Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-26
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Drunkenness, Fighting, Travis anl ArrssIs
I'm tn, s'Oifce Courts.

Drunkenness. Fighting, s;rIwis and AGr.sIs
In tn, roTce Courts.
There was considerable drunkenness, on
the streets on Sasrr,.y night ;.u,l il vas
but little better last hight. Severa! fights
occurred in difar,'tt parts I'll TIE city and
in police circles III vas a rather uuisy
Christmas.
When the police net, which. had been
set since Saturday morning, was ampsied
before the m3yu: yesterday morning, 1t
was found tn contain twenty three per-
s0ns. Two Gi this number were lud .eIs
ami were discharged. the others w,re
drunks ard most OF them paid their cp>,s.
Those who had no money were se,. to-
Jail.
Last nights catch was bigger tt:au
that Of tho previous night, and 'ilis
morning tweD: seven customers aiisw, .ed
to their h. I:as at the statiOn-house. Tha:e
were men uE al kinds, many of "h,ni
had taken too Lnuct. whisky ard become
disar.ierly Gn the street. Ten OF this class
wero se,iS to jail iov term; raining
from five to fifteen days. This !tat
included James Har5 ans! Charles Brooks,
who were were arrested by Officer Euras
On Prince street. st Il house. where they
had demanded money OF L wOinah au.! be.
CAME noisy when it vas refused. Four oi
the drunks were arrested on East Mug
street by Officer Leaman at III O'c!oai. last
night. They belonged to a gang OF over -
dozen tramps, bat the remaining ones tied
at the approach Ct the officer. Five drunks
were discharged, two paid costs and mo
case was continued! Nine tramps were
discharged.
Mary Wise was les out Of jlii yesterday
morning. She at once got drunk, and
Alderman Samson sent her out for thuUy
days. Thor,as Green for the same oi;cnsc
got 10 days from the same alderman.
A DisOrierly 6,ng.
About 1890 O'Clock party of ID ut
twenty young nieH, attired as se:elir'ers
and playing musical Instruments, went
into tho saloon vi J. j. Docscsi, Ne. rs
North Queen street, and asked permits
sion to- play Doesch told them ho wo,sd
not allow it. Tkey began playing. how
ever tclIin,; Do"sch that they would re-
main but five minutes. They wer, d
very noisy crowd, and in 4 short
time one of the number started y
row by hitting young mar, Who
WAS standing with his back to him,
several times. When the fight began
Doesci camo out from 5ahind tho bar TO
preserve order. Tic brave sereni'i,.rs
turned on him and promptly knocked ',im
down AS he was going To the bar nc MS
| again Knocked down and oue Of tie gang
| even struck him after he Vas behind tho
bar John Smith, butcher, went To- the
| assistance Of Doesch, but he was knocked
| out of time IN Il sho:t time.
The crowd finally began throwing
beer glasses and broke q window, Knocked
the piasterin1 Off the walls aud did other
damage to tho room. 1t was sone time
before quiet was restored, a;ld no business
| could be done while the row was ia p."
grcss. Suits have been entered a,iius, Ut
least dozen of the your: nen before
Alderman McConnmy where they will DC
heard. The young fellows are AL
members Of a gang who travel to1ethPr III
this city. Some Of them have been in
worse scrapes than this before. They are
of the " fresh kind, and the height Of
their ambition is to have the public t Linl.
they are " tou9hs." They are Ecari. ell
under age and travel together so ,ii..G
| when ;hey become involved in quarrtl' Of
this kind they have a show to sc. Mt
without being injured.
| In fight near the Schiller hons,
Chas Rowe, q young man got 4 hammer
ing. After he had gone to neighborirgg
house to wash, he returned but io':nd
that the man who whipped him had i;'!.
lie then showed his bravery by attacking
and beating {. harmless scissor grIIdss,
| who was at least GO years of age.
There were several fights Oh East hi:@;
street, but most OF them were slight and
no one was hurt.