The Washington times., 1894-12-25
LOCAL NEWS OF ALL SORTS
The Weather To-day.
Rain; warmer; south winds.

To ConsecraJe Ascension Church-By
deed OF donation. dated December II last. the
parish of Ascension yesterday gave the
church property at Twelfth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest to Bishop Will
lam Paret, of Maryland. to take under his
spiritual jurisdiction and to consecrate by
the name of the Church of the Ascension
Memorial of Bishop Pinkney. All the debts
upon the church have been paid.
at Work Vaccnating and Disinfecting-A
force of health office attaches spent several
hours last evening disinfecting Marion court,
where Green, one of the smallpox patients,
lived. and yaccinating those who live in that
thickly populated locality. There are now
six patients in the pesthouse, including the
three members of the Williams family. The
last victim of the contagion is Jesse Corbin,
who keeps little pigs foot shop at Logan
place and Pierce street. near the house in
which Mary Taylor died. No new cases we're
reported Yesterday.
Hunter Was Badly Slashed-Peter Hunter,
colored, appeared in the police court dock
yesterday with a badly slashed hand and arm
suspended in sling He answered to two
charges, affray and assault The latter was
dismissed, and he was fined $40 or thirty days
in Jail for engaging in the atfray during which
he was so badly sliced by his antagonist
Had Probably Read Dime Novels-Police
man Anderson of the Fourth precinct, had
several boys in the police court yesterday on
suspicion of being members OF a juvenile
gang OF thieves who have been committing
depredations in ''Bloodfield" :" The lads
answered to the names of George Nelson.
Isaiah Banks, Charles Craig, and Richard
Jackson. The cases were continued until to-
morrow.
tong Drink Was His Failing-Court OFF,
Ger Dan Williams saw an intoxicated indtvid-
ual jostling ladies and rudely demanding
money from busy Christmas buyers on Mar
ket Space Saturday night and placed him
under arrest on the charge OF vagrancy. In
Judge Kimbal's court yesterday the man said
his name was Robert II. Powell, his occupa-
ton fakir, his specially magic polish" and
his failing strong drink. He was sent to the
workhouse for fifteen days.
Crap Shooter Comes TO Grief-"Cum seb-
ben, Use goin' to glib my gal a Chrismus
gift, " sang out Joe Whitney. a colorcd youth
as he shot the dice along the Sixth street
sidewalk near the Baltimore and Potomac
depot about 3 O'Clock yesterday forenoon. Joe
was deeply Interested in the crap game when
he suddenly found himself in the grasp of q
weil-dressed young man. The latter proved
to be Policeman Coffin on his way to the po-
lice court in citizens clothes. Joe accom-
panied the officer to the court and a half
hour later was sent down for fifteen days to
fill vacancy in crap shooters row.
tdIl6u rllm q Jat altSe tODl-AlOy OuuuS,
tall and nervous looking Chinaman. WIS a
prisoner in Judge Kimball's police court yes
terday, charged with assaulting Moy Funt, a
brother Chinese laundrymau. When Clerk
Harper called the name of the latter be failed
TO respond, and the court asked Moy Chung
how he came to assault the other Moy.
HE callee me a japanese diam foolee,
and tiled to hit me wif 1atilon and | bitee
him and chewee him"
DISMISSED for want OF prosecution" said
Judge Miller.
attacked by Three Unknown Men About
$50 o'clock last night John Morton, colored
was attacked at the corner of Fourth and G.
streets northwest by three unknown white
men. who thumped him pretty severely and
wound up 10y stabbing him in the back The
wound, which is not dangerous one, was
dressed at Morton's home, No. 6l5 Fourth
street northwest, by DR.. Graham. His assail-
ants escaped.
Severely Injured by Fall-Wiiliam Wiver
a carpenter. fell from the roof of the black
smith shop, No. 1927 Seventh street north
west last evening, and sustained a multiple
fracture OF the thigh. He was removed to
Freedmen's Hospital for treatment.
Nonparel Council ofhcers-At regular
meeting OF NonpareiI Council, National
Union held on last Thursday evening the
following officers were elected for ensuing
term: President, James L. Feeney; vice presi-
dent, John G. Burke, speaker, John N.
Kemper; recording secretary. Il. ]. Hall;
financial secretary, w. f. Post; treasurer Ed
ward Eberbach; trustees. j. L. keeie. Will
liam Wilson, andf W. W. Danenhower; dele
gates to cabinet, II. NJ. McEliresh, j. l..
Feeney. and George Huntington; delegate to
immediate relief, W. Ii. Fisher.
Christmas Eve Fires-TGo Christmas eve
blaZes called ont the fra department, but
luckily not much damage resulted in either
case. The first alarm was sounded at $40
O'Clock p. IN. from box 127 by Fireman Smith.
OF No. engine company upon the discovery
of flames in house No. 500 Sixth street north
west, owned by James Frazier and occupied
by William Ferguson. Il was caused by de-
fective fiue. Damage to the building. about
SIS; to the furniture, $50. The second fire
occurred mt Cos p. m. in the stable in rear of
No. 406 H street northwest owned by Rev.
George Gladd, and occupied by i. Like.
Cause unknown. Damage SIS. The flames
were extinguished promptly by No. engine
company.
Intoxicated Woman BADLY Injured-An un-
known white woman was picked up in help
less condition by the Eighth precinct police
last evening on Vermont avenue between r
and streets northwest. She had been drink
ing heavily and in addition appeared to have
been injured. After being removed 10 Freed
mans Hospital in the patrol wagon it was
found that her thigh had been dislocated by
falling to the sidewalk. The woman was
respectfully dressed but too much under the
influence of liquor to tell her name or ad-
dress.