Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-19
THE COURTs.

Yesterday, Biglow agt. CLARK ct al; pro
ratified. Hevener agt. Dockendorff; injanc-
tion awarded and fund ordered TO be paid re-
ceiver. Lake agt. Howard University; re-
cession of contract and for specific sum.
Waters agt. Warner; injunction until final
bearing. Tucker and Sherman agt lane;
decree for sale. Schultze CT al; do. RIcu-
ards agt. Collector OF Taxes. Gallant agt.
son; do.
PROBATE CouRr-y,dge O1l
Yesterday, an exemgiifled copy the win
OF Sarah T !, "sl ha was MED and nd
quests 10 number of relatives and friends.
She leaves her house in this city to the trus-
tees Of Nashatah House, an ddstit9tlon OF
sin; one thousand dollars TO the domestic
and foreign missionary society of the p. E.
BISHOP s cab mission of Minnesota. I'm Tn
re estate of Emanuel Engel; decree appoint
ing Chris Engel administrator. In re estate
OF Richard L. Sanders; order that letters
issue to Harriet Sanders. The will of the
late Leah l.. G.. Wilson was dled and order
OF publicat ton directed. In re will of George
A; N0len; decree appointing Ellis Spear ad-
Abraham Myers was appointed guardian to
Sarah L., Louie d. and Mari Annie Myers.
In re estate Of A. G. Hildebrand; application
for letters Of administration nled and pub
licatiOn directed. In re estate OF George A.
Munro; Samuel Ker appointed guardian to
minor heirs. In re estate OF Alexander Ball;
decree granting letters to widow. In re es-
tate of Julia Dowd; decree finally ratifying
sales. The will OF the late Catherine Brown.
The will of the late Mary Ann Harvey was
filed.
POLICE COURT, Judge Shell.
Yesterday, III. Ghash, charged with cast
ng rubbish on the street; 81. Henrietta
Bruce and Mary Lawson, prostitutes and
sent down for thirty days. Kate White,
loud; 50. John Dugan, an old vagrant, was
sent down. p. Campell, loud and 6oisterous;
eft
Curtis, same; S5. Elizabeth Dishear, pro.
family; So. James Towles was charged with
being the owner Of fierce and vicious dog
and with permitting 1t to roam at large
without muzzle. Mr.. Towles stated to the
court that the dog could not bite, as it hal
lost all Its teeth but one old stump. No
proof was shown that the dog had bitten COM
plainant, and the court dismissed the case,
advising Mr.. TOwles to pull out the remain
ing stump OF the dogs tooth. VIM Kennedy,
loud and boisterous; SIS. VIM. Smith, loud;
IS. Martha n. Savoy, do. Warren SorreI,
do. Alexander Young and Isaac strother,
tory; SO each or 80 days. j. Curtin, loud; S..
Robert Nelson, threats to Francis Linkins;
500 bonds to keep the peace. Francis Lin
Keep the peace towards Nelson. Lizzie
Brown, larceny of some ladies' clothing,
altogether worth $50, from T.: M. Hall,
for six months. Lizzie is an old thief, her
racket" being to go into service with pri-
vate families and rob the premises and
recovered the clothing. This same officer
caught her about one year ago under similar
circumstances, and She served several
to VIM. Bowman; 500 bonds to keep the
peace. Henry Archie, larceny of watch
from francisco Laveroni; $40, or thirty days
schlosser; 81 and costs. Mary Bell, threats
to Harriet Whitehead; 800 bonds to keep
the peace VIM. Johnson, larceny OF a hat
from A. Blundon; $50, or sixty days. Asbury
Jones was fined as for an assault.
TO-DAY.
z. A. LawrensOn was charged with keep
ing vicious dog unmuzzled; dog ordered to
TWO WOMEN wRANGLING OVER CHILD.
Mary +. Coleman and Fanny Bland, loud
and bOisterous talking. The testimony de-
came into possession of an infant child from
the Bland woman. Coleman has raised the
child without any aid from Bland until now.
get possession OF the child, which Is now near
eight years old, and the result is quarreling
and wrangling whenever the two women
meet. Coleman claims that she having
thus far taken care of it, Bland has no right
to ii, and further that Bland is not the mo-
Their. The court said the only way to settle
as 70 the charge OF using loud and boistsrous
Language, he lined Bland IS and dismissed
Coleman.
ALL SORTS.
Emma Hall, loud; So. William LasselIe,
same; So. Michael Terry, prOfane In the
street; So. James Mckenzie, same charge
lige, assault and battery; SIS. Cora Lee, as
sault and battery on John III. Warner; s.
and costs. Christopher Tyler, larceny OF
Dag OF hour; $50 and costs or sixty days in
jail.
CRUEL sTEP-FATHER.
Richard Gathers was charged with as
sault and battery on John Fox. This was a
case of alleged unmercifuI whipping by a
cOlored man Of his stepson, a small coiOred
boy, the reasons for it being that the boy
boys back showed severe marks of heavy
leather strap used by Gather and OF horse
whip used oy the mother Of the lad. The
ated by the blows, and the court said the
castigatiOn was unmerciful and inhumau.
The wife OF Gather was not In court on ac-
costs, very light punishment for the
offence.
AN ABSENT WITNESS.
charged with assault and battery on e. d.
Dudley on board Of the ferry boat "City OF
Alexandria," on the 18th inst. Complaining
S Witness not appearing defendants had to be
bring In said witness, to be dealt with for
contempt William Darlington, q white boy,
was charged with the larceny OF 2 pocket:
jury-bOnds $500.
PAYING HIMSELF.
JOsepn hOOerts, charged Win em0eZzIing
and converting to his own use q doub case
gold watch, worth $50, the property of j. n.
BalImyer, but temporarily In the possession
O. II: n. aempler, jeweler, for repairs.
jeweler In the store Of Mr.. Hempler, and In
reply to the arraignment said that he pawned
the watch for Sl5, as Hempler owed him
money which he could not pay. The case
was sent to the grand jury. bonds being fixed
at $500. He was then arraigned on q similar
charge, the watch in this case being an OPEN
face gold one, the property of o. ID. Barrett,
which had been left in the custody of Mr..
Hempler for repairs; grand jury-bonds $500.
Andrew Williams, assault and battery on
Henry. Turner with q razor, on the Sd May
last; six months In jail.
ACCIDENT ON THE BALTIMORE & OHIO
RAILRoAD.-On Sunday morning last the
express train on the Pittsburg division of
the baltimore and Ohio railroad, leaving
Cumberland, Md, at a. m, struck q land
slide near Ursina, eighty-seven miles from
Pittsburg, and the engine, baggage car and q