Evening star., 1896-01-27
SUBURBAN NEWS
ANACOSTIA.

For several months the residents of Ana
costa and it's suburbs, principally Good
Hope and Twining City, have been looking
every Sunday for trouble because of the
visits of many men from Washington to
road house located in Prince Georges
county, Md, about two miles from Anacos-
tia. Yesterday the trouble arrived Fortu-
nately, Sergt. Anderson of the Anacostia
substation was close to the scene, and, it
is likely, prevented matters becoming
worse.
Two bicyclists were riding on the Naylor
road near the road house above referred to,
-ghen they were attacked with stones by
five men, who said their names are William
Milstead, Frank Seepper, Charles Chloser,
William GrisSett and John Webster
The young men were put to flight and 1t
Is believed escaped serious injury, Dut their
assailants were followed to Twining City,
where Sergt. Anderson placed the entire
party under arrest, and subsequently sent
them to the fifth precinct station. where
they were locked up to await hearing.
The accused claimed to be so much intoX-
icated as not to be fully aware of what
they had done to the bicyclists, and as
serted that they had secured their liquor at
the road house in Maryland before men
toned, which is, it is alleged, kept open
every Sunday.
Considerable alarm is felt across the Dis
trict line in Maryland over the report that
mad dog was in the vicinity Saturday.
and that a number of dogs belonging to
farmers of the neighborhood were bitten by
it. The dog supposed to be rabid escaped,
but a close watch is being kept on all the
animals of that kind, and upon the display
of the slightest reason for believing that
dog has the rabies his owner will at once
have him killed.
The residents of that part of Prince
Georges county, Md, adjacent to the Dis
trict line were Mortified to learn day or
two since that Mrs. Burniss Payne. who,
with her aged husband, formerly resided
near the Marlboro road, was burned to
death on their farm near Stevens Mill,
Va, last week. MIR. Payne had set fire to
pile of brush, but the blaze got into fence
and was destroying it, when Mrs. Payne
went to the rescue, and was caught in the
flames and burned, and before assistance
could be rendered she was fatally injured.
Playing in the chess tournament hereto
fore referred to in The Star will. 1t rs un-
derStoOd, commence tomorrow mSht IL Is
stated that no more entries will he taken,
and that at the meeting of competitors
Tuesday the question will be decided as to
what the three prizes when are 10 be
awarded shall consist of. 1t is probable
that one or more of the players whose
name has been announced will withdraw
from the field before the tourney begins.
The following have been elected officers
of Anacostia Lodge of Good Tenplsirs for
the ensuing term: Mr.. George Q. Webster,
chief tcmplar; Miss Annette Anderson, vice
templar: Mr.. W. T. Rally, past chief tenn
George E. Girtman, recording secretary;
Mr.. Bruce Allen, assistant secretary; Mr..
i. T. Girtman, financial secretary; Mr..
James H. Dony, treasurer; air. Harry
Harper. marshal; Miss Annie Bury, assist
ant marshal; Mr.. Thomas Riley, guard;
Mr.. William Swindell, sentinel.
In response to a general desire on the part
of the citizens of Antcostia, well as
those of the voters Who expect to rdrtici-
pate in the election tomorrow for delegates
to the St Louis conv en-ion, the authorities
have determined to have the balloting take
place al a location other than that for
merly agreed upon, and with the view of
giving all persons in the first district who
desire to vote an opportunity to do so, polls
will be opened for the first precinct at
Douglass Hall, Hillsjale; second precinct,
Benning, and third precinct, Ivy City.
The adherents of Carson and Saunders
held big meeting at Douglass Hall. Hills
dale. Saturday evening. The principal
speeches were by Rev F. NJ Ovelton, a
former pastor of Campbell; Il. NJ. f.
Church. Hillsdale. now resident of Prince
Georges county. Nd; John u. Moss and
Aaron Bradshaw. the latter of whom
created great deal of enthusiasm for aim
self and nearly captured the meeting. J..
W. Cole, j. w. Poe and A. P. Hall also
spoke. \ resolution was passed indorsing
Carson and Saunders for delegates to the
national republican convention, with
Messrs. Bel and Thomas as al.ernates.
The meeting adjourned with the singing
of song dedicated by it's author, Arthur
W est, 10 COl ferry larson
A meeting in the interest of NJ. NJ. Hol-
land, who wants to go to the ST. Louis con-
vention instead of Perry Carson, was held
Saturday evening at Liberty Hall, Hills
dale The speakers We're j. w. Grove,
Thomas Scott, Aaron Bradshaw and NJ. NJ.
Holland. The audience was small but en-
thuSiastic.
The Saturday Evening Reading Circle
met Saturday evening at the residence OF
Miss Marselline Phillips Quotations were
given from Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet by several of the members, follow
Ing which there were readings and disc u.s.
sions of the same by MANY of those PRES
ent- 1t was determined to have the next
meeting of the circle at the residence OF
Miss BERTHE George on Howard avenue.
Mr. L. c. Cook of West Washington lee
tured yesterday afternoon in Emmanuel p
f. Church, Anacostia, 10 men, on the "Ori
gin and Destiny of Our Race and in the
evening the rector, Rev. W. G. Davenport
preached on the theme, what is Con,