Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-10-19
The WOman's Printing Ofice.
HOLMES AND HOLMES WORKING TOGETHER

HOLMES AND HOLMES WORKING TOGETHER
AGAIN.
Iiey Go Into the Injunction Busipess.
To-day James III. Holmes filed bill for in
Junction against Margaret G. O'Brieu 10 re-
strain said defendant from proceeding at law
against him. He sets forth that he is a publisher
foundry, and was recently doing business at No.
6S2 street; that he bought the office, and it was
conducted by him and s'fOr the sole purpose of
educating Julia A. Holmes, his wife, in the
pruning business, and giving her mind Occupa-
lon; he constituted her his agent, as a suit
aoie person TO attend to the wants of his en-
LlOyers' who were women, and that considering
the interest OF his wife and himself as one, and
the same bills were frequently made ont as
against Julia A. Holmes, his wife, which bills he
mas always paid himself with his own money,
ms vile acting only as his agent; and that
thus the printing establishment became gener-
ally known as the "Women's Printing Ofice:n
that on the 2lst day of September, 1871, his said
wife. Julia A. Holmes, instigated by one Mar
garet {. O'Brien and others, suddenly aban-
doned his bed and board, and the said wife,
simulated by the said Margaret G. O'Brien
and under the pretext that an equal share of the
business of printing and stereotyping belonged
to the said Julia A. Holmes, she was induced to
conspire with the said Margaret G. O'Brien to
fTauduently obtain possession of his the said
James II. Holmes property, and to that end the
sald Wie executed pretended bill OF sale to
convey to the said Margaret G. O'Brien not any
pretended interest, but the entire material per-
tanning TO the said printing Office and stereo-
type foundry, worth at least 81 200, for the
pretended consideration of debt OF s17s or
S2o, winch the said James III. Holmes owes
one margaret Z. O'Brien, and which, by an
explicit verbal agreement, he was to paw
IN tie months of February or March, 1872.
and upon this pretended or fraudulent sale the
said Margaret &. O'Brien obtained a writ of re-
Pleyin or undertaking in the Circuit Court of
the District of Columbia, on the 9th day of Sep
tember. lSl1; and instigating Julia A. Holmes
ing Office and stereotype foundry, the said Mar
garet G.. O'Brien then removed the said office
and foundry, doing damage to the amount of
thirty dollars, and thereby entirely arrestng and
stopping the printing business of the said James
ID. Holmes, to the further damage of ten dollars
per day since the said 9th day of September,
l6'i when the property was taken from him,
until the present time"
DOUBLE TRACK FOR THE COLUMBIA
STREET RAILwAY.-The directors of the CO.
lumhia Street Railway Company held meeting
on Tuesday night, and statements were sub.
united showing that during the time the road
mad been In operation (abOut two months) the
average number of person passing over it daily
was about seventeen hundred, and the gross
receipts nearly 5000 per day. A surplus of over
$1,000 OF receipts over running expenses had
accrued, and had been invested at six Der cent
a resolution was adopted directing the executive
committee TO proceed at once 10 Law another
track, making it double all the way, and a
sufficient number of reserved shares to paw this
auuiuohai expense were ordered to be sold.
The NINE HOURS LABOR RIFLE ADOPTED ON
DISTRICT w ORK.-Ihe Board of Public Works
are about TO issue a general order directing that
the laborers on the public works throughout the
District stop work every day at O'Clock D. m
making nine hours a days labor. This will be
done in view of the DAYS being so short at this
season OF the year, and at the suggestion of the
several superintendents of work, who saw the
men have promised to be more attentive during
the working hours, and make up in Increased
energy the loss of time.
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REAL ESTATE SALEs.-Thomas W. FowIer
real estate agent, 500 street, has sold for w
VI. humphrey, to Messrs. Howser & Jones
three-stoTy brick house On 9th street, between
" ana 4 Tor g, 800; also, for Jacob ID. Hutton
one OF the same class of houses, to f. W. How.
ara, Tor $500; fO- NJ. l.. Howser ct al, ~. OO0
ieet OF ground corner of Boundary and nth
streets, for 800; for Mrs. +. W. PettibOne lots
10, 81, and G2, square s29, for $685.
FRESH READING MATTER-Shillingto and
y. L. Parker send us Godey's Lady's Book for
November, and the latter sends Hdrper's WsekIv
LOT october 18th, filled with illustrations of the
ChlcagO fire. We have BLdckloood's M1gnxfne for
october, an interesting number, from James u,
hirVand, 9O9 Pennsylvania avenue.
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BUILDING PERMIT.-A permit has been issued
10 81 j. Hill for four story and cellar brick adj
dition to the hotel building corner of Indiana
avenue and I'd street.