Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-02
THE COCRTA


COURT IN GENERAL TERM TODAY, n the
court in General Term, the case of Harmon against
M0ffitt was resumed.
POLICE COURT, ysdss Sa,H.-Yesterday. in the
soap without license, it attempted to be shown
in evidence that the soap manufactured in this
procuring license: The testimony did not salts;
the court that such wa. tSs fat snS he :: fined
tie Of an appeal. and the Judge hxed the amount Of
ward. paid his R' ns Ann EDWARDS. coiofed CHARGED
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Il, Without costs. nu Adjourned III "'' 'ee "'S0
MsreeIlus Mitchell. charged with using profane
FSniSun WAN Res. an S' Melville Wilson di.Cr
DERBY and obstructing crossing: fined SIS and costs
i0F .sy
nth . sn.isiES ives nea ss sse stated
horse by overlooking him, was lined IS. Emil,
street VIZ. sneS vs. " Henry SG DeWo eSsfsed with
COSTS RsDsei Hansen Charged With being s vssrsnt
REQUIRED to give bonds good be hevior SIX months
stealing az chickens from Neston Reed. valued q
S3; fined So and coats. John Kicker, charged with
% the e';s 81
fence; lined s.. George ana Rosa Davis, eoiored,
Margaret Young and Alice stewart colOred charged
Tl'h the ssne ohepcs; fined - each. Edward
samuel Farrell; fined . and so.is EfiaaSeih
Brown coiored, charged with stealing number OF
articles Of female wearing apparel; sent to reform
school three years.
Robert Reed chared With commit.ins an assault
on Martha Reed, his wife Marths te s,hed thar her
s Sss
money to buy the children clothes, and he knocked
mince meat fined s6 and required to enter bonds Of
Sleo to keep the peace six months.
Horace Hawkins, charged with making threats Of
personal violence to Henry Harris; both colored
Charged with committing 1's an assault on Thomas
Doyle, white boy, b. throwing stone and cutting
missed The United stsses as Grant color
ed Sharg.d With laTseny Of ed pencil and Sc in
stealing hog valued at 8 is from sam lawson. Law.
son told his story about losing his SOW last sunday
charge not sustained and case dismissed.
wHoLRsALE STEALING OF CARPENTERS
ToOLs.-The carpenters tools stolen by the
thief John Putnam, whose case was noted q
few days ago in the police reports, continue To
be brought in by Detectives Ceomes and Mil
Ter, and thus far rome hundreds have been col
lected. To-day the officers are restoring many
of them at head4uar tiers to their proper owners,
who are identifying them. Some hundreds Of
every tool known to the trade, and already the
list Of losers number twenty or thirty, some Of
whom have recovered every tool stolen from
them.
The CHANNEL Preparations
for the Dredging.-The contractors for dredging
the channel between AnalOstan Island and the
Long Bridge are now constructing their dredg
ing machines on the wharf at the foot OF Wash
iDgton street, Georgetown. nearly twenty work
men being employed. The engines and ma
chinery are on the way from Cleveland, and it
is proposed to commence ,the work of dredging
within ten days, from AnalOstan Island down
the river, the deposits to be used for filling up
on the Virginia side.
FROM John G. Parker We have the Orer'and
Monthly, always attractive for November and
the " Illustrated Annual OF Phrenology and
Physiology" for 1871. From j. ShillingtOn we
have Q copy Of the cheap (2O-cent) edition of
Edwin brood. published by the Appletons;
also, Appleton's Journal for November IL.
MEETING OF NJ. Z. BIeHOPs.-On Friday, 9Th
instant, the annual meeting Of the Bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church takes place in
Baltimore. The time and presiding Bishop of