The Washington times., 1895-01-05
LOCAL NEWS OF ALL SORTS
The Weather To-day
The District of Columbia and Maryland
Fair: slightly colder; northeriy winds.

Missed the Rabbit. Hit the Man-William
Lawson, colored of No. AIS Temperance
alley. was taken to the Emergency Hospital
last night and had portion OF charge OF
bird shot extracted from his leg He says an
unknown gunner who was trying to get
bead on a big rabbit missed the latter IN his
excitement and fired at his (Lawson's) lower
extremities, which were protruding from
clump of bushes.
Charge Against Murphy Eolle Pressed
The alleged case of embezzlement against
John Murphy was nolie pressed in the police
court yesterday, as There was nothing m It,
Charged with Sunday BaT-Anthony Ro-
der ana Michael Gallagher, keepers OF
saloon on Sixth street, opposite the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad depot, under the firm
name OF Rodier & Gallagher. were charged
in the police court yesterday, by Policemen
Lynch and Pierce, with selling liquor on
Sunday 4 jury trial was demanded, bonds
being fixed at 800.
Riflemau Cheshire Held-Augustus Ches-
hire, coiored. who formerly kept rlHe range
on Fourteenth street, was held for the grand
Jury in $500 bonds by Judge Miller yesterday.
The charge against the prisoner was will
fully shooting with q rifle james Carter,
colored, fourteen years of age several months
ago, because the boy annoyed him at his
range.
Detective and His Prisoner-Detective
| Rhodes will return from Philadelphia early
this morning with his prisoner, George w.
| Taylor. who is wanted here, owing to his
| connection with an alleged fraudulent scheme
known as buggy exchange.
swinGled Furniture Dealer-A warrant
| has been issued for the arrest of Charles Nc
Kinley, charged with false pretenses in seeur-
! ing from Mr.. George Breitbarth the Seventh
street furniture dealer, S15 by means of a
bogus draft signed by fictitious person.
Nav Have to serve Time-Detective
| Horne arrested James Ross. a colored waiter,
yesterday, charged with the larceny OF a
costly clock from Thomas W. Wright, OF No.
469 Maryland avenue southwest. The case
| will be heard in the police court this mora-
| ing.
Says He Was Faithful-Mr. Malone Whee-
! less, in his answer to his wife S bill Tor d.
vorce. denies the charge OF criminal intimacy
with Mrs. Catherine Hay, wife Of DIR. George
". Hay, of No. 2205 X street northwest, al
Charlestown. W. Va, or any other town OF
place. He says he has been faithful to his
wife, has supported her and their child, and
asks that her suit be dismissed. In his cross
bill for divorce he charges that she has been
unfaithful to her marriage vows.
Men Who Will Try Howgate The list Of
Jurors in Judge McComas' court was com
pleted yesterday, and from it the first se.ec-
tions of men TO try the Howgate case must
be made. The names are as follows: William
h II. ,Cissel, Alexander d. Tucker. Joseph L
Smothers. F. A Boucher, John II. Eubank
W. S. Tappan, Joseph Jennings. Norman
Simpson, William H. Cranston. Robert p
Wright Joseph Richardson, William B. Tur
pin, Thomas Hen lerson. John G.. Fidler
John Caspari, T. Fisher Latimer. HarmonC
T. Lord, Thomas Kinslow, Fritz Herzog
Samuel Hilton, Charles A. T. Chase, John G.
al. h ral thor
James H Rocket and George Turner.
American Association Out of It--Thert
will be no American Association baseball the
coming season. This announcement wa
given yesterday afternoon by Presiden
William S. Kames.
The Labor Problem and the Negrc-R. W
Thompson, formerly the managing editor 0
Indianapolis World. and now connected will
the Government Printing Office, will read
paper tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
before the Shiloh Baptist Lyceum, on 9th
labor problem in its relation to the negro.
This society meets at the church named ol
l. street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets northwest.
Yeoman Lane Pleaded Guil'y-Sentenc
will be imposed by Judge Miller next Mon
day on Samuel Lewis Lane, ships yeoman o
the steamer Fish Hawk. AS predicted il
, yesterdays TIMES, Lane entered pleas o
guilty in three cases of petit larceny in th
police court and said he was drunk whe
he stole the three pairs Of field glasses.
7 Said to Hava Stolen Diamond Ring
The case against Arthur ". Jackson, arreste
in New York, charged with the theft OF
diamond ring valued at 5000 from Mrs. All
gusta Won Brant while she was here Oh
visit, will probably be tried in the former city
, Detective Boyd left here yesterday to appea
against Jackson. By false representations.
is said, the prisoner obtained the ring fror
the store Of Gait & Brother, where it ha
been left for repairs by Mrs. Won Brant.
Earvess of the Thieves-The record o
thefts reported to Inspector Hollinberger q
3 detective headquarters yesterday embraces
the larceny OF navy blue cloth overcoG
from G. L. Morton. of No. 1910 Q street north
(, west; bicycle lamp IRON Fred Harries {
No. 1924 NeE Jersey avenue northwest; hors
blanket from William II. Burk, No. 1922 FIT
i, street northwest, and pocketbook contain
9 ing $35 in money and CHECK for $40 frol
0 Mrs. E. NJ. Tingley, ofNo. 937 Rhode Islan
Q avenue.
: illustrated Sunday-school Lessons-Th
International Sunday-school lessons for tt
first quarter in 1895 will be illustrated
stereopticon pictures Mt the Church of O,
!. Father, corner of Thirteenth and L stree