Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-28
The Free Bridge Question.

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
notice recently several communications in your
columns upon the 6 Free Bridge" question. 1t is
greatly to be desired that we communicate with
the virginia shore by free bridge across the PO
tomac as specify as possible. do not agree with
your correspondent that 1t should be at the S'Three
Sisters for many reasons: First, that the site of
the present 'Auueduct Bridge ;, is the best and
most convenient. The new iron bridge proposed
can be placed upon the existing piers for one
quarter the cost OF a new bTidy &c at the ''Three
Sisters" tn lii" necessary piers and approaches
and when done will be Infinitely stronger and bet
Ter than the one proposed by your correspondent
second, II Is now pretty well est iblSh@d that the
United StlteS ara the real owners OF the Aqueduct
bridge, save, perhaps, some rights that the canal
and bridge company claim to have acquired I'M
der lease 1t seems that the yiglant Secretary
OF War has recently discovered the U. s. owner
ship OF that property which, understand, all the
Ia" officers or the government express no doubt
about. 1hTd, because the delay in getting . free
bridge will be very much greater by building a
bridge at . Three Sisters - than it Will be under
senator Rollins bill, which seems to be Just and
Iar 10 the government and all parties in interest
think the taxpayers OF the district as well as
the government ought to thank the Senatorfor his
prompt action in this matter in thus Sa wing them
from an additional and worse than useless bur
then. A LARGE TAXPAYER
MILITARY MASQUERADERS. - TallmaGge hall
presented very attractive appearance last
evening. when the Capital City Guards gave "a
masquerade ball. The attendance was very
large. and there were many elaborate and srik-
ing costumes. Among those that attracted
special notice were Miss C.. l.. Lewis Quaker
girl Mrs. Kelly. peasant girl; Mrs. Clara Lewis,
Dolly Warden; Mrs f. +. Jackson fortune eller;
Robert II. Byng, carpet-bagger; Mr.. George W.
Williams. Italian brigand; Capt. c.. A. Fleet
wood. Continental soldier; Miss Gurley Blake,
Japanese girl; Miss Annie Brooks Victoria
Among those present were Misses Marrie Smith
Nettie SmallwOod. Gertrude Blakely, Mamie Os-
born, Carrie Adams, Sergeant G. ID. Smith and
lady. Lieutenant and Mrs. Douglass. Mrs. Geo.
Io1,, C,,t@t
Tompkins, Mr.. Harry Brooks. Mr.. Cromwell, Mr..
J. +. n. WikersOn and wife. Miss Lucy Camp
bell. Mr.. and Mrs. John Smaliwood, Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Williams. Lieutenant and Mrs.
Smallwood, Captain and Mrs. Kelly, Sergeant
and Mrs. Montague, Captain C.. A. Fleetwood, of
the cadets. The arrangements were in charge
of a committee composed of T. b. Meredith,
Rush Garland, q. b. Lucas, l.. S. Carey and j.
r. Bowie.
THREATENING TO KILL A GIRL BECAUSE SHE
WOULD Nor MARRY HIM.-A neatly dressed
young colored liian named Fletcher Chase was
charged in the Police Court yesterday with
making threats personal violence toa colOred
girl named Lizzie Mason, who testified that the
man threatened to kill her. she supposes be-
cause she won't have him, and he comes around
at night and bangs at the window and threatens
her. Another cOlOred girl testified to hearing
ing him say that he intended to Kill Lizzie if it
took him all his life to do it, and he said he
came twice to shoot her but his heart failed him.
The prisoner came out of the dock and testified
that he got acquainted with Lizzie about four
years ago, but stopped calling on her lately, and
he would not hurt a hair Of her head The court
told him to be careful how he talked about the
girl. and took his personal bond to keep the
peace for six months.
FINED FOR SELLING UNsorND POULTRY =
Michael Davis. q white man. was charged In the
folice Court yesterday. with selling blown and
| unsound geese in the Riggs market last Saiur-
day. Officer Grant testified to arresting the
| prisoner. DR.. Townshend testified TO exanin-
| ing the poultry and finding some OF it In de-
composed state. The defendant claimed that
| he didn't know that the poultry was spoiled
bat the court fined him SO, or thirty days In
ttnesWoHkhOuEe.