Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-14
CITY AND DISTRICT.

CusBERIaNp. wAsHNop,N AND NORFOLK r.
| R-A certificate of incorporation of the above
| company was filed In Maryland YESTERDAY The
| capital stock is $4,000 The incorporators
are 5. j. Suit, A.w .Dimmock. wm.J. .Murtagh. 4.
| 1. wales and f. O. Reed. The road is 20 con-
l meet the Cumberland coal fields with the WASH
| lngton City and Point Lookout railroad which
| is now being built The connection will take
| place at Hyattsyile. Point Lookout. the
terminus of the Washington City and Point
United States coaling station" hy the Secretary
OF the Navy, as will be seen by the following
letter
| NAVY DEPARTMENT
vii sIf p ,s view cf the Sstly incraSd fsces which
,ha o, ior the business Of the naval service by
lower waters Of the CHESAPEAKE Say iii. % eSrneps S ne
and POINT in the SsrSo at the ssrsss.ns sr%inas of
as mAs9edn - i 20 CITY and heint Lockout railroad
itself cf the faE Of that road for coal
more 9Ts,t economical and equally enIeslitiors.
prcs M Il made IN god faith and for the
ton Of the Improvement contemplated which promises
@ entire p9se in n many resPess At tse saie time moth
is T3 eosed ss N is enFesson 81 the dear,nen,s
iec i 10 any pecunary liability commit amy in
matter Very respectfully '-' =" WIG
wIi.IiaM II, HrSr, Secretary Of the Navy.
Lockout x. r., Washington, ID. c.
oARsNEN GONG ro.LYNcHBrRG-An three OF
the city clubs are expected To send crews To the
regatta at Lynchburg next Tuesday. The CO.
| lunbia crew will start next SATURDAY. night and
VIII be composed as follows :-Waliach stroke:
klntner, 3; Mute, 2. w. A Smith, bow and w.
Williams. substitute.
| THE CHRIsTIANcY DIVORCE CASE-On the od
inst Mrs. Christiancy. i'm the suit of her husband
against her for divorce. asked the issuance of a
commission TO take the deposition OF George F.
liaigit as to the conduct of Mr.. Christiancy to-
wards her-the inteTogations being attached.
Inc counsel for Mr.. Christiancy have filed obiec-
tons 10 these interTogations on the ground that
some are vague and indefinite and are not linn
ned TO the assumed language. conduct and acts
of plaintiff in the District. and the acts commit-
| ted outside the District are incompetent as tend
| ing TO establish cause for divorce.
DEEDS IL FEE have been recorded as follows:
JAS Norris to DIG. Swaim Mt. Pleasant. -. 600.
g. A Bohrer, CON-. to Jas. II. Richards. pts.
"A and 25 50. SIS; g E. J. Gulnand 10 Jas.
/ S. Edwards, trustee. lots and 10 So G9O III
and ~, so. 796. and lot 5. SO. $50; s.
Clarence Duyal to +. II. Thomas sub "a So.
179; 1000. Allen E. McI.ain TO II. A Linger,
pit. 10, so l40; $40. b. II. Warner trustee. to
Miles Parker, sub. s. SO. la; Sl,050. Elizabeth
Johnson to l. Louisa johnson. sub 8. SO. 776;
g. W. Calf to q. +. Smith. lots IA and IL
sub. 10. so. 40: 81 .545 I. III. Smith TO Sarah J.
| Carrigan. lot Is. SO. 760 $500. Matilda Ruth
erford to Thos. Hopkins. lot 2S. So. %; Il. 900.
u. - vi.
2Sl; 81 Oo0 lot 81, sq. $40, $3.50, and lots 25 to
81 so. 49, $500. Ester Price TO 3. Temple,
| lot IL, SO. 435; $500. w. NJ Gait to T.. Graves,
lot z. sub. 5 and 6, so. $40; 5000. J. F. Ohm
stead to w. J. Thomson. U.S.N., lots 40 to 43,
So. lS2; Sl6,367.50.
| AWOMAN's SKULL FRACTURED WITH BRICK
Bette Brock was charged in the Police Court
| to-day with assaulting another colored woman
named Mahala Washington who stated that she
| lives on Cedar street. between : and and 18th
| and 14th streets. and on the 25th of last August
showed boy off her porch, which knocked down
Betties children, whereupon Bette attacked
witness and fractured her skull in two places
with brick. The defendant said that she WAS
| attacked by Mahala, who struck her with brick,
upon which she (Bettie) threw her down and
took the brick out of her hand. Defendants
counsel, Mr.. o. 5. b. Wall. asked that his client
be dismissed on the ground that she acted in
self-defense. The court said that when the de-
fendant had the other woman down she was in
no danger of being assaulted, and had no right
to then use the brick.
The RIVER FR0NT.-Harbor Master Sutton
reports arrivals at the river front as follows
steamer Eliza Ann. Capt. Shropshire. with mis-
cellaneous cargo for j. III. johnson Bros: scbr
Copper, Elzey. coal for Stephenson Bros: schr
Rockaway, Hull, coal. W. o. Alexander: long
boat Kate, Alexander, wood, j. o. Carter: long
boat Anna Mason. Douglass wood same: long
BOAT oliver Underwood. BrNn, wood. same;
longboat Ada Lee, Weston. wood. ii. l.. Biseoe:
sloop Mary Frances. Watkins. oysters for mar
ket; steamer Mary c., Smith, &c. 600 feet lumber
Tor market; schr. VIM. Totten Adams, wood for
II. c. Biscoe longboat Queen Anne Owens
weod for same; longboat Mary A. Jones. Colli-
son, wood for same; longboat E, Brown, coal
for market.
A PETITION FOR DTvoRCE.-To-day Mr. " H.
Miller, for Anna A. Hammond filed bill for q
divorce from John E. Hammond. They were
married i'm May. 1864. by Rev. J. I. Ward of the
9th-street LIP. church. and lived together till
October. 1876, when. she charges defendant
drove her from the house and sold their house.
hold effects. and she took refuge with her sister
She prays the custody of her two children aged
fifteen and nine years and the right to resume
her maiden name of Frank. DC.
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued TO Louis
Franklin F. Genet, of New York city and Cale
L. Cooper; Charley Thomas and Rose TYLER; w.
f. Boisseau and Mary p. Brockett both of
Prince Georges county. Nd; Edward Clinton. of
Montgomery county. Nd, aid Anna Kirby, Of
Baltimore; Morris Ullman, Of Brooklyn, \. Y,
and Bertha Rich.
A VERDICT AGAINST A STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
Yesterday, Judge Walter had before him the
case of Pagenhoff agt. the Inland and Seaboard
Coasting company, and rendered judgment for
plaintiff for the amount claimed, Sl00 and costs.
Plaintiff with Others, on August IL, purchased
time, number of stoppages and under the ad-
vice that he could step off at Fortress Monroe.
Accompanied by lady, with Others he stepped
off at that point without objection. On the re-
turn he and his party proposed to step of
again at that point, and, as Mr., johnson, one of
the party, attempted TO step ashore. an officer
of the boat demanded 50 cents. Plaintiff stated
that Mr.. johnson had the same kind of
ticket the Others had and. on the request of the
officer. showed two tickets. when he snatched
them and demanded Of plaintiff 81 before he
would surrender them. After quite scene the
plaintiff was compelled to pay for the privilege
of landing".
The GRAND JURY UNEXPECTEDLY ADJOURNED
The grand jury, as will be seen by the report of
the Criminal Court proceedings, was adjourned
this morning until Monday, October Sd. On
coming into court. District Attorney Corkhill
said that two or three members of the grand
jury, including the foreman desire to be absent
for ten days or two weeks He did not feel like
trying the experiment of a temporary foreman,