Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-16

trict. and Rev ". p Ryder. formerly of this
city. The meeting will close tomorrow.
A POLICEMAN ATTACKED BY MOB Al
| affray took place ON Capitol Hlyesterday mtrl-
ing between q mob of rough characters who
were returning to their homes from an eXcu"-
sion When at thocerner Of Sd street and PGnl-
sylyania avenue southeast the liquor began 10
assert itself in tho fern of a free fight. Officer
Burgess attempted to quell the turmoil when the
gang turned uponaim, and one named Thomas
O'Nel cut the Officer In several places. Officers
Wright, Clinton. Marks and BlanfOrd arrived on
the ground and arrested Charles Hilton, Michael
Mcdonald John Curtin and Robert Cross. Thos
O'Neil, the ringleaaes, escaped after having sew
eral shots fired after him
HE Courts.
POLICE CoURT--Judqe Bta,dy pro tenn.
To-day, Wm Toiliver, cursing and swearing
in the county; S. or days. Chas. Miller,
charged with being a vagrant, being found beg
glng; ~ days IN the wOrkhouse. Julien Hud-
son, VIM. R. Balloo forfeited collateral Richard
Crown, young white man. was charged with
dlsorderiy cOnduchin the Washington market.
Mr. Wm. II. HoOver,Fa butcher In the market,
testlned that this man came to his stand and ap-
peared to be drunk, and said that he intended
to play crazy. and kill some Of these id hard
hearted people. He was fined $40 or 50 days.
Wm f. Bell. trespassng on park; S. or Is
days VIM. Ward. profanity; S. or IS days.
JnO W. Armstrong. white man, was charged
WIN SuIohis uuu swearing Stuu UldhlIlx Iutte
remarks on the street. Some gentlemen who
live in his neighborhood testified that he curses
ana sWears In his house and on his porch. and
keeps the whole neghbOrhOod in an uproar all
the time, and yesterday he cursed his family,
| and his neighbors, the republican party and the
President, and said that he ought to have died
long ago, and he was glad the President was
| shot. Armstrong took the stand and said that
he drank some beer Yesterday, and it made him
crazy. The court said he thought he ought to
q IaQfn INN
of Sl5 or Is days in the wOrkhouse. VIM.
Sloane and Kate Anderson. indecent exposure
in Lafayette Park IS OF Is days each.
Best Payne, loud and boisterous S. or Is days.
John Stewart. cursing and swearing in West
Washington: SIS or days. John Henderson,
loud and boisterous SIS or Is days. John Rob-
insOn vagrancy; bonds or 50 days. Mary Mich
OILS, loud and bOisterous; SIS or Is days. Alice
Jones, do; do. Arnistead Jackson and James
Payne, vagrancy; bonds or 80 days each. Saml
Alexander. dsordery conduct in county; S. or
ID days. Kate Lewis, vagrancy and publicpros-
Tuition; bonds or 60 days. Chas Conway; bonds
or 30 days. Samuel and Mary Samson, loud and
bOisterOus in West WashingtOn: SIS or 10 days.
each. Chas. Hilton. Thos. O'Neil, Jno. O. Cur
tin, Michael Mcdonald, and Robert Cross. all
young white men, were charged with making
an afray and fighting with each other at the
corner of Sd and Pennsylvania avenue south
east about IL o'clock Saturday night. Special
Officer Burgess testified that these men had
to stop it he was very roughly handled. Hilton
and Cross were fined $40 or 80 days each, O'Neil
and Mcdonald forfeited collateral, and Curtin
was discharged. Hilton was then charged with
aSsaulting Officer Burgess at the time of the
| atfray. He was fined $40 or 80 days additional
on this charge. Alexander Ward, small white
boy, charged with stealing some chickens from
Adam Jackson: fined SIS or 10 days in Jail.
Elizabeth Matthews was charged with assault
ing May Susan Pratt; SIS or Is days in Jail.
la & Drotf aha with Tin,
Elizabeth Matthews; fine of IS or Is days in
Jail was imposed. Mary Payne and Susan
Hawkins, charged with making threats to May
Susan Pratt: personal bonds to keep the peace
for six months. Jos. Burns, white man, was
charged with assaplting cOlOred boy named
ThOs. Johnson, by shooting revolver at him in
the county. Friday night. He was fined $40 or
80 days in Jail. Geo. Williamson, Jno. Perkins.
JAS. H. Reeves and Jno. T. Stewart forfeited
collateral. Samuel Clark and Hugh Downing
two elderly white men, the former very large
man and the latter very small man, were
charged with fighting in the street. Clark said
| that Downing was drunk. and he was only help
ing him home. Clark was dismissed and Down
ing was fined $40 or 30 days. Geo. johnson.
| colored, charged with making an assault on
some person, to the complainant unknOwn; So
| or Is days. Frank Pick, forfeited collateral
Addie Stewart and Lula Brady assault on May
Bell Lula was fined SIS or Is days. and Addie
was fined $3.50 or days. Rebecca Mars, as
sault on Matte ROane; S. or Is days. Matte
ROane, assault on Annie Mars do. Willie Bos-
well, assault on Geo. Galliger, by striking him
on the head with all iron weight; SIS or Is days
West Washington nee Georgetown.
| THE GRAIN TRADE.-Arrved-BO Loudoun
| with 1900 bushel wheat.
| MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.-Offering on Change
to-day40O0 bushels wheat. 1900 bushels sold
at prices ranging from 1341 to 1861.
PORT.-Entered. Barkantine Levanter, Vesper
| from Trinidad, B. W. l., with 500 tons crude as
| phalt consigned to A. l.. Barber & Co. unload
ing at Lttlefield's wharf. The Levanter made
the run from Trinidad in the short time of ii
| days to the capcs. Schr. Addie Ryason, Cush-
man, from st. Johns, N. B., with $4,000 spruce
laths consigned to James n. Haswell. Brig
Lucy W. Snow, Stone, from Bermuda in ballast
seeking.
| Alexandria Affairs.
Reported for the EVENING STAR.
| THE BREAD QUEsTION.-It seems by THE STAR
that loaf bread is usually sold in Washington at
5 cents per pound. and that cents is noted as a
reduction. Here the ordinance rate for the best
wheaton loaf is but four cents per pound and
some bakers sell bread at three cents per pound
AS a rule the cost of meats, groceries. vege-
| tables. &c, is about the same here as in the
District cities, but rents and servants wages are
much lower The water rent is higher because
the water works here were built at private cost
and not as in the District by the government.