The morning times., 1896-04-24
LIVE NEWS OF ALEXANDRIA
Small Riot With a Number of Ar
rests On Franklin Street.
Taylor Dog Case-Another Miss
ing Coiored Girl.

Robert Taylor, u negro tough, serving
a sentence in the workbouse, brutaliy as
saulted William GillInartin, half-~itted
man, at that institution yesterday after
noon. Taylor defied everyone at the work
house, and officer Ferguson had 10 be
called from police headquarters The negro
was brought in and locked up in the pohee
station.
A tree fight occurred about O'Clock last
night on Franklin street, between Alfred
and Patrick streets, which was engaged
in by eight o ten men. Some OF the crowd
had been drinking in SGlhyan's saloon and
became involved in Il dispute over the
o wnership OF a knife, which terminated IN
a riot. i'll which several of the parties en-
gagged were badly used up. Officers Beach
and Goods arrived on the scene In hfDe
10 arrest William BagSott. John Kelley
John Ryan, Mike Petit, james Kelley ard
Samuel Baggott. Several other parties
engaged in the TO " eIuded arrest. The case
will be heard Ill the mayor scourt this mCrn-
ing.
Kebecca Quill, colored, came to police
headuua rters last night in a drunken con-
dition and was locked up.
In the corporation court yesterday the
jury in the case OF b. j. Holland against
Robert Taylor brought in a verdict for the
defendant The suit was for $500 for in
juries inflicted to Holland by dog belong
ing to Taylor. The suit Tor damages of
George McBurney and J. NJ. White against
Alexander Lyles was continued. The epaln-
tiffs claim that the defendant Jailed TO
carry out the terms OF a contract in the
erection of certain buildings. The follow
ing persons were granted liquor licenses;
Margaret Alexander. Joseph Weidman,
James MeCauley. .DanielHenry, W. r. Woods.
Thomas Lannon. W Z. Hamer5ly, IL. Lawler,
c. Bohrous. William Rodgers, s. j. WOODS.
Robert Portaer Brewing Company, Gill &
Proctor. II. Kaletski, w ii. Whiting. ID. Z.
O'Neal, Robert Murphy and James AcCuen.
The paid employees OF the fire department
have been instructed by the board or lire
wardens. in cases OF fires, to turn in an
| alarm to the other engine houses BEFORE
responding to the call.
The court OF appeals has allowed an
appeal and supcrsedeas to the decree OF the
corporation court of this city in the case
| of the Cleveland Shipbuiiding Company
against the Haskin Wood VuIcanizing Com
| pany. The case has been placed on the
privileged docket for the November term.
AT Fishtown yesterday 175.00o herring
| sold at So to $3.50 per thousand. and
| 900 shad at So to S14 per hundred
In the police court yesterday Harry
| Brown was fined 81 for being drunk and
| disorderly and destroying the furniture at
| his home on North Fairfax street.
| The case OF the Commonwealth vs. Bers-
| wanger. involving the constitGtionality
| of the sample merchants license tax. will
| be called in the corporation court today
| BerswaBger was about to be fined $500
| in the mayor's court. when attorneys
| waived examination and appealed the case
| 10 the corporation court. Messrs. Charles
| Bandheim and Eugene Taylor will repre-
| sent BerswaDger. and Mr.. Leonard Mar
| bury the Common wealth. On account of
recent act of the legislature. giving
| justices of the peace original jurisdiction in
| such cases, a mol pros. will he entered
| by the Commonwealth and Berswanger
| will be rearrested and brought back TO the
| police court, where the case will be
| heard.
| Jessie Ba yne, a Hineteen-year-Old col
ored girl. has been missing from her home
in this city for several days. She is sup
| posed to have run away.