Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-02

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son assault with, intent to kill, plead not
guilty. VIM. Mack and James Stanley, lar
ceny plead not guilty.
To-day, Theodore Allen petit larceny fsec-
ond ohence,) plead guilty, and was sentenced
70 thirteen months in the penitentiary. Mark
f. Scott, dtSorderly house, plead guilty, and
Washington and Ellsworth Hogan assault
with intent to kill; Washington discharged,
st RS dGgsn found not Sg Joseph kadzin
was placed on trial and found not guilty.
CIRCUIT COURT-Judge Humphreys.
;. To-day, {. Shin agt. Henry CORDOBA; Gil
liamS u Co. agt. Usher; judgments affirmed.
Dawson agt CarmOdy: on trial.
EQUITY COuRT-J1tdge Mac Arthur.
To day, estate W. F. Cox: probate proceed
ines approved. Woods agt soopons; decree
substituted. Truesdel agt. Lucas; sale rati-
fed: Simpson agt. simpson,: do. Barker agt.
Hell: reference. to special auditor. Thomp
son agt. Davis: injunction granted. Feathers.
tonhaugh agt Mutt confirmation of auditors
report
POLICE CouRT-Judge Shell
+o1 1esteTTda{, May Barton, assault and bat
brutal colored fellow, was arraigned on the
charges of assault and battery on Julia Lee.
knocking her down and kicking her about the
days in jail. Henson Perry, larceny of a pair
OF pants from Samuel Smith; SO or thirty
days in jail. John Meehan, vagrant; sent
$. Edwin F. King, profane and Indecent
language on the street: s.. Pop Montague.
throwing stones in the street; S.. Jack Lyons,
rant; sent TO the farm for thirty days. Hurry
Queen and James Davis, loud; S. Henry
Williams, vagrant; sent down.
James McDevitt, assault on Margaret Sisco:
sixty days in jail. Christopher Tyler. petit
larceny OF some silver coin from Geo. W. But
Long assault on Margaret Johnson: personal
assault on John [. Daily; judgment guilty,
ana suspended for sentence on personal recog
nlzance. Charles Myers, charged with larceny;
continued James German and VIM. Town
y,alray; $40 each collateral forfeited. Frank
dd Ity, assault on John Butcher: SO and
and battery on Nathaniel Plant: SIO collateral
1 Pna dr HenIY ~ profanity; E. Henry
lEan, GlSorderly in the county; S.. Charles
Wagner; assault on Joseph F. Weber; s..
Alexander johnson forfeited s. collateral for
assault Oh his wife Elizabeth.
THE CASE OF CATHARINE BA1LEY-P2tition
t0r Hdbed$ COrpuS.-ThiS morning Catharine
Bailey, who was convicted on the 3Osh of
March OF grand larceny, and sentenced to i'm.
priSnnnent at hard labor in the MARYLAND
pe PEI for three years, filed a petition
Mr.. Taggart, and Judge Humphreys ordered
the writ to issue returnable on Monday next
She claims that the sentence was illegal aud
void, because prior to that time the MaryIand
legislature had by law prohibited the incar-
cefatl0n OF cCnViCtS from the District of Co
lumbia, and the Attorney General being mott
ned the District Attorney was on the same
day (Alarch 3hh) Informed that the convicts
must be sent To Albany, and that the term of
the court having clOsedt the sentence cannot g
changed. She therefore asks her Discharge
from custody.
No No PISTOL AND CRACKER SHOOTING OR
FIREWORKS ON THE FOURTfI.-hIaiOr Nor
gan to-day, issued an order against the use OF
nle-armS, or the dlscharging OF tire-crackerS,
sIuloS or other artificial fireworks in any
street or avenue, within One-hundered wards
OF any dwelling house, and has given direc-
tionS to the police officers to enforce it to the
!etter during the ensuing few days including
the 4th of July.
{, kEARNEY,s PRoJECTED TRIP EAsT.-The
San Francisco Alta of June % says: IF Kear-
ney were man of sound Judgment he would
not visit the Eastern states. He would stav at
nome attend to business, and act as if his
mead were not turned. The ayowed purpose
OF ms Trip IS to organize the working men,
but how? He is not an able orator: he has
seldom succeeded in holding the attention of
q crowd without using coarse language, some
times without making explicit OF implied
threats to commit serious OffenSeS. Will he
pursue the same policy in Chicago or New
YORK? II not, the working men will pay little
need; II he does, he may find that the officers
Oh the law are not so InduIgent there as here"
g., THE CHICAGO WHISKY CAsEs:-In the United
states court at Chicago, Justice Harlan. yes
terday, ten whisky cases against ''Suuealers.
who claim immunity and nine cases against
men VINO pleaded guilty Of croOkedneSs' in
criminal cases, and claim exemption from civil
prosecution, came up. About half a million
dollars is involved in the suit. The cases grew
out OF the Bristow whisky raid in 1873.
r, ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
5 Colonel Alvah Buckbee, a prominent resi-
his wife and mother-i in law and blew his own own
brains out His wife left him some weeks ago
returning to the home of her parents. He went
with him drew revolver, shO oting her twice
Id the mead Her mother ran in and he shot
her twice: Both were fatally wounded. Buck
bee was about 81 years of age.
THE BERLIN CONGRESS has decided to cede
to Russia that portion of Bessarabia which she
ioSt In 1896, extending from the Pruth to the
kllla Valley. The DObrudscha is to be trans
1erred to Roumania. The frontier of the new
teri teerrltory IS to be ADVANCED so as to run from
the nelghbOrhOOd of SiliStria, without includ-
ing that town, to Mongolia, on the Black Sea.
ROumania will be established on both banks
OF the Danube. The independence of Rou-
STOLEN MONEY IN BANK.-George Fessler
from Canton, Ohio, with a large amount of
county funds, it is stated, has deposited S3} 900
In the Royal Bank of London, Ontario Law
oillceIs are on the way thither to induce the
aoScOhder TO surrender the stolen money.
INTERNATIONAL SCULLlNG RACE-Yester-
Brockyllle, Ontario, had an international scull-
ing race, IN which the contestants were Han
lon, PiaiSted, Kennedy, Riley, Ten Eyck, b.
li0tt, Luther and McKeOn. The prizes were
SoOo, $5QO, and 500 Hanl0n took the first prize
by ten lengths in % minutes The others fol-
lowed IN the order named. Ten.thOuSand per-
sons witnessed the contest.
POISONING CoNFEssED.-The 10th of Nav
last, IN precinct No. 5, Waller county, Texas.
Charlotte Smith, cOlOred, poisoned Amanda
i EhnlS oy giving her arsenic. Since that time
Snaflotte mas got religion and acknowledged
DONG the deed She is now in the county jail
awaiung trial. The poisoned woman is not
yet dead.-l Waller County Courier.
EX-SENATOR FENTONs SILVER VIEWS
Ihe jamestown Journal undertakes to set
forth ex-senator Fenton's views on the silver
question. 1t says: "Mr. FentOn is Qualified
i-metalllst-that is, he favors the two metals
upon proper ratio OF value being established
and accepted by the principal governments of
Europe In other words, he is for the double
standard upon the basis of equal value and
such cooperation as juStifes one international
standing for the two metals
ELIZA PINKsTON.-Mr. Albert Langley. of
CINCINNATI, who acted as stenographer for the
republican visiting statesmen in New Orleans
states IN an interview that there was no action
OF the republican visitors while at New Or
ieanS tnat lea him to suppose they looked at
the Eliza PinkstOn matter as anything but a
terrible reality.
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