Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-23


Yesterday after our report closed the case OF
Jerry Berry, charged with burglary, was sent
to the grand Jury Sherman Edmondston and
William Lee, charges of highway robbery; con-
| tnued. JnO. E. Sullivan alias J. Edwin. J. Sui
Ivan, using official envelope for private pur-
poses. and to avoid the payment Of postage;
| lined $500 or six months; appeal noted.
POLICE CoURT.-.7,sdge S,seA
To-day, VIM. Alexander, loud and boisterous
and disorderly conduct on the Avenue: So or Is
days. GeOrgiana Carter. cursing or swearing on
the street: So or Z days. Albert Powell. VIM.
Single, John Diggs. and Catherine Denty; for
feited collateral. John w. FiIlins. keeping his
bar in the county open on Sunday; $40 and
costs. Patrick McGunnell, charged with keep
ing his bar open on Sunday; continued. WalterZ.
| Gollibert, assault ON Virginia Gobert, his wife;
personal bonds to keep the peace for six months.
VIM. Newman. assault with intent to kill Charles
Brown; $50 or 90 days. VIM. Drury, white
boy, was charged with stealing tin horn,
valued at cents. from the store of Harry B.
Cotton; $5 or Is days Edward Thompson and
Jas. Connolly, two young white men. were sent
down to the farm for 80 days. Jno. C. Blundon.
young white man, was charged with the sec
| ond offence OF petit larceny in stealing yawl
boat from JOS. Passano. who testified that the
young man came to his bOat-house in West
Washington, last April, and hired the boat and
never returned it. JOS. /. Hill testified to the
defendants Offering to sell the boat to him. The
| fishing. and had quart of whisky, and came
| and told Mr.. PassanO that he was too drunk to
fish and he would go again the next day. and he
sold the boat While he was drunk. His apear-
pearance corroborated the part of his testimony
as to being a fisherman. The court continued
the case to give opportunity to prove the prior
conviction. Henry Kaiser and Fletcher Haw-
kins, assault; continued.
Alexandria Affairs.
Reported for the EVENING STAR.
The COURT House LOT.-An impression has
prevailed here that the city is entitled to five
siXths and the county one-siXth only Of the ole
court house on Columbus street. because the
Joint expenditures of the Jail are contributed by
the city and county in that proportion. But as
has already been mentioned by THE STAR the
property was given by the United States to the
governor of Virginia in trust for the city and
| county of Alexandria, There is no suggestion
in that deed of gift of anything less than an
equality of ownership and it is understood that
many in the county claim the exclusive right to
| the court house and lot on the ground that the
city has abandoned them. 1t will probably need
decree of court, or. perhaps, an act Of the leg
is.ature to settle the matter.
PROPOSED SALE OF CITY PROPERTY.-The
finance committee and sinking fund commits
siOners OF the corporation are considering pro-
posal to sell the $40 600 of stock in the new Mid
$1,000. The city Of Lynchburg has sold its stock
! in that company at 70 cents on the dollar. This
$4,000 Of stock is the amount received BY the
attorney in exchange for $50 600 preferred stock
in the Old Orange and Alexandria railroad COM
pany. 1t is all that remains OF some $5OO, OOO
paid by the city of Alexandria to railroad enter
prises
THE FASTING WoMAN.-Interest in the fast OF
Miss Violet continues to increase. This is said
to be the 4Sth day since she has tasted food Her
motherhood the mayor yesterday that her daugh-
ter would fool the doctors and live for many
years yet" The past few days has shown little
or no change in her condition.
THE NEW TOwN.-The attempt to establish n
new town of Mount Vernon on the northern plan.
extending from Hunting Creek. opposite Alex.
andria. to the Prince William county line. and
including Mount Vernon will, it is understood.
be abandoned as impFAcficable
REPORTERS NOTEat-There are seventeen per-
sons in the Alexandria jail. of whom two are
WHITE. >. The steam tug Comet has been sold by
Capt. English to I.l, tONeal & Co.. Alexan-
ilria Is fuller Of Christmas horns than Washing
ton, or the horn-bl0Mcrs don't stop 80 long on
the Virginia side to take breath between the
toots. ], -
DR.. Kenny. who formerly attended the impris-
Oned suspects in Kiimainham Jail. and was him
self Inn prisoneti by order of the English govern
ment has received e 600 from his sympathizing
friends.
The st. GOthard tunnel has been completed
and will be officially inspected next week
Reports are current at ST. Petersburg that the
relations between Russia and China are some