Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-28
Condemned LccaES.


Street lamps VIII De lighted at IL D. NJ and ey-
Ghgu. at 5 - a. m.
The National Fair directors last night discussed
matters relating TO the formation OF jockey club
in the District.
The platform erected in the Criminal Court room
ler the Guiteau proceedings was removed yester-
day.
Two Washington hotel men-Messrs John Fl.
Harris, OF the owen HOUSE. and VIM v Rice of
WillarfS-have leased the Columbian hotel, sara
toga Springs.
4 coforcd boy. named Charles Gibbs, during a
fracaS in the gallery Of the Thaater CONTINUE last
night. fen or WAS thrown down the stairs, and had
his ankle broken He Was taken TO the Emergency
Elijah Mumford. colored Vas sent to 1qtl for 60
Gays, by Judge Sa"H to-day, on the charge OF
Stealing some silyerware from E. C. Ford, who
stated That lew days before Christmas, this boy
was sent with some Sllyerware present 10 Wit
ness wife, and he made himself present of it,
and afterwards sold il at pawn shop.
Yesterday afternoon officer Byrnes, OF the
seventh precinct, arrested co!ored man who had
I'm his possession bag of mink and musk rat
skins. supposed To have been stolen. The man was
locked up and subsequently the skins were identi-
fed by dealer ca sth street, from whom they had
Defective McDevitt arrived here last night from
Cincinnati ONO, with MS prisoner. ZarembO,
charged with larceny from the house of NJ. Bar
thOlOtnei, the Russian minister. He Will be turned
over 10 the Department OF Justice to-day.
Ex-un.on soldiers, members Of the Grand Army
OF the Etpnohc ami other organizations will meet
CT Grand ARMY hail 9Th and d streets, tomorrow
Tor the purpose OF attending, in bOiy the funeral
OF the late Gen. Robert II. Mitchell of kansas
Mrs Diana Z. DanfOrth has filed a bin in equity
against John Belt and others to restrain the Sale
o. certain real estate 10 which she claims title in
her own name.
JUVENILE STORE RoBBERs-In the Police Court.
yesterday, four small co!0red boys named Isaac
Iansil. Joseph Jenkins William Henderson and
Augustus Williams were charged with the larceny
and Il suit OF clothes, from the store of Mohammed
Dean Conn, OF No. 81 21st street northwest Tie
testimony showed that the boys broke into the
sisre In The night time and the goods were stolen
at that tine. Tansl was DISCHARGED, and the
others We're sent 10 jail for six months
MARRIAGE Licenses have been issued to II. II.
Ayior and Blanche Ayl0r. both Of Madison. Va !;
Jesse NJ. Baker and Courtenay II. Wallace Charles
Macnfchol, jr. and Ada b. Mackey: Joseph W.
Cotter and Ada T. Poor; Joseph slches and Mary
BueSher; James W. W. Clark and Kezia H. Hats
Up, both OF Fairfax county, Va: Solomon W.T.
Hams ana Virginia Bra nd0n Harry c. Leybrand
and Kate E. Work; John X. Lewis and Mary Is.
Matthew'S
=, The WoN.N Who ASSAULTED LIQUOR DEALER
Mary T. Graney. the woman who Was before the
Police Court Thursday for asSauting Thos Meley
the keeper OF liquor store in the first ward was
before The Police Court yesterday again, and Mr.
Meiey testified 10 the assault on himself and
Showed the court large cut On his head Mrs
s,n gney 1eitfed th2t her husband was In Meleys
when she asked Mr.. Meley TO put him ont he
assaulted her, and she struck him with a brick.
Inc case was again continued for other testimony
ASBESTOS FOR STAGE CURT.ISs-The n Y. Trf
oune says: The lire commissioners have expert
hehteo with abeStOS material for fire-nrO0f
stage-curtains and found it SATISFACTORY III viii
IeslsI neat, without burning long enough IN allow
any theteI atilencc 10 leave the house. before the
nre could break out beyond the stage No renOrt
has as yet been made, and the co,nmi ssioperS
demand as the final test that III shall he shown to
Satisfaction that an abestOS curtain OF In, re1urd
size shall sustain its own weight II this "a n he
proSed, legislative action VIII be asked to compel
managers OF theaters 10 adopt such curtains -
This Idea OF asbestos curtains for theaters OTi0-
mated with Building Inspector Entwisle OF this
city, ana Is embodied in the report OF the commits
SION 10 examine buildings used as places of assem-
Dry as TO Their safety from fire panic, which was
Poollsned mere several weeks before the above APP
peared in the Tribune.
DEEDS IN FEE have been recorded as follows
w. X Hooper TO F. j. Sweet. trustee sub so s1
I1I; s2a0. T. Sweet, trustee, to w. r. Hooper.
Bouchard, lotSs, So. 5aS; sI7.0O G. W. Balioch
10 Massachusetts, Mutual Life Insurance company
SUP. q, so. 122; 81 1890 A. LOvZi TO Sarah L
Downs, pit =. ST. Se9; $50. W. d. Cassin et al.
trustees TO Mary l. Cut, pt. 1i6, block Ga 8, $50
An ENTERTAINMENT AT THE INSANE AsYIuN-A
musical entertainment was given TO the inmates
OF St Elizabeth Insane Asylum last evening"
Ihose who participated were: Mis- Jeannie MoNOn
MIS- d. b. Mcleod, Mrs E. r. True, Messrs
nule, PEARSON, ForSeman, and Adams, and Misses
d. and j. Harvey.
THE SUIT AGAINST POSTMASTER ArNGER-The
S1Se OF alexander agt- Anger, Getty pOStmaster,)
IN Whlch judgment was given for defendant a
rev weeks ago IN the Circuit Court, was reinStated
The hearing fixed for Thursday next It win be
IememDered that this was an action before t,ls-
Tee 10 recover for money claimed to have been in
etterS wrongfully delivered and which were lost
Inc case was appealed, and as the question Is re-
Garded as an important one Involving the liatifv
q DO8tpl3SfQr In 4