Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-21
THE COURTS.

AQarQantlue BIicK cOfnDanY
Woodruff; Oh hearing.
CIRCUIT COURT GO p. image Hagner.
Yesterday, Berger agt. Alexander: verdict for
plaintiff for s2705 aud costs. Richards agt.
Hillmon; verdict for $50; John S. Goss Charles
Burns. VIM. T. Jones, and Thos. A. Lazenby
sworn as jurors TO ill vacancies.
TO-DAY; Knight agt. Brooks; verdict for plain
tilt. Parker agt. Key worth; dismissed. John
son agt District; on hearing.
EQUITY CoURT-yudge Cor.
To-day, Munro agt. Munro: commissioners
for partition. aauser agt. keenan,; reference
ordered. Robertson agt. Barrett; bill ordered
dismissed. Stratus agt. Friendlch: on hearing.
CRIMINAL CoURT-J,tdge James
YESTERDAY In the case of Samuel N. Adams, On
trial for assault. the jury disagreed and were
discharged Robert Robinson, assault Oh officer
Ie1nlein: On hearing.
Tc- day, Robert Robinson was convicted of
to mercy. G. w. Walters, assault (appC3H:
| pleaded guilty: sentence suspended Emtl H0-
mill alias SommerS, assauiting Officer FritZ;
| on hearing
Police CouRT-Ji,dqe Shell.
To day, George and John f. Armor forfeited
| collateral. Walter Fisher and Edward BaTcKley,
Go. Joseph Butler. loud and boisterous 81 or Is
| days. Abraham f. Barker charged with VIC
lat1ng tie building regulations by falling to ex
| Bitit light on a pile OF building MATERIAL
| which he had In the street. at night; SO. John
Dent, assault on John +. s;ll; personal bonds TO
| forfeited collateral. Sophia Carter, assault On
| Annie AtZ; 81. Margaret Hall, assault on Julia
Sares both colored. by striking her on the mead
with stone and Siung shot; S. or 10 days in
| jail.
THE DROUGHT N PENNSYLVAHIAz-A special
dispatch to the New York World, from Milford
Pa, October 20, says: The Delaware river has
never been SO low as 1t is now and the effe5tS
Ct the long continued drought are very severe
At several places the river can be crossed by
stepping from stone to stone. The Lackawanna
anc NeyersiDk rivers are also almost dry. Work
On the Delaware and Hudson canal has been
| suspended. From the mouth of the Bushktll to
the Leh1gh river the Delaware Is fringed with
green slime from the stagnant water and mala-
rial fevers are prevalent. AT Hawley ali the
wanna and Millvllie, Pike county, Pa, the buSi-
ness interests are materially affected aud
| nearly all the mills in the Delaware valley are
closed.
ELor1NG WITH A MARRIED MAN.-Mary
Spence young English operative in one OF
the Paterson silk mills, became acquainted sew
eral months ago with man who went by the
name of William Fletcher. He was constant
day, October II. by the Rev. Alexander Craig
the pastor OF the Cross street Methodist EpiS-
copal church The couple went to Ph!ladei-
phta On their wedding TIP. The young wife
dt: coverd that her husband had his hair and
whlskeiS dyed black, and, greatly alarmed
packed up her clothing ard returned to her
Fletcher, her supposed brother-in-law ana va
astoulded at learning that the name OF her
husband was William Kirk. and not William
Eletcher. Xix who was In the employ OF VII
Fam Fletcher. as the driver Oh an express
wagon, lived in Ellison street, in the rear o!
the Louise OF Miss Spence He had wife and
several children. His courtshir was carried on
81 quietly that his wife had no knowledge OF it.
He Is "a years Of age. The day before his mar
rage he collected $50 from the customers OF
his employer. and used the money to pay the
expenses OF the trip-N. 7. Tftjtt,'e, aeth.
A scHocLBoY's SUICIDE George W. Bell. aged
16, son OF James Bel, a wholesale liquor dealer
OF Paterson. n. j.. committed suicide yesterday
by shooting himself in the head with revolver.
lie had been at school during the forenoon, ana
was apparently wen ana in good spirits: but
when he returned home he appeared to be down
hearted. He remarked to his mother at the
dinner table that he did not feel very well and
he retired to his room. 4 minute later pistol
Shot was heard. Running to the room, the
family tCu ind the boy lying on the bed, with q
bullet hole In his right temple. 4 smoking re.
tolver lay on the floor. He lived Tor some time
were summoned, but they could do nothing for
him. 1t is supposed that young Bells brain
was afIected by over study. He was preparing
1Or college.-V. r. sun tO-dGD.
Rev.S Il. Opdyke leading New jersey Metho-
d1 preacher, dieG at Newton, Sussex county,
n. D., yesterday.
The girls who were to he confirmed RECENTLY
st. Johns Roman Catholic church, Concord,
were officially informed beforehand by the
bishop that he would hot lay his hands on any
head that bore banged or frizzed hair.
Charles Talmadge, son of an ex-mayor OF MIL
waukee, and recently married to one of the
most respected young ladies' In that city, has
been caught at burglary. He made practice
OF crawling through transoms into business
Offices 10 steal.
Mayor Rose, OF Davenport, Iowa, threw tue
first shoyeful of earth In the work OF exca-
waiting for soldiers monument In that city
"TWenty-One years ago." he said, In his ad.
dress. Il was shovelling very near this spot for
a dollar day"