Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-29
Gen. NeiSS Not a Stock holder.

Gen. NeiSS Not u Stock holder.
| To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
As You quote on the eth of June a statement
| from correspondent that was a stakeholder
| in the Silver King mine, please make equally
| public the fact that the correspondent Is mis-
taken. l am not, and / never have been
m I'll m aa, or u vsr1 y g1a Or silver
VI. {: MEIGS, quartermaster general Y. S.
~, retired. June 21th, 80.
THEY ALL FoRFEIrED THEIR CoLLArERAL-
George Adams, Philip and Catherine Herman,
Florence Flctnnling, Joseph Carol and Emma
| Baker. charged with profanity: George Price,
han and Michael Scanion. charged with disor-
derry conduct. and James JOY and Richard
Brown, charged with indecent exposure. each
forfeited SO collateral in the Police Court to-
day.
DEATH OF THEODORE w. BRowN.-Private
dispatches from Chicago announced the death
| In that city yesterday morning of Theodore W.
Brown, formerly OF this city, after an illness of
| with an honorable record. At the second battle
of Bull Run he received q wound in his left leg
and suffered amputatCn six inches above the
knee. He obtained an unfortunate nOtOriety
from his connection with the sO-called Gilman
case. He carried this disgrace ten years, until
last winter his case nolIe pressed in the
District courts. His later years seem to have
| been 1ull of honest and earnest endeavor to re-
trieve the past. He became "a pharmacist and
college of Pharmacy with industry and enthu-
siasm. He leaves Il wife and father.
SIXTY DAYS FOR BITING A POLICEMAN
Samuel Chew. alias Mack, cOlOred boy, was
before the Police Court this morning, charged
with assaultir < Policeman Brice, who arrested
him yesterday while under the influence of
liquor. While on the way to the station he at
tempted to cut the officer with shoe knife. and
gave him severe bite ON his thumb. The judge
said he would as soon be bitten by Il mad dog as
ty drunken man, and gave Chew, the thumb
chewer, sixty days in Jail.
BUD EAGLEsTON's MISUNDERSTANDING mon
ument recently erected at Glepwood cemetery
by the Georgetown Dashaway club was unveiled
yesterday afternoon. in the presence of several
hundred people. Rev. Samuel kramer Offered
prayer, addresses We're made by John Tyler IT,
Chas VI. Nye and 5. \. Cox, John Garland read
an ode, and benediction was pronounced by
Rev. VIM. Burkhardt On the front of the shaft
is inscribed the word Temperance Below
this is the date of Easleston's birth and death,
followed by the sentence, Erected by His Tenn
perance Friends"
Mr.. TAYLOR SUES FOR DAMAGEs.-Mr Geo.
Taylor has entered a suit for $4,000 damages
against VIM. Il. Moses, because. as the plaintiff
alleges. the defendant last June procured his
arrest and confinement and removal to Alex
andria by James \. McDevitt, on bail piece
from New Orleans. He claims that Mr.. Moses
used the process of law to eXtort from him Sc
CURLY for n disputed claim.
MARRIAGE LICENsES.-Marriage licenses
have been issued by the clerk of the court to
Frank Gaines, of Nelson county, Va, and Adj
die QuoDD. Of New Haven, Conn.,; w. Bruce
King and Edeth Estelle Gilbert; Edward bod
SON and Emma Williams, both OF Z. G. Co..
Nd: Louis Weigle and Ada NJ. Nicholas; VIM
lntur, of Z. G.. Co, Va, and Virginia \. Shack
lette; John W. Magruder, of Boston, and Sarah
Magruder.
HELD On CHANGE OF HORSE Stealing
A, young man, named Joseph Baird, was in the
chant testified that his siable Cox alley. was
stolen. The defendant, he sam. had been n en-
ployCd by him. officer Barry testified that lie
arrested the defendant yesterday for fast drv-
Identified the horse as having been stolen from
his stable; The case was sent to the grand
jury; bonds $500.
A CHARGE OF PERIURy.-Robert a. Boyd, who
was tried i'll the Police Court Il few days ago on
a charge OF forgery, was before the Police Court
To-day on I; charge OF perjury. The case was
continued until next Thursday. The warrant,
Mnc IN was out ~ Fam r stFnn charges
one Robert a. Boyd was defendant and Robert
Strong was complainant, that BOyd j, being sworn
in his own behalf, testified that he had paid u
certain promissory note to ]. \. Main, which
Strong alleges Is false.
The CosMoPoLITAN CLUB BASoUET.-It is
announced that the banquet OF the CosmopOi-
tan club Will take place Wednesday, July1st,
at p. M, instead OF on the date heretofore ad-
vertised.
THE RECEPTION TO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
BURDETr.-The commanders of the various
Grand Army posts held a meeting at Grand
Army hall last night and arranged the details
OF Il reception to be given Gen. :. y Burdctt the
newly elected commander-in-chief, upon his
arrival in this city. The general plan is to have
q street parade with fireworks along the line Of
march, ending with a reception ut Masonic
Temple. Wilson and Dushane posts. OF Baiti-
more. will be invited to participate. Ii was not
known this afternoon when Gen. Burdett would
arrive home.
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN.-Early Sunday
morning Mr.. John I. Mason, of LoudOun
county, Va, was passing along E street. near
18th. and crowd OF young men wearing white
hats approached him. Being under the impress
sion that they intended to rob him he called
two other nice-lOOking young men from the OPP
site side OF the street. and, although they were
strangers to him, handed over his watch to
them for safe keeping. He is now looking for
the watch, but has failed to find 1t or its cnstO-
dams.
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