Evening star., 1870-01-11


CRIMINAL CouRT, ,ysd0e Ess1r.-To-day, wn.
Burke WAS convicted "a PEI. ,:.c..,' :na sAn-
fenced 70 six months in the house OF correction.
charles Mormon, convicted yesterday q sim
liar charge, received a like sentence. GThese
rection.l Vim. Shaw, Randall Bowie, William
Sanders, William, alias Spider Brown, Emmert
Taseo, Henry Hammond, Theo. Clark, Isaac
assault and battery with intent to kill ofnccr
Lawler. Mr.. Williams gave notice Of . motion
for new trial.
COURT IN GENERAL TRRx.-To-day, in the
case Of Gait & Brown agt. Thompson the ap-
peal was dismissed Fisher agt. Hertzos, and
Charon agt. Green; dismissed. johnson agt.
Naylor; settled. Alexander agt. Sharp; argu-
ment concluded; decision reserved.
ORPHANS COURT, Judge Pwcer.-To-day.
Jane Il Z. Dull Dull qualified as administratIix Of IA
was appointed guardian to the orphans Of VIM.
James Watts; bond S6oo. George Hayes was
apprenticed to W. II. Dempsey.
CoSGREss TO RE ASKED TO AID THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS In THE COUNTY. A. Rowland, Esq,
Chairman Of the Committee on Schools of the
Levy Court, has prepared memorial TO Con-
gress, asking Government aid in the support OF
the county schools; and the citizens interestea
i'm the schools are exerting themselves TO Sutain
signatures to it, so that it may he Presented at
an early day. The memorial sets forth that one
OF the effects of the recent war has been to
population with numerous children; (the opera
tiOns of the army upon their farms during the
war causing them so much loss as to diminish
their ability to pay taxes for the support of the
money which can be raised by taxation is en-
tirely inadequate to provide sufficient number
of schools and educational facilities for the chill
dren now in the county. Congress is therefore
asked to extend such aid, either i'm the form of a
donation of the public lands, or an appropria-
ton of money for educational purposes as will
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system of education recently established for all
the children in the county of Washington.
MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
On Saturday night some vandals went into the
stone-shed south of the Capitol, where a num-
Der Of blocks Of stone were being cut for the
Government under the superintendent of Mr..
W. H. Huestis, and threw them off the blocks,
breaking the edges and corners, and OCCASION
ing a loss of about $50.
DEATH OF Mr.. W. b. MUsE.-Nr. Lindsay
Muse, for long series of years messenger to the
Secretary Of the Navy, has just received the sad
intelligence of the death OF his eldest son, W. Ii.
Muse, who died at sea while on his way home
from Calcutta. He was once a messenger to
the Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery. He leaves
wife in Liverpool.
TIE NATIONAL UNIVERSAL FRANCHISE Asso-
CIATIoN will hold meetings here next week
Tuesday and Wednesday, and the attendance of
1iiS sotoWc, MTs. hntnOny, Mrs. Cady stanton,
and other prominent women is promised, while
the managers also hold out the hope that Wen
dell Phillips will be on hand.
The Citizens Railroad Association will hold
their regular weekly meeting this evening in the
IAldermen's Chamber. City Hall, and will be adj
dressed by the Hon. Mr.. Hunter, OF Illinois, and
others.
CHICKEN THIEVES ABoUT.-Mr. Taylor, on
street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth had
anumber OF fine fowls stolen from his premises
last night.
DIR. RICHARD e. CEoGGoN, who was vester
day SO i'll with diphtberia. is hetfer this morn