Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-28
TILE COURTS.

charged GerSloTf agt. Frazier: bin dismissed.
vested in plaintiff. Bergman agt. Bergman; de
cree Of divorce. Adjourned sine die.
PROBATE CoURT-Register Webster.
The wills of Samuel Carusi and Margaret Frazier
were filed, Letters of administration on the estate
Huron. were issued to ' his fathe Th A. 5 FtsneS
bond =, 400 Estate Of samuel Tyler: rsnunea-
the Appointment Of c. NJ. Matthew administrator.
POLICE CoURT-JUdge Smell
To-day. James 0gle, an alle-otlied yagrant, was
sault and battery on Timothy O'Sulliyan: SO aud
LETTER ROBBER LET DOWN EASY.
James II. Burke was charged with larceny of 81
in money from VIM. T. Henderson: pleaded guilty
and was sentenced 10 pay q fine OF $50, or 90 days
i'm jail. This case presents some novel features.
Burke is colored messenger in the Treasury de
parment, intruSted with the duty of mailing let
tiers in the post office. For some time past pack
an mnI I hehey rave Dsn sSipaaet VIII
Of the Post Office put the ease. and applied
the decOy test. and the money stolen was dacoy
money. The ease was carried TO Us. Commits
Sionsr 80. NILS. who. after eXamning the law.
decided that he had no jurisdiction in the ease,
the letters from which the money was extracted
was not mail matter. not having been in the post
ment. tie therefore sent the ease 10 the Police
Court 70 I've prosecuted in the ordinary manner As a
theft. Ii was shown in testimony that the previous
character Of the defendant had been good Thomas
johnson alias VIM. II. Parker: larceny Of hat and
orercoat belonging t. Jacob II. Levy; six month,
in jail. John 0'Brien, assault on officer Barry;
SHoT By A POLICEMAN.
Oflcer Henry Ieatman, Of the fist precinct was
aTTaigned on the charge Of assault and battery with
ing a. 32l 4 street southwest. The testimony de-
yeioIed the fact that riot sfrang up at raAe of
a.prisoner whom he had arrested from rescue BY
the mob. Ieatman discharged his pistol. the bah
taxing effect in conplanamt's arm. which proved
10 be oGly flesh wound. The ofirer was dismiss
ed. the court remarking that if complainant felt
Holmes, assault ON Henry Gagan, bo:h boys
Holmes cut at the complaining witness, with long
hniie, lust grazing him, ana cutting his clothing:
reform school.
FEMALE HIGHwAYNEN-HD ThoU C7'ueVU
OhtTI ge" Q Liverpool JPiU.-EiZabeth Brown
and Betsy Brown, two powerfully built women
says the Liverpool Post, were charged with
being concerned in company with another
woman, in violently aSsaulting James Nav n
cabman, of 81 Begrave street, Stepney and
attempting TO steal his purse. Prosecutor said
that morning he was going along BrTuer
street, Commercial road. when an elderly WO
man took his waterproof of his arm and
placed i round her shoulders. He attempted
10 regain possession of it. when the two DriS-
Oners suddenly attacked him in a most violent
manner. Elizabeth struck him violent blow
III the face, which Knocked him down. and
then kicked him i'm the eve. Bets also >truck
him about The body. while both Dinioned his
arms and tried to abstract his purse from his
pocket, but did not succeed. His -crieS of po-
lice Drought a constable on the scene. or he be
heVed he would have been killed. Mr.. De Rat
zen sentenced Elizabeth to two months hard
labor and Betsy to six weeks hard labor
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF SLAUGHTERING
ANIMALS is about TO he introduced i'm the
slaughter houses of Glasgow and Dundee.
scotland. The invention is known as the
= Bruneau mask The mask consists of
piece of leather which covers ND the ewes of
the animal, being firmly secured round the
neck by an elastic band. Over the brain there
IS an aperture. into which a bolt is Introduced
and 10y Il stroke of a wooden mallct on the boil,
he brain is pierced. In the event OF death not
being instantaneous, the bolt is withdrawn
and cane inserted communicating With the
spinal marrow. In this way death according !
to the advocates of the = Bruneau mask') i |
caused. Recently Il public trial /
was made in a Dundee slaughter house OF the |
=. BrUGeau mask and tiute-headed bolt. e" and |
the result was considered a. entirely SatiSlac- /
I'D French abattoirs.
\ CATHOLIC emigration COMPANY. Organized :
III Philadelphia. has purchased about 70I /
acres of land in Virginia, some ninety miles /
west OF Richmond, on the line OF the Rich !
mOnd and Danyille railroad. A Catholic
colony VIII be settled OH this land. which is /
partly improved. and has on il some thirty-SiN |
frame houses. most OF them in good condition:
also other buildings, some orchards and two /
mills: village site will 5c laid out. where !
building lots will be sold. The prices of the /
farms VIII range from eight dollars II sixteen /
dollars per acre, according Ia location aud I'M |
payable III ten equal inStalments. !
A JURY at ShawneetOwn, Illinois. has in |
vented u very simple method of bringing
about an agreement. man was on trial for !
murder and the jury stood three for hanging 1
and nine for imprisonment, there appearing /
to be no doubt of guilt The trivial difference /
OF opinion about the punishment was settled |
by lot. The jurors pulled straws for the mans |
HE and the nine were Out-pulled by the three
hanged. The secrets of the jury room leaked /
our, however, and new trial has been grant !
ed.
TIE cure Of country church. where the |
men SIT on one side of the aisle and the women |
on the other being annoyed i'll the middle of |
a n
silent.
One of the women arises and triumphantly |
eXclaims: i want YOU to notice. father that |
time"
An the better" replies the priest. meekly:
II won last 50 long French Paper
PERHAPS the most remarkable coincidence |
ever known has taken place i'm Allentown.
IA. where live Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Ward |
who have been man and wife since 1851. ON |
the I'm Oh july 1870 their first child was born:
second was born July I, ISL and third was |
corn July 4, lS12. Every succeeding ifh of |
July has been celebrated by Mrs. Wards pre- !
sentlng to her husband fine. healthy child !
ana now the Ward family contains eight |
chlidren porn within as many years. and all on |
The ith OF July.
SOME IDEA of the horrors of war may be /
gained from such paragraphs as the following.
which is taken from "a late English paper =
" The price of human jaw at the seat OF war
varies according to the regularity, Soundness |
and whiteness of the teeth. In Paris the quo
lation IS fifty per cent. greater ut wholesale
rates. The CHASTITY wares are conveyed ia |
cases containing five hundred, and the teeth /
are extracted after their arrival ut the city Ia
which the jaws are consigned
THE MORMON TEMPLE. Yesterday the |
Workmen on the temple ceased their iabors |
The structure is now eighteen feet above the |
ground, and the church organ tells us il is To /
be I'D feet high when completed. The fOunda- |
ton was laid twenty four years ago, and if it is
rushed through IT the same rate, the saints |
will have the satisfaction of seeing the last |
stone In place Us years hence. Be patient !
brethren.-l Salt Lake Tribune.
PROSPECTS OF A GREAT AQUATIC EVENT. |
Cbas. +. Courtney of Union Springs. n Y the |
victor in seventy-fve boat races. recently sent |
q challenge to row Edward Trickett of Austria |
liza Tor ZOO a side and the championship of
the world, the race to take place i'm the United
states. 1rckett has accepted the challenge
Iflckett returned to Australia from England
last year with the championship after defeat
ing Joseph Sadler.-IN Y Sun, 18th.