Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-17
The Street Obstruction Cases.

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1t was briefly mentioned in the STAR last
evening that J. S. Redman. Jno. r. w. Mankin.
Henry C. Gray & Co., Pool Brook. and
Edward L. FOLSOM. all wholesale pr oduce dealers
doing business on Louisiana avenue between 9th
and 10th streets northwest We're on trial in the
Police Court yesterday. charged with placing
and causing TO be placed in front of their places
OF business. more than four feet from the build
ing line, certain goods. wares. and merchandise
and not being in the immediate act of removing
them thefefrUn Mr.. Cole appeared for the de-
PENDANTS. Lieut.. Arnold and Officer Breen of
the NTH precinct. testified that the defendants
are produce dealers ON Louisiana avenue and
constantly occupy a large portion of the side
walk with their goods. ana claim to have
o permit from the District Commissioners
to occupy large portion OF the sidewalk. Some
OF the merchants testified that they do very
large business, handling hundreds of barrels of
apples and thousands of heads OF cabbage and
other things in equally large quantities. and it
requires a great deal of labor to get the pro-
Guce across the sidewalk. as ii is about 40 or 80
feet wide in front of their stores. They admit
ted that the goods could be put into the stores
without depOsiting them on the sidewalk at all
but said it would increase their expenses
greatly The court remarked that i'm relation to
tine permit they had from the District Commits
sloners he thought those officials had no au-
thority to give permission to persons to violate
the laws made by Congress. These wide pave
ments were elephants on our hands. and a nu-
sance Tor business purposes. and the merchants
are greatly encountered by them. but as case
was made out. the only thing TO be done was for
him to impose the usual tine (S3) and the de-
PENDANTS could take the case up on an appeal
and have the question settled in the upper
court. and any decision that Judge Cox gives on
tue question this court viii be governed by it.
All the defendants, through their attorney.
noted appeals.
IMPORTANT TO Observation-Disclosures is
called to important changes in leaving time of
through trains on the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad, commencing Sunday 18th inst The
CINCINNATI Express. heretofore leaving Wash
ington at $50 p m. will leave at $50 p. m,
daily for the west. daily except Saturday for the
north. The fast line now leaving at 1890 a. IN.
viii on and after Monday leave at 1000 a.. H.,
daily for the west daily except Sunday for the
north and east
The Pennsylvania railroad announces that,
commencing Monday 18th inst the evening
train from Washington, leaving the Baltimore
ana Potomac railroad station at 1:30 d. In.
daily. except Saturday, will land passengers in
Cleveland at LIS p III. the next day, being the
fastest time made between these points
GoUNG LADIES CHRISTIAN TEMPER NCE UNION
The first public meeting OF the Young Ladies'
christian Temperance Union. No. f. was held
Wednesday evening in the lecture room of the
Sixth Presbyterian church. and 9th streets
sou'hHc est LIE program oil literary exercises
was varied and pleasing. An interesting fea-
ture was the reading of The White Ribbon
Adrocdte. temperance paper COMPOSED en-
tirely of original articles in prose and verse nv
the members OF the union The officers are
President, Miss NJ. Louise Strobel: yice-presi
dent. Miss Alice T, Hercus; secretary. Miss
Mary Henderson: treasurer, Miss Mary Noble:
editor. Miss Mary Hercus. All young ladies are
eligible for membership.
An ORGANIZED GANG OF C0L0RED FEMALE
IHIEyES--Policeinan Shanks. of the seventh
precinct. last Monday arrested a colOred girl
named Lizzie Barron. alias Jenny S. Lee for
the larceny OF q coat from the house of Mary
Edmunds0n, No. "A q street northeast The
officer states that the girl acknowledged to
MN thaf she came here lately from Alexandria
and belongs TO regularly organized gang of
colored female shop-lifters and hallway thieves
but refused to tell him where they have their
headquarters. She asked the officer what her
hne would be, and on his naming a much larger
fine than would be imposed She said that If
would be paid. as she had a lot of stuff ON hand
now TO dispose of She was put on trial Thurs
day, and identified by the woman who lost the
cloak IL was also shown that the cloak was
found in the prisoners possession. She asked
TO have the case continued one day to get Wit
nesses but she had none in court YESTERDAY.
and was fined % or fifteen days.
A PLEA OF SELF-DEFENsE.-Mr Patrick Con-
ners writes to the STAR in reference to a charge
OF cruelty beating cow preferred against him in
the Police court; thst the cow in question was
very wild and exhibited annoying manifesto
lions Of a suicidal manner: that in endeavorng
to prevent the furious beast from jumping into
the river, he was placed in a position where he
was Liable to be hurled into eternity at any
moment, and in order TO save his own life he
had TO give the COW q few raps on the head
with q stick. He denies that he injured the
animal in any way.