Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-01
rux o0nRrs.

THE COURTS.
KQUTTY COURT-J1age Macarthur,
Yesterday, Narrower agt. Kelly, restraining
order issued. Allyn agt. Kinsman; sale ordered
Torch agt. Hutmuller; do. Farant agt. Farant;
decree modified. McCarty agt. McCarty; on
hearing.
PROBATE COURT-Register Webster.
yesterday, Chas: Walter qualified as guardian
to orphans Of Christian M. Beckert-bond $500.
as1ahe OF J. C. Lewis, deceased: application of
PRAISED value filed. An exempiitied CODY OF
VIII OF Sallie KnOde, of Washington county,
MO, was filed and publication directed viii
OF Mllcent A. B. Magruder; publication ordered.
POLICE CoURT-J,tdge Shell
Today, Vincent Lewis was fined $40 or 30
Gays Tor assault on Kate De Beale. Mary Nor
IisOn, assault on Catherine Shrugrue; con-
H qanHSdv under personal recognizance. Albert
Johnson, larceny OF a book from Eleanor Rev-
nolds; s.. Frank Collins larceny os pocket
S Sn0k rom t Mary l: Oliver continued Nellie
SMITH 81 threats to Jane Williams; personal bonds
Meme smith; personal bonds to keep the peace.
octave Nephew, charged with keeping three
oogs without license; fined S., 10 days in each
court that the dogs are killed, there VIII be
remission of the penalty. Edward Howard,
loud and boiSterOus: S. Otto Mead, same: $.
Lucy Rivers, street cursing; s.. Henry John
son was sent down for vagrancy. John Casey,
failure to place a light on the street where he
was engaged In building q house; $40. Henry
Houderman, street excavation without permit;
s..
A GATHERING BALLROOM DRESS made o
strands OF spun glass has been offered to any
san francisco belle, who " Ill buy and wear tC.
Professor Theodore has done the spinning by
blowing glass into long strands. and washing
them In q solution OF water and beet rOot sugar,
was done on all old-fashioned hand-loom, the
warp being 10 feet long and the wool feet, q
number Of colors being worked in, so as to pro-
<Yrpan hrSo~ <rIoe r1N rN1,n to-
panier, with loop sleeves and square neck, or
namented with box pleating, and bound in blue.
With the new dress there is set of beautiful
blonde glass curls of natural hue upon the
heao Of the model reaching to the waist.
TENNEssEE's OFFER TO PAY FIFTY CENTS ON
TIE DoLLAR.-The committee which visited
New York to secure the acceptance by the Ten
nessee bcndholders of the 50-cent a per cent
1nterestl compromise proposed by the legisla-
nor at Nashville yesterday that two-thirds of
the states creditors will accept the proposition.
IL Is understood that Governor Marks will issue
proclamation to-day calling an election OF the
people to ratify the proposition.
LoNGsHoREMEN's STRIKE IN NEW YoRK.-A
committee OF longshoremen asked the steam
snip agents in New York yesterday for higher
pay, but the agents having decided to pay no
more than 25 cents per hour they met with no
rejected the terms of the agents, and resolved
to strike to-day for 80 cents an hour during the
day and 45 cents at night.
ALL THE UNITED STATES LIFE-SAvrNG Sra
T1oNs on the Atlantic coast were closed for the
season at ~ o'clock last night. The operators
Will remain In the stations under the charge of
keepers who live near by, and who have orders
to summon the crews In case OF wrecks Toe
crews have been on duty since September last.
- PENNsYLvAN1A LEGISLATORS APPROVE THR
'ETo.-The Pennsylvania Senate yesterday
adopted joint resolution approving the Presi-
no ttc,,a
ed 10 the army appropriation BILL" by 80 to y,
strict party vote except that two greenback-
efs voted with the democrats and one with the
puo.icans.
AUCTION SALE OF CoAL.-One hundred thou
SAND tons OF Scranton coal was sold at New York
s2.l7H last month; CRATE s2.05, against S2.19s4;
egg 81. 10a$2075S, against S. 11aI; stove So STA
$40. against s2.51}G; chestnut s225as227,
against $2.24H.
THE CIVIL DAMAGES BILL passed by the
massachusetts, legislature, which permits the
recovery OF damages resulting from the sale OF
liquor from owners OF buildings wherein the
Talbot.
ELIZA HANLY has a singular penchant for
burglars as husbands. At the age Of 10 she mar
r1ed 0De named Dunn, who, after three weeks
later she married another burglar named Hin
chy. Soon after he was also sent to prison for
oe1ng too handy with his Jimmy, and on Nor
day last she herself was sent to the House of
the Good Shepherd for vagrancy.
a. Girls should remember: "Where ignorance
ts bliss It's folly to be wives. Re-
publican.
- The Philadelphia Times says that because
CluDoer Williams remains a police captain
"people who 60 to New York viii have to carry
Shotguns to protect themselves"
The secretary OF state of Illinois has is
sued license for the organization of the West
Chicago Elevated Railroad Company. The pro-
posed capital stock is $3,000,00O.
EThe Rev: Stephen Rasco, Baptist pastor
and postmaster at Mattewan, Mich, Is said to
be insane. There has been nothing cratic in
Ills pulpit conduct, but In the post Office he stole
money from letters.
0-A crazy woman In Lawrence, Mass. be-
neving that she was divinely commissioned TO
8 ,sassinate Father Coleman sprang over the
chancel rail- In ST. Mary's church, and lunged
at him with knife.
eH-A. NJ. Bailey, the Oldest printer and pub
Usher In Richmond, Va, died yesterday, aged
65 years. He was the first president Of the
Richmond Typographical Union.
~ Prof. Lewis Swift, of Rochester, n Y, has
been elected fellow of the Royal Astronomical
society OF England, as a token OF appreciation
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