Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-11-22
THE COHRTS.


THE COURTS.
CRIMINAL CouRT-Judgc Wy'is.
To-day, District agt. Collins; motion to o,,ash
certiorari granted. John Shea, Convicted of as
continued Patrick Quill. convicted OF keeping
unlicensed bar; fined sos. John NJ. Buckley,
CIRCUIT CoURr-Judge Cartier,
To-day. Wilson, administrator. art. Arrick,
Administrative; verdict for defendant
EQUITY CouRT-Judge MacA rtls,tr.
yesterday, Young agt. Kelly: decree ordered.
Mr.. Chrfsty, and decree signed confirming sale
With leave TO Selke to redeem within six
Months mo nno Gilm no. agt ,Chipman; argued by
To-day, Young agt. Kelly ct al; bin dismissed
as 10 kidrldge and property claimed by MIN.
gilmore agt HoSlner and HoSmer agt Gilmore
order oyerruling plea and reference Jackson
proved Mackail agt. Stewart; on hearing
POLICE CoURT-Judae Sne1l
,, To-Day, Josephine West was tined $ for street
sent down to the farm. VIM. Moore. Street bias
phemy, said lie was drunk and may have cursed:
s.. George McGallan was sent down for vagran-
was fined $50 or Jail. Robert Dent, colored
charged with carrying a loaded pistol; s2o Chas
Lee and James Burke, two boys, charged with
throwing stones in the streets; Burle was fined
So and Lee dismissed. David Curtis WAS sent
down again for vagrancy. John Brown alias
Jackson, petit larceny in two cases. OF several
articles Of household ware; 10 days i'll jail
Harvey Johnson colored boy, assault on Ste
phen I0veronf; both boys. johnson shot PTS
tol at LOyer0ni, the ball passing through his
hat; JAN fer thirty days: Joshua Johnson
assault or VIM. warren; s. and COSTS John
Doody, Charged with larceny OF bottle OF
champagne: continued. Frederick Corbin was
charged with assault on Rose Brown, his niece
who testified that size took her brothers part
Goblin testified that the boy said he would
Sheet him. and seeing that he had pistol he
TOOK it away from the boy and it went OF, and
the girl cal1e at him with an axe. lie was dis
charged. John Johnson alias Vim. Eurne, as
s2ult on John Weston from whose back he at
tempted 10 take coat, claiming to be a tetec-
tive; 30 days in jail. George Porter, cOiOred
jail.
LOUISIANA ELECTION FRAuDs--A telegram to
the v. !. Hc.G'd. from New Orleans Nov. 70,
says: g TWO cases came up this morning before
I. S. Commissioner Lane, which seem to indi-
cate that some very serious action will now be
taken IN regard TO the alleged Irregularities
committed during the late election One of
these cases was on the charge of bribery, and
the other Tor refusing to allow the L. S. deputy
marshalS to witness the canvass OF the Carol
ton vote. Both charges were fully SlbStan-
tiated. and the accused were bound over to ap-
pear before the L. 5. district court. \ great
Henry Behan, the newly-inStalled administra-
tor OF commerce. In both cases District Attor-
ney Leonard appeared in person, and it is EVIL
dent that he viii use every effort to vindicate
the laws. But this seems to be only the begin.
ming OF trouble. The Citizens conservative as
ISOLATION will now follow up the fight, having
received the governors answer referring il to
the courts In this answer the governor says
that ne greatly desires the punishment OF any
one guilty OF fraud or i'll practices in the matter
OF election, and will. within the limits OF his
duty, spare no efforts to accomplish that result
In the meanwhile, however, the democratic
candidates have been installed in Office, and
VIII Go all they can to hold on
A HORRIBLE SYSTEM OF DucKiSG has been
discovered In the Columbus {O) insane asylum,
where for the last 10 months eXcitable or un-
goVelnabie patients have been brought into
subsection by throwing them into a bath tub
and holding their heads under water until they
This brutal treatment was introduced into the
asylum by Mrs. Brown, who learned it in Cana
dian hospitals and in short time she forned'a
secret alliance among the female nurses. who
bound themselves by oaths to keep the secret.
The victims were threatened with drowning If
they ever tod how they were ducked, and the
charges preferred against Mrs. Brown by dis
charged attendant. who took this means to be
reVengcd for her dismissal. An Investigation
disclosed the whole barbarity, and procured the
discharge OF those concerned in 1t.
PHIL SHERIDAN SrED.-A case in Which Gen.
Phil. Sheridan is defendant, and in which
S400,G GOO is at issue, is to be heard in the United
states circuit court in this city next Week b.
Judge Wallace, In 1859 Gen. Sheridan Wa mil
1taIy commander in New Orleans, under the
reconstruction acs Of Congress, and in TIA.
capacity was appealed to by Mark Hoyt, now OF
this city, In regular petition, supported By af
ldaV1tS, to diSpOSseSS James A. Whalen, who
was then in possession of tie kilOOna panta-
ton, in the parish Of st. Charles, about thirty
miles from New Orleans on the Mississippi.
After a consultation with the Judge advocate
general, Gen. Sheridan issued an order b.
which Whalen now claims he was diSpos5essed
a al, hoyt put In possession of tie plantation
eral for the recovery of the value of the personal
property which was then on the farm, and also
for the value OF the standing crops. Mr.. Hoyt
claims that he bought the farm and paid Whalen
for it, and that the latter, after receiving the
money, declined to give UP the occupancy, il
the hope that the delay which would follow
the standing crop: An effort Will also be made
to show that Whaien was not the lega! owner
of the plantation at the time OF its sale to Hoyt
IN. Y. World, Goth.
Hon. SCHUYLER CoLFAx and wife celebrated
their tin wedding at South Bend Ind, Monday
evening. Some very handsome presents were
received, including several from Baltimore
friends.
Miss EpM0NiA LEWIS, the coiored sculptor
has finished a bust of Gen. Grant who sat fo7
it in Rome last winter. Miss Lewis thinks he
Will be the next President, and adds that she
doesn't know who is better fitted for that DO
SitiOn.
COMMENSURATE Young and Butterworth
left Cincinnati for Washington just in time to
make that last one-dollar-per- head-train. Mr.
Young remarked that it would be "d-h-' if
they didn't make that train-and the question
is what he meant by that squirting ID. H.
(Phild. Times.
NJ. GouNoD is occasionally sarcastic-witness
the speech he made to lady who begged to be
allowed to go to a rehearsal OF his new opera,
POlyeute. 'Come and dine with us, my dear
madame" said the composer. '.We will be de
lighted to see you; only don't go into the kitchen
before you come to the dining ROOM"
DEATH WARRANTS FOR THE MOBILES. AT Potts
vile, Pa, yesterday, the sheriff read the war
rants for execution to the notorious Mollie
MaguireS John KehOe and Martin Bergin. The
date fixed is the 18th Of December. They lis
tened without any display OF emotion.
ry-The Boston life insurance companies have
determined to pay the policies On the life OF the
late Colonel Dwight.
"a Medical Examination:-"What is there
besides ether and chloroform to produce uncon-
sciOusneSs?" Visiting Boy: IA club"
rE-CharieS w. Angel, the abScondlng Trea-