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Divorce etSe
TIE UTsrANn'S CHA

THE UTsHASD'S CHARGES AGAINST THE
WIFE AMI y. 2. BANKS AND OTHERS
IT II Be remembered that on the 2ltn of
July ~ this year, Judge Wy le, in the Equity
Court, Il ade decree divOrcing Martha :.
Thompson from the bonds OF matrjmoDy
Wild JOhI e. thompson, 81 well known news
paper TeSpOndent, giving The plaintiff the
custody Of the children. The parties were
married ON the 25th OF December. 1859. aud
had Two children. She charges that he
treated her with great cruelty and for the
past five years had almost entirely neglected
her AID the children; then he vast his
eSIElngs in dissipation and malicioUsly d
famed her character, and caused her dis
miss II from service, sc. In this case Judge
r. +. Cuppy appeared for The complain-
AMI, and MI.J y. Oliver took the testimony
On The following day an order was male
ana The decree be set aside on the defendant
Eiii-.sg an answer within ten days. Toe re-
spondent has filed his answer, and therefore
epOndent recites similar proceedings insti-
Tied in Indiana by complaint, and says
that she there stated that She was a resident
OF that state, and. he charges that she has
and charges that in 1862 she clandestinely
Joined one Eddie Julien aud caresSed and
kIssed him, that they were found together in
a darkened chamber; that in November, 1854,
she committed adultery with Miles Hubbard
Thompson, a clerk in the Treasury, at q
house on 18Th street, between New York ave
nue. and 1 street, in this city, also at the
Metropolitan hotel and a residence on 9th
street, near the Unitarian church; that he
discovered amorous correspondence be-
Der, 1885,, and says that the said n. III.
thompson acknowledged IL to be true. He
also charges that she committed adultery
with one Nathaniel p. Banks. and in 1928,
and "A, with one Joe Kendall, al the house
OF her mother in Shelbyville, Ind. He asks
That The bill be dismissed.
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DHES AND FISSURE.

DR.. eHRADER. once room 41 81. Cloud Bald
Piles and Fisure without Knife, Lissture or Caus.
ne, and wit bout pain, and guarentess cure il al
Bro, tebaccopist. 430 TIN street; o. O. 6eiler,
eupsrtntsnd mt Washington and Georgstown Bail
eest; Wm. Tucker, merchant tailor, 4o5 Pcnnsyl-
Sania eysnne; .; B. Aarehe, r. Q. OePsrtmeat,
Place; and MY others, on aDplioation q ny once
Ladies attended, 6 their residsncss Il desirs1 once
D9ltot1on troo. augl-tI
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Statement by Mr.. o. H. Harris.

w August IL
EdttOr Stdr:-NO matter what may be the
opinion as to my way of revenging myself
on the Republican ON Saturday night, know
that THE STAR will not do me an inten-
uonal injustice. The statement In the Re
publican yesterday morning and in THE
STAR last night, that was not released
until Sunday carries with 1t an intimation
that had difficulty in securing my relic lse
Now the truth is, that was not releas 4 on
collateral, but on bail. Within short time
after my arrest collateral was rendered by a
clined to accept it, regarding the Gaze as a
United states case. 1t then became too late
10 see Justice Mills that night, and as soon
as my friends reached him on Sunday / was
released on bail. II was the misapprehen-
SIGN as to the nature OF the case that kept me
In custody so long. I have not q word 10
say as an excuse for the violence used. l
rel robrObate acts of violence as much as
any one can, End q few moments cool re
hectton would have shown me that could
gam nothing by the course / pursued.
While II Is no excuse for my act the fact
remains that was goaded to a passion by a
most outrageous course of conduct on the
part OF the proprietor of the Republican,.
Ihat paper this morning scrupulousIy
avoids all allusion to tie fact that they owe
me an undisputed account, who 1 have
been for weeks and weeks making an effort
10 collect; They also misrep,esent me when
!hey say pleaded drunkenness in mitga-
lion. l did nothing of the kind, Iaimitfed
t t mad drank. but my main staten ani
vas .nat nau oeen aggravated by a cOurse
~. ..enauc lying, deception and du-
plicity.
hS.ve been too long connected with the
press not to know that personal matters of
this kind are OF more interest to the party
Immediately concerned than to either
the newspaper or the readi ng public; but as
The Republican yesterday and to- day placed
me IL false light by Withholding a portion
OF the facts, and as they will not make {: ny
correction or explanation for me, ask the
STAR TO kindly permit me to make this one
personal explanation.
Respectfully, &C., o. X. HARRIS.
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QUEER SUBSTITUTE FOR A WEDDING
RlNG.-A curious. incident occurred al a
marriage at ST. Mary's parish church here
this Hurnlng. A French couple from Ca
lals, having been staying In the town a suf-
hcient lei gth of time TO have the bannS pub
lished in this church, came up this morning
to be married, and the ceremony proceeded
satisfactorily until the joining of hands and
putting on OF the ring, when IL was discoy-
cred that the Frtnchman had no ring There
was al awkward pause. No one in the COM
gany could lend a ring for the occasion.
WhereupOn the officiating clergyman REV
Mr.. Finley sent the verger for the church
door Key, the eye of which instrument has
been used In other places in similar emer-
gencies. 1t was found, however, that the eye
was not sufficiently large to admit the
brides finger. The bridegroom searched his
pockets again and brought out a bunch of
keys attached to a ring. This ring, with its
appendages, was placed on the book from
thence IL was transferr"d TO the brides fin
ger, and with the steel ring of the bunch OF
keys the ceremony was duly compile ted
London TeIegrdph's Dorer Letter.
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ALIVE, YET OFFICIALLY DEAD,-An
Illustration OF the injury which under the
French laws may be Inflicted upon an in
a. cent man by the loss of his certificate of
birth is afforded in the the case of Alfred
LOichot, who, at the age of one and twenty
left MOntbeliard, his native place. to serve
his time in the army. At the expiratiOl of
his period OF service he did not his pa EMS
having in the meanwhile died return to
Montbeliard, but followed bis trade as a
wa chmaker in various places A short time
back, having become engaged to be married
he determined to go there ard obtain the
necessary papers, but on applying at the
mayors office he was told that ii would be
uLeless giving him his certificate OF birth, az
in the archives was contain 1 the certificate
OF his death at the Toulon galleys in ISL
Lo1ch0t found upon further inquiry that all
acquaint"nces believed that he had been
condemned to penal servitude for murder,
and had died at the galleys, and he failed TO
understand how the errO, could have arisen
until be remembered that Will e in garrison at
BesancOn his money, watch and papers had
been stolen. The thief had availed himself
OF the papers to pass himself Off as Alfred
Loichot, and, having committed some fresh
offence, was sent to the galleys. He died
while undergoing his term of Imprisonment.
and hence arose the mistake. Alfred
I.oichot has been compelled to apply to the
civil tribunal at TOulOn for q correction of
the error, and for removal of his name
from the death register and the judgment in
which sentence was Passed upOl the usurper
OF his name Pal Man Gazette
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To Ladies' and Gentlemen.

We wish to call attention 70 A. FIEcher's
Chemical Securing and Dyeing Establish
ment, No. SOC q street, near 9Th street. By
promptly adopting the latest Improvements
whether of American or European invention,
he is enabled TO do his work In q manner not
TO be equaled by those not possessing these
faculties. His cleansing and 6yelng Ladies'
and Gents Suits are, in fact, the cheapest In
the city on account OF his superior work
Give him call-9OS Il street. Punctuality
guaranteed.
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~ Thomas JefIerson's birthplace, Shad-
well, in Albemarle county, Va, is advertised
for sale.
r. The only lottery concern In South Care
ma that had a charter from the state has
been closed.
e. Inter cal revenue officers in Wilson
county, Tennessee, last Saturday destroyed
Richard and James Baliett's distillery.
~ The whole Inultitudinous Washbufne
family are now out of office, for the first
time within the memory of the Oldest in
habitant.-[ Phiid. Times.
1.-The strike of workmen at the National
tube works, MckeespOrt, Pa. has ended by
the men agreeing to go TO Work without ad-
vance in wages.
Hg-The seductive poison sausage is thin
nipg out the crop OF dogs in New Orleans.
Thlrty-three dogs succumbed on Tuesday
last.
@Austin and other towns in Texas seem
10 nave been more sOllcitOus aoout the beer
supply than about any other circumstance,
during the railroad strikes.
" A fire at MurfreesbOrO', N. c., Sunday
night destroyed the main building of the
wesleyan female college. No lives were
lost. The loss is $4,000; insurance $50 900.
~The late Thomas j. Dunbar, of Boston,
leit an estate worth million and bequeath-
gu Slo,oO0 to twelve employees, divided ac-
cording TO the time they had been in his ser
vice.
@Wheat In Minnesota is magnificent this
year. II will be ready for rea ping in ten
DAYS, and will be the largest ana finest crop
ever known in that state. II Is estima ted at
3O,ooO,Oo0 bushels.-l HaWkeye.
~ Manzonf on lawyers-from "Les Fin
ances:" GOOD man, you must always
narrate the facts clearly and truthfuliy to
up and lie.'
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CHARGE OF PERJURY-Cerf Solomon, a
cattle dealer, was i'll court this morning on
me charge of perjury upon cattle of Leopold
OHehstein- This Is founded upon certain
sia,e ments in testimony of defendant In a
cISil SUIT in which the latter was defendant,
nhich certain statements were material to
ne issue Through his counsel, Mr.. j. f..
MOTIFS, defendant waived an examination
siiu me case went to the grand jury, bonds
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The Mrs. II, b. Hayes Temperance
&OcietV

RESOLUTIONS ABOUT THE sCHUETzEy-
FIST, THE POLICE CORRESPONDENTS,
ETC.
At a meeting of the Mrs r. b Hayes Tenn
perance Society last night n resolution was
adopted ''that the members of the Mrs. X. Il.
Hayes Temperance Society learn with much
pride and satisfaction that
THE LADY WHOSE NAME THE SOCIETY
BEARS
is in no way responsible for the furnishing
Of a basket of flowers to a bibulous organi
ZdilOu OF IL Is District as claimed by some of
It's members. on the occasion OF recent lager
beer drinking in an adjacent woods without
The city, and that The society sees no sod
reason tor change OF its adopted alma ma
ter"
THE SCHUET4ENFEST.
resolutions We're also adopted: "That
whereas a German organization that h as cree
ted an arch at the intersection of eth street
and Louisiana avenue, having seen proper
10 place at the base of their structure
The following sentence: Water, the enc
my OF this organization, has caused
continuance OF the SchuetZenfeSt, &C.
tence direct implous blaSphemy of Col and
an insult to the community, and that this
society viii frOwn down any such sentiment
Wherever or whenever it make its appear
authorities of the city for allowing this in
sulting arch to be lighted up on Sunday
night
THE VACANT POLICE CoMMIssIoNERsHIP.
A committee, with Mr.. George Savage as
chairman, was appointed to wait upon Mr..
BrittOn, member of the Board of Police,
who contemplates resigning from that office,
and urge him TO withdraw his resignation.
1hls appointment was q result of the sug-
gestion made by President Hayes to a com
mittee of temperance people from the Dasha-
ways who waited upon him yesterday to ask
that temperance man be appointed to ill
any vacancy which may occur upon that
board. Addresses were made by Messrs.
VIM. b. Halves, j. b. Dunning and others.
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SUDDEN DEATH--Mr. George Bowman,
late a clerk In the Agricultural department.
va MAS Ionbd dead In his bed at his room on
9th street, near /. yesterday morning having
died during the night of apoplexy.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES have been tssuei tn
j. n Raglan and Martha Nash; WiIfrei
scout and Mary z. Smithe; Robert Thomas
aud Julia Course.
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How THE GIRLS HELPED THE STRIKERS
1t is vouched for on good authority that q
number of servant girls a. a hotel In Hor-
DeiIsVllie, where a portion OF the 5th regi-
meDt stopped, endeavored to aid the strikers.
some of whom were their Fellows by mix
Ing jalup with the mems coffee. The surgeon
OF the regiment, after several doses OF coffes
made investigation and the cause was dis
covered, resulting in the discharge of the
girls. The men attended to business there
after.
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THE COURTS.

EQUITY COURT-.5ttdQe Wylfe.
To-Day, Lafayette agt. Lafay cite; Randolph Coyle
aside and rehearing allowed, &c. Brooke agt.
Brooke and Shtpley agt. Shiriey: divorce decreei.
Elliott aet District ~ Columbia; restraining order
issued. Adams agt. ndson trustees sale ratified
Adjourned until Monday next.
POLICE CoURr-Jiet1e Mi.ls pro tenn
To-day, Arthur Ferrill and Charles F. Burch
forfeited colisterals. Victoria BuTch and Molly
johnson were sent Town . the work house for 20
lie profanity; : 10 or thirty iays Richard Williams
profanity; 8 10 or thirty days Teresa johnson, loud
and toisferous; SIS james Smith trespass on street
parking; IS. William Tulliyer, s-me charge; as
William Ii. Fl Bates. street cursing: SO or thirty
DAYS in the work house William Camnl,nII va
grant; down. Charles Young, loud and boisterous
conduct : 10 or sixty days Charles Saunders plead
ed guilty 10 cursing in the street and was fined
Cornelius Robinson puJlic profanity or thirty DAYS
Catherine Dent charged with keepng public bar
room without license Ia Green street. {, cor g-town
The witnesses were al colored men and nearly all
testified that they never drank anything 50 the court
was compelled 10 dismiss the and rema in
doing so that he was glad 70 many tempe rance
men among he colofed people. aud that il gave him
selling rum. ine Georgetown officers appear to
find considerable difficulty in getting good witnesses
in liquor cases
THE LEDROTT PARK ROBBERS
The case OF VIM. and Pat Hawkins, Maria and
John Wells. charged with breaking and hurglaTi-
ousy entering the house of Mr. Langl,u al L.
ufoi falh- ana stealing about 500 worth Of cloth
ing came MP 10y way OF continuance. 4 witness tor
articles (cnsl in the marsh foot of 18th street This
Is near the city, pound, where Hawkins and
Wells are employed and also by their residence
Counsel for the defendants introiurcd witnaSs.. r.
attempt To prove aiib The court i'm his reyievaI
OF The testimony lid act appear to take much stock
IN the testimony Tor defence aud he held them an
Tor aclion 81 the grand jury. bonds being fixed at
Loo each for the men and $500 for the woman de
PENDANT.
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LAWNS In great variety, Lavender, blue.
black, brown and pink figure; seal brown,
goods, parasols, at Carter's, 707 Market
Space.
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Two LADIES Thrown FROM A BuGGy-
About 10 O'Clock this morning a horse at
tached TO buggy In which were two young
ladies named Paul, ran away on New York
avenue, nes- 18th street, and upset the We
hiole, throwing both ladies out. One was
very badly injured, the other but 81 ghtly
hurt. Lieut.. Hurley took them to Mr. Dem
hams 10 use, on 10Th street, between Z and
F and DR.. Young was called in and ATTENDED
them. The horse and buggy belonged to Mr.
Z. & Royce, clerk at police headquarters.
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PoSTPoNED.-ln the Police Court this
morning the case OF the United States ayt
"a nuel a. Pugh and John A. Grow, charged
with forging and uttering as true n ga Der
purpoftlng TO bear on its face the genuine
signature OF Caleb Tompkins, as payee on
Two drafts on the United States, one for
$685.. and the other 81 OO, I5 Knowing Then,
TO be false, with Intent to defraud the gov
eminent of the United States, which was set
Tor nearing to-day, was again postponed
dants counsel
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BOY DROWNED. - Yesterday, n boy
eastern Branch near the nayv-yard bridge.
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ACCIDENTS AT THE NAVY YARD.-A
workman in the ordnance department, at
the Navy Yard, named Silvey, yesterday
he two fingers badly crushed by some ma
c2inery he was tending. The yard SURGEON
subsequently amputated the fingers at the
son. working with the shipwrighfs in the
construction department, cut himself Sc
verely yesterday with an adze, which he
was using in dressing piece of timber. He
was also cared for by one of the naval sur
geOns on duty in the yard.
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SUIT.-Yesterday, Mr.. John A. Grow, attor-
rey for George NJ. Robson, entered a Ie-
plevin suit against Il. F. Shanks, a constable,
10 TePlcvln ten rolls OF printing paper OF the
value of 800, which the plaintiff claims was
Wrongfuliy taken from the Office of the
o,tCnoi Republican and detained from him
by the defendant and the plaintiff prays that
The same tie taken from the defendant and
returned 10 him, or, that IL the same be
Claimed, The plaintiff may nave judgment
Tor lbe full value of the same, together with
all damages and costs arising from the delay
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MARRIAGE WITHOUT CEREMONY.-Char-
lotte Wetmore, CT 18th street, near 81 venue,
Brooklyn, has begun an action against her
husband, Shipman 8. Wetmore, the pro-
prletor of q paper box factory on Columbia
street, on the ground Of cruel and inhuman
treatment. The defer dant commended that
Inc plaintlf was not his wife, for the reason
that no ceremony had been performed by q
clergy man. The papers show that prior TO
The I'd OF July, 1871, they became engaged to
be married, but the defendant was anxious
that his father should no: know OF the affair
and prevailed upon the plaintiff to live with
him as his wife without the nup.ial cere
mOny. In 1873 child was born, of which
Inc d PENDANT 10 TIL father. Up to that time
they had lived together as husband and wife,
and the defendant had Introduced her FIRE.
quently as his wife. After that he left her,
but allowed her SO week. Recently he re-
fused to contribute anything to her support,
and on several occasions when he met her
assaulted and beat her. Yesterday Judge
Reynolds, of the city court, ordered the de-
liant to pay &C per week alimony and $50
counsel fee. tie held Tat the couple were q
much man ana wife as If a ceremony had
been perfOrmed.-[N. Y. World, 9th.
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best $500 SDAi9uA CHAMPAGNE BEER, the
1ionai rheater Building q JONES' va
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weather In dtcattons To-day.
DYFIcE OF CHIEF SIGNAL orr1cxR,

w oIoN, august . lott.
for the middle states warmer southwest
winds, cloudy and rainy weather, with fall
ing barometer, followed by cooler northwest
winds.
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GRAPHIC PEN PICrURE.-Here is O fine
bit of descriptive writing by one OF the Lon
don Times correspondents with the Russian
army: II is a strange hing here sometimes,
when take ride out Oh the plain in front
OF karS, TO notice the contrasting elements
which compose the scene. There is bright
blue sky with a warm sun, and the undula-
ting plain stretches away, only interrupted
occasionally by short, dark horizontal lines,
which indicate the positions OF batteries past
presenter future. From one or the other of
these dark lines, or from the forts themselves,
c'Cud of white smoke is belched forth in
interval of some seconds by a dull boom, ac-
companied in some instances by the whistle
OF tie shell as II sails away on its deadly err
rand. Sometimes q cloud of dark colored
earth is thrown up, showing where shell
has burst. In the meantime Il lark Is soar
ing overhead, and in the distance behind me
l hear military band playing the blue
Danube" or some other fashionable waltz.
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THE CUMBERLAND MINERS GOING TO
WoRk.-Cn Saturday last the Georges
creek ceal and iron company went to work
at 50 cents. The management, We under
stand, say this is to load some vessels which
are ly ing on demurrage, at heavy expense,
add that when they are loaded and dispatch
cd work Will be stopped unless 30 cents is C.
cepted. On the same day the Hampshire
and Baltimore company went to work at so
cents. Mr.. Sinclair, general manager of
Friday to take out the tools and close tie
mines If the men would not go to work at so
cents. By request the execution OF the order
was delayed uRtil day, and it is thought
likely the men will 90 to work. Cumberland
Ne1US, 9Th.
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DlFoRClNG JHEMSELVE - 4 deed O
separation was vest eriay executed hv Rpube
Ruth and Emma Ruth, his wife, colored pee
pie OF this city, wherein they mutually agree
IN consequence Of divers disputes and un
happy dlHerenceS" between them, to here
after live apart from each other, and moi r.
interfere one with the other: not to com.
munlcate with each other in person or by
message reToGtd written, but 10 be to each a.
thOugn the marital knot had never been tied