Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-26
The Christmas Killed and WOUNDED


The Christmas Killed and Wounded.
In quarre! in a saloon at Little Rock. Ark.
yesterday, II. f. Robinson shot and killed col
Ored farmer named Derry Griffin.
In an alteration at Atlanta. Ga. YESTERDAY
Henry johnson shot and killed Hugh Mathis;
both colOred.
Joe Smith shot and killed Billie Gresham. a.
Aquilla, Texas, yesterday. Smith was cap
tured.
At Palmetto. Ca, yesterday. John Thomas
shot and killed Lindsey Weaver in drunken
row.
Lorenzo White. a small boy. was accidentally
shot, at Lebanon. Pa, yesterday. by drunken
man who was playing with revolver on the
street
City Marshal John Way shot and instantly
Killed John Franklin, colOred. in one of the cells
OF the JAIL In CharlestOEA S. c.. last night
Franklin was arrested for disordery conduct
Way entered the cell. when Franklin made
vicious attack on him, and the marshal shot him
dead.
At Cincinnati James Chumlev shot and killed
the most work. After attending to Lambs
wounds until death ensued Chumley gave him
self up to the police.
notorious character named Patsey Donnelly
on Sunday entered saloon in Peru ILL., drew
a revolver and fired three times into a crowd of
men about the bar. Michael McDermott was
killed. DOnnelly stepped out of the saloon and
met Officer Patrick Scott, at whom he fred
Scott thereupCn sent bullet into DonEellys
brain and he fell dead.
VIM. FL. Clark. of New Haven, Conn.,, pas
senger on the steamship knickerbocker from
New York for New Orleans. committed suicide
Saturday. when the vessel was about IS miles
from its port Of destination
During street fight yesterday afternoon. in
Petersburg. Va. between a number of whites
and negroes, pistols were drawn and one or two
shots We're exchanged. John S. Cook a we'll
known citizen. while passing the vicinity of the
fight, was shot through the thigh and painfully
wounded.
At Covington, Ga, Saturday. Will Smith. 10
years old, shot and killed James Banks and Al
eXander Hendricks. and also shot and killed a
negro who attempted to arrest him. Whisky
was the cause
At Lake City, Fla. on Friday evening. Union
Fills, prominent citizen. while drunk. shot
and killed Parker Adams, a late candidate for
the legislature.
The body of the late Sir Hugh Allan. who die
at Edlnburg, Scotland. some three weeks ago
arrived at Halifax yesterday by steamer Samari
tan. The funeral will take place at Montreal
on Wednesday.
KwOng HI Chin for some years an attache
the Chinese educational commission. and
who has since prepared a Chinese and Eng
lish dictionary and phrase-book and school
books, will leave Hartford, Conn.,, for China to-
day.
The Queen, Princess Beatrice and the Duke and
Duchess OF Edinburgh visited the Haslar naval
hospital, at Portsmouth, England, Saturday,
and conferred decorations on number OF con-
valescent patients who took part in the late war
In Egypt.
All the 'bucket shops in Pittsburg have been
notified by the Central District and Printing
Telegraph Company that after January LIST no
quotations will be furnished them
Is IL Worth While.
Is it worth while that we jostle brother,
Bearing his load on the rough load OF life?
Is it worth while that we jeer at each other
In Dlackness OF heart, that we war to the knife?
God pity US all in our pitiful strife.
God pardon US all for the triumphs we feel
When fellow goes down meath his load on the
Pierced to the heart: Words are keener than
And mightier far for woe than for veal
Were it not well, in this brief little Journey.
On over the isthmuS. down into the tide,
we give him q fsh, instead OF serpent,
Ere folding the hands to be and abide
Forever and aye In dust at his side?
Look at the roses saluting each other;
LOOK at the herds all at peace on the plain,
Man, and man only, makes war on his brother;
And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain;
Slammed by the beasts that 60 down on the
plain.
Is it worth while that we battle to humble
Some poor fellow down into the dust?
God pity us all! Time too soon will tumble
ALI OF us together, like leaves In gust,
Rumbled, indeed, downtnt the dust
JOAQUIN MILLER, !
Louis E. McComas. esq.,, of Hagerstown, has
hGor tod f<n In