Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-07
THE COVRTS.

CRIMINAL COURT-Jttdge Hdgiler.
To day, Frederick Martin, charged with fOrg-
ing note Oil B. Gusdorff, plead guilty, and was
sentenced to years and months in the peni-
Tertiary.
PROBATE CoURr-J,tdge James.
Yesterday, estate Of Charles Fl. Poole; will ad-
mitted to probate and letters issued to r. d. o.
Smith and c. 0. Poole, bond 81 500. VIII OF Wal
ter r. Irwin flied for probate. Estate of Maria
Byng; inventory Of personality (s2,o3O) returned
by the administrator Estate Of Ann E. Darne:
will admitted to probate; $4,000 bond by Mary
J. Foertsch, sole heir Guardianship of Catha-
rine f. HuySman letters revoked to E. II. Nc
of Susanna Jouvenal: assent Of heirs to pro-
bate. Will of Henry w. Emmert admitted to
probate; bond $500 by Wilhemina Tuckman.
Estate of John H. Ingle; petition of Thomas j..
Myers for letters filed and order issued for pub
lication. VIII of Aaron Fountain filed with pc
tition of eNecutrix for probate. Adjourned till
Friday.
POLICE CoURT-,Iudge S1en.
To-day, o. G. Green, falling to remove snow:
81. Jos. HAS. do; do. Henry Burch, forfeited
collateral. Thomas L. McGill. obstructing the
sidewalk; Judgment, guilty: sentence suspended.
Thornton Murray, loud and bosterous: S. John
Sheckells, vagrancy; bonds. or 80 days. Richard
Robinson. profanity: s.. Emery Williams va
grancy; bonds, or 80 days. VIM. Stewart, do;
personal bonds in 500 to keep the peace. Gus.
Wilson. assault on Henrietta Higgins s.. Alex
ander Shorter, larceny OF dress coat from Mr..
c. NJ. Bell; so days In jail. Henry Fletcher, col
from Charlotte S. Whitney. white lady, who
testified that this boy took the pocketbook from
the hip pocket In her cloak, on the street. She
turned, and saw him distinctly as he ran away;
six months in jail. Mathew Hurdleston,
white young man, pleaded guilty to embeZzle-
ment OF s. from gentleman named Pierce, and
was sent to Jail for action of the grand Jury.
AN IMPORTANT LEGAL QUESTIoN.-A telegam
to the n. Y. He'dM from Toledo Ohio, Feb.
8, says: The first hearing of the disputed
: n q ON Nutir FL TYr,,
ance cases come up to-day before justice in
the shape Of suit to get possession OF certain
property. The insurance company obtained a
decree last June in the United States Court
under which the property was sold and bid in
by the company, but the defendant declined to
give possession. The defence made was that
the company was doing a banking business.
which it had no right to do under Ohio law, by
loaning money Oh real estate; and that, while
the decree of sale might have been properly OBJ
tanned the company had no right to bid on the
property. The Justice held that In cases of
this kind it was competent for the Court to in
quire into or decide as to the title OF property.
Verdict was given for the plaintiff. Exceptions
were taken by the defendant and it is proposed
TO take the case to the higher courts. These
suits are attracting a great deal of attention,
as large amounts which have been loaned by
this and other eastern insurance companies in
this state are involved.
ILL box your ears if you don't behave Is
not an unfreqGent cautionary remark in fami-
lies, and the practical application Of it is by no
means rare, and yet if parents and others who
indulge In that method Of chastisement were
aware OF the fact that they incur the risk of
permanently injuling the hearing Of the party
whose ears are boxed. or, more properly. cuffed.
they would, in some cases at least, refrain from
doing it. If it were possible to ascertain all
the facts, it would be found that many cases
OF partial deafness. which in the course OF
years becomes complete, could be traced to the
thoughtless boxing or pulling of ears to which
the suffering persons were subjected when
hearing
from such blows is not always immediate, anu
hence, when it does begin to manifest itself, it
is generally attributed to a cold or some other
Of the causes which, like pegs In closet, are
detDhid Star.
tE school-teacher in Louisville, KY, saved
one OF her little pupils from death a few morn
tngs ago by wrapping her wooden shawl around
her, in spite Of her alarmed struggles, when her
dress caught fire from the stove.