Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-10
LOCAL NEWS.


oi clerks IN Tie once OF the secretary of the
Treasury and an equal number from the Sec
ond Auditors Office took place al Willard
Han last night. and resulted in a victory for
The employees at the Second Auditor. Mr..
II. Haynes. OF the Post One department.
acted a umpire. W TN A. +. Wright aud - T.
kimhall as refe. ecs. Mr.. John Tweeiaie. OF
tne Wardepartment, sciet as pedasosue. Mr..
howars l. Prince led the spoilers from the
Secrctary's Office. with the following asso-
crates: MessrS. Gilfiilan. Gardiner. Adams,
Stunievant Bahoock. oConnor. nr Kim
ssii, creen. Johnson. Sproenger. I.anderS,
LYMAN, DE Maitos and Hall. Mr.. =. =. Gard
ntr, oi the Second Auditors Office brought
Parmen,er' MeSTond gRsn nsh,I.ls Messrs'
Ssllth, Bailey. Reed. Heull. Bartlett Wilson.
Willis, Stutzman, Muller and Purmsn. After
The Second Auditors clerks had spelled down
the employees In the Secretary'S ofiics hnf two
Of the former. MesSrs. Bartlett and Wilson
remained. The contest was carried on for
when Mr. Wilson failed Ia spell .'geoteSvS
and nr. y VI. Bartlett was declared the VIM
ner, the prize being sss.
spelling match also took place at The
North Baptist church, On lith street last
night. The sides were follows: Led hV ~.
r wiswall-MrS. Pomeroy, Mrs. Gitt, Mrs.
Clark. Mr.. MnSiow. Mr. J. n. Walker. Nc.
Gray. Mr. FarleSs and Mr.. Callahan. La
10y a. II. Johnston-Mr Abbey. Mrs John
sion. Mrs. Hogan. Mr. James Mr.. Johnston.
Mr.. Git. Mrs. Chandler, Mr.. Libby, Misc
Emma Gray. nr. Edward Young. chief
81 The bur- an of statistics. and Mr.. Zaimon
j. r. Patterson pclagogue. After a closely
contested match, Mr. J. Il. walkef was ..left
alone IN his glory" and was presented with
the prize, a handsome chrome
THREE DIVORCE CAsEs-Judge wyliehas
within the past few days made three DEGREES
i'm divorce eases The first was ia the case of
Maria Bell Weigle formerly SirotherD
against \ lberi ]. Weigle. The petition sets
forth that they were married In ~. Paul's
Lutheran church Nav n. is32 by Rev. Mr.
Butler; tina; she was taken To Cincinnati 10y
her husband i'm October, lsa2 and was de
serted by him on the 9Th OF November fol-
lowing and her friends provided means for
her return 10 this city: that during the six
months he nNed with her he spent SJo1 of
her money. The decree gives the petitioner
the right tn resume her maiden name. Mrs.
h. A. lockwood appeared for petitioner, and
Mr.. j. y. oliver took the testimony.
John L. Hutchison against Martha 4. !.
Hutchinson. These parties We're married by
Rev. Mr.. Holmead in June, 1854. and petit
Homer charges that In 1873 defendant came
home from an excursion intoxicated and at
tempted to klll him with a hatcnet; that
they have not lived together since, owing TO
ncr REFUSAL 10 remain AT home. And he fur
ther charges that she was i'm the habit of
ircquenting houses Of ill-fame. and COM
mltted adultery on tac LIST Of February lat
IN a house ON ilth street, above PennSylva-
ma avenue. Tie petitioner. In his testimony
says, that or Two occasions she tried 10 XIII
hltn and al another time tried 10 blind him
with red pepper. The testimony as 10 adul-
terry on the lst of February last is that of two
peared for the plaintiff, and Mr.. L. -. Andcr-
son took the testimony.
Evanina =. Zen formerly Evans against
thaS. A. Bell. The parties were married here
IN December. lSi6; have had three children,
and she charges him with cruel treatment.
such as slapping her jaws, &C. The defend
ant put IN an answer. denying the charges
made. The petitioner was represented by
Mr.. John Selten, and the testimony n ken
by Mr.. Johnson.
A PoLICFNAN's "DoRGs."-The following
was received this morning by Judge Smell, OF
WASHINGTON. April . 1875
Your HOa0r--l would most respectfully ask
| that yen cause To be removed from premises
/ by George w. Nokes, Met, police, a
| nuisance i'm the shape of three or four dogs.
| who keep up an almost continued barking
and bowling, night and day, making II very
| diSagreeable 10 reside in the neighbOrboo1.
! 1 have endured the nuisance now over six
years, until il has become intolerable, grow
| ing worse every year. The dogs seem 70 en-
| Joy a privilege denied TO the drunken loafer.
! who Is not allowed to break the stiffness OF
! midnight, under penalty of arrest by the
/ police, while a policeman's dogs enjoy with
| out stint that privilege. j have complained
| to Major Richards, but IL was not of much
| avail. The dogs were temporarily quieted,
1 but now they have grown worse than ever;
! and L appeal To you for protection i'm this
| case. And your petitioner will ever pray.
j. ID. ODoNNELL,
| al Sth street southeast (druggistl.
| Judge Smell endorsed il follows: RE
spectfully referred To Mr.. Birney, district
| attorney"
MIR. Birney endorsed it as follows: RE
| specially referred To Mr.. \. Il. Browne, At
| torrey Board of Health"
Mr.. b. has TIE case under advisement.
THE BALLARD PAVING CoMPANY's SUIT
| AGAINST THE DISTRICT FOR SlcD,0sa.-To-
! day, in the Circuit Court. Judge Cartier. the
| case of the Ballard Paving company asaiDsf
/ the District Of columbia; was near1 on de
| murcr-MT. j. A. Grow for plaintiff, and
| Mr.. Stanton for defendant. The plaintiffs
| sue for 100000, which sum, they allege, the
| District became liable for, because ON the
\ 10Th OF December, lss2, the Board of Pablo
| WORKS accepted proposition that they
| should lay quantity of Ballard pavement
! al stipulated price that after accepting
| The proposition and notifying the plaintiff of
| the acceptance they (plaintin) became bound
| 10 DO the work and made preparations for its
| execution, and the board became bound tos
| designate the streets where the work was Ia
| be done, but they neglected and refused TO
designate such streets. The demurrer raises
| the point that the declaration was ba A. as n
did lot show that the contract was made nv
l authority of the Board of Public Works The
Jt'rt sus tained the demurrer and gave leave
10 amenu.
BARNUM's woRLn's EAIR-P. T. Pa.
mum Circus and Menagerie VIII make IT,
appearance in this city Monday morning.
a.ld The grand parade will take place imoe.
dlately after. Two exhibitions will be give,
Oh 9TH street lot, one i'm the afternoon fhe
otnef I'M the evening during the week Tho
press throughout the country, in referring IN
the entertainment, speak in terms of Ion5
praise OF the various features of the pro-
gIamlne, which are much the same as those
witnessed I'm every first class circus thouVh
BaInum has the credit of exhibiting more
FEATURES than any other Snowman living
Ihere ~ a good mena gerie ACCOMPANYING the
circus Tor the entertainment OF those who
love Inc study of natural history, and a great
variety OF curious things that will Interest
every body. In The ring none but firSt-class
actors are employed, and the horses are said
10 De very fne. There is no doubt the show
Il richly worth all ii costs TO see it,
HUNDRED CHANGES AT POLICE HEAD
oCARTERs.-A rumor is i'm circulation To-
Gay, and based upon pretty good authority,
that The Police Commissioners at their LAST
meeting arrived al the following conclusions:
The offlce OF chief offdetectives TO be abol-
ished, and the officers of that force TO be
under the immediate direction and SUPER
vision of Major Richards Capt. Brock 10
take charge of the telegraph instruments at
headquarters, vice MY. Holly, to be removed;
Mr.. tLazenby, secretary 70 the Commits
sloners, 10 exchange places with Mr.. George
X. Herrick, property clerk. The lieutenants
10 make their daily reports 10 Capt. Brock,
whose office is 10 be on the basement floor
These IN Is ..s.a.