Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-12
CITY AND DISTRICT.
Condensed Locals.

Street lamps will be lighted at $50 pm, and
extinguished at $50 am
committee to confer with the other boat clubs
of the District relative to a Potomac regatta.
The club will enter single and four at the
FREDERICKSBURG regatta, July 4.
The Post Office department has ordered that
after the close of this month the mail service
from Glymont to Mt. Pisgah, Nd, be changed
TO six times week.
Mrs. +. Krause, of No. 621 South Carolina
avenue, has returned from her trip to- Europe
Mr.. d. B. Macleod has resigned the position
OF organist and choir director of st. Johns
church, and will retire from the position as
soon as his successor is selected.
The contract for supplying the Treasury de-
partment with ice has been awarded to f. w.
Willis. at 2Sda cents per 90 pounds.
Mr. Edwin Flaherty, a timer, sued the WASH
ington Brick Machine company for 500
damages. He alleged that a cart owned by the
ceiendant company on the 18th of May ran
into plaintiff 5 wagon. breaking ii and injuring
the horse: The case was heard before Justice
served till tomorrow.
Susie Neal. eolored woman who lives in the
county, appeared before Judge Smell this morn
lpS ana complained that a colOred boy named
m Irugh, had thrown a stone and killed a
duck belonging To her. Trugh was fined So and
his counsel appealed.
A. III. Hall was to-day admitted to the bar on
the report OF the examining committee in the
Court in General Term.
Vim. Brinkley, a I4-year-old boy who escaped
from the REFORM school, was recaptured this
morning by Officer Allen and returned to that
About o'clock yesterday afternoon the horse
attached To she wagon belonging To Mr.. j. C..
Lee, the undertaken, while standing in front of
the b. and 4. depot became frightened and ran
bruised.
will not be held until tomorrow week-2Oth
lnstant-and then in the old Circuit Court room
at the court house.
Martin Flannery who sued the r 4 q r r
20, ana obtained judgment for 81, 900 damages
alleged To have been sustained by being beaten
on train of defendant in 1851 has accepted
the Judgment with the reduction allowed by
the Court in General Term to 81 800.
A WRIT OF CERTIoRARI-To-day Judge Cox
made an order directing a writ of certiorari to
issue TO Judge Smell, of the Police Court com
agt George NJ. oyster, charging him with keep
ing a butter stand in the Washington market
without license Plaintiff claims that he has
made return on his capital stock, and the Police
Court Is without ADMINISTRATION, &c.
A CHARGE OF SHOOTING NOT SUSTAINED
Dr. Frank Lynn, who lives on the conduit road
TINS side of the Chain bridge, was placed on
trial before Judge Smell today, charged with
assault and battery on Joseph H. Barnes a Vir-
glnia quarryman who testified that last Satur-
uay evening as he was passing DIR. Lynn's house
witness. DIR. Lynn positively denied the shoot
ing, and the court dismissed the case.
MARRIAGE LICENsEs.-Marriage licenses
nase neen issued by the clerk of the court to
French J Davis and Ada Davis, both of p. w.
county, Va; John IL. kleindeenst and Virginia
Everts; John Stewart and Mary Ann Jones:
Samuel Nenir, of Leesburg, Va and Mary Su,
san Jordan, OF Staunton, Va; w. p. Norris and
Iriscoil; Edward III. Stamford and Annie r.
Bryan; Moses a. Levy and Leah Stern. PhiIin
Dimes and Fannie Portlock; Edward C. Linden
tr, and Bertha knabe.
THE WAsHINGToN MARKET COMPANY
AT meeting of the directors of the Washing
ton Market company yesterday afternoon a
semi-annual dividend of 40 cents a share was
declared. 1t was decided to proceed with the
construction of an addition to their store bufId
Ing, and introduce large refrigerating machines,
by which the two upper floors can be cooled nv
pipes below or very little above the freezing
point.
THE LATE CHARLES LEMoN-The funeral
services of the late Charles Lemon ST. who
died of paralysis on Wednesday took place M
All Souls church at o'clock this after
noon. Mr.. Lemon was "a resident of this city
for forty-eight years. He was born in Boston
April %, SO7. and was Scotch-ITsh by descent
He had been in charge OF the lifrgest book
binderies here, and when the government bind
cry was established he entered into the govern
ment service there, and has been employed
there continuously since. He invented a cut
ting table for preparing cloth for binding, which
is now In use. He was an Odd Fellow OF forty
and at the time OF his death q member of Ex.
celsior lodge of this city. He was the second
president of the Book Binders association.
SERIOUS ASSAULT IN A QUARREL ABOUT A
WoMAN.-The case of Robert l.. Price colored
charged with assault and battery with intent
IN the head with an axe during a fight about a
woman in Majors alley, was called for trial i'm
;he Police Court to-day. DIR. Puryis testified
hat Paynes skull was fractured and the wound
vas dangerous. Payne, he said. had lost his
fearing on account of his injuries. officer Dun
Jfgan testified 10 the arrest and confession of
Price The case was sent TO the grand jury;
bonds, 81 900.