Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-18
ANACOSTIA.

ESCAPED AND RECAPTURED.-Dr. Geo. W.
| King, who was adjudged insane last summer
and was sent to st. Elizabeth hospital escaped
| last week but was captured and returned last
| Saturday. Last summer DR.. King was accused
| OF assault and a warrant was issued for his ar
| rest. When an officer went to his home, on III
| street northwest, to serve the warrant he CDR.
King drew his revolver and fired at the officer
but missed his mark. He was taken before a
| jury and adjudged insane and was sent to ST.
Elizabeth.
TH1 WALKING MATcH.-On account of the
! rain the contestants in the walking match to
Baltimore did not leave Anacostia until $3.50
o'clock. MIR. Arch Heller took the place of Mr..
W. X. Baxter, who did not go on account of
| Sickness The contestants, Messrs. Dunning-
ton, La Verne, Heller, and Lighthell, will re-
turn by rail tomorrow.
Nor AN ESCAPED LUNATIc.-Last Friday,
Charles Eidlen. Milton Goodloe. and Jona-
than Butler. colored, went to the house of
Charles Butler, colored, where his niece, Mrs
Betters, was staying, and stating that she had
| escaped from st. Elizabeth insane hospital,
took her there expecting that they could get
the IS reward paid to persons who return an
that they had made a mistake. Their would
be patient, Mrs. Betters. swore out a warrant
charging Eidlen. Goodloe, and Butler with
| assault and battery. They were arrested by
Officer w. I. Anderson, and escorted to the
station, where they were detained until S25
collateral could be obtained for them.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ladies tent No.
8, Independnt Order of Rechabites met in
Masonic hall last week, and remarks were
made by Messrs. Z. r. Mahoney. Cordell,
Clarence Mills, Misses Rosa Poates, Ella Frye.
Maggie Canter, and Eula King. Mr.. Leonard
Main sang, and readings were made by Misses
Mary Hall, Sara Poates BERTHE King and Mr.
Z. r. Mahoney.-Salem tent, No. 154. Inde-
pendent Order of Rechabites. held avery inter-
esting open meeting last week. An excel
Ian mr. NVuo tod in NH oh tha fnl
lowing took active part: Messrs. A. Dawson,
Wayne W. Cordell, j. L. Poates, DIR. H. E.
Leach, Jno NJ. Minnix and many others.
MAIL CARRYING CONTRACTS AwARDED.-The
mail carrying contracts for Anacostia and
vicinity have been awarded as follows: From
Anacostia to Shrift, to z. L. Carpenter, once
daily, for S342; from Anacostia to Upper Marl-
boro', Md, once daily, to c.. g. Stelle, for
S463; from Anacostia to Washington, twice
daily, to 5. L. Carpenter, for S275.
REAL ESTATE SALIENT. VIM. III. Chew has
sold to Ellen F. Loudan and John Loudan part
of lot 8, block 9, sub Barry farm. for 81, 500.
PERsoNAL.-Lieut. Carmody. who has been
in charge of the Bellevue magazine, has been
transferred and assigned to duty at the navy
yard as executive officer of the Alert-Mr
]. Harry Shannon expects to return home dur
ing the early part of March with his mother,
and will take up the study of law.-Rev W.
e. Davenport has been confined to his resi-
dence for the past few days with an attack of
neuralgia.-Fred. Douglass, who has been
spending some time in Arkansas, returned last
week, and says that nearly the entire state is
stirred up over the Clayton murder.-Mr and
Mrs. ]. L. Cook and j. Z. Cook. jr.. left on the
steamer George Leary.last evening for Norfolk,
Va, where they will spend short time with
friends of Mrs. Cook before they seturn to
their home in Texarkana, Administrations.
Griffith, who has been employed as janitor at
the public school, has been dismissed, and
Benz. T. Allen has been appointed in his place.
The ANACosTIA BUILDING ASSOCIATION met
Friday evening and decided to receive bids for
three new cottages to be erected on Avalon
terrace, near the German orphan asylum.
Maryland Jockey Club Troubles.
1T HAS NOT BEEN MAKING MONEY AND MAY HAVE
TO GIVE UP PIMLIco.
A Baltimore dispatch to the Philadelphia
Press says: The Maryland jockey club is in q
bad way. 1t may not only be compelled to
give up its magnificent track at Pimlico. but
also to sever its connection with the eastern as
ISOLATION. The troubles of the club date back
from four years ago, when an effort was made
to displace Gov. Bowie, the president, and put
In his place Frank Brown. now the postmaster
of Baltimore. 1t was a fight of the young men
against the old, and the latter won by one vote.
1t had always been understood that the Jockey
club had been making money, but it now turns
out that during the past four years not one
meeting was financially successful.
The facts leaked out since it became known
that the agricultural society, from which the
jockey club rents the Pimlico park, insists on
more money for the course. The club now
pays only $500, the insurance on the buildings,
and keeps the property in repair. The society
now asks for 81, 800 rent and 500 more every
year to keep the property in repair. Gov.
Bowie says the club is unable to pay this. He
attributes the falling of in receipts to decline
q interest In horse racing in this city, while
the younger members charge the loss to the
management.
Be this as it may, the club has been losing,
and it needed only the building of track in
Jersey City by the Dryers to give the finishing
blow. The dates as announced will conflict
with those at Pimlico, and will also hurt Ivy
City. Just now it looks blue for Pimlico.
James NcDougall's big grain elevator at
Montreal was burned Saturday, with 75.0o0