Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-24
THE COURTS.
POLICE CouRr-.T,usoe Min

POLICE CoURT-J,sloe MUS, pro ten.
To-day, Norah DickInson, keeper of a
dered 10 Hill The animal. Patrick Mcclure,
forfeited collateral. Pat. Mullins, drunk
and disorderly; So. Josephine Miles, loud;
Tanning, loud and boisterous; Judgment
suspended. Chss. H Jourdan, profanity;
continued. Chas. johnson, same charge; SIS.
profane; s.. Frank Cassidy; forfeited. John
Meehan; do. Lewis Lyles; forfeited. Jas
A. Larry, profanity and Indecent exposure;
do. Stephen Hanlou, throwing Stones; az
John Gray, profanity; 80. Nettie Bowman,
same; s5. Chas. Tascoe, same; Is. Myry
A an snticins prostitution; $40 Lucinda
IS. Olivia Caldwell, enticing prostitution;
SO. Alice Fitzgerald, same; $40. Margaret
Thomas; forfeited. Garrett simms; same
LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF THE BOARD OF
HEALTH IN QUESTION.
VIM. Stinchcomb, charged with maintain
Ing nuisance by storing and keeping fat,
matter In a decaying condition. Mr. O. A.
Elliot put In q plea Of Jurisdiction that the
Police Court has no jurisdiction to hear and
ordinances of the board OF health, by virtue
OF which this court claims power and iurIs-
diction, is now null and void, and the infor-
nation should be quashed. He stated that
this was an attempt TO deprive defendant OF
his property or to exact fee from him; aad
In order To maintain such action the suit
should be brought under the common Law
and be tried by jury. he maintained tn ~
the powers Of the board of health were con-
lined as 10 what are nuisances, and to pro
vide for the removal thereof, but that they
nances. Mr. Beam, for the board of heal tn.
claimed that the Jurisdiction of the Police
Court had been settled and recognized by
the Supreme Court. The court overruled the
plea on the ground that this was q court for
preliminary hearing, and had jurisdiction of
cases OF this kind, which were nuisances at
common law. Mr.. Elliot then asked a con-
tinuance In order 10 get certiorari from
the upper court, which was granted. So the
case Will probably be heard in the Supreme
Court.
FRESH WOODS AND PASTURES NEW.
Patrick Reagan, malicious trespass on the
lard of George Clendenin, by breaking down
fences. Mr.. Clendenin said the premises be.
loDged to the GlenwOod Cemetery COMPANY;
horses TO get put at pasture. The horses
we're admitted, and ne afterwards broke the
fence down and took the horses away. He
gave the name OF John Willing. Patrick mas
recently been fined several times for pastur
Ing mis- horses on the street parking, aud this
seemed to be new expedient to get his
was not quite positive the court gave Pat
case.
VARIOUS OFFENCES.
Harriet Williams and Elizabeth Johnson.
lighting In the street; IS each. James But
Ter, assault on John Gordon; IS. Alexander
J. hughes, charged with false pretenses;
postponed. Charles j. Tanning, assault and
battery on Officer Smith, with Intent to Kill
Mr.. Smith testified that early Sunday morn
Ing this man was beating his wife, who was
screaming murder. Witness, with other Of
iceTs. went TO the house to prevent a dis
turbance. flaming came out OF his house.
but Afterwards returned into the house and
seized pistol. when his wife slammed the
door just In time to receive the ball through
her hand. The ball went through the door
ara passed very near witness. The officers
afterwards arrested Tanning and locked
him up; grand jury, bond $500. Michael
Sweeney, assault on Roger Carroll; SIS.
STOKES IN AUBURN PRIsoN.-Stokes.
since bis transfer from Sing Sing to Auburn
prison, has had his first realization of the
fact that he was the murderer of Jim Fisk,
AT The former institution he never slept in a
cell nor ate prison fare. His lodgings were
In the hospital. and he was allowed to buv
his own food. The change has been brought
about by order of the board of Inspectors
and Stokes now occupies a cell like any other
convict On 6eing marched to the gallery at
locking up time, on Friday, the day of his
ARRIVAL, ne falnted-Or rather feinted-beiug
overcome at the idea of entering one of those
horrible cells. His keeper very ;IumaneIy
assisted the Sing Sing favorite to turn down
mis- cot, laid him on his bed and then, after
locklng BIN in, shook his cell door for him
a duty which is exacted of each convict when
the Key Is turned on him, in order that the
sOusdness OF the fastentngs may be tested.
Stokes is as finicai in regard to the dit of mis-
stripes as TO the state of his lodging apaTL-
mentS he complained that his cell was
dirty and infested with bed bugs. By urgent
appeals 10 the stOrekeeper STOKES Succeeded
this morning In obtaining a better fitting
PAIR OF pantaloons than were originally
issued 10 him on arrival, and has been in So
much made happier in his heart His SER
vices have been applied for as packer In tha
nag collar snOp.-l Albany (N " NeiCs, 18Th.
DEATH OF A Observation-Disclosures baShat
another vi ctim Inundated on her altar, aud
the kentu cky survey has lost one OF It's
mempers by death. a letter from Professor
n. S. Shaler, to his father, DR.. ShsIer" ot
Newport, dated July 16, states thai Profess
sor McCheeney, OF Missouri, who iaccounpa
MED The geological party now in camp az
Camp Harvard, Cumberland Gap, Insisted
on making excavations In the Indiau
mounds, OF which there are many in that
vicinity. He opened one last Friday about
twenty miles from tue scientific camp, aud
made rich find. While in the excavation
he had made the people of the vicinity
crowded around the edges, which gave way.
ana slI great number were precipitatci into
tne opening. When the excavation was
cleared out again IL was found that Profess
sor McCheeney was STOPPING when the acct
oent occurred, the result being that his neck
body was laid In charcoal, and is now on its
way home, escorted by a member of the sur
vey. Prof Carr, of Harvard, was the Only
Gin. Gazette, I'D.
years ago Mrs. Harvey III. Nourse, of Brad
ford, Vermont, stood In the door OF her farm
house when the lightning struck q tree In
the yard only few feet from her. 1t gave
her severe shock, but did not PROSTATE her.
Since then she has been unusually sensitive
TO the presence OF electricity, so much so
that she has invariably been able to tell In
advance when there would be q thunder
storm. Then she could feel q strong current
Of electricity. more or less painful, passing
aiopg the course OF her nerves as distinctly
rs II she had hold OF the wires of galyanic
battery. Early on the day of q recently heavy
thunder shower she said to q frienu, "There
will be heavy shower to-day" When ft
came the sensation of electricity passing up