Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-22
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Local Notes Of General Interest From
Across Rock Greek.
TrOuble-SociaI and Per-
sOnal News.

At 7:3O o'clock on Saturday evening
James Bundy, a pal OF Red Bill. was at
| tackled at the corner of Both and VI streets
| and severely beaten by two colored men.
| His right leg was painfully injured and
| wounds inflicted on his head. He had to be
| taken to the hospital for treatment. The
| assailants had fed by the time the officers
| arrived on the scene, but they We're cap
| tured this morning In Foggy Bottom by
| third precinct officers. Bundy had identified
them as Richard Phillips and Griffin Burke,
| two old enemies.
James Bundy was one of the men ar
| rested some days ago charged with holding
| up parties on the Aqueduct bridge and de-
handing their valuables. but who esca ped
conviction through the establishment of the
| fact that he was not on territory controlled
| by District authorities at the time the Of
Tense was alleged to have been committed.
Remains brought Here.
The remains of Mr.. John Shelton Schaef-
| fer. formerly Of this place, who died in
\ Chicago on Wednesday last, have arrived
| here. and will be inferred at Oak Hill this
| afternoon. The services will be held al St
| Johns Church, Washington. Mr.. Schaeffer
| married Miss Shoemaker, daughter of Mr.
| David Shoemaker of this place. For the
| past ten years he has resided in Chicago
where he was in the employ of the Armour
| Beef Company. The floral tributes of those
associated in business with deceased were
| many and beautiful, embracing pillows
wreaths. columns and mlny loose masses
| of roses. They were brought from Chicago
| with the remains. Deceased is a brother
| of the assistant coroner OF the District.
Death of Miss Mckenna.
Miss Mary c. Mckenna, daughter Of Mr..
John McKenna, eied this morning at 2:aO
o'clock. Her death had been expected for
some days. Miss McKenna was of a re-
| firing disposition, but had many warm
friends News OF her death has been re-
| ceived with the deepest sorrow.
Mr.. John Mckenna is having affliction
crowd upon affiiction, this being the sec
| ond child to be taken from his home within
| five weeks. The last was his eldest son.
| The funeral of Miss McKenna will take
| place from her late home, l4l2 Bath street
on Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. The
| interment will be at Oak Hill. Deceased
was attended during her dying hours by
| the Rev. Father Roccofort. whom she had
assisted greatly in his Sunday school work.
Across the Creek.
VIM. II. Collins chestnut gelding MARI
boro', who has won sixteen running races
! this year out of eighteen entered into, has
suffered a sprain that will incapacitate him
| for awhile. Marlboro. who is one of the
| prideS of Georgetown is by Sir Modred out
of Tyranny and is sixteen hands high.
His record on the five-eighth- track is
IL. carrying l19 pounds.
Among the other clever sprinters that have
made records this year for themselves and
money for their owners is Graceful, i'm
ported, by New Count out of Levanthem
who has won repeatedly at the Alexander
Island track and who did not suffer de-
feat in all the races she entered into at the
Marlboro fair. She makes half mile In
| 5Ol3 seconds.
Another Georgetown animal of prominence
! is the old steepechaser, Capt. Manning, who
has Campaisned all the best courses of the
country. Princess Orlof, the trotter, is also
q local animal. She makes it in 2.2J.
Notes.
Mr. Mayhem Platter is reported as lying
at the point of death. Paralysis has set
| in, affecting both his right side and his
throat. No nourishment can be taken. DR..
Kleinschmidt is In attendance.
The Fort Reno standppe is being worked
upon by an adequate force. Its compile
ton means the employment of but two or
three more weeks.
The condition of DIR. Louis Mackall jr.,
is reported as unchanged.
At special meeting of the board of gov
errors of the Potomac Boat Club, resolu-
lions appropriate to the death of Mr.. Frank
II. Barb9rin were adopted. Mr.. Barbarin
was a member OF the board.
Mrs. Anne r. Lee Henry (nee Dulaney),
daughter of Col. Bladen Dulaney of Thor
oIghfare, Prince William county, Va, and
a lady well known and extremely popular
in Georgetown, where she was frequent
visitor died at her home on Thursday of
| typhoid. Deceased was married only last
June
Thos. Hyde executor and trustee, sold to
Emily Hyde. for 81 201.S5 part of lot 10
| and all of lot IL, in Corcoran subdivision of
old Georgetown, lying between NJ, n, 3lst
and 32d streets.
Miss Ida Monroe OF South Keys Prince
Georges county. Nd, is visiting Mrs. w. X.
Stevens of 330S n street.
Mrs. A NJ Stevens of Hunting Hill. Nd,
| Is also visiting the Stevens homo here.