Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-05

Geo Il I. Bit cn'ered a suit against Stilson
Flu Oh rs for Libel. laying damages at sle.pn:
good reputation. married and memb3r OF
the 18th street. ii. Z. church, charges that the
defendant on the Ism OF June did falsely, ma
scandaiOus, malicious and defamaEory libel,
containing. among other thin 5ss, the following:
at a late meeting Of TIE official body OF thai
its membership, and Miss Julia A. Sim
Tons "a person to plaintiff unknown was
leadfng astray the worthy but ,frai!. brother
whose Oldest children are older than she
And when her unborn, les in his arms
sole representative of lover, OF church,
dear in this world, it may be some salts
faction fer her to know that though she is be-
| irayed and deserted, the spirit of the Divine
Still exists, and IN the awakened zeal of Old
| time MethodiSm the en0rmity of his crime on
her has been in some measure avenged by the
l2thstreet NJ E. Church in publicly expelling
from its membership the betrayer of her inno-
cence,. Brother Britt, bookbinder, and now
baCkslider."
AN ATTORNEY FINED BY JUDGE Hum
PHREYS.-On "Wednesday in the Circ ait Court,
Judge Humphreys, the case. of Dennis o Neal
& Co, agt. District was. tried. Messrs. Jere
Wilson and Robert ChriSty for the plaintiff
and Messrs. A. G. Riddle and F. Miller for the
defendants. This was on action for compen-
satiOn amountingto $3,156.11 under contract
at $29,9l6,3S for cleaning alleys. The defence
was that the work aimed to have been done
been 5000 cleanings when there but $500. In
he course of the trial the counsel and the court
haa severed Gisagreements, and one cult of
he trial, outside the verdict for plaintiff, was
the timing OF Mr.. Miller $50 for contempt of
court. Toward the close of the case, Mr.
Riddle got up TO argue point of law and was
marked Il am no school boy to be dictated to
in this manner" The court then replied that
he could stand If he wanted to. but Mr.. Riddle
sat down. Mr.. Miller then proceeded t. argue
a PPStlpnlatpl
rately, when The Judge objected to his ges-
lures. Mr. Miller said that he might be I'm,
right to use them. The court remarked thar
If he didn't mind he would be settled pretty
quick. Mr. Miller said he had right to argue
the case, and persisting the court directed The
clerk to enter fine of So against Mr.. Miller.
Both parties took exceptions during the trial
on which thet case will go up to the General
Term.
FIRES YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT-Tha
alarm OF fire at l:30 o'clock p NJ: yesterday
was Tor the burning of two frame houses cor,
ner Of 7th and 0 streets northwest. 30 h
houses, together with the furniture, were en-
4rtIy destroyed. The property was owned by
JOhn DUGal,' and was occupied by him and
John RUPERT. Supposed to have caugnI from
IRE crackers, with which boys were playing in
an upper room. Loss, SOC, and fully insured.
1.-THE alarm from box 2l7, about half past
clock this morning, was for the burning of q
frame house, 1910 Is h street northwest, owned
aud occupied by VIM; 7. Scott. Loss, 500; in
aged to the amount of 800
BUILDING PERMITS issued by Inspec tor En-
tWiSle:-J. Kennedy, IT., construct two-stoly
brlck warehouse, FL, between North CapitO,
s ana lst SIS ne 500 Hugh McCafray con
tween I'd and Sd SITS. Me-; s., 300. L. j. Davis,
construct three story brick dwelling, 18th. be,
tween and SITS NV; $1,000. Wm.M Gait,
nue., between lSt and I'd SITS. Nv. s., 900. A
=. Jennings, agent, construct two three-Story
brick dlW ,h Rhode Island avenue, be-
Hewitt repair brick, 18th, between and II
SIS. NV. So
A CUTTING AFFRAY-About $50 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon two white men named
Thomas McGraw and Lewis Murphy got into
an alteIca1l9n at the corner of New Jersey
avenue and n street southeast, when Murphy
cut McGraW with razor, intlcEing two severe
put not dangerous wounds on the left side and
Il. ,e1t arm; Ohlcer Thomas Clements arrested
Them and lodged them in the cells OF the eighth
precinct station house. DR.. Z. A. Adams was
called in and pronounced the wounds not
serious.
LIGHT SILKS light silks, light silks. black
silks: black silks! black silks checked and
ground; lavender, brown, black and green
checked and white silks, on pure white and
c0lored ground; black silks, So; excellent
Dlack SILKS. -, and our real satin finish black
SILK, IN 81 and $l.25; every shade of colored
Silks. Carter's, III Market Space-Adrt.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to
Joseph BOWSer Of C0l,ingtOn, Nd. and Eliza.
NJ Grimm; l. F. Leland and RoSanna Cur
ar Isaac Alexander and Sallie CrnckeTt:
j mes Finecy, of Alexandria, and Fa ME
Daniels OF Fairfax county, Va; John Is trron
OF PHILADELPHIA, and Fannie Ii. Elton of Bla
denSburg, Nd; Creed Lewis and Julia john
son; Charles wilkins and Cora E. Beam
ANDR0SCOGGIN l. "A bleached cotton, II
cents; Wamsutta bleached cotton, 10 cents:
MattlngS at cost from Is, Is, 20, % cents sum
mer dress goods, TO- II, Is, Is, - cents: sheet
ing cottOns, 2l3 wide, good quality, 20 and .
cents; Hamburg embroidery from auction 3
avenue, south side, near 9Th street.-AdUt
THE COURTS.