Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-10
Poultry and Pigeons.
THE FEATHERY CONGREGATION IN BALTINoRE-E1
HIBITORS FROM THIS CITY


TIE FEATHERY CONGREGATION IN BALTIMORE-EX-
HIBIToRS FROM THIS CITY.
The exhibition OF the Baltimore Poultry and
Pigeon club at the Natatorium In Baltimore opened
! yesterday and was we'll attended Among the ex-
hihitOrs are MeSSrs. H. c. st. John, II. Potbury W.
c. Lee and Samuel E. Rabbit of this city. The
pigeon exhibit, says the Baltimore Sun Is the first
thing that meets The eye upon entering the hall
There are three long rows OF cages. each exhibit
and each breed being properly labeled. The big
silver blue. re-barred carrier. Garfield owned by
ID. : NeWlutll, the great cricketer OF the Young
America CLUB, Is placed up aloIt In cage and has
always circle OF admirers This bird flew $50
miles, from indianapolis 10 jersey CITY, He Is a
perfect bird, and he stands erect his heavy
chest. broad back and long wings mark him as a
creature OF extraordinary SwiftneSs and endurance
In the cages ranged under this monarch OF pigeons
are some wonderfully pretty turbtS, With their
shirt rutiie5 and white turnOveTS: some handsome
JacObins and some higl-bred tunDlers whose fore
heads are 50 high and whose beaks are so short
thdt they can scarcely pick up grain OF wheat.
Following them are the notified Russian tr,lm-
peters. evenly notified and odd-ool;ing some
fancy carriers chiefly TO be noted Tor their huge
| bedk and eye wattleS. and number OF splendid
p0uIeFS some OF whom remain III ST ate OF chronic
expansion Besides these there are owls. nagpies,
Dlrb9, out strange 10 say. no 1ant2ils- These
fancy birds are FED almost altogether on dried
green peas Their food troughs are kept amply
supplied. and Tie ground t1oorS OF their cages are
Changed twice every day.
Ate the pigeons calne the chickens beginning
with The huge white and bun BrahInas and CochnS.
y
my S,t9rignt. Tie CoCliinS OF j. W. Er(ulan aud
Jacob Ryder APPEAR To stand as high as turkeys
ana 20 Deal enough feathers, each, TO stuff pillow
With The 0r.sSs-WinYed partridge CochinS are eS-
pecaiiy handsome III carriage and plumage. The
exhibit "i -Ie chickens would delight the chicken
i3-itr : eye. The BIC black breasted r,.ti-Wnpet
fellows, the white hacked and the yrred
fowls each showed up true types OF the bird mat
igi's u.tll death. y contrast o1 these We're the
IOilSn chickens. Jet black but with white tOp-knOts
IKE jdponlcas. and The speckled HOudans. One of
thf eHnitits OF Mr.. George Cotton was pair OF
'-1rnlled chickens with The feathers turned the
wrong way ard curlei up In an odd manner. The
two noted breeds 81 new chickens were the WAN
d21ies ana the Lansshans Chas f. Baileau ex-
hloils tie NganGotI-o. They ar. biz Sppckied
Creatures and valued CHIEFLY Tor their large
eggs and fine flesh.
! Az ENTERTAINMENT IN ANACOsTA-AnacOstfa
Junior Tent. LOB.. gave a beneficial entertain
lelit az Masonic hall III AnacOSti, last night Rev.
MI Reed 1it the singing circle or the Methodist
church rendered heir services for the evening Mr.
Hunnicutt acquitted himself creditaby as master
OF CEREMONIES AT. Cordel read sketch entitled
LEAP Year Woong-' The following persons de-
Evertd rotations Miss Nellie Taltert Miss Minnie
J LalbeTt. Miss craze shelton, Mss Edith Cornwall,
Miss Mamie ShicGS and Miss Florence EtzIer
Songs were rendered by Miss Cora Mclean and Mr.
1lioo iit:kley- Speeches were made by Mr. Messer
and Harr, Iroctor.
TEMPERANCE WOMEN AND THE LICENSE BILI--At
a meeting Of the "olnan's Christian Temperance
Union, yesterday Afternoon resolutions were atiop-
1rd sing the section o The proposed license tax
hi!. "iici does away with The necessity Of LIQUOR
Ceal"ri oDtaiing annually, on their petition for
Hc':!9T Ile signatures OK the pr0pert y-OwnerS and
resident hOus"keepers on the squares where such
saloons ara located, ana providing for mass meet
Ing on SUNDAY.
SUFFICIENTLY PUSIsEED.-In the Criminal Court.
Judge Nylie. this morning, Assistant District AT
tDfileI I:gSIrt with the consent OF the court en-
teNd nole pros i'll the case OF Robert Hamilton,
charged with violating the postal laws. Hamilton
Was arrested In May. 1885, and cOramitted TO tail
and his long service In JAN the inducemcnt for
the government TO enter the nolie pros.
w UNKNOWN MAN KILLED EY RAIIRo.p
FRAi&.-i eslerdaT Afternoon, as the o'clock out
going train was passing l4th street and Maryland
avenue southwest IL ran into an unknown White
man. between Is and - years OF age knocking him
seiiseiesS- tie was picked up by a MI Knight and
taken into 3ir g. l. Stuney'S drug store on 11th
street near Maryland avenue where Dr. Boar1nan
WAS called. and pronounced the mans injuries fatal
The police ambulance was summoned. and the
Str C-er sent 10 Providence hospital where he died
in shout an hour after his arrival. His skull was
50 fractured that his brains protruded Coroner
Patterson visited Providence hospital tins morning
ana did not think an autopsy necessary; he there
fore male arrangements 10 have The body removed
10 the 3iessrs lees. undeftakers, where an inquest
VIII I've held at O'Clock Tomorrow. The man IS q
stranger. no one having recognized him. Mr.
Knight. who picked him up, the man when he
was struck He was walking outside the track, but
too near to It.
ESCAPED By NARROW PLANK.-In the Criminal
Court Judge Wylie. to- day. the OF John Brarl-
son. alias Groves charged with second Ofense uetit
larceny. was tried Mr. f. z. Phelps appeared for
The accused. and In his address 10 the jury said that
while the OffenSe was friyOiOuS-the charge being
the larceny OF two pieces OF board. valued at six
cents~yet 1t was serious matter. affecting the
( liberty OF the prisoner He claimed that society
admired the bank robber, but was up in arms
against the petty thief. The reason for this was
tha; everybody could not be Interested In a bank,
! but the small THIEF could steal from any one He
also made the point that the Indictment charged
/ two pieces OF board. while the evidence was that
Stats were stolen Judge Wyiie, in instructing the
Jury, said that the law required exact description
III Indictments and read discussion where party
tried for stealing shirts put In the plea that the ar
tfcles shifts. The jury found verdict OF not
guilty. Branson was discharged the court remark
Ing that he had made his escape by narrow plank.