Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-13
THE EVENING STAR.
NONDAH.....A...D December IL, 1850.
THE COURTS.


CIRCUIT COURT GO. gl-J,tdcs Rdgfser.
saturday. Murray agt. District OF Columbia;
I've granted defendant 10 rle additional plea.
fayne a co. agt. White: motion 20 set aside de-
mufrer overruled and leave given 20 amend d.
cIAstlon IN twenty days Barton act prtscoll.
a aoS, on 70 quash eertiorari granted Mclean
ss', baI,e! et al set Tor January Is on motion
10 q1ssh attachment. Hastings agt Barnes;
JGoSulent oy default. Berry & Wager agt Home
s au Dower Association: order for security fo
DorSch; judgment by default. Wallingsfori AT.
bennett; new trial granted. Por,ner ACT. No
ran; oruer 10 give security for COSTS IlrtDtx
agt. Leonard; same order passed
CRIMINAL CoURr-Jnfcp .J,lt,sS
saturday, Harry Hardy, indicted Tor raps:
gave bail In s. GOO Bedford. Plnn and pueenan:
motion TO pay Zen johnson witness Zee, while
confined IL Jail: overruled. William Pope con
victed or manslaughter IN killing James +. But
ter motion for new trial oYeTTulel; sentenced
70 the penlientiary for six years; exceptions
taken snd execution OF sentence su pended fOr
hearing In General Term. James Stokes. man
slaughter In killing Charles Kane on March 10
$50; motion for new Trial was granted.
To-day, T. Aston, J. III. Garges. W. l. Os-
born, Edward Cruiser Il. II. Stelnmetz and JaO.
4. Gray were excused as grand jurors. ana Y.
:. White W. II. Hutchins. J. T. silence. Thos.
y. Bury, Matthias Hunter. VIM. Wolf ana
". h. Nermillion were selected 20 nll vacancies
or The petit Jurors NJ. j. Laughlin. James Bal
lew. ii. NJ. Zimmerman, VIM. Bsllantyne. J5ha
heyworth, NJ. ". Gait. y. 4. Pearson and James
I. Barbour were excused. John I. SaGhu.
Henry Koch AMI J. II. Mitchell were selected 20
MI three OF the vacancies Mr.. White was
selected as foreman of the grand Jury. Taos.
Anoels son, passing q forged note pleaded guilty
and V as sentenced TO one year az Albany. Geo.
W. TACK, assault; continued TO January. Isaac
SHlin' faPeoh Hattie Beckett; on hearing.
EQVTTY COURT-yfFJe Car
Saturday, Mcintosh sgt. ClsseIl: demurrer sus-
tainei. Alexander ACT. District OF Columbia:
amendment OF the fourteenth paragraph or the
bill allowed, assessment vacated, aud defeni-
ants enjolned from selling Anderson Rgt,
Anderson; reference 10 auditor. StOweu q
StoWell; testimony ordered taken before eK-
aminer l. Iobriner. Tuohy agt HoiVm9n;
clerk ordered TO paw The funds out In his hands.
Lewis agt. Kennedy; commission ordered u
take testimony In New York city. Shields act.
Driver; leave granted 10 die amended bin.
A Young Man DRowsED WHuE sxArrNa. -
Yesterday afternoon. at Hunting creek. near
sleXandrfa, James Wright, young man ABOUT
Is years OF age was drowned while skating sy
breaking through the Ice. The body was re-
covered and taken Ia charge by the members Of
Potomac Tent OF Rechabtes, No. - OF which
deceased was memb +. His remains were
then taken 10 his boarding house 10 Alexandria
10 Is thought that he was stunned by striking
bis head against the Ice when he fell In. a.
there was severe bruiSe on the & 1e of his face
lie had teen residing In Alexandra about a
yesr. being employed at the shinyari H.s
parents live In Jersey city. " J.
GEN. GARFIELD'S MoRrGAGEn HorsF-Tha
| story started by New York paper 20 tne
effect that Gen Garfield Is a man or extraya-
CANT habits, and that a mortgage on his prop
erty ia Washington was about 10 be foreclosed.
IS without any foundation In fact. Major
Swain, the generals private secretary and
most intimate friend, is The only person who
holds mortgage on General Gar1eid's home ia
Washington. and he has hosts OF other friends
WHO would be only too glad TO loan him any
amount OF money he might want. General
Garfield Is not man or wealth but he Is the
very soul or honor in business affairs aud II hs
had occasion to borrow money he would only
nee0 to mention II TO one OF his friends -Ran.
tor dispatch 70 Cincinnati Guzst't.
WHOLESALE ARREST OF CoUNrRRFEIrERs.-
Joseph Seinroth alias Parker, Henry Roswell
| Charles Mcdovern alias Marsh, ThOs JOhn-,n
"a uuckmanl, Barrett b. :. Barnard william
were arrested In New ; 0rk by secret service
Officers Oh the Treasury last Friday for
counterfeiting standard and trade doi-
lars The arrests are regarded as very
important ones. Secret Service Cilicer Sla-
ter was severely stabbed IN the neck
10y Yates While the Officers were endeavorng 70
| have his picture taken. Yates was formerly
! convicted OF killing policeman, but escaped
the gallOws. The secret service Officers Say that
/ Yet more arrests are 10 be made IN cJnneCti0a
with mis- affair They were arralgned before
! |. :. Commissioner Shields. and were he'd for
examination. pending which they were locked
| up In Ludlow street jail. What first put the
cutters on tbe track was the arrest OF some
cOuhterfeltefs on The canal, near Buffalo. who
''squale0 on tn6lf associates aud told where
/ they got the money. The prisoners counter
feited standard and trade dollars.
| VIRGINIA ELECTION JUDGES IxB:CrEp.-The
/ grand llry OF the L. ;. circuit court a Rich
| Inond. Va. Adjourned saturday for The term
| AFTER having Indicted five mere eli c. ion judg
two from the city Il Manche ter and three run
The town Of Chhster, In thesterneld county.
LYNCH LAw.-Geo Scott. a half-bre d Indian
and negro, was y nChed hear Bran, Ind. SaUur-
day night. by masked men, who took him fro a
the jail where he was confined for an outrage
on Mrs. Allison. the wife OF his employer,
OEE HUNDRED LIVES were last Ia the recent
Wales COliltfy disaster.