Evening star., 1877-08-13

OF punishment, bat Will prosecute his asaIl-
FRANK GAsSAwAY CONVICTED. The
San Francisco IOiI of the Sd instant reports
sentenses % found in the Z. S. circuit court
on offenders against Uncle Sam" as fol-
lows: Robert Gassawsy and J. L. Bow
man, convicted Of cutting timber on govern
inert land In Nevada county, were SEN
fenced TO pay 6ne of S42 and II DAYS in the
Nevada county jail. +. II. CASA way, con-
vIct6d on tie same indictment, was fined SO
4nd ordered 10 the Nevada Jail for 80 days.
IN passing these sentences Judge Hoffman
kalG lie did not intend TO be severe in cases
where the offending parties were bona ide
settlers ard making valuable improvements
on their lands. He regarded the destruction
OF timber on government land as great an
Onence as II the land belonged to private in
diyiduals. He characterized the cutting OF
Ihoti On puDiic land as stealing. wLicn
should De punished with equal severity as in
Gases OF lie then OF private property"
SINGULAR SUIT FOR JNJURyTs Cre-
TAlNED-Gen. X ID. MusSey as attorney
1rT Nr- james MeldrOum. to-day byou. u
suit asalnst Sir. Iran L. King, proprietor
or The Globe House" claiming tr=. thou
received ty Mr.. NeidruUUn from the fall,
ln@ oi the ceiling in the room ia the
Giobe House wEeieLe was d boaTder. Dur-
ing the shower or the lgth or Aprii last when
The dag staff or the Shepherd huilding was
struck by lightning, the ceiling in MT. Mel
nrOum's rCCm fell on him, he sets forth. cut
ttHR his ltdu severely ana producing grave
injuries. which confined him to the house for
several weeks and left permanent scars. Iir.
Aeltroum Claims that the defect in the cell
ing was one for the consequences of which
Mr. King is liable. and has brought this suit
To recover damages for the Injuries sustained
and the expenses of his illness.
COUNTY INTERESTs.-On Saturday morn
Ing, stated in TEE STAI. OF that evening
Messrs. klingle and Hall on the part of the
executive committee OF the taxpayers asso-
ClatiOn o. The county. waited on the District
Commissioners by appointment to confer
with them On the subject OF special assess
Inents IN the county. y general discussion
wa had on the matter. but no conclusion
was reached. Al the request OF the Comm =
sioneIs Mr. KliDgle had submitted a sketch
of a T!Sn for the future management of the
roads Of the county. This matter was en-
tered INTO, ard after q careful comparison of
views il was decided that the county be di-
yided into three road districts with a super
1nteLOeut Oi TOsCs III each district The sub
Ject OF SpSc cial assessments was held under
advistIceut.
THE OPESIrG OF BIDS Tor repairing Tiber
rreek sewer, North Capitol street, between
nj street AID New York avenue, took place
today IN TIE Office OF the District Commits
kiOners- Tue bids were as follows: Murphy
a Co, l33; ThoS Adams. SO OOi:l0, Thos.
joyce $1,000; Mcnamara 4 Maloney,
S6,.5s; W. A. RicSa-ls e Co, S1i,o35.G0;
Owen C'Hare, Sl6.0lO; Simon Carmody,
81 ,D35;so: Henry Himber, slo.1i 20; Thorn
for laying brick foO,waiks on south
eide ID, between LIST street and Della
ware avenue northeast: Henry Himber,
Sl45.5O; Il. Maloney, $1,000; A Gleason,
S2il o.; Timothy O'Rrien, Si2I: owen
O'Hare, Sis 70; Davis & Murphy, sli9. No
awards were made.
THANKS To POLICE COMMISSIONER BRIT
ToS.-Tbe sincere thanks of the Dashaway
Reform Club were last night unanimously
voted Ito A. 7. BrittOn, esq, for Withdraw
Ing MS resignation as police commissioner.
tneIeny preventing vacancy In the Board
fcTh lsas.W Hall,
member lnimical TO the interests OF temper
ance people OF the District OF Columbia
from ibe report OF our committee who walt
eu upon MI Bri;ton and urged his retention
OF The pos1tio We are satisfied that he will
carry out To the letter the requirements of the
incense law In the District, and we assure
him Of our full confidence In his aLiIi'V an5
Integrity, and pledge him our aid i'm his az
forts to enforce The law"
He DID 1T WITH HIS LITTLE AYR
About ll4 O'Clock yesterday mornIng Ma
new W nters and Reuben CruLchieId resii-
ing In house on Carroll street, between Ist
anc "a streets southeast. got into a d fficulty
when winters struck Crutchheld on the hesi
WIN an axe, making severe. but not dam
gerous, wound, which was dressed by hrs
Johnson and Ford. Winters was arrested hv
Officer Carter, and IN the Police Court tc-dsy
was dismissed.
No PISTOL IN THE CAsE-A Sunday
paper yesterday reported an ALLEGED alterca-
tion between the counsel I'm The Sam Strong
case. In represents w. A. Coos < esq as hav-
Ing drawn piston ana using it for bis pro-
tectioD. We are assured by an eye witness
that Mr.. Cook did 10 such Thing. There was
no pistol drawn by anybody, and no threat
10 draw one.
SUIT AGAINST THE DIsTRiCT-Saturtay
Mr. Biiney. for the District, entered sait
against eXTax Collector VIM. II. Slater and
his bOndsmep, Michael Duffy, Sayles J.
Bowen, J. V. w. Vandenburg ani George +.
Sulick, II recover S360.56, alleged IN have
been wroDgfully collected from Alex. II.
Young, August 13, 1873 and Of which no &c
count mas been made 10 the District.
LAwEs, in blue, black, brown, lavender
Si Su Iin.s ngure, black cashmere, black