Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-26
THE COIRTN.

keeping gambling houses, the tOrfeItures Of
recpgniZsrces were RENTED, pleas or not guilty
were entered, and the cases continued.
CIRCUIT COURT, Judge kdeArtiur.-Tebbetts
w. Wright; verdict for plaintiff for 80 ,05i with
interest. Mr.. Stanton filed motion for new
trial on executions. Fellows, Hoffman & Co.
Hilleary; leave to amend and judgment for
$500, with stay OF execut on for % days.
Crouch vs.. Washington and Georgetown Ice
Company; on trial.
POLICE COURT, Jgdqs SneU.-To-day, Ed
ward Grimes and Robert Mcdaniel, charged
with stealing bag of corn; continued Joseph
Young, assault on Eliza Mcdonald. This APP
Peared to be freak of jealousy on the part OF
joseph, who saw Eliza talking to another man.
Judge.-'.Are you married TO him." Eliza
Hes my husband, but l amt married /"
hut ~ are
Costs Robert Allison, assault and battery on
Josephine Allison, his wife, both colored.
pleaded guilty; fined $40 and cost, and 800
bonds to keep the peace. Betty Ann johnson,
colOIed, charged with stealing a slaughtered
chicken, worth 81. Betty Ann had caught a
neighbor's chicken in her house and w-ung its
neck before she could be prevented, and hid ii
under her bed. The larceny was not proved,
and Betty was dismissed. Geo. McKendrick,
charged with assault and battery on James
Parker, plead guilty, but in justification OF him
self said he was intoxicated; fined $40. Wesley
Lewis, Captain of an oyster slOOp, was up on
the charge OF selling unsound oysters. Lewis
is some two hundred miles from home
with load of oysters, which the inspector has
condemned. Mr.. Frank Gloss, counsel for de-
PENDANT, stated that his client was arrested last
Friday and had some six witnesses to prove that
the oysters were perfectly sound and wholesome.
and was anxious for a disposal of the case. At
tCrney Miller said he not ready and the c Ase
had TO be postponed to give Mr.. Miller few
days to get up his witnesses. VIM. Norment,
cOlOred, charged with getting drunk and dis
turbing the quiet of Georgetown by cursing in
public; fined s. Abraham Walker, an idle and
disorderly person, found lettering about the
Northern Market; wOrkhouse. Kate Cavanaugh,
charged with being drunk and disOrderly; fined
50. James Ryan, fast young rEan caught with
sn.d So snoI n IN NE Dy H.
Harris and Mills, charged with dourshing
navy revolver in the streets; finedS $50. Michael
O'Shea, charged with using loud and boistcrous
language on Ill street; forfeited his collateral,
$40. Wesley johnson, assault and battery on
John Hill, both colored; fined 80. WIZ. Twom-
Der, assault and battery on Theodore Gsssaway;
fined - Recess.
DEATH OF LAWRENCE j. O'TooLE-This
morning Mr.. w. H. Dempsey received 3 tele-
at Aiken, s. C., of his business partner. Law
renee j. 0'Toole. In September last Mr.. O'Yeole
was very sick with typhoid fever in this civ,
GENTLY recovered his physician ad vised him 70
visit milderelimate for hiE health; but the dis
ease was too deeply seated, and he grew worse
until death relieved him of his sufferings. He
was about thirty-tour years OF age. Numerous
friends in this city will mourn Lis decease.
BOLD ROBBERY was c0mmit<ed at the store
of MIR. l.. II. Schneider, No. 1910 Pennsylvania
avenue. between 9th sxd 10th streets. las: night.
by breaking one of his plate glass windows, and
abstracting pistols, cutlery, &C., valued at about
$50 The lower part Of the glass was badly
and will require O new glass. There
see ms to be an organized gang of this Kind of
plunderers in this city, as a similar robbery is
noticed elsewhere in our paper, and An attempt
was made last night to rob Burns shoe store in
the same way.
BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC X. r. DEPoT.-
i he baltimore and Potomac railroad have pur.
chased lots 4, B, and :, square 1873, fronting on
Virginia avenue and South ID street. between
AZ and 9th streets, extending from the Island
baptist church to the corner of 9th street-in all
about 10000 feet of greund-on which they
propose to erect a freight depot The present
occupants of the ground will leave II by We'd
ncsday, and the erection of the buildings will be
commenced immediately.
THE FURNITURE IN MoRRIsoN's BUILDING.
M essfe- Moses and thinner man, furniture deal
ers, made an examination this afternoon of the
District buildings on street. to take an inven-
tory OF the furniture, carpets, &c, furnished
BY MI. Nj knight, as they were directed to do
this morning by the House Committee on the
District. Every facility was afforded them.
MAN CRUSHED TO DKATH-Richard Will
Iiams, white laborer employed by Dir. J.V. W.
andenburg, contractor, was digging under a
bank near the corner of Virginia avenue and q
street. in the First Ward, this morning when
IL caved In upon him and crushed him to death
His body was removed to his late residence in
Prather's alley.
NEW PCBLIcATIoEs.-From James L. Ker-
wand We have HdrpeT's Ra<dr and the LaID's
Journal Tor March 9Th.