Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-21

GANE.-DucxS, canvasback, S2as2 80 per nafr
90, nalaid 'Jc.a5l per pair; do, redhead,
+ seas per pair.
/ IL the PoIicy-hoEdets 1T tie Mut"ol Fire Tasot-
dHce Company of the CITY of tjaShiHptGH:
GENTLEMEN:-In view OF the dissatisfaction
! expressed by portion OF said policy holders
In Justice TO myself, deem it proper 10 make
the Following statement, viz: Acting with OF hers
OF the present board OF directors, we applied to
! congress more than tWenty-fOur years ago for
the charter OF said company. After many visits
/ 10 the committees and 10 our friends in the
House and in the Senate, said charter was
granted Very soon thereafter the incOTpora-
| tors organized the company by e!ecting Mr.
lySSeS Ward president. aDC Mr.. Charles VII
son Secretary,-bOth ROW deCeaSed-and myself
as its treasurer. ! held said Office from The Or
SanlZatlon OF the company until the 25th Febrli-
airy, 1sG2-about seven years. During these yeas
! devoted much time TO the company; visiting
lis olllce, at the request OF the president almost
daily 10 and ana look after its interests The
company was short Oh funds, have frequently
advanced money TO pay the current expenses
OF the same. number Of times we We're com
PEELED to borrow money. and | have become
personally responsible by endorsing the note OF
me president OF the company for four OF i've
thousand G Stars at time TO pay losses by fire
Idthel IMAM assess the premium notes he'd BY
| The company. During the twenty-four wears
mat nave been director of this cOmpany we
i nave passed through severe financial troubles.
| out our company has been getting stronger
! year Dy year. while MANY similar Institutions
nave falled-I think we have cause for con-
Sl't, uiallon. s. artIng as we did without cent
Ill tiie treasury The company has been able to
meet us expenses and pay promptly all its
losses, and accumulate fund of more than two
hundred thousand dollars. And more than
TINS, have given safe Insurance TO our property
noi0efS. al cost not exceeding One-half
the amount charged by stock companies. ven
IuIe .ne assertion that you cannot name an in
Sufance company In any community that has
oeen engaged In business for like period tnat
mas made as few losses. or that can make. as
good showing financially as this company. As
10 compensation for my tWenty-fOur years or
service as director. have received. at Sundry
times. most OF it within few years, amounting
ID Ine aggregate to two thousand and forty-siX
dollars, making a yearly salary for the whole
tline OF elghty-11ye and 25-l00 dollars. For my
services as treasurer | never received cent
put am entitled If paid the same as my success
Sor, 10 three hundred dollars per annIIm. which
sum would amount 10 more than | ever re
celfed from the company as director.
All desire 10 say in conclusion is, that from
first to last have felt the deepest interest in
the company, and have done all could for il,
success, and now If 1t is your wish that another
snail take my place in the board that may d.
more Tor the interests OF the company in Tie
future than have been able 10 do in the past !
shan be content 10 abide by Your decision.
Very respectfully yours, NJ. e. EMERY.
POWER OF JUSTICES TO Issue WRIrs OF Ar
TAthMENI AND REPIEvEN.-Y esterday Justice
II. A. Hall decided a rather important case
tnat OF MIS- thatcher ACT. Mrs. Mcheegin-aH
action OF repleYen. MIS-. Thatcher. on the Isl
instant sued out writ of replevin TO recover
ner wearing apparel contained In two trunks
MGlcn defendant detained because OF plaintiff
otllIo IN arrears for room TeHt. Mr.. +. d. Neale
appeared for plaintiff and Mr. j. Mob Caring
ION l0r &c end@nt. The plaintiff conUended that
Lhe act OF the Legislature pertaining to justices
were in force. and that Under that act justices
Could ISSUE such WritS when the amount in
SoiKeu was not above 800, and that in the case
OF Welsh agt. Cook ct al. decided in the Sil-
pfeme Court OF the United States on the 9Th in.
2.a.t, \lhe OPINION on which was delivered BY
Justice HUNT The decision of the Supreme Court
Oh me District was reversed. and that the ACT 6f
me legislature was passed under the authority
vested IN 1t by congress, and therefore iIls1ices
V Ta, issue ,e Wits OF attachment and rep.evin
where the amount does not exceed SION The
justice gave judgment for plaintiff.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issrled to Fran
rs Ninton Greene and Belle Eugene Che, allie;
Barnard T. Fellows. OF Essex county. Mass
and Ellen y. Luckett, OF Loudoun county, Va:
Cha aT = neT ns ana Julia G. Montague
Ross, OF Baltimore, and Cecilia NJ. Elliot; Mich
ael Burk and Bridget Burk; Edward lewis and
Mary Ford: Henry O. Simmons, of ST. Paul.
MIMI and L. Blanohe EfIilnerlcK: Joliin, Jackson
and Sophie Anne Toy, both OF Charles county
Md: Edwin Norman, OF Baltimore, Md. and
Mary E. Sewfert; Levi Hill. of Montgomery
county. Nd, and julia Morriston.
THE CoBB-BrsHoP CASE REPEATED IN IT,Iy.-
The next fortnightly list OF trials in the Roman
assize court consists OF nine cases. OF which six
are homicideS or asSasSinationS. The number
OF Individuals concerned in these murders is
eleven: There is another murder case to be
tlled In February, which is one OF unusllal
WlckedneSS. A man named RuSch and a wo-
| man named tluccl wished 10 get married to
each other i'll spite OF the fact that the first had
wife and the second husband. These obsta-
cies they removed. Ciucci poisoned her huS-
| oand with cantharideS and buried him. She
| next tried to kill Ruschi'S wife by pushing her
| down precipice. The woman recovered. hav-
| Ing escaped with broken leg. Ruschi thea
| gave her -Cantharides, and as the poison did
/ not act quickly enough strangied her in pres
| ence OF her children. These crimes were perpe-
| trated at CastelnoVo di Porto London Globe
:SAnna Darble prosecuted Edward Boone
! In OwenSboro Ky. for alleged SANDER AnticI-
| pating verdict for the defendant, she pro-
4 vided herself with a rawhide before going to
court. and just aS he began 10 smile over his ac-
quital, struck him several blows across The
| face
| TIA little girl was asked by her mother on
| her return from church, how she liked the
preacher. Didn't like him at ALL was the re-
ply. Nny?" asked her mother. '''CauSe he