Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
District Government Affairs.

LIQUOR LICENSES.
The Commissioners to-day approved liquor
licenses for the following persons: Supplee g.
Mankin, II. c. Christinan, Terrence A. Duffy, Jas.
J.. Flanagan, Patrick Lynch, Martha A. Mack,
Darby Hayden.
DOING BUSINESS WITHOUT LICENSE.
Warrants were sworn out to-day by License
Agent Raft against the following restaurant keep
ers for doing business without license: George
w. Driver, Charles WtndholZ, Charles A. Sauter
Charles II. Miller; August Koch, John Scott, f. w.
and NJ E. Evans, Edward Abner, Henry Alschwee,
J. H. DeAtley, Harry Holden, Edward Donnelly,
cost s25 per annum, and are due November 1st OF
each year.
INJURED BY FALL FROM BUILDING-About 1
o'clock to-day Richard Riley, a workman employed
on new building IN course OF erection on Pear(e
Place, between 18th and 10th streets. fell Off the
building and broke his thigh. The police ambU-
lance was summoned, and he was taken to Proyl-
dence hospital for treatment
ACTION FOR $4,000 DAMAGES AGAINST A STREET
RAILRoAD.-To-day, in the Circuit Court the case
OF Miss Florence L. Clark, by her next friend, Jno
b. Clark, against the Washington and Georgetown
railroad, was taken up for trial-Messrs. Riddle
fendant. Miss Clark, who is a clerk in the Urea
sury, claims that she took passage in street car
east of the Capitol on November Sd, 1881, between
and 10 O'clock, and at the top OF the hill the
horses were detached and the car went down the
grade at rapid rates that In striking the curve it
Jumped the track. lurchlng to one side, nearly
turning over, and she was thrown violently TO the
opposite side OF the car with such force as to rem
der her 1nsensible and afflict her with permanent
injuries, making 1t necessary to give up her en-
plOyment. She claims $4,000 damages
THE FORCE OF HABIT.-A cOlored woman, named
Richard GoOdal who Is sent to the government
nm by Judge Smell for terms Of 30 days about
12times year, has been at large for an unusually
long time lately. She seemed to get tired OF her
liberty, and as the police overlooked her and failed
to arrest her she staggered into the Police Court
to-day and inquired II there was not warrant
there against her, and Ii they were not going to
serve 1t. She was surprised to learn that there
was no charge against her. She said 1t was
strange. but II they had anything against her
they only had TO say so. because she was ready to
be tried. She was finally compelled to leave with
out being tried.
in the Criminal Court, Judge Wylie, the case OF
Robert Lewis, charged with an assault on John
Beverly on the 18th Of August, was called. Bey-
erly was not present in court, and the testimony
for the government was that of Mrs. Beverly and
a coored man named Winfield, to the effect that
some hot water was thrown on Beverly, hut
neither appeared to have seen who threw It.
mis-. Beverly said that she knew Beverly bought
pistol and threatened to shoot Lewis, and she
heard that Beverly had shot at Lewis as she
thought, because Of Jealousy; that Beverly has not
in her employ Lewis testified that he went to
the house, not knowing that Beverly was there,
when Beverly ordered him away, and hA left and
Beverly came after him: that he had some warm
water in the bucket, and when he threw the water
out he did not know that Beverly was there. but
he caught it. A verdict OF not guilty was rem
dered.