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their witnesses and go on with the trial, and IL
| is further understood that the defence will be
| an allbi.
! u. 8. Senator S-yaun.s Marriage Set
tiement.
! To-day there was placed on record In the Re-
| corder Of Deeds office the marriage settlement
| OF Hon. ThoS. Swami on Josephine A. Thomson,
| OF Princeton. n. j. 1t is dated June Sd, 1875 and
| recteS THAT whereas marriage between the
| parties hereto is about to be solemnized, and
I whereas the said Thomas Swami is desrous
| that the property owned by him at Newport
| and the city OF Washington, together with all
/ furniture, plate, carriages and personal prop
/ erty appertaining TO. used in and connected
with his residence in the said cities OF Newport
! and Washington, both real and personal,
! shall be vested in himself and his wife with and
| in equal rights and shares during their joint
! lives, with the enjoyment OF the en-
! tire estate to the survivor for life," and
| lin consideration Of the said marriage and the
| sum of one dollar TO me paid" he conveys "to
| the said Josephine A. Thomson for and during
her natural life an equal undivided estate, share
| and property with Inc for our joint lives Of my
estate at Newport, describing the same as on
! the south side OF Seayiew avenue, and in Wash
| ington as No. S23 18th street, with the plate,
| furniture &c. The instrument was executed
Oh the date above before Chas. Edgar Miller,
| notary public OF New York city. and was placed
| on record at Newport, X. l., on January 18th
! last. 1t will be remembered that Senator Swami
was married in 1875, and that some time last
| year he and his wife separated
THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE ASSOCIATION of this
| city held It's fifth annual reunion at Abner's,
| on 9th street, last evening, and 1t was a very
| enjoyable affair. There were about As gentle
men present. The annual meeting was held,
! and the death of the late Israel p. Richardson,
| of the class of 1894, who died In this city in
! August last. was announced and an interest
/ ing sketch Of his life was read. The officers OF
! the association We're reelected as follows: Gen.
| John Eaton, president; Rev. Royal Parkinson
! and Dr. n. S. Lincoln, vice presidents; 5. X.
Bond, secretary. and Gen. r. ID. MuSSey. his
! torian. The banquet hall was then thrown open.
Gen. John Eaton, class OF "a, presided at the
! tables. with Gen. W. T. Sherman on his right
! and Hon. II. F. French, Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury. on his left. Around the board
were Col. Geo. Kent class IA; Hon. 5. L. Saw
S,M. Bartlett, '3s Rev. Royal Parkinson, 42 DIR.
He. Woodbury, A.; S. n. Wilcox, ~; j. Sullivan
Brown, As; Emerson Hodges, i4s; \. S. Lincoln,
MD, so; J. or1nond Wilson, 80; Gen; Chas. E.
Hovey. '52; W. W. Goddlng, Md, "a; Gen. John
Eaton, "a: Gen. r. D. Mussey 54; Hon. Wal
bridge a. Field, '55 S. r. Bond, '55; J. II. Hobbs
n. P. Gage, '62: Rev. Geo. B. Patch, 62 Horace
$. Cummings, '62; Jas. T. Allen, 62; c. S. Brown,
'62; Henry NJ. Baker, 6s: Hon: Evarts W; Farr,
'6s; Henry NJ. Paul, 's3: E. a Paul, 'z6; E.W Fow-
| Ter. rs; Geo. W. Chandler, go: Rev. DIR. Peabody
secretary OF the American Tract Society Of Chi
cago, 80; Baxter P. Smith, author of history OF
nell College; j. X. Dodge. DR.. C. Prentiss and
| Mr.. Drew, of California, "A. Interesting re-
marks were made by Gen. Eaton, Gen. sherman,
! and Others most OF them giving remin iscenceS
| Of their college days.
ESCAPE OF PRIsoNER-Yesterday afternoon.
| Buck Plumsell was arrested by Officer FItz-
gerald for trying to rob Grace church, corner
! OF 9th and D streets southwest. He was placed
in cell In the station house, and last night he
| succeeded in breaking through the back of the
| cell and made his escape without hat coat or
| shoes.
| THE NEXT HANIAN-CoURTNEY RACE.-A T.
Soule is in the city for the purpose of eXamin-
| Ing the various courses on the Potomac suitable
| for boat racing. He represents Hanlan as being
willing to row, but says he is In favor of having
the trial month earlier than the day for which
courtney has signed articleS-May 20. If
courtney and Hanlan do not come to terms, the
latter Will probably have contest with Riley
Mr.Soule spent to-day in looking over the course
on the Potomac. The race VIII be five-mile
| one. MIR. Soule wants course ~ miles long,
which would of course include turn. II the
course is pronounced favorable, there is every
probability that the race will take place here
Mr.. Soule has received much encouragement
| from the business men whom ne has consulted
since his arrival here.
ACCIDENT AT THE PATENT OFFIcE.-This morn
ing while the men engaged on the new roof OF
the Patent Office, sth street wing, were at work.
one of them named Charles Smith, ATTEMPTED
to cross plank on the highest beam and missed
his footing and fell to the floor below, sustain
ing serious fracture OF the right leg. He was
carried to Freedmen's Hospital
ALLEGED ASSAULT ON GIRL--To-day, in the
Criminal Court, Judge Hagner presiding, the
case of Josiah K. Peabody, charged with an as
sault on the person of Anna Newman, a child IL
years OF age. In July last, was placed on trial,
Messrs. W. T. Bailey and L. c. Williamson for
the defendant. The testimony of the girl was to
the effect that, with another girl, while walking
near the Smithsonian grounds, she was ap-
preached by the accused, who made improper
advances to her.
eE-"My son is a good boy and would succeed
in life but he won't make an endeayOr," said O
fond parent to bis neighbor. ''What. no en-
Geavor?" "Well, hardly endeavor." Their pis-
tolls were discharged at each other Simultane-
ouSly with fatal effect.
Talmage has discovered the great trouble
about church work He says that when you see
one Christian hard at work there are fifty others
watching the job.-N z. Herald.
ss-It is perfectly marvellous the number of
persons who are anxions to discover some new
kind of religion that the world never saw.
stood stood by W through thick and thin for 500 years.
They are like the young man who took his
geography home from school informing his
teacher that he wasn't going to study 1t until he
knew more about ft.-Rock1aad Courier.
B- Henry Seewald, of st. Peter, Mimi, the
boy who was mentioned as having vomited up
several caterpillars, died after great suffering.
He was years old.
a Persons punching holes in gold and silver
coins are, perhaps, aware of their liability to a
punishment OF two years Imprisonment and
nne OF s., 900.
dent Of the Fort Madison, wis, National Bank.
died on the Goth, and, at her request the mar
rage OF her daughter was solemnized the day
previous by her bedside. - $3.50 ~
Newark, N. j., committed suicide Monday night
by blowing his head on with cannon impro.
v1sed from hollow block OF iron.
Mrs Jennie R. Smith threatens to lecture
ment. The Rev. Mr. Rice, his pastor advises
him to '.go west"