Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-21
Condemned Locals.

Condensed Locals.
street lamps VIII be lighted ut 30 p m. and
eIfinguished 2t 33O a.
The nHest peaches. by odds, We have seen this
year were some srOwn on Mr. l. > Abbotts place
at Falls Church, measuring l0E inches In circum-
ference and weighing LOB. ounces each
An excursion party OF about forty persons from
Boston arrived here yesterday, having come by
steamer TO Newport News and thence up the bay
Fidelity Lodge, No. 81, l. U. c. T.. was presented
with full set OF officers regalia last night by star
OF East Lodge.
YESTERDAY Officer Moreland took to the second
precinct station dead White male infant, found
on a lot between 9th and 10Th aud X and streets
northwest.
fire took place at O'Clock this morning In the
second hand furniture store OF Felix Sater, on 7th
street, estimated loss. $50 insured Tor $780, origin
OF nre unknown. The building was tine property
OF John Widnyer.
Sergeant Nokes. of the first police precinct, took
TO the statiou-hOuSe Yesterday dead coored female
infant which was found corner 81 street ana Mary
land avenue southwest. The coroner was notified,
anu gave certificate that the cause Of death was
neglect ;Eha num-, ., ,s,, ,o,u0o, on, q s,,ss,s
northwest, needs looking after
At the Irving park camp to-day Rev j. c. Love
preached the morning sermon Rev. Mr.. CaTgaie
conducts the services this afternoon and Rev. j. l.
Evans this evening The attendance is increasing.
Capt thomas ;. Kelly. commander OF the Capital
City guards. received to-day dispatch from John
G. COwie, acting ddJutant OF the Washington Light
infantry accepting with thanks the tender OF an
escort by the guards on their return home.
In the Policr Court this morning Sylvia Golden,
cOOred servant girl. was charged with stealing
'
Nr. George Het!ricS. She pleaded guilty, and was
sentenced To three mont rs in jail
The Ter-Ors Meet.
THE ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE AT THE CAPITOL PARK
THE TORONTO TERROR GETS MAD AND swEARs-THE
CLEVELAND THJNDERBoLT KNOCKS A MAN SILLY.
Several hundred III II and boys SIT on the wooden
benches al the Capllo, park yesterday afternoon
tanning themselves and squirting tobacco juice
IL Was on the announcement that Mervine ThOmp-
son. the '.CIevelani Thunderbot." Duncan c. Ross,
reno mi her nj ,.l
would appear In gladiatOral contests at 40 o'clock
that attracted the crowd To the park Alter In
tenJly gazing at a pile OF SawduSt near the "hOme
plate of the ball grounds until O'Clock, the
crowd set up wild shouts OF "lhonpson.a "Ross."
"Brlng ON Your man.. &c Finally an athlete In
down 10 The home plate and watched q cOlOred
man spread the sawdust- Then he sauntered back
10 The ticket Office and another gentleman in very
pronOUnCed summer attire strobe down and looked
over the ground. Col W. Gibson. the referee, then
moved towards the home plate and stood there
under an umbrella The athlete with straw hat
returned and the two athletes were introduced TO
the yelling crowd as Nj. Charles Lang, the cham
plon Eidde-WelgLt wrestler, and MIR. PItllck
ODonnell, the terror OF Toronto. They engaged in
bout OF wrestling in the style known as ''catch-
as-cateil-can Most OF The time during the thirty
five minute that the bout lasted. the men were on
Tire ground wriggl1ng and feeling around each
other for a good hol1- The Toronto Terror. who
was tall and slim. showed great agility In escaping
from the clutches OF his burly opponent. but was
1nally forced down upon his back and the fall was
given 10 Lang. Mr. Duncan c. Ross the champion
terror. then appeared. and Col Gibson forgetting
J.st what the occasion was. Announced that they
would engage In "Greesho-Roman dance"
Ter again went TO the ground with "tlree points
down. MI. Ross then wrestle& with Nr. Lang IN
the style KNOWN aside hOlde and vanQuished
hun after about ten minutes OF herculean strug-
Cling. Meanwhile, the crowd tired OF so much
wrestling and eager for the smuggling kept yelling
lor thompson Mr.. Thompson not having arrived
the Toronto terror sought satisfaction from Ross
in another GraecO- Roman bout Col Gibson retired
from the refereeshp. and the duties OF that ONCE
divided between Rooney
"Snaky- Galway. After a long struggle the ref
erees decided That Ross had won the fall The
rOared that Mr.. Galway Was blank liar and
thief. you're liar. yelled the terror '.and you're
not man enough 10 take 1t up" Mr. Galway's eye
flashed he STROBE across the arena. cutched wildly
at the air and disappeared in the crowd. The pres
ence OF the police, is understood the only thing
that prevented VT. Galway from wiping the
ground with the terror. The terror went back TO
the ticket Office nursing his wrath smashed the
door in with his list and disappeared from public
view. The shades Of night We're falling when the
CevelanJ thunderDOlt stepped out, stripped to the
waist and ready 70 smash the person who figured
on the bills a. the II nknownr into atoms. The
manager In introducing hin said: Il will give any
man 300 who Will stand up before Mr. Thompson
Tor four rounds. sullivan not barred The up-
known proved TO b. Nr. Lang. ring was formed
and they wen; at IL with gloves Lang, who
spared nnely, soon succumbad To the thunGerbot's
sledSe hammer blows and fell in heap in corner.
he was Strengthened up and staggered into the ring
again only 10 be knocked down again. Here Police
Lieutenant Kelly rushed into the ring shouting:
"Here. this is enough, now The men shook hands
and Lang was helped away BY his friends He
Stated That he was tired out with wrestling before
going INTO the rlng.
The CHANGE AGAINST MRS. CLARK.-Nrs Mary
Clark, OF P1ney Point, Prince Georges county, Md
Charged with having Illegally drawn over $3.50
pension money from The United states government
a. the widow III a deceased soldier named ID. nee
When she had married again in 1868. was Yesterday
given further hearing b. United states Commits
sioner R0gers III Baltimore AT the former Ee.r-
Ing. on Thursday last. The pension agent who ai-
nitnlstered the oath 10 MIS-. Clark absent, and
as. his statement was necessary 10 the case the
hearing WAS postponed The agent was presen.
yesterday. and after hearing his testimony v hln
Was that Mrs Clark subscribed the oath that
She was stu widow. commissioner Rogers ad-
uhtted Ms Clark 10 bali ia sJpb for the Supreme
Court o. the District of COiunpa. the ofTense hav-
ing occurred in the District. Mrs. Clark was very
uIach affected daring The hearing yesterday.
Mr. GEoRGEJUESEN,x> sFCSERAL-The remains
d MI George Juenenldnn. the well-known br, .wer
Msre oui q Et.ItfiaS afternoon In VI Olivet Gem
etery- Rev Father Busam. OF ~. JoSeph-s church
conducted The services. The attendance included
Ieltgdtlons from the Knights OF II. George, the
GerInah Benevolent association. It Joseph society
tis tClumbi4 Fishing cub. ana other bodies The
.aot-bearcrS were: NrsSrs- q Kaufman " Becker
J. Geyer. Henry iuScher Cony craft. Antonio Ieh-
uiann. Emile Laurence and John Ardeeser.
THE DISTRICT DEMocRACy.-The south Washing
ton Cleveland and Hendricks club al "A meeting At
Blake han last evening agreed 10 attend the demo
cratic nag-raising IL Sligo. Nd---A Cleveland and
HendricS> banner was suspended over Fennsyl-
vsIG avenue in front OF Vernon building the mead
v
SEVERAL hundred persons We're present. and cheered
TIE new banner as IT was unfurei TO the breeze.
THE Mccoy MEMORIAL SERvICES.-The G. L O.
OF o. F. Will hold memorial exercises at the Asbury
VI. F. church this evening In memory OF p W. G.
VI Benz. VI Mccoy. who died the 3Oth OK Nav
last The program incIu!es a eu.ogy by Charles
H. Shorter AMI addresses by j. F. y. Wilkinson ana
David Warner. Charles +. Murray Will oificiate as
muster Of ceremonies, Benj- j. Cant chaplain;
i4OiL.IS r. Bell as musical director, and Edwin L
ltotil..>. sscrrtaTv- The exercises will be in
charge Of "A commits e. cOInrOSei OF MessrS Joseph
e Jackson VIM j. Howard and j. +. y. WilSfn-
son, OF Past Grand Masters council. No. 4, and
Charles F. Murray. Charles II. shorter and Edwin
l. Thomas, OF Union Friendship lodge, No ssl.
IHE WOODWARD OBsEQJIES---The funeral OF the
l1te Sl;rA con Joseph j. Woodward. L. 3 A. took
slct Yesterday afternoon from his late home s2D
Nirvrt. and the remains were buried at GenwOui
'r.IctrrN. Rev. Alex. Kent, pastor or the Uniytr-
aust church OF Our Father conducted the services
he paii-bearers were Prof. Asaph Hall. L. : ";
YER Prof. Hardness. L. $ naval observatory; Prof
K w Iay.0r. OF the Smithsonian Institution; Dr.
bas.l MOTIFS L. A.; DR.. Robert Fletcher, L. ). A.;
Or VIII ~ New, L. 3 A, and Major DE l. Hunt
mston- L. : \.
SENTENCED For ASsACLTING AN OLD MAN.-In
Ine foile% Court this morning Noses Altman. 8
terS, accused Daniel Grady. James McDeayitt aud
1919 Greer with as>duiting him last Suld v.
ttiiai was knocked SrnSeiGSS and terribly bs.ten
SuI-ne INC assault Grady ella med that he at
Lohi' when the trouble occurred. The court
uiScharScu Grady, but said rs TO the others
t1t ms hidItreatment and abuse Of innocent per-
sohS % young rOug1S must De stopped de would