Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-27

| Seven men, however started on the return race
| hilly road. and with the wind blowing twenty
miles an hour directly in their faces. There was
no hope, under the circumstances, Of beating
! the record of / hour SO minutes, but very
creditable time was made. Phil. ). Brown won
! the race in hour ST., minutes, Edison B. Olds
Precious records aTe Fnr ing so@r.
Ids; for "a, L. J. Barber 1889 record).
| Thanksgiving Day Fights.
| SEVERAL SERIOUS CASES IN THE POLICE COURT
| TODAY.
James Price, colored, whose wife Is q fortune
| teller, and lives at 1927 Sampson street. was
| arrested last night by Officer Walsh and locked
| up at the second precinct station to answer
several charges. Last night about o'clock
| Price went into Reed & Harris saloon, on 18th
street, near the corner of @ street northwest
under the influence of liquor and became
| noisy. Mr.. Harris ordered him out, but ne re-
! fused to- go, and when the latter attempted to
| put him out he drew large knife from his
! pocket and cut Harris several times about the
| head and hands. John Laws colored waiter,
attempted to separate the men, and was cut
across the hand by Price. Price lett the saloon
| ana went to the rooms of the Lime Kiln club,
! where he also created a disturbance, and it was
! there that Officer Walsh arrested him. This
morning IL the Police Court he was fined So
! for disorderly conduct, and a charge of assault
and battery with intent to kill Harris was con-
/ frlce Was committed.
Joshua Bell, colored porter, was next
/ WIN attempting to murder one OF his
| companions named John Commodore. The
testimony showed that the men were in Car
| roll! saloon in South Washington and quar-
/ reled; that they went outside, and that Bell
| fired Two shots 1t John Commodore, neither of
which TOOK effect. The Judge said '.that when
a man puts "a pistol or razor in his packet and
| uses ii when he gets into difficulty, he does so
! with a murderous intent" The judge then
! gave Bell the extent OF the law-eeyen months
anu TWEEN. y-nine days in jail.
! John McCarty, a cOiored laborer, was charged
| with assault and battery with intent to kill
/ Abe Thomas. also colorcd. by cutting him in
/ the breast On account of Thomas injuries
| the case was continued indefinitely.
! IL appears that the men met in McFa.i and's
/ saloon near the corner OF I'd and q streets
! southwest. about haIl-past ten O'Clock last
/ night and quarTeled over a game OF cards,
/ which was continued TO the street, and there, it
l. alleged, T!.1ruaS fired two shots at McCarty,
/ VhD In turn. threw A knife at Thomas which
struck hiin III the breast. intiicting a serious
! wound. The sail was fixed at $500.
| James Lannon, cn!Ored. from South Wash
inTt0n- was ,elt ;irraiSned for cutting AbSalom
| Lindsey. and he pleaded guilty" James Lind
! sey and Lannon uuarreled about some harness.
/ and Lannon said he was goin-, to- kill young
Lindsey, whose father took up for him, and
/ your son. ~ ran at me old man and stabbed him
! ia the arm twice. ELEVEN months and twenty
nine days in Jail. the same as the other" said
tine judge, and ne stepped back.
SIX Months IN JAIL FOR SNATCHING A
N"TE.-Martin Dpnnelly, young man was
standing in Il saloon on ID street last night when
Leslie Hard catered and Offered dollar note
In payment Tor some beer, which Donnelly
snatched and ran off with. Later in the night
he WAS arrested by Officers Bailey and Melon
aid. and this morning Judge Smell gave Don
nelly six months in jail.
AGENT KEY CAUTIONED.-PatrickH Hurley was
arrested Wednesday by Agent Key, of the HUI.
name society, and charged with cruelty to ami.
mails in working IL lame horse. Mr. Hurley
appeared i'll court yesterday, but Agent Key
dld not put i'll appearance, and Judge Smell
dismissed the case. Alter the session OF the
/
the case had been disposed of he went and got
"A warrant rom magistrate and rearreSted
Hurley, vino was then required to leave colIat-
ertl. In the Police Court this morning, Mr..
| Wal. who appeared for Hurley, stated the
/ facts to the court, and the Judge after hearing
| Agent Keys testimony, said he was not going
| t. line Hurley, and cautioned the officer in re-
gard 10 arresIing ana depriviny persons of their
property without following them to court.
| iuIIeys personal recognizance was accepted.
| a RECEPTION will be given Mrs. NJ. A. Den
nison prior for her departure tor Florida by the
| Noman's National Press association this even
ing, at $50, at the residence of their president
Mrs r. +. Briggs. Maple square, between South
Carolina avenue and GLn street southeast The
reception il entirely informal and ali are well
come who desire To participate.
THE FIRE THIS Observation-Disclosures . and 3
O'clock this morning house 1920 K street NORTH
west, occupied by j. +. Manning & Co. man
| The damage was 500 to the stock and 500 TO
the Rouse.
| 4 THANKSGIVING DAY CHICKEN FIGHT
| There was chicken fight yesterday in a l,rxe
Rouse near the south end Oh the Long bridge.
Wat Hiilery and George Nolan stirred The bin d.,
and the former won seven out of the eleven
| fzmts- The stakes were SO Oh each battie and
SIOO ON the main.
NAsHINGToN CATTLE MARKET.-HeId every
Wednesday al queenstown, on the Metropoiitan
branch u. & y. X. r.. three miles from the
| city. Louis ID. Means, proprietor. lO6 head OF
cattle on the market t.lis week and sold: Best
"A 10 H.; good, u IA; fair, gig to ga;
medium, Is To- ia; ordinary, "a To "a. 500 sheep
| anu iainUs up, aho,.t 100 sold, balance shipped
To eastern Market Ola snecp and yeurlngs sold
al II To .; lambs, . 10 5. Veal calves, to
/ &c. Cows and caves sold from SIS to sos per
/ head. State OF the market lair Tor cattle, dull
Tor sheep.
| ONE YEAR IN THE Observation-Disclosures
son SUMMERS, alias SoIners, indicted for the
on the 18Th oil July tarrested by Detective Raff)
pleaded guilty ill the Criminal Court udge
N1cArthu:, to-day, and Wa, sentenced TO one
year III the penitentiary at Albany.
| THANKSGIVING Day FoorBALL.-In New
York, the Yale team defeated the WESLEYAN
team in a anne OF football by score OF 81 to o.
johns HcpAIns University team defeated the
! Annapolis Naval Cadets, in Baltimore by 1 . to
.. The deaf mute college team defeated the
Alexandria high school team Wednesday by q
score OF IS TOO.
/ "A WOMAN kSoCKED Down AND ROBBED
I w hiIe "a coiored woman named NJ. L. Hoyt was
Z
/ last night, she was knocked down and robbed
| OF her pOcketDOok containing twenty-nine
/ cents she Was taken TO her home. DIR. New.
| ton, who attended her, pronounced her iniu-
| rles serious.
| MARRIAGE LICENSEs.-Marrlage licenses have
! been Issued by the clerk of the court To Iohn RI
! Torrington, OF New London, Conn., and Carrie
I j. SinInes; William Wall and Emma F Rob
! insou; James Moulden and Daisy Decbar ri.
/ James Il. Hanon and Lizzie o. Fliherty: CevIon
/ VI. Boswell and Johanna Brien: John Cortes
/ OF Charlotte Hail, Md, and Catherine Wilson,
james b. Campbell and Rosa Bolts: Albert M
| Raymond, OF Cincinnati, Ohio and Emma q
! heck; j. :. Brent and Rebecca G. Whittle ri
! Richmond; George 4. Truman and Ida r
| Kemp: Leon Price and Betsy Bland: James III
| Oliver and Mamie Neal; William Palmer NJ
! Alexandria county, Va, and Armenia Knowles.
/ Charles Abel. of st. Mary's county and Narv
/ e. Dyer; W. r. Bruce and Leonora A. Laval
/ lette; w. Ii. Stansbury, of Prince GEORGES
| county, Md, and Eliza A. Thomas. Samuel
I Smith and Margaret Washington: e. Franz
Pollard, of West Troy, n. Y, and Anna M Wal
/ Ter; II. +. CrawshOw and Annie L. Ware. Iosenb
/ Washington and Sarah Young: Romuius
! Smothers and Margaret Butler; Jacob r. Corn
/ well, of Farquer county, Va, and Laura A vii.
| son. OF LoudOn county, Va; Lewis Murray and
/ Lucy Buckney, both OF Middleburg, Va: Wash
j inston Sanford and Maggie A. Riley: Cornelius
Murphy and Hannah Dillon; Joseph w Day
and Eliza y. Gibbs, both Of Clarksburp Md.
! Isaac Purdy and Rebecca j. SmallwoOd OF
Pt,sourg, Pa; Frederick C. Beer and Maggie
4. Ruppel.
| y FRATERNAL VISIT TO BALTIMoRE.-The
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