Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-10-12

TO be yeritable stole. Whether the Tribune
fOlks VIII cut little closer, aud present their
lnuendoeS in the shape OF direct Implication
SO as 10 bring him and them into court, the
curious public must patiently wait and see.
EA SUGGESTION FOR JUDGE SNEII-.IuStice
otierbourg has established two rules in the
Jefferson Market Police Court One is that he
will not release prisoner at the solicitation
oI COUNSEL p" IL there is any money, said his
Honor, :" wish 1T To go to the city aud not
INTO the pockets of lawyers" The second rule
is mat no counsel shall appear I'm q simple
summons case. ' 1t is a needless expense for
the parties ia the case, and l will not encour-
age practices which make il expensive for per
sons 10 enter the police courts said Justice
Otterbourg.
A MEDICAL WAR IN ORANGE Co1-xrY-At
The late session OF the Orange county Nj
Medical Society the question was discussed of
readmlttng to membership the home opat hic
ply SlcI3ns, who few years ago were ruled
out. The allop2thic doctors ridiculed the doc
tTine OF SiD'did SiHlitiJuS curdntltr and said
the hOmUopaths themselves have no faith i'm
II and are practising as alOpaths The Orange
county homeopathic Society affirmed its
belief in the principles of homeopathy yester-
day and denied the charge that it is deSerting
The practice. and by resolution demanded
proof from the allopathic doctors. A medical
war Is imminent
The TILDEN BooKs.-At Detroit, Mich, yes.
terday, in the case of Mr.. Thomas Hariand,
one OF Mr.. Tilden'S attorneys charged with
compllcity in the seizure of the rhine books.
me I hlted states commissioned held the de-
1en0ant IN Slu,UC0 boil for trial before the
nited states court al Marquette, next May
A FIGHT FOR CHMD-In PHILADELPHIA.
MIS-. Frank Frayne, the wife of Frank l..
Frayne, the actor, tried unsuccesSfuly before
a magistrate 10 gain possession of their six
yearold son, who has been indentured by the
fatber TO theatrical specialist. Mrs. Frayne
declares her purpose to resort to a writ of
haoeaS corpus for The possession of the child.
THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS. -Indiana.-Tbe
y. \. World publishes the following dispatch
| from Indianapolis Ind. =" The election of
orth. rep, In the ninth district is conceded by
u votes, but il viii be contested in Congress.
Holman, DEM, is defeated i'm the sixth by Gen.
Browne, by 42S This gives the democrats
seven members of The congressional delega-
ton, including De la Matyr (nat. and dem !,
and the republicans six. The democrats will
have a majority IN the legislature of ten on a
Joint ballot"
E0acd.-The net republican gain in 81 coun-
ties Is 10 5es. he same proportion OF gains
from the remaining counties will show a gain
over iast year OF 20,o00.
A Fatal ACCIDENT TO A CASDrn,rE-
En- Shellff Jacob 4. Van Blarcom, of Hacken-
sack, Nd, leading candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination Tor sheriff of Bergen coun-
tv, was thrown from his buggy a: Fort Lee or
Thursday. His neck was diSlocated. It is
probable that he will die.
THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERs left Phila.
delphia in huff The home club had run up
a big score, and were in fair way to win.
The visitors were irritated. They snapped at
questionable decision by the umpire a nd re
tired from the field in high dudgeon. There
was coldness between ball toSsers when they
parted that argued against future friendliness
But sleep brought with it better temper, and
next day the Australians were conscious that
they had made an exhibition of themselves
Inc proper thing to do. all hands agreed, was
TO apologize, and this they did by letter through
their manager. The Philadelphians think
more Of the apology than of the victory.
IRE FAILrRE OF LUMBER KGNG.-J q
CAMERON & Co., lumber dealers at New York
ara IoWanda and at Tawas City, Mich. have
mdSe ualiea ana made assignment. Mr.. Cameron
Spuyten Duyyel, where he owns property val
ued at $4,000. lie was an extensive oparator
MaLd AZ ne had Sls3,GlO invested in The business
ne was recently estimated to be wort 4 s2J0OO
Two years ago he owned 10000 acres of land
40 Mlchlgan, with mills, &c. valued at Sl0OO;D
o@o- o-ihlrGs M of which be traded for other prop
ertg III Philadelphia, North Carolina and Ken
lucky. The paper of the firm went 10 protest
last month, their embarrassment belug caused
py Tie want oil ready money.-GN. YSun, IIth
GEN. Mcdowell resumed bis testimony
before the FitZ john Porter court of Inquiry
al New York yesterday A large number of
statements as 10 movements on the 9th, 23tb.
SIN ana 70 Oh August, is62, the three dis
patches from Porter TO Mcdowell, mentioned
Thursday, were read. The first asks for news.
ard says ne has received no word from any
one. The second, addressed to McDoweIl and
hlng says ne had a strong force in his front,
dn0 reared ne might have to retire. The third
dispatch, dated p. m. says .'he has still no
message from any one" that he has no more
c9urlers TO send out; that his men are In need
OF 1000 and water, and by its terms shows the
non-receipt of the 4 80 p. m. order Gen. Nc.
Dowell was then dismissed.
THE COLLINS ExPEDITroN.-Seyera Phila-
9elphlans who accompanied the Collins expe-
altion 70 Brazil have returned 10 that city and
prlng the latest advices from that country
having left San Antonio on August 81. They
report the Madeira and Mamore enterprise in
nourlShlng condition, although the work has
been lmpeded somewhat through the inability
OF the men To endure the climate. Recently
30 natives have been added TO the force
ABOUT ten mi les OF the road have been graded
and three miles Of this distance are completed.
Ibe completion OF the road will open up a
valuable trade with Bolivia, especially in
iGdia-rubbeI- the latter article being now
Droughi down to San Antonio i'm boats, where
.he tradeis ;-e met from Para.
The WAY WITH THE woMEs.-Edward
ward whipped his wife so outrageausly in
CharleNolx, Mich, that his neighbors tarred
and feathered him f; but the wife removed the
TAR and feathers from him, bound mn his
WOUNDS, ana accompanied him in his nigra-
ton from the county. 'i'' IN s'"'
IHE YELLOW FEVER RECORD shows a de-
Saa S.ease IN Memphis, Tenn, The weather there
stllcken In the vicinity of Memphis yesterday
was Jefferson Davis, Jr, SON of Jefferson
pays, PRESIDENT Of the late Confederate States.
Al New Orleans yesterday, the weather con-
,inued clear and warm, and the fever kept it's
mold. An increase is noted In Baton Rouge
La, and In the Bayou Teche country and con.
unues spreading in the Mississippi and Ten
neSsee interior.
CAUSE OF THE OLD COLONY DISASTER The
evidence taken in the case OF the Old Colony
railroad disaster, in Massachusetts last Tuas
day night, shows that the conductor of the
freight train was In the act of adjusting the
switch at which the accident occurred and
had 1t half over when the foremost engine of
the excursion train struck squarely on tie end
OF the straight rail where the switch should
have Joined, and the crash followed The want
OF ADEQUATE promptness on the part of the
IIeight copductor. as near as he was in accom-.
piishing the salvation OF the train. has rsSnlfad
slaughter. '''''''