Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-12-31
CRIMINAL COURT, Judge Fisher-Yestsrday,
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CRIMINAL COURT. Judge Fisber-Yesterday,
James Uropsey was fund guilty OF highway
robbery.
Louisa Kohner was convicted of keeping a
bawdy house, and sentenced to pay fine Of
$500.
larceny. q noue PROS. was entered.
This morning, VIM. Vansciver was tried for
an assault and battery, and found not guilty.
Thomas Burch, indicted for larceny, was
found not guilty.
In the cases of James Pike, indicted for
assault and battery, and James Fitzgerald and
Christian Hart, larceny, a aois pros. was en-
tered.
Lewis Jackson was found guilty of an as
sauIt and battery.
James Cropsey, onvicted OF highway rob-
berry, was sentenced to the penltentiary for
three years. Mary V. Hall, convicted of grand
larceny, was sentenced to the penitenuary for
one year. Mary Miller, convicted Of 8 similar
ofTfnse, received a like sentence.
John ". Donaldson and Jack Gro wiley, two
small boys, committed to Jail last spring for
larceny, were given into the charge of two
gentlemen, who promised to do good part by
them.
THE HoRRoRs OF DRuNKKNNRss Gardiner
is an artist. His picture in Philips window,
entitled "Christmas in 1884," is q delineaton OF
the inebriates doom terribly true to nature.
AS a moral lessonsit will rank with Cruik-
shank's "Bottle," or Sewall's fearful pictures
The idea OF the pict1re seems to have been
taken from Maryatt's description of his eleven
drunken visitors at midnight.
Thus. Gardiner has depicted in the different
figures OF his inimitable group, the solemnly
drunken man, 'sstarng at the Candles" the To-
quacious inebriate; the jocose one; the man ur-
banely drunk. ELUSIVE In the way of visiting
cards; the one argumentatively drunk; and SO
on round to him whose face and figure is the
impersonstion OF maudlin imbecility and limp
slack-twisted. ness.
The picture cannot but do good, and we truss
that it will remain on exhibition.
"Oh, that man should put an enemy into
his mouth to steal away his brains!"
PRAYER MRETINGs.-Ata an informal meeting
of pastors, 1t has been resolved to observe the
coming week OF prayer for the worlds CONVEX
sion by two daily union meetings, as follows -
From to p. m, daily, at St Paurs Lutheran
Church, corner of II and 18th streets From u to
9p.m., Monday, New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church; Tuesday, 18th Street Baptist Church;
Wednesday, Methodist Protestant Church, 9th
street, between and +; Thursday, Fourth
and II; Friday, Weslep Chapel, corner 5th and
and F streets.
THE LEVY CoURT.-Yesterday Messrs Geo
H. Plant, q H. Nichols and ID. V. Burr, men,
bers OF the Levy Court for this county, whose
terms OF Office had expired, were recommis-
year will consist of the same members as served
so acceptably through the past year.
CIRCUIT COURT, Chief Justice Cartter.-This
morning the case Of Eliason against WEIGH, tax
collector Of GEORGETOWN was concluded, the
jury rending a verdict for plaintiff with nomi-
nal damages. The court adjourned without
day.
WATCH MKRTINGS-In accordance with the
good old.time custom, the Methodist Episcopal
churches Of Washington will hold their watch
meetings to- light to see the old year go out and
the new year in.
THAT DEAD HoRsE-The carcass of horse
"a hop lrin onnfh Or