Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-01

co ored No m wi lie tandi ~ in his at at IN,
correr OF 1nti s,r.et aud Rhode Island avenue
yesSerr " ( etrCor, struck bis no sc a sharp
hiow, which cen ed the animal - spr,ng sud
derlS forward Bon ~. being a on = arm ID
nan. l-@t his bslsrcs and fell 'av ly II tue
erou1I sal ng his head on The curb. Hew.s
ihorght By the crowitp be de I'd: but d WIN
ter, who lad been n, Hor, soon r stored him to
consciou>r and found upon ex am alton th a.
altbough b. had rec ived severe scalp wound,
the skull WIS not broken.
SURPRISING AN INToLERABLs Nuisance.
FREQUENT complaints have been made at poIice
be Gqrarters lately by residents near the iIth
street circle concerning the alleged ru lie ani
obScepe conduct of persO"s visiting the circle
and l'st night the police arrested Judson Tsy-
lor, AUGUSTUS Wells, Joshua Black and NJ artna
Washington, all colored, and took them ID the
station house, charged with indecent exp1sure
A strict watch is here after to be kept on the
pad characters who frequent the public reser-
vatiOns.
MURDER ISDICrNRNTs.-To-day. the grand
jury return ! true bills OF indictment again.t
HeZeklah Edwards charged " It'll the murder of
Robert Humhird in August last; Daniel alias
Buck Brown. for the murder of VIM. Babhiuy-
ton. on the 3Ist OF August last; Barney Wood
with The murder of Samuel NJ. Chez semsn, on
the 18th of August last; and Frederick DeKraft
and William Psdgett, for the murder of Peter
Bennett on the 26th OF August last.
THE GRAND REPUBLICAN Mass MEETING
to be he'll at Lincoln Hall Thursday, October ;,
Will undoubtedly be a very interesting affair,
and should be attended by all concerned in tbs
welwaTe of the District. as gentlemen connected
with the District government will be present TO
explain the progress of imprOvem and pre-
sent important facts of interest to the people.
KILLED BY A FALL PROM STREET CAR
MIR. Allen X. Benner, a clerk in the Ordnance
street car at the corner of eth street and Penn
sylvana avenue about two weeks since tas
stated in THE STAR at the time. died Yesterday
afternoon at his residence, on 18th street. He
w fhFna oh
THE CsURTs.
SPECIAL TERM, Judge Wylie-To-day. the
September special term Wa convened and
quite an amount of routine busin IS transacted
Ihe most important was the granting Of leave
TO hle an amended bill in the c"se of MattingIy
ct al. against District of Columbia. Gth street
injunction case.) On motion of Mr.. Lambert
an order was made restraining the issuing of
the special tax certificates for the work until
the fnrther order of the court. The rule is made
returnable on Thursday, October 18th.
CRIMINAL COURT, Judge Humphreys.-T,
day, Ernst Wangeman, assault and battery,
(appeal;l recognlzance forfeited and appeal
dismissed: Dennis Burns, assault and battery
Drury for defence. Charity Parker, CHI arged
with the larceny of silver spoons, &C., was found
not guilty; Wiswell for defence.
PROBATE COURT, Judge Wylie.-To-day. the
will of the late Richard c. CrOggon, bequeathing
bis estate to his wife was filed, and a cayeat
thereon was fled. The will of the late Mary i.
Thorn, bequeathing her estate to her relatives,
was MED. The will Of Thomas K. Bean was
MED. He hequeaths his estate to his mother
The will of Dennis Murphy was filed, fully
proven and admitted to probate and record
Letters testamentaTy were issued to Mary NIr-
Iny, hlS eNecutrlN; bond $4,000. The will of
John Bayne was fully proven and admitted to
probate and record, ami the executors qualified;
bond SO, 900.
POLICE COURT, Jpdgs Mails Yesterday.
after our report closed, Frank Forman and
Thomas Talbert, for assault and battery on
Robert Carter, were fined 80 each and costs
james Cant, colOred, charged with stealing a
watch valued at SO, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to sixty days in jail W. H. James,
charged with the larceny of $50 worth of Ium'
Der from ID. j: Mccarthy. The lumber was
taken from 18th street where it was living" in
broad daylight; fined so, or three months in
jail: James Foley and James III. Turby, disor-
derly in Georgetown; fined s. each. f. j.
razor. The judge said this practice of carving
razors must be broken up, and he fined the a..
cused go. Robert Buchanan, loud and bolster
Gus ia king in Tennallytown; fined s.. Maggie
Morris, drunk and profane; fined So. Peter
Gerring and Michael Taft forfeited col
lateral on charge of disorderly conduct
David Bell, same, Jerry Maxwell, loud and
boisterous; s.. Elizabeth Herbert, same; 40.
John Landers, forfeited collateral. s. Fishman,
charged with harboring vicious dog that bit
Francis Quirk, small boy; dog ordered to be
entlcing prostitution; -. Maggie Hughes. di,-
turbing the quiet of Georgetown by too much
loose tongue: So. VIM. Curtis, Indecent eyno-
sure in Georgetown; So Anna Bell and Fanny
Belmont, loud and boisterOus talking in George
town; So each. James Elwood, diSOrderly in
Georgetown, IS. John L. King, profanity; 80.
Charles Kent, same; 50. Charles Emery
charged with throwing stones in the street; S.
George Lyles, disorderly in Georgetown; -.
Daniel Hill, a stout built white man, charged
with stealing pair OF shoes from the ST ore of
Louis Heilborn; 10 days in Jail.
TO-DAY
Benjamin Dyson, cOlored, was charged with
with larceny of $40 in greenbacks from j. H.
mony was taken and the case was then post
poned for further he airing. "Gentle Annie"
charged with assault and battery on Annie
Miller: 50 George Goats and James Buchanan
charged with the larceny OF S3S from Michael
Mccormick; case cOntir ued. Andrew johnson
charged with assault on Allen Mason; continued
John Ferguson, colOred, assault and battery on
Omcer Sullivan. The accused, il is alleged
was engaged in a riotous crowd, and on the
officer attempting to arrest him. he cut at him
with a razor and tried to run away, when he
was caught and secured; $40. John Cam,
assault and battery on Rosa Beyer-
ly; 80. James Green, cOlored, malicious tres
pass on the premises of the District OF Column
bia; 50. Elizabeth Beaman charged with petit
larceny, was seized with fit in the dock aud
had to be carried out. VIM. Sweeney. charged
with assault and battery on Michael W. RYAN,
case suspended for witnesses. Catherine Davis
charged with profanity; forfeited her colIatera =.
Lewis Mcpherson, same. Ellen Long, Anna
Pumpkin, and Lucy Turner. charged with loud
and George Williams, same offence; - each.