Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-17

ment Of the sudden demise Of thrtt iste chief. A
!, T. i a@n.sI Ea va. called to the chair, and
The following Preamble and resolutions were
offered by L: Crugef, Esq and adopted >
4, Whereas the sad intelligence has reached us Of
the sudden and unexpected death Of the chief
ofheer Of this bureau, A. J. O'Bannon. Esq
Rssolrsd, That in this iamented dispensation
OF Providence we have been deprived not only of
an able and efficient presiding oficer, but Of a
highly esteemed and respected friend, whose
great urbanity and kindness Of department had
strongly attached TO him every member Of our
bureau, go en- ~
Rssolred. Thatwe deeply ympathize with his
afflicted widow In her distressing and heartrend-
to the Consultations Of that Almighty Paracete who
= the eternal and unfailing comforte, Of the al
fiicted, with the assurance that earth hath no
sorrows which Heaven cahnot cure"
Rssolcsd, That committee be appointed by
the chairman Of this meeting to communicate to
the widow the above proceedings, and TO have
them Published In the several newspapers of the
city. EEt1s' 81 hsFt.rl ~ easa r1F
On motion Of Mr. sCruger, Major 6. NJ Head
and Major l.: l. Loving were appointed q COM
mittee to carry the above resolutions into effect
WV -rs.;.''.s' I. HUNTER, Chairman.
siseuLAR DEATH OF A cHLp-Yesterday eve.
ming little child, named Eliza McLain, aged
about years and months, was picked up In the
street by woman who discovered het Wing on
her face on the pavement, Violently retcbing She
was Immediately taken to the residence of her pa
rents, who live In small house In the rear Of
Dnh GREEN'S row, where she shortly afterwards
die 4. DR.. McCoywas summoned, and on exami-
nation discovered what he regarded az symptoms
Of poison having been administered to the child,
and reported the fact to Justice McKenna who
dispatched an officer to the Chief Of Police with
an account Of the matter. The Chief being absent
from home: the Mayor was notified, and sent for
and the Mayor ordered Justice McKenna to act az
Coroner In the case. The Investigate is going
on as our paper goes to press. From information
which our reporter derived from the family, he is
enabled to state that the little girl dinner with
her father yesterday. at I O'Clock, and was then
well; that she afterwards went out to plav. and
they did not see her again till she was brought
home in comatose condition, at p. m. Some
little girls about the house said that piri little
larger Than Eliza met her the street and ind uced
h.r to swallow Quantity OF whisky from bottle,
and that shortly afterwards she was taken sick an
above stated.
Cow DKAtISe SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS For
many years there have been persons engaged in
the business Of buying and selling cows, and fire.
quently cases have occurred of persons innocently
pure hasing rnilrh cows which were aftsrward
identined as the property Of their nelghbors
iatery the increase of dairies In the vicinity Of
the city has caused a considerable increase In the
number Of cow dealers, and the purchasers of cows
are more frequently imposed on by bogus dealers
The last case Of the kind 10 that Of Mr. John Was=
ner, who was arrested yesterday by officer Yeat-
COW, which had been stolen from Mr. M Cation
Mr.. Wagner appeared before Justice Donn who
ordered the return Of the cow. The prosecutor
had no idea Of chargi Mr. Wagner with steal
Ing the animal, AFTER learning his reputation and
standing as q citizen, and he was discharged and
Mr.. Wagner WIS all the more concerned for the
recovery Of the money and the arrest Of the person
from whom he bought the COW. He SAYS he
knows him, and was told by the ma gistrate to ar.
rest him at sight, which he determined to do.
Pure hases Of cows should be sure of the title Of
the dealer. zee 70 - !
For CHARIrY,s SAxK-lt win be seen by refer.
ence to another column that the grand annual
picnic, fOf the benefit Of the Orphans of St VIM
cents Female Orphan Asylum takes place on
Monday next, at Arlington Spring. Surely no
object can have greater claim upon the good
forth by the lady managers of this institution
The wants Of the fatherless and friendless should
md active sympathy and prompt relief at the
hands OF those who are less unfortunate; and 1t 10
much to be hoped that the little girls of ST. Vim.
cents will need no champion to plead their cause
on Monday next, but that everybody will make
II point to visit Arlington on that day. Aside
from the pleasure that the public viii experience
In the consciousness OF having contributed toward
so deserving an object, they will find at Arlington
pure fresh air, pleasant groves, excellent band
OF music, lWithers), large and excellent dan
cling saloon and abundance Of facilities for mass.
Ing the day pleasantly. - -
To KEEP THE PEAcr-Be|ne Justice Fs,gn.
magistrate ona complaint, made by his landlad,
Of assault and battery William and his wife
have rooms at the house where lives the lady
making the complaint; and 1t wa: alleged that
William and his wife do not pull together at ALL
That they both get elevated and fight, dreadful
fights together, In which Williams wife gener-
ally gets the worst of It, That on yesterday while
William was attempting to castigate his wife the
laudlady interposed to prevent him from carrying
out his inhuman purpose, when he committed the
alleged assault and battery upon her. The mag.
istrate held William to bail In 500, to keep the
peace for twelve months towards his landlady v,
and every body else, not excepting his /" tother''
half .-.....# .
BILLS APPROVED The Mayor has signified
his approval of the following bills Author
izing the laying Of water main along street
north, from First to Second streets west, and
along First street west to street north; author
izing curbstones to be set and footway paved on
south fronts Of squares 500 and Si4; authorizing
the laying OF water main in & street north,
from Second to Third streets west; for draining
alley In square SD; authorizing curbstones to be
set and footway paved on the north fronts Of
squares 81 and $685. for the repair Of bridge
across Rock Creek and X street north; for the
relief Of w. p. Webb Also, joint resolution
| demonstrating against the proposed increase of
tolls on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
THAT QUARTER EAGLE-1Ir Editor: win
you he kind enough to permit me to inquire
upon what principle Of law the decision was
made In the case Of party paying out quarter
eagle Tor dime, az reported in your Issue Of to-
day. 1t appears to me II this decision was made
upon a sound principle of law and without re-
gard to the position OF the parties In the case,
that all business transactions, great or small
would be extremity uncertain, unless there were
persons present to witness the entire transacto on
The decision strikes me as being important, and
therefore make the inquiry. = FIAr Lux.
August is, 1850 -..l.i -, -.-..-
FURTHRR Enthusiastically afternoon two
young men, John johnson and Charles Stewart
appeared before Justice Dom to answer to a
charge Of assault and battery on another named
Phillips. IL turned out to be an affair growing
out Of financial difficulty between the COM,
plaInant and the mother of one Of the defendants
After patient investigation, the Justice decided
to bold each Of the young men to bail for peace
in the sum Of $780,
SMITHSONIAN COLLECTIONS We learn that
the Smithsonian Institution 10 receiving from r.
Kennicut, the talented and efficient collector for
the Institution In the Red River (of the north)
region, numerous specimens OF the natural his
tory of that country, These, of course, will re-
main untouched until the return Of the collector
when they will be opened They will make an
Interesting addition to the collection Of the In
stitution
THE WAsHINsTON RIFLES announce their Arst
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