Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12
THE COURTS.
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To-day. the Supreme Court OF the Disti-ct
sat in General Term. The application or
Jesse y. Ahrabams for admission 10 The Oar
was referred. Joseph Forrest was AM ante,
Coos snt Jsrles Ton aidson, inssicas ~ ,ha
peace, were APPROVED. Abrahams AIT. De
Nandeieat; opinion by Judge Humphreys
eHtmlng 1he decision below in favor OF
Jedge Humphreys reversing Judgment be-
low: Eidredge agt Riley; OPTION by Judge
Arthur dir septed.
THE TAX on BON RESIDENT TRADERS.
DlStflct Of Cciunbia agt Marian. Judge
Wylie delivered The opinion of the court, re-
verstng The Judgment below. The do,,I,,&
was fined under a law of the ,,',enos1t
ing Hour In the Distrc. no beiSg q n 40,
cent. lie cor. hels. thai the IsW whish
NO $3.50 oisunctiJn between residents and
right 10 .Isde from one end OF the country 20
the other must be free
on Llnvnfie agt; Holden; Judgment reversed;
Mr.. A. h. Brow, ,e filea Ar s,n,;c.,;o, TO-
oo ,uie on d. r. shanks and W. H. Lusby.
poI ne ,a,,s show cause why they should
and q rr' wed from office for malf.a iauce,
w ~ g was granted.
~ Cd {. Barnard was appointed an ex-
liner In equity and U. s. Commissioner;
Alex. Dodge was appointel a constable Adj
joUrned TO saturday next
POLICE CoURP-Jtufoe Sssl
TO day, John Allison, dead beat and va.
grant, was arraigGed on the charge OF beg
Eihg. hev; N. K Boss, assistant rector OF
Epiphany church, testified to assisting him
In getting coat, on his false representation,
ana afterwards he found out that he had
tetn duped Allison was sent down 10 Hodg-
sons farm for ninety days. Chas. Wallace
was sent 10 accompany him or the same
charge. AlOpzo Cornell, another one OF the
same sort, was sent down. Windham John
son pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and
settled for V. Mary Lee, profanity: AZ
John ID Thorn az, loud; IS. Robert Adams,
loud; IS. James Lee was sent down for va
grancy: Jenny Morton, public cursiugS SIS.
John McNally forfeited s5 for street cursing
VIM. Loinax and Reusen hurley, charged
with an ARRAY; IS each. In the case OF Sam
uel ShCnt, charged With threats 10 Mrs.
Lavinia Shunt. from whom he has teen di-
vOrced some time. NJ. A. Il. Williams, his
torney, entered plea OF guilty, and bonds
hxed in the sun of $500 10 keep the peace.
VIM. Robinson, larceny of q pistol worth -
from WynGham Johnson, who testified that
he was under the influence of liquor last
night, and could not tell who took the pistol,
but IL was taken from him by some one; con-
tinued. Charles Gaines, larceny OF sixteen
brass nuts worth s42; the property of jacob
collateral. Charles johnson, charged with
an ARRAY; IS. Lemuel Beckett. street cursIng:
50; Armsttd Holmes, small boy, charg d
win Nasr&ncy, was required to give bonds or
thirty day In wOrkhOuse. William Brooks
vagrant, was sent down. Ernest Mathews
was sent down for yagrancy. James Burley
forfeited. Elijah BraxtOn, disorderly as
semby; s.. Mary Lee, street cursing; 50.
VIM. Johnaon was sent down for yaprancy
Robert Starr and VIM. Johnson, charged
1913 from Julia Griffin. This was a grab
game in the market house. johnson was
fined SIS and Starr dismissed. VIM. H Web
ster, assault and battery on Sarah j. Web
ster, his lawful wife; IS and costs.
Wonderfully Practical Husband
He was wonderfully practical man, and
she was marvellously pOetical. To her life
bad been dream edged with gold and filed
to him had appeared everything in the
homespun garb of every day life. He is a
country merchant, and buys his goods in
New York. His partner always went to the
city on business connected wi IN the grocery.
but the partner was recently taken III, and
our extremely practical friend was obliged
10 go. IL was his first visit TO the great city,
and he was to be gone three days. 1t was a
momenioUS event to his fond wife. DO the
best she could her mind was troubled with
forehodings. 1t is difficult to tell lust exact
~ how he felt, but while il was evident he
realized the importance of the step he was
ahout 10 make, still he never lost sight OF
the fact that n mighty responsibility was
resting Oh his shoulders, and that all private
emotion must be suOserved TO public inter
ests His carpetbag was packed, ami his
hand on the door to pass out of the house
when She badc him goodbye. She pu, both
arms around his neck.
JOHN" she sobbed, lyon are going away"
This was so paip6ble that IL would have
been madness 10 attempt denial, so he
merely observed:
look ont for my collar. Maria"
"lou Will think OF your vile while you are
gone" she whispered, huskily.
lie was trifle nervous under the pressure
OF her arms upon his collar, but he spoke re-
assuringly:
al will bear IL in mind, my des.r"
"fou VIII think of me as mourning youYa"-
sence and aHxiously awaiting your reiurn?''
she murmured.
"You can trust me to attend To it, he re-
piled, with as much frInness as il il had
been request for six barrels of mackerel.
"And you'll be very careful OF yourself for
my sake" she suggested, in a broken voice.
81 will see 10 attended 10, my dear; but 1t il
almost time for the train" and he gravely
sought TO remove her arms from his neck
John, joint" she cOnvulsively eriai,
"dOn't forget me, don't forget me-"
"Maria," he said, with a tirge OF reproach
In his tone, al have made memorandum To
that effect"
And then she let him go-still fearful but
confident ait would be attended to."-[Ds,a-
6uyy Neus.