Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-06
Condensed IncaIs

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Mrs. Ellis, who shot herself last week ON 3d
street, the particulars of which were reported in
THE STAR. is fast recovering. The ball is lodged
in her back and her physicians do not propose to
extract it.
In the divorce suit brought by Sarah A. Burln-
game agt FRANKLIN Buriingame, the court yes
terday appointed Mr. John C.. Poor as exam
iner to take the testimony.
yesterday. in the case Of Dennis F. Ryan,
BASH b. Earnshaw and others against Jasper
scott, Judge Hagner continued the Injunction to
prevent the pulling down of house and stable
on lots II and IL, square 964.
contractor King, engaged in erecting the brick
walls for the new wing of the City Hall. states
That he has not refused to pay the hod carriers
S175 per day. He states that these men struck
because he put on some men at wheeling the
brick in wheelbarrows who did not belong to
the union
The work Of improving Virginia avenue, be-
tween 18th and 18th streets, has been commenced
Dy the contractor, Mr.. Lynch, and the grading
is now being carried on on each side ofthe street
railroad. This avenue is to be paved with
granite block, new sidewalk laid and trees
planted
Repairs are now being made by Superinten-
dent w. r. Smith, of the Botanical gardens, to
the grounds surrounding the big fountain. The
earth which has been packed upon the Tiber
sewer in that Enclosure is being removed and
levelled. The repairs to the conservatory have
been completed and concrete foot walks laid
with cut stone edgng to the same. About 81 200
will be expended in this garden during the pres
ent fiscal year.
The Carpenters and Joiners Union. No. l.. of
this city, at their meeting last evening, elected
as delegates to represent them i'm the National
Convention of Carpenters, to be held in the city
Of Chicago, August 9Th, 1881, David Gregg and
Gabriel EdmOnstOn.
Yesterday afternoon Officer Wright shot and
killed mad dog in the eighth precinct, and Off
Ger thompson, of the sixth precinct, killed one
in Goat alley. This morning Sergeant Pearson
shot mad dog on /, between 21st and 22d
affect the dogs.
Mr.. JOS Frame. recently employed at Mr.
Norris Peters phOto-lithographing establish
ment, and who is going to Scotland in a few
days, was presented with gold headed cane by
his fellow-wOrkmen last night at his residence,
NO 5O5 Maryland avenue. Mr.. A. Levy made
the presentation speech and Mr.. Frame happily
responded.
About II o'clock this morning Detective Nc
Dewitt arrested cOlOred boy named Henry
johnson, on AZ street, a few steps from police
headquarters, having i'm his possession basket
containing quantity of household articles, sill
yer spoons, etc, supposed to have been stolen
from 21S 4th street southeast, most of them
marked "A.J.R." He was taken to headquar-
ters, where he remained dumb as post saying
nothing He was locked up for hearing.
Col Amos Webster, late register of wills, has
Gas will be seen by his card elsewhere) entered
upon the practice of law in this CITY, and will
make business before the Probate Court and
testamentary law, in which he has had large ex-
perience, speciality.
The Beckham Trophy.
LETTER FROM THREE OF THE REFEREES TO
MAYOR BECKHAM.
The following letter was sent to MayOr Beck
ham. of Alexandria, Va, umpire, etc, to-day
by three out of the four referees in the recent
Glymont rifle match: ''We. the undersigned
referees in the recent military rifle contest at
Glymont, although not required so to do by
any Of the rules governing said contest, deem it
but an act OF justice to you to express our
selves as follows: LIST. When you took the mat
ter OF decision into your hands you did so
because the referees could not come to q deci-
sion. as required by the rules. I'd. We each
understood this action on your part, took the
case entirely out of the hands of the referees,
and that you had determined to make deci-
sion, as the rules required you to do. Sd.
You distinctly stated that in referring
certain questions to the National Rifle AssOcia-
ton you did SO solely for the purpose of being
better informed upon questions, the settlement
of which you were in doubt. You stated.
further, that an Interpretation of these ques-
tons did not bind you to abide by them, but
that you would decide as you thought proper
18th. You were bound to make decision. You
nave done so. and we most heartily endorse the
same. Very respectfully
CHAs. E. FRASER,
II. E. BARRETT,
GEO. S. SMITH.
NOte.-Mr. Manson in his letter of July Goth
to the Secretary of the National Rifle AssOcia-
ton uses the following language: ''Did the
varying of the rule about the order of firing,
done as 1t acas, by unanimous consent, in any
way affect the validity of the match?" Permit us
to say this is incorrect the referee of the WASH
ington Light Infantry Corps did not consent to
the violation of this rule
II. E. BARRETT,
GEO. S. SMITH,
CHAS. E. FRASER.