Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-18
LOCAL NEWS.
District government Affairs.

wfth them uTon the methods and syS'ems OF
cohGuc'lng the municipal business OF this Dis
triCt.
James Murphy has been appointed special
policeman for duty NJ tie Agricultural DEPART
ment.
The work on the machinery and engines.
buildings. Sc, have so far been completed that
water was turned on the new Siand-pipe at l2
O'Clock to-day. and by three O'Clock the fun
force VIII be On three hours being required to
I'LL il.
The health officer has in a communication tn
the District Commissioners, called their atten-
ucn 10 the filthy and almost impaSsable condi-
ton of the alley in square between ID and z
and 9th and 10th streets northwest and the
alley between c and ID and 9th and 10Th streets
southwest: and requests that they be repaired
at once.
SeTgeant-at-Arms French. Architect Clark.
and other officials al the Capitol. have Joined In
a request that the District commissioners des-
ignate officer Patrick O'Hare TO the special
duty OF looking after well-known tTamps, dead
beats and other crooked persons who intcSt the
Hobbies of the Capitol. Ofiicer OIiare is well
qualified for This duty, and besides Is a courie-
Gus and inteiliCent oincer. The assignment VIII
probably be made
The District assessors are about closing un
tie assessment on personal property. and are
distributing circular letter 10 individuals who
have failed TO make returns and have been as
SeSsed with the penalty notifying them of tns
assessment and penalty attached, and that if
the same is not satisfactory TO call ar the office
at once, otherwise the amount VIII be turned
over to the collector OF taxes as tinal.
IEh hb1HEh Df \ EN DAY OLD BABY SENT
FROM THE WITNESS STAND TO JAII.-This morn
ing in tie Criminal Court, Judge Wylie Corne-
liuS Williams, charged with assault and bat
tery, was on trial, and Annie Trammell. coiored,
was witness foi defence, and on croSS-eKami-
natiCn was asked how she knew that Francis
PoinGeXter was in her night robes on the night
OF The fight, and declined to answer. saying She
had done 50 once. Judge Nylie asked the qIeS-
tion. and she said that she would not answer
again Tor him or anybody else. The court Or
deTed her into custody after she had persisted
again in refusing to answer and the officers
cane around 10 take her TO the deck. Her sis
ter said size did not know that she must
answer. She was requested not TO inter-
fere, and The witness was taken out of the court
room. Mr.. f.. c. Darlington suggested that she
did not understand her duties as a witness. The
Judge replied that she was an impudaat huZZy
and would have TO 90 TO jail. Later I'm the day
Mr.. Darlington again interceded for the release
of the witness, saying she had meant no disre-
spect TO the court; and besides, she had an in
FAINT ten days OF age at home. The court de-
clned TO allow her to purge herself, and the
district attorney remarked that the fact OF her
having an infant was good ground for habeas
corpus.
MAN Under THE BED-An Interesting Crint-
ipGt CdNe.-This morning in the Criminal Court,
| Judge Wylie. the case OF Cornelius Williams,
charged with an assault and battery with in
tent 10 kill William Heminger, in Georgetown,
was heard. District Attorney Wells prosecuting
and Mr.. +. {. Darlington for the defendant.
There were quite number OF witnesses sworn
In this case and il was claimed that in fight
between the parties Williams used knife on
Hemnger. Williams being sworn in his own
behalf, testified that on the night in question
ne returned home and going to hang up his
clothes on tie bed post he found that somebody
else'S clothes were there, and walking about the
room re stumbled over a pair OF boots and then
HeningeT's lead popped out from under the
bed and he ,IIemingen cut him across the
knees and they had a scufle, in which he Will
| H2mS) defended himself with chair aud made
| wipe AZ him with small nail with which he
| may have cut him. He acknowledged that he
| ran after him aud that il was a good thing he
" N ~sigf fFin l-raSf lpr
| Hemihger. The case was on trial when our re-
| port closed.
! LIBEL AND SLANDER CAsEs.-John w. Belt has
| entered suit by Mr.. :. c. Humes against
| Christian q. Gockeler, Tor libel, in having on
| the 9Th OF August published the following of
| ard concerning him: washington, August 9Th,
| 1875. This is TO certify that your superlntend-
| ent, Nj. Belt, has been in my house, on two or
| as TO unfit him for any business. Christian b.
! Gockeler. To Edward Temple, president OF
! Captoi, North q street and South Washington
| X. r. COY Plaintiff lays his damages at 5000.
| JACOB ". Collins has, by MessrS. Birney and
| Birney, entered suit against George vuhman,
/ for SANDER laying damages at $1,000, in having
| on the Goth OF July last spoken OF and concern
| ing him: "YOu were turned out OF market for
| stealing: you are thief; you were turned OUT
| OF church for stealing; YOU were turned out OF
| market for stealing and thieving; You were
| turned out OF church for stealing and thiey-
! ing"
1
| before Judge Humphreys, the case OF r. III.
| Marsh, who was committed TO Jail i'm October
last; for contempt of court, by Judge DIN OF
! the Probate Court, in default OF payment of a
fire Of IS, ,0l2 %, ithe amount claimed TO be due
by him as guardian Of the orphans OF w. III.
| Fannlng, deceased was resumed. IL will be
remembered that on Monday last, when Marsh
was brought out on writ OF habeaS corpus, he
was released on his own recognizance 10 ap-
pear to-day, and he promptly appeared at the
| hour named Messrs. Cook and Cole for the pc
| tltioner and Messrs. Edwards Barnard and
| w. ii. Brown for the warden. After some dis
| cussion as to the return, the further hearing
| was post StpOned to January Sth-John III. Holden
entering Oh bond OF $3,012.25 for his appear
ance.
STOLEN PoCKETBooK RETURNED-Yester-
day, lady residing In the northern part OF the
| bodyS hand in her pocket and turned immedi-
| ately about, but as the street was crowded saw
no one close by her, but her pocketbook was gone
| At this moment she saw two white men near
| by and one OF them handed pocketbook TO the
other, and she caught the one who held the
pocketbcok by the collar and with her other
| was Still in his pocket, and held him hoping to
J see policeman. The man finding himself in
an unpleasant fix drew the pocketbook from
1 his pocket and thrust it at her grufiy exclaim-
| ing. "Oh, here's your pocketbook," both OF
! them hurrying OF out of her reach.
THE LEEsBURG BURGLAR.-Last night Post
master j. F. Rinker, OF Leesburg, Va, called
| upon Major Morgan at police headquarters,
tlldl oC1ut uOuUtS tAlSltQ IN IDe mllQ5
oi the authorities OF that city as TO the identity
of the man who was recently wounded by a
| pistol shot in the attempt at burglary at Lees
| burg-whether he is John Schenig, the burglar
| who attempted TO rob the Metropolitan railroad.
He requested that some one be sent TO that city
| TO identify him. Major Morgan will send one OF
| the detectives probably Mr.. McDevitD to-mor-
| row to lock him over. Mr.. McDevitt will take
| Schenigs old companion, "Sukey Bell" with
| him.
INDICTED AND DISMIssED.-The grand Jury
to-day indicted James Peyton and Peter Lewis
for the murder OF Jacob Day on the fth OF De-
cember; Peter Lewis, accessory to the murder
or JACOB Day; James II. Whitten, presenting
a false claim; VIM. Cone alias Stetson forgery:
Henry Mlnnis, larceny; Emanuel Holmes per-
Jury; Henry Prather, petit larceny, second Of
renee; and Adolphus Burgess, do The follow
ing cases were dismissed: Henry Kropp, receiv-
ing stolen property, and Henry Prather, petit
larceny, second offence. The grand jurors were
discharged until the third Monday In January
s20thl.
DEEDS IN FEE have been fled as follows:
Vim. Donovan to Patrick Hulehy, pt. lot e. Sq
500; g.. T. A. Curtis, trustee, TO Margaret
Walsh, lot Z, So. $50; $3495S. Same, to E. A.
Moxley north half lot 4, So; S424. T. Tourney
to A. ID. Jessup, sub lot 16, 50. 256 S6160 81
John Hitz ct al. to the United States lot s. 80.
SIS; 900. Edward Simms ct al TO the United
States lot Q, So 576; s, 90. T. F. Gatcheu To
l. y1rt.n La 0a nAw.