Evening star., 1902-08-12
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AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
General and Personal Items From the
West End.

The continuation Of the law suit in which
Mrs. Stanford, wife Of Lieut.. Stanford of
Fort Myer, seeks to recover from Mr.. John
E. McLaren $780, which she paid to him for
horse, came up before Justice of the
Peace II. E. Paine today, and most of the
morning and afternoon was occupied in
hearing the testimony Of witnesses in the
case.
Mrs. Stanford claims that the animal
failed to come up to the representations of
the defendant, and was not the kind of
horse she had bargained for, alleging de-
fectS In the animal. The defense, however
argued that the purchaser had possession
of the horse two weeks before she finally
made the purchase, and that she had ample
opportunity to test the representations of
the former owner. The defense also claims
that there are no defects in the horse, but
that the plaintiff did not understand how
to manage the animal.
A brief hearing of the case was given last
week, when the testimony of one Of the
witnesses attached to the Fort Myer post
was taken by request of counsel, as he was
about to leave for the Philippines. 1t is
likely that the evidence and argument in
the matter will not be concluded until late
this evening, and the decision will not be
announced for two or three days.
r. w. Darby has sold to George w. Wise
two brick buildings the west side Of
82d street south of M, now occupied by
bottling establishment, the consideration
being about $1,000. One of the buildings
was formerly the old Vigilant fire engine
house, and was later occupied by No 5
engine company, whose quarters are now
on M street. The Vigilant building was
constructed in 1880. but has been changed
from time to time since then. The front,
however remains substantially the same
A conspicuous feature Of the building is
a large marble slab set in the front, which
commentaries the services of Bush" the
old fire dog, which was long associated
with the Georgetown fire department, and
which died from the effects of poisoning
Bert Jackson, colored, who lives at the
Twenty Buildings" and George Smith,
also colored, engaged in an alteration
about o'clock last night in a negro set
tlement known as Boston" at 33d and NJ
streets Smith came out of the affray with
a cut nine inches long just below his ribs
on the left side. The wound was inflicted
with a razor IN the hands of Jackson The
injured man was taken to Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital The surgeons had Smith
on the operating table and had taken three
stitches in the cut, when Smith evidently
became frightened at what he imagined
might be done by the men of medicine and
jumped up from the table and took rapid
strides toward his home.
Jackson was arrested by officer Clark
and taken to the seventh precinct station
house.
Mrs. Honora LAWYER of 3O1b NJ street.
while attempting to alight from a car at
the corner Of Both and NJ streets last night,
fell from the footboard and struck her
head on the pavement, causing a slight
injury.
A well-played game Of base ball satur-
day resulted IN the defeat of the Meri-
dams by the Bryanfowns, the score being
10 to 10. The. feature Of the game was the
heavy hitting OF the Bryantowns.