National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-19
POLICE COURT PENOLLIBGS

REGULAR RECEPIlON Al
THE COURT OF PETTY JURISDICTION.
Just in the rear of the Franklin engine-house Is
q long dingy alley bOrdered with variegateu line
Of gloomy and dilapldatsd tenement houses, In
which dwell many Wretched and poveTty-stric.&sn
families, who live from day to day upon tIe Ieanty
crumbs which they may pereRSnee pick up by
doing little jobs or begging IN the streets Among
these people there resides a woman who devotes
her time solely to furnishing milk TO these wretch
ed mes, and upon this fluid they feed their
young-and plentiful enough they are, for at even.
tide, In passing up this darksome and filthy by
way, scores Of dirty little ragmuflns half clothed
and poorly fed, can be seen idling about on the
the curbstones and rolling In the dust and rubbish
Of the street: There this woman, Mary Hagerty,
supplies with milk from the limited dairy OF lew
seraWny and neglected cows. Upon this they
iced and IN many instances only THIS Is gne e ~ ~
the miserably appearing urchins from week 70
week. Weaned habes depended on II, while oloer
children made # the staff Of life.
From time to time sudden and unaccountAbie
deaths occurred among the unfortunate inmates
Of the unWholesome homes, and finally the police
force took measures to ascertain the cause Of the
distressing malady, as result Of which MARY
HRRerty was arrRignod before the Police Court on
the charge OF creating nuisance, by keeping q
COW stable" butthe gst Of the testimony revealed
vegetables, the poison Of which permeGted the
milk, and being drank by these children intro
dgeed the narcotic into their system, from the
effects Of which several Of them. Il is supposed
have died She was fined SIS and costa
THOMAS DARLINGTON
stood on his front doorstep picking his teeth, az
ter having encountered lively dinner OF pork
and beans with sundry other dishes interspersed
between He was apparently calm and collected,
serene perhaps is a better word, FOR o man with a
clear conscience in his breast, and pork and beans
with divers other substances Wedged Into his
gastronemioal apartment, and q wooden tooth
pick diagonRlly inserted In the cave Of some
dlapidsted molar, and yet Is not serene-can't
make q kind and RhectiOnate father. While
q, MIA
by the name Of Connor laid violent hands on an
other sellOW, and Immediately fierce struggle
ensued. Then old Mr.. GerraOce Connor WaltIed
across the street, and was interested In getting
an opportunity to crowd some shoe leather Tito
the young fellow whom his sDn had thrown and
was Furnishing severely.
Notwithstanding the Rfter-dinner serenity and
good nature Of Mr.. Babbington he didn't like tc
have 50 much noise directly in front of his resi-
denoe. So he triPPed suddenly down the steps,
and while the old gentleman. Conner, was exert
ing himself violently to sweep away the dome OF
the Young mans head with his heels Babbington
transferred three Of his front teeth to the rear
portion Of his eating apartment with his knucklet,
and then retired TO quiet reflection and sober
thought on his front steps, where he consider
for his lost ennmelled bones He was subse-
quently arrested and fined S25 for assaulting Con-
nor.
on the Island in many instances quite as ride
ulOus as they are serious The early morning
quiet is often broken by the sharp words Of two
or more angry disputants in some alley, who
have met on the curb near q pump, where they
halEWakened and scantily -clOthed Inhabitants Of
the place will hurry to the spot Just in time to
loin In the quarrel, and then lively scenes ensue.
Yesterday morning Tennie Bush was dispensing
to her husband James 3 few sharp words on the
subject Of domestic negligence, she having taken
q position on the sidewalk, through the eleYating
influence Of James boots, and there held forth
with no small elOQuence and some wild gestures.
Presently Jane Smith and Annie Rollins came
over to see about Il, while old Mrs. Peters across
the way prOtruded her wig through chamber
window, and gave her opinion Of what oughtto
be done. Now James was under the impression
that he could have quiet, snug little morning
brawl, with nobody but his wife as spectator, and
when these outsiders attempted 10
interest themselves he went down from his domI-
Gle to give those meddllng women his last fare
well. But James didn't. When he lifted his
right arm, with the intention Of destroying the
upper portion Of Jane Smiths structure, Annie
Rollins tWined her arms quickly about his neck,
and bent him backwards with o velocity that
created serious commotion in bis abdomen and
along the course Of his spine. Then Jane, with
much skill and prOmptRess, imbedded paving
brick near bis vest pocket, and struck him With
considerable energy in the nose because she
hadn't any more bricks to I'LL his other vest poek-
cts with. James had got down on the back OF his
take q vacation, but not being tired yet they
couldn't agree with him at all. Then Hamilton
Wilson came over, painting and blowing.
from the opposite corner and asked what the trOu-
BE was. But the girls, busy lItIle bees that they
we're, hadn't time to tell him, so he stripped his
coat and got battered right over the northern
ner ofhis Grecian brow with an oyster can. Then
be was foolish enough to mix himself up with the
finger nails and teeth Of Jane Smith. with only
1ne eye TO view the situation with. This would
rot have been so bad II Tennie Bush had kept out
II his back hair, and besides all Of his suspendsr
supports had been swept away at the outset which
naturally placed him at a great disadvantage.
About this time the rest Of the DeiEhborhood
warmed in, and were trying to get Interested
argely IN the trouble, when the wild and dreaded
ny Of police" scattered the entire crowd; so
hat by the time the officers arrived putting on the
3cene nothing remained but q quantity Of hair,
ZONE calico, few buttons and little blood. Al
Ter investigating the matter thoroughly the off,
,ers arrested i've Of the party, all Of whom were
lined IS each.
MISCELLANEOUS.
". E. and Joseph Sommers, charged with
yrHnd larceny Of q cable chain from the Eastern
Branch, belonging to the navy yard. The chain
vas worth 800, and had been attached to piles
md sunk under the water for the purpose Of eX-
with torpedoes, and It was removed
~ the accused and one John Mugge, who has
rot been arrested. The parties were sent to the
yrand jury. James LebTsnt,- larceny OF pigs
eet and pies from Harriet Robinson's restaurant
n Seventh street; hned go.