Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-19
PicnicS. Excursions Cc

fIcnlcS, EXCLUSIONS, &c.
There will be a very pleasant and excellent
managed excursion to Marshall Hall next Fri
day. 1t will be given on the steamer w. w.
CorcOran. by the S. V. N. V. OF Lebanon Lodge
No. Z. F. & A. NJ. The boat will leave PROMPTLY
at $50 o'clock am and 6 o'clock pm.
The Congregation of the Tabernacle-Rey. w.
W. Hicks. mnister-will give family excursion
and picnic to Fort Washington on the W. w.
C0rcoran next Thursday morning and evening.
The boat will leave at 10 o'clock am. and
O'Clock pm.
The Belle May will leave at 7:3O O'Clock to-
morrow with the excursion of Heber Tent, No.
~, %. of r.. for the Great Falls
The COrcOran will leave at $50 O'Clock n m
tomorrow for the moonlight excursion of the F.
b. S. club.
The Arrowsmith will leave at o'clock to-
morrow morning with the Harmony Lodge ex-
cursion to Piney Point.
pIsORDERLY PICNICERs.-Yesterdayt the Yantic
Club cOlOred organization gave a picnic at
SeabrOOk, on the b. j. P.RR, and although
there were some apprehensiOns that disorder
would occur during the day. there was comDara-
tive quiet. On their return to the city, however
the crowd got to be noisy. and on disembarking
on 9TH street. in the vicinity of MARYLAND avenue
they seemed to be determined to make as much
disturbance as Ossible. and number of them
gathered in front Of Mr.. F. Springman's gro
Gerry store, hOOting at him. Mrs. Sprinnman
fearing that If her husband remained in the door
trouble would ensue, induced him to close If
and retire. Almost Immediately a stone was
thrown through one OF the windows and three
plst0 shots fired into the house one of tho
balls grazing Mrs. Sprin@man's arm and MAKING
slight flesh wound. With the firing the crowd
began to scatter, and the police appearino on
the spot, Officers Barnes and Hutchinson ar
rested Walter Bland, who was recognized as the
man who fired the shot.
This morning, in the Police Court, Walter
Bland was charged with assaulting Frederick S.
Sprin2man, who stated that cOlOred picnic
party disembarked from train on the B. and p
railroad in front of his house, and this Young
man and a crowd of other men and women
stopped in front of his house and commenced
using very obscene language, and he requested
them to move on. and this man got abusive and
another man who was behind witness threw a
stone at witness and Bland fired three shots
and said that he was not the man, but was ar
rested and dubbed by the policemen and taken
to the station house. He was fined 80 and costs
or so days in jail.
MORE VICTIMS OF THE Toy PIsToL.-Cases OF
fatal lockjaw. caused by accidents with toy pis-
tolls on the 4th of July. continue to be reported
Samuel Maddox. white boy IL years old. resid-
ing in the alley between 18th and 18th and and
h streets northwest is the latest victim. He
died last night.-AmOs G. Curry 9years of are.
who died at his home, No. 1909 Corcoran street.
last Sunday, is reported to have died from a sim.
liar cause-A special to the Baltimore Sun
from Cumberland Nd, says: ION Sunday, Henry
J. Ash, aged a. died at FrOstburg from iockjaw,
produced by wound in the hand from a toy
pistol belonging to his little son, which he was
handling on the 4th of July. He was seized
with l0ckjaw last Friday and died after terrible
/ suffering. The deceased was in the employ OF
the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad and
was worthy young man. He leaves wife and
one child"
| REAL ESTATE SALE.-Thomas Bowling sole
! yesterday. for the owner, lot %, in square SIG
located on the west side of 4th street. between
/ Massachusetts avenue and street est ff