Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-15

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nsnf2s ~ shows he Operations Of the Ofderin
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Rsiig RsPest. Nunler Of brothers relieved,
We numosr o. widowed families relieved 5E
sS.sstins. ~. 80 buried ~ number q orphans
ss.t4ii amount paid for relief Of widowed fssnE
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eral fand on hand, 81 N IS; amount jnvetied.
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1.ssssss Report Number Of limitations, los
~ ued ~ card, 70; number Of reinstate-
dsswai;, -; nnmber Of ssspensons, ii2; number
q expusi0ns =; number Of deaths. IL; total with
Ss, ~ sc. iso 4u@ssr Of .ssctien, 49, mum
Grsnds, :as; number Of contributinr membe,s'
i.ssH revenue 70 school fund, 81 ,O66 ~; revenue
70 general fnnd, ga; revenue 10 ,speciai tn
&c, Sx,ieessss total amount OF feveauc 90 1l0 g2
Of percentages to Grand Lodge, &c, SuU0l2.--
OsfnAHs' couRr.-To-day, anal hearing WIS
had upon The petition Of w. H. Campbell ana
Harmon Burns, praying the Court 10 Gauss Ann 3.
% give security for The due a.
man. Judge Purcell decided that the respondent
was, under the strict construction Of the ststute
bound 70 bring forward the counter-securitv DE-
e and ten days were allowed her in which
IN the application Of the widow Of WIN. Lewis.
iae deceased, OF Georgetown, for letters of admin
istsa9cn On the estate Of deceased. the Judge de-
cided that wa: neither Last viii and testament
pfope. because u had not been signed ana wit
nes.ed, nor was It nuncupative win The Judge
said that the law governing nuncupatiye will
was derived from Goth CHARLES, 18th chapter. Cd
Its Provisions complied with. such will /. IA.
valid where one Of the testators died before RE-
bate. The statute 10 also Construed with yeerrect
70 its requisition that the tssator shall bid tho
70 that effect. He must declare the words with
me Intention Of making his will at that time.
Nuncupasve wills are viewed with distrust In
me eccies'astieal court, and the making Of ONE
stringent than that Of written one i'm every nsr-
ticulM. This 10 requisite In consideration Of nm.
faculties with which frauds In setting I'M nun.
cuFation wills are obviously attended, facilities
which essentially require for their suppression the
utmost vigilance on the part Of the court. The
testamenfafy capacity Of the deceased and the
aHttnus fesfaadi at the time of the alleged nunc,.
patton, must appear by the clearest and most i'm.
disPutabie testimony. [T
CIRcUrr coURr The Georgetown coutest.d
election case engaged the Court during larger
% n.y. s gay The point argued
election from the second precinct polls during a
p,rtien Of the day, the REALTORS counsel holding
that by reason OF such absence the election in thai
pfe S became void: Respondents counsel con-
tenoea ior the other view, viz That IL msiority
OF the judges Were present the election was not
necessarily void. TO this view of the matter the
Court Inclined, and 80 ruled. On Tuesday, next.
x2dinsunt, the case will be tried ON its merits be.
fore jury. llas So
.Tn.arRr.- dogs and monkeys were greet.
"a with large audience last night, and all ws Re
highly delighted with the performance of t,is
unique ucnpe. II is an entertainment replete
viii si,facs,on novel amusing, and instructive;
mo- none VII, regret witnessing T. The training Of
OF instinct and Of education which must surprise
every one The entertainments win be repested
ss grand matinee on
cession win be made In the morning ON which
occasion four beautiful reindeer which are. in
tended 40 present to Gen Concha, of Cuba. bv
Col. Wood, will be exhibited.
pR- wM. BoyD.-This agent of the underground
railroad, whose arrest at Westminster Ma . for
running on slaves has been chronicled In the
star has not yet arrived in this CITY, although he
reached Baltimore last night. and was erected
here thIs morning II 10 probable that sorne for
malitss have temporarily interfered TO delay his
being handed over 70 the authorities here by the
State Of Maryland. The mode Of obtaining ! pri-
soner for trial here, when arrested outside the Biz
nicf, 10 mush more cumbsous than that Of one
state upon another, through Governors requisi-
N!eHr-LiSER IN TRouBLE. This morning,
hack stopped upon the footway across Four and
a-haif street, at Pennsylvania avenue, In which a
female was ntiing, and the driver on the box too
drunk to manage the reins s>felv. Watchman
Brewers took the driver before Justice Dopu who
recognized him by the name Of John Kemp, and
nned MIN 81 10 FOR his conduct Officer Ash
aade the female get out and told her 10 Do IN he,
nome wherever that is, and sent the hack TO the
magistrates Office in charge Of a colored drives
-, was saio that the hack had been driven around
all night with this passenger.
joins McDosALD, the man who was arrested n
no.1d r - ferry lnsurfectioni:t but whs is sup
cumstances have transpired to induce the author
tues here to retain him little longer in order 10
iavest1gate bis case more thoroughly. A dispatch
visable to hold him until 4 thorough knowIedce
OF his mode Of life previous TO his appearance al
nafpefs Ferry, and his employment while there
ana In the mountains adjacent, is obtained.
REAL EsrATE.-James G. Mcclure & Co. sold
yesterday three small brick houses on TWENTY
sixth street, between and X; purchased respect
lively by Patrick Toner, for $500 James Gafvin,
Tor $50; and Jno. Meaney. for S54O Also, lot 8.
In square No. %, 10 Peter O'Day, for 10 cents Der
foot. Also. lot 10, in square No. 46e, to n. s.
yohnston- for 20k cents per foot. Also, lot H. in
per foot -
wArcH RKruRxs John Warner. colored. su
san Mathews, Sarah Herse, Anna Kirby, drunk
ana disosderly; S3.l5. G. w. Cutter, drunk and
nghfng; 94.f5. John Edwards, colored. drunk
and vagrsnt; ~ ne. Peter Glancey, assault; dis
missed. Geo: Adamson, disorderly and resisting
bali $asi5. Five dodgers were accommodated.
IaE PIPE TESTING MACHINE ordered by the Cor
poraton fos the purpose Of testing the water ppes
!? pc used In the distribution Of the Potomac water
through the city, WAC deposited at the City Hall
yeGteR01y- Anaffn All vwfIl H. AZ.