Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-18
A Probably Fatal Blow,

A CoLoRED MAN HELD FOR ASSAULTING A
WOMAN EIGHTY YEARS OLD
In the Police Court this morning Frank Smith
colOred forty years old, was charged with as
sault and battery with intent TO Kill Margaret
Gaines, a colored woman, eighty years DID, who
lives at No. 152. Union alley Margaret rents
Smith IL room and washes his clothes Tor him
AID ii II alleged that about three O'Clock yester-
Gay afternoon ne went home and had a dispute
with tie old woman ABOUT his wash bill II is
alleged he struck her over he head with a club
lnfictlng n dangerous wound, which il is
thought; will prove fatal The old lady was
attended by Dr. Watts. officer Murreil ar rested
smith. who Was intoxicated at the time The
case Was continued indefinitely, and smith was
eoitihlt'ed 70 jail III default OF 81 900 bail.
REAL ESTATE SAIEs-W F. Rurford real
estate broker. mas made the following s;,Ies of
real estate: ror q. ". Gifden To- Jas. II MARI
iot> - aad -; square 119, corner OF l. tn and
Corcoran streets northwest, for $500 For Jas
II Mari to George W. t,iddei,>, three-story
Si,5uo. For Iho>. T.. Wa.sg;tnian To Mrs f. w
Lippitt, 80, 80, 81 and -, square improved
by two-story brick houses Ior $1,000: also lor
same owner To Siiss T. G- Dodge, lo;s SO; 81 80,
ob, -, -, 80, 81 and 81. improved by two
story brick houses. for $4,000. For Gen. r. j.
Llpiitt, lot ia, square No. fronting 80 feet by
az ieet ON corner OF Jefferson Place and 2Oth
street, u Thos- T.. Wagganan, for S.5. 900. For
Mrs. Il. W. Lippitt, lot 10, square / 10 25x12
t,lstaye Gade. t~O-story and basement brick
Nc 1906 10th street northwest. Ior S2,25O
COX sub. of Pleasant Plains, FOR s., :;Ou: also
I,r X T. Pairo To- -Aiban IL. Nixon and VIM. W
burnett, lot II, OF Hall and Elvan, sub. Meri-
dian Hill; also for IL. +. Leighton ana X. 4.
Pairo 10 Jas. L. SOtheron, two-story brick house
No. lGl1 Sd street, for S1,1UO
SHOT HIS PLAYMATE Observation-Disclosures
dargroNe, the small boy Vino accidentally shot
his Playmate, " illam W alker last saturday
was charged in the Police Court to-day with :ts-
sAult, ana the case was continued. The shooting
appears To nave been unintentiOnal. Hargroye
Is out ON SlOO bail.
A Box DROWNED IN THE Porow.c-Wiu;an,
Dener, the eleven-year-old SON oI Mr. Fre.irrick
Oeier, who lives AT iz1 10th street southwest,
was drowned at tine Long bridge Yesterday alter
hooh- Inc boy yentured oat ON the railroad
portion oil the bridge, and while Running over
Tue Ties slipped and fell through into Ills: riyer
and was drowned His body was recovered h.,
ooa'inan and taken 10 his late home.
AN OvERDosE OF observation-disclosures even
ihS VT harry Bacon, son of Mr.. Samuel Hacon
oS mistake, Took an overdose OF morpha which
nlSht nave resulted seriously mad not iTiend.
interposed He had been drinking pretty freely
II IL reported. and being i'm Davis DIN :; o.,
caught up = bottle of this drug and swallowed
ou iay OF IL. Dr. Eliot was called in and
renewed nus stomach with pump. and he was
taken ;o the Emergency hospital when aT,ar
some ltbo., lie was restored to CONSCIOUSNESS
AID sent TO Ills home.
RECENT RoBBERIEs--Ella Wilson. 1911 p
street reports stolen from her four dressed
street southwest reports stolen >.sil:,t MAGGIE,
oias Nalled al S1U--Ai.tJOT Howard Bright
Wood, reports stolen Il hose worth sz:,,,-y;rs
. VI buckley reports that she LETT on "a bench
IN tic smithsonian grounds a S.ttchcI contain.
Ins S-"u auc u note for S.3-WfUia III L.,
10 street northwest, reports stolen Il gold
co'iaF button, "a diamond stud and SIS i'm
ts Hiss Mary Clark reports that her
.on>s, No. III IL street. entered Friday
hiS.t and robbed Of SI5 forth OF small articiasS
~ ~ Webster, 2I3 l3i., street southwest
hsi,te s,o1eli irOin refrigerator in yard meat,
Ouitef, etc, valued at S9IS >'
Ibis tvENING.-Tke percn,ptorv s,,a of lott
I 'iefidin Hill takes place to-day at 5 o'elock
~; " aLLACEs NEW HooK-Haye Won
Ta;s ~ T.. Ls@ Wailace's story, Ben Hur, a
AMI Fexere,,ii III is interesting, accurate
s.d IcNSfehtiai Its regular pric. is 81 al Yo,,
Sa.i ee. y any day this week, at CHARLES Baum's
oooA ana stationery department for SIOs.