Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-23
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TIE ALLEGED TICKET Sw1NDLE.-T0-day,
s. Jones, charged with obtaining money by
false pretences by means Of tickets for bogus
entertainments, arrested by Oficer Harlow,
be + had sold two ackets to DIN Dr.. Meade aud hid
given the money to the party the entertainment
was for. DR.. Meade testified to buying the
tickets and Mr.. Foster that his garden had 9eer.
engaged for no such purpose. Jones u. en-
claimed that he had got the tickets from W A..
Boyd and Mr.. Mueller, and he had been o.uped
into this business. The case was pos ,poned
until tomorrow.
CANN1BALIsM-This morning Eliza Bush and
Sophia Dickson were charged in the Police Court
with an assault on Mary Davis. The parties
are cOiored. and the latter ties 'df1ed that on
last Eza g%sn ne so her and
and after SIZE denied it Eliza ca 1ght her hand In
her mouth and chewed it, AMI SOPHIA Dickson,
Elias mother, bit Mary or the arm. Several
sophia testified that she Saw Mary and Eliza in
fight, and she went to part them, and Eliza s
husband pulled her while she pu led Mary, and
when Mary struck her she bit FER on the arm.
The court imposed fine OF S. each.
MARRIAGE Licenses have been issued to John
Freeman and Lucinda Davis; James Guy, OF
Caroline county, Va, and Annie Williams, of
Farquier county, Va; George W: Arnold. Of
Richard Harris and Mary Sayles; s. c. Schure-
man and Henrietta C. Noll John II. Thorn tson
and Frances E. Dawson, both OF Fairfax cOun-
", va, 16OikC "A. blICu. vi UtOTSclUWu anu
Fannie Bellman, OF Harrisburg. Pa, Jacob Wye
and Celia Daniel.
TEE CLAIMS AGENTS CAsE.-To-day in the
Criminal Court, Judge Hagner, the case OF
Bradford, convicted In the Police Court Of pros
ecuting claims before the government without
a license. was heard-Mr Horner for defend ant
and Mr.. Miller for the Distrtct-on motion to
quash. The defendant claims that the act un-
der which he is prosecuted is Illegal and con-
trafy to the constitution Of the United States.
The decision was reserved.
AN INSURANCE CAsE-To-day, in the Circuit
Court, Judge Wylte, the case OF Dean agt. the
Phoenix Life insurance company of Hartford
was trted-Mr. E. G. Darlington for the plain
tiff, and Mr.. Matt1ngly for defendant This is
an action to recover amount insured on a life
and 1T is claimed that the persons were not
paid, but the plaintiff claims that the company
accepted rates for the amount The jury found
for defendant.
THE CHRISTMAS DAY HoMICIpE.-To-day, In
for Samuel Emery, indicted for the murder of
James s. CoombS, made a motion that the case
De fixed for trial. and that IL the prosecution
wished Rostponement they should file an
aff1daVif. The District Attorney replied that
the cases were being tried In order, giving
preference TO jail cases. The court remarked
That there were cases prior and subsequent to
this case, and he overruled the notion
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN Observation-Disclosures
Mayor Price, OF Alexandria, and formerly clerk
for the Midland and Alexandria Railroad Com
pany, went into hardware store corner King
and Royal streets, In that place, and asked to
look at some pistols and cartridges to match,
and adjusting one in one Of the revOlvers, placed
1t to his head and discharged it. He was living
when our informant left, but there are no hopes
OF his recovery.
WANTS TO KNOW THE WHY AND WHEREFORE
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 23.-EtiitOr Star: VIII
you be so kind as to inform the residents of
South B street, between It'll and 18th, why the
street lamps are not lighted at the time Stated
In your paper, instead Of O'Clock?
RESIDENT