Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-09
Local Notes.

Local Notes.
The alarm at Is O'Clock to-day from box ,25
was for slight fire In Bellows book and station
cry store, on 9TH street, between and Fl streets
box of paper only was destroyed.
The special Criminal Court was convened today
by Judge Macarthur, who stated that Judge Hag-
ner was unwell and had been advised by his phy.
sician not to leave his room. The court would,
therefore, adjourn till tomorrow morning.
s. G. Wood has been designated as mall messen.
ger between Washington and Anacostia, vice j. 7.
BrashearS, resigned.
Miss Lavinia shannon OF this CITY ia leading
lady with Maggie Mitchell
Jno. Brinket was fined S by Judge Smell TODAY
ior wasting Potomac water by leaky closet In his
Max Kohner, butter dealer. was before the
Police Court to-day charged by q colored woman
her. She stated that she went to the market and
bought some butter from the defendant. and gave
MN 50 Dill. and he insisted that she did not give
MN the S. blu, and refused TO give her the proper
dered restitution OF S.
A young man, named VIM. Queenan, was fined
$50 or 60 days. In the Police Court to-day for as
Saulting Officer Thos. Sullivan, of the county.
WASHINGTON FISH MARKEE-Recefved and sold
by X. A. Golden, fsh agent. at Johnson's wharf
to-day: 200 shad, which sold from $40 to $40 per
hundred; 10000 herring $40 to Sl2 so per thou
bunch.
MARRIAGE LICENSKs.-Marriage licenses have
been issued by the clerk OF the court to d. H. Mudd
and Mary Benson; Jarvis Reed and Agnes Wilson;
e.
tinore, Md: Edward Dent and Clara Menkler,
both OF Stafford county, Va.
REPORTED ARREST OF SHEA, TIKI FUGrTIyE-In
formation has been received here OF the arrest In
chicago or John Shea, young man formerly liv-
reside there and for whom St Louis detectives
have been searching for several months. He is
wanted in St Louis, to be tried for the murder of
Policeman Patrick Doran, which occurred about a
year ago. The officer attempted TO arrest him for
some misconduct, and Shea Shot and killed him.
q Cd hnf nceay Prnn Sasr
In this city some weeks ago, and IL is understood
remained here for several weeks. While here OF.
nsers tried to catch him, but through the con-
niyance OF friends he alluded them. At one time
It Is stated, he attended a ball In South Washing.
ton. When of1cerS approached Shea was notified
by friends. and escaped out OF a back way. He
was arrested in Chicago for drunkenness. and
While held there as vagrant was identified as
the man wanted In St Louis. Thereupon he was
sent 10 81. Louis Shea Is wanted here for bur.
glary committed on Capitol Hill. Samuel Morris
was tried and convicted for the burglary since
from him, admitting HIS own guilt and declaring
Morris to be innocent, the Judge reduced the sen.
tence OF the convicted man from seven to four
years
RANGE OF THE THERMOMETER.-The following
were the readings at the ofice OF the chief signal
officer to-day: am. 44.6; II am, SEQ; pm.
6l.0 Maximum, 6i2: minimum, 3s.7.
THE POTOMAC REaATTA.-At the meeting OF the
Columbia boat club Saturday evening" a commit
tee OF three was appointed to confer with similar
OF making arrangements for the coming Potomac
regatta
Seems to Run in the Family.
From the Boston Herald.
John Dorsey has almost as good forgettery as
his brother What the two haven't told about
their mail contracts would be more Interesting
than one OF IngerSoll's lectureR
NEW RAILROAD IN MARYLAND-The initial step
for q new railway to run from Blue Ridge sum-
NIT, on the Western Maryland railway, TO Berlin,
on the Baltimore and Ohio railway, traversinp
from north to south the beautiful Middletown
valley, has been taken.
LABOR STRIKE NOTES.-The tobacco manufacture
to-day to those operatives who with return to their
benches under the usual schedule prices.-About
l0O sw1tchmen In the Erie railway freghtyard at
East Buffalo struck Saturday on account OF a re-.
ducffnn of Kax ~