Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-26


A NOTABLE COURT SEssIoN..The Alexandria
county court, at the opening of it's April term
to-day, presented several novelties. The coun-
sci, Messrs. Stuart and Burke, for a prisoner in
dicted for murder, Jas. Ballar. were at the bar
to present to the court the habeaS corpus of the
court of appeals with view to the discharge
of Ballar without trial. because four trial
terms had passed without his arraignment The
commemorative attorney had made a publica-
ton charging the clerk with altering the re-
cords of the court. The commemorative attor-
nev, Mr.. Clements, was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by Clerk Austin, charging Clements
with a wilful malicious and criminal libel on
the clerk in publishing a telegram which he
(Clements) had sent to the attorney general
relative to an alleged alteration of the records.
The court ordered Bellar to be arraigned, and
he pleaded that the court had no jurisdiction of
hisca Further proceedings were postponed.
The commemorative attorney Will, when the
court adjOurns, give bail to answer the charge
of libel, and next Monday the court OF appeals
FIRE.-Cloe Doran, a colOred woman living in
the upper back rooms OF an old frame house, at
the southeast corner of King and Columbus
streets, was awakened just at midnight Satur-
day by an overpowering sensation of heat.
Summers come mighty soon," she said, as
she turned over in bed and saw tongue Of
flame come through q crcvice in the partition
wall She pitched her clothing out of the WIN
dow and followed with her nrunk. Some per-
sons came in and helped her to get her bed out.
Meanwhile an alarm of fire was given. The
neighborhood in which the fire occurred is one
stores near at hand had not closed their doors;
but the fire made such Roadway in the old
house that by the time the HydrauliOn steamer
had gotten its two streams on all the upper por-
ton was in fames and the family of Mr.. JOS
eph Wells, with seven children, residing in the
adjoining house, under the same roof, were not
able to get dressed before the fire was upon
them. They, however, saved nearly all their
goods. The fire had mastered the roofs of two
houses, and threated the frame buildings on
the east, the first butcher shop, occupied by
Mr.. Chicester, and the second the cigar store
and dwelling of Mrs. Mumm. The firemen
fought hard at the board partition wall that
separated the untouched houses from those on
fire, and kept wall of water as well as OF wood
between them. After a hot fight they extin-
guished the fire, leaving the roofs burned, the
second stories wrecked but the first floors un-
touched. The burnt houses belonged to the es-
tate of the late Reid Cross, who long kept a
lot adjoining. They were built in 1897, and 1t
is said that for nfnety-nin years they have
never once been without tenants. OF late
while Mr.. George Richards has occupied the
lower story the residue of the building has been
q tenement honse, occupied by Mr.. Geo. Rich
ards as an oyster packing house.
NOTES.-An the churches here had good con.
gregations and good music yesterday.-The
corporation court held a short session this
morning to grant licenses, and then closed until
next month.-Rev. Geo. Bradford preached at
the Baptist church yesterday.-Rev. +. Leub-
kert, of Washington, preached at the Lutheran
church.-The children are out rolling eggs on
the hillsides this mOrning.-St PauIs Sunday
school had . very delightful Easter celebration
yesterday afternOOn.-A number of Alcxan-
dria odd Fellows went to Washington today
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