Show or Disgraceful Melee About midnight a crowd of ecldiera got into Ordnera saloon and asked fo drnk but were refused whereupon where-upon they commenced 1 freely swearing swear-ing and abasing everybody and tbeir pugnacious ratures o zed out in the shape of one of them breaking a Congress chair over the bead of Charley Noble the cook and another breaking the large mirror in the saloon Officers A Smith and W > Salmon went to the scene of disturbance dis-turbance and used persuasive en deavora to get the boys in blue away from there and stilt them home to the Pojt but between the White House and the Elephant corner them the-m aner parts of their natjrea predominated pre-dominated und they commenced handling the police officer when the nine soldiers rallied and yelled and threw loska and fit worthy of a batter cause than a street brawl Tne upshot ot the affair was five ol the offenders were lodged in the city jai for the night and the balance got away I the leader in the disgraceful dis-graceful row will come t the front today instead of eneaking off a he did last night after be bad unman fully used the rocks the officers will pay him their compliment and use up another cane |