY ITEMS.

Merit Must Reap Reward.
and so 1t is with Quirk's Irish Tea, the great
bilious remedy. 1t only costs Is cents, ana IS
sold by all druggists.
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An1uselnents. &c.

THORNE's SUMNER GARDEN continues to at
tract large crowds nightly. 1t is a cool resort,
with excellent music. Miss Eva Mills sang last
night and was repeatedly encored She will
sing again tonight. The summer garden has
become fixture.
THEATER COMIoUE.-The programme at the
Comique this week Is new and very interest
ing.
THE OLD FOLKS CONCERT, which took place
last night at Israel c. M. E. church, corner 1st
and streets south, proved to be treat. Mr..
John Hamilton and Mr.. Newton sang the "Lar-
board Watch" with fine effect, j K Cutler sang
the "Old Sexton" Mrs. Davis sang "Auntie
Brown" very touchingly, and Lucy Pinkwood
with spirit. The ''Marseilles' hymn by the Old
Folks wound up the exercises. Tonight an
other fine programme.
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ONLY FOUR MONTHS In JAIL FOR SHOOTING A
BoYEAbOut noon yesterday, q white boy
named John Barrett, while playing at the cor
ler Of Sd and F streets northwest, was shot 10
the right leg by colOred man who was riding
past the place with the driver OF one of Stephen
sons express wagons. Whea the boy was shot
the driver put whip to his horses and they both
escaped. DR.. Ball was summoned and extracted
the nan from the boys leg. He was then con-
veyed to his home, Nc. 20S G street northwest
About an hour afterwards the driver of the
wagon, Thornton Lee, was arrested by Officer
J. ]. Smith. but refused to give any Information
e00ut the shooting, or the party who did it.
1An with several other officers arrested Frank
Brooks, (colOrod) In street alley for the shoot
INC. In the Police Court this morning, Brooks
Mas sentenced to four months In jail, and Lee
Wa8 dismissed.