Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-02-03
LOCAL NEWS.

lETRREsTTxe GsoasArsnn t,AsRox r,,.,
Yesterday, IN the Court General Term. the
maker and the Farmers' and Mechanic.' ~
toDsl Bank, all Of Geor getown, Va eo,-
menced-Messrs. Jones and DAvidge Cor plain
tn, snd Cox and MstthewS for the deTenasnts
IL appears that In iS6S Hul purchased certain
prcpSrty OF the surviving trustees OF the bank,
located ~ the corner 81 Water and Potomac
parcels that Hin in January, 1854, CON
Neted the same 20 Shoemaker upyn Ger
tNih trusts, among Others 70 secure the
49, ~. certain notes, with interest;
tnAt ms object Was known 20 defendant. via,
The establishment OF a paRer nIle thsf
ne Proceeded 10 improve the same ana hroa ght
re re Ss,eI rom on. the canal A. motive power;
maj lie paid the Interest thereon A. $50 = small
psIt OF the principal; that he was given 10
UNDERSTAND that no further pavmrp. on the
risnS y, would DC required except eurtSil-
.neht OF Ten per cent. that the bank cansed tie
Iustee 70 advertise and sell the property. that
ne "a ACE The cost unnecessarily large sliyertisng
i ~ tnFSe hApersi that the advertisement did not
1SsSiloe ne property In four parcels but a.
Whole, and thereby deferred many tsersons
who may have been disposed Co parrbsse
TERED his rTouesf 20 SsoeS,.t La ne pre-
bank TO sell the property in distinct naTeela -
much a. would satisfy the debt-snd Al U.s
Tetnttd' mat when the property was put up
for sale he asNed 81 IL was 20 he sold in hmm,
ard receiving an affirmative answer. ne read q
notice that ne would contest the sale; that the
property wss started st 1900, aud there we're
al :. 600, az which Il was knocked down % the
bank; that the sum IL grossly Inadequate: thai
he paid 5000 for the property without the
Improvements; that the annual rent i
S,,oi250 He charges that the trustee acted
solely in the interest OF the bank and such
sale should not be permitted by the court 10 be
coisEmn'at ed. lie therefore prsys that the
sSie Ne ~ ASIDE; thst Shoemaker be restrained
ron conveying the property; that reference
ue Lhd 70 The auditor % state the Indebtedness
ol complainant that after such indebtedness Is
80 ,ba ne property DC sold in parcels 10
The defendant the bank denies that the in
DeIesI was PAD semi annually; asserts that
complainant az times failed % nav the insnr-
ance; that the bank was frequently OBLIGED "a
call Tor the payment OF interest ana Insurance.
oy resointioni further assert that by resolution
passed May i, ls,A, the trustee WAS directed IN
proceed 20 sell. They deny that plaintiff vas
given 10 understand that no further pavmept
would be required provided the interest ,sss
pad. The defendant Shoemaker denies that
persons were deferred frem becoming purchas-
ers by reason Of the form OF advertisements. de-
MES that complainant could distribute the
water obtained from the canal among the seye-
raj parcels, and asserts that the Only obstacle
onered was by plaiDuh reading the protest AZ
the sale; that the sale was regular, and the bank
was me ooad 90, purchaser at the price, which
Is a good enc for the property.
The court Judge wyiiel on the nth of .Tuue
last made decree continuing the iniunction
for thirty DAYS, 20 be dissolved az that time
, aniess llailun pay the bank the principal, in
teIesi and costs The complainant appealed.
Tie argument was concluded to-day.
INDICTMENTS BY THE GRAND JrRY.-The
grand jury OF the December term OF the Grim
maj Court to-day concluded their labOrs, and
we're discharged with the thanks OF the court
Among other indictments filed in the court to
day a. true bills, were the following Edward
\. Williams and james X. Moore for s.unlaw
fully taking and carrying away papers from
the place where they had been deposited, in
tended 10 be used 70 procure the payment OF
money: james PeytOn, assault with Intent u
Kill and resisting officer Peter r. Slicker, lar
ceny; Henry Harrison, burglary: Geo. Room.
Preston Brooks, Reuben George aud Henry
Brooks. robbery; James Connolly, burglary:
Isaac Nalker, robbery Budd Warner, do. aud
Edward +. Leon, Mary Roth aud Catberine
Babc0ck Tor mansiaughter, i'm having. on the
sth OF January last, committed an assault on
ne person OF Susan Mclaughlin. with a GER
tam instrument, with intent % produce a mis-
carriage, and thereby caused the death OF the