Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-12
The Courts.
Inc COurtS
PROBATE COURT-Judge Wylie.

Yesterday the following business was before
| the court: Estate Of George w. Chamberlain.
| deceased; final notice issued for settlement.
Chas. Draeger testamentary guardian to Robt.
c. Becker. was ordered by the court to file
| bond of 81 0OO with one surety thereupon re-
| leasing his bond as administrator with will an
| nexed. Estate of Catharine I. Bryant. de-
ceased; October designated for Administrative.
Emily Z. Bryant. to settle. Estate Of Maria
Robinson, deceased; decree authorizing pay
| ment of balance in hands of administrator to
Sarah Baylor. Josiah Simpson was granted
letters of administration the estate of Harriet
Sage. deceased; bond S., 600. Estate of VIM. B.
Reed, deceased: the widow. Catharine A. Reed
petitions the court to grant her letters of admin
istratiOn on the estate of her husband as she be-
heves he died intestate Thos. f. Waggaman
was appointed administrator on the estate of
Rebecca Lowry: bond $500. The will OF Thos
McLane was filed for probate; Ignatius McI.ane
is appointed executor The will of Chas Bradley
was filed for probate; he gives to his wife, Cath
arine c. Bradley, all of his property. of what
soever nature, during her natural life, with
power to dispose of it by will. The will of Mar
garet Adamson Was admitted to probate and
record, and Rev. J. A. Walter was granted let
tiers testamentary; bond 81, 600.
POLICE COURT-.J,tdqe Smell
saturday. Moses Winters, cursng and swear
ing in the street; SIS or days. Mary Nichols. a
white woman was charged with being a vagrant
and was sent to the wOrkhOuse for so days in
default of bonds. JnO. Smith and Patrick Cady
forfeited cOlleteral. Moses Winters loud and
boisterous; s. or Is days. Peter McGrath, a
sailor. was charged with disorderly conduct
and fined IS or Is days. Vim. Massey. loud and
boisterous; IS or Is days. VIM Frazier. va
grancy; bonds or 80 days. Casey Brooks, dis
orderly in the Western market; IS or Is days
Dew Dewitt Duman loud and boisterous, IS OF Is
days. Chas. Smith. vagTancy; bonds or 80 days
Lewis Simms. colOred, was charged with dis
orderly conduct in street car. Agnes White
vagrancy; bonds or 80 days. Chas. Smith, loud
and bolsterous; s. or Is days. Maud Acton a
white girl was charged with being vagrant
and prostitute. She said that she was prost-
tute but was not vagrant. She was sent
down for 80 days.
To-day, Kate Mullen. vagrancy: 80 days in the
workhouse. Ernest Johnson and Holly Hath
way, loud and bOSterOus: SIS or Is DAYS each
Motley Fletcher, profanity: 81 or days. Frank
Smith, forfeited collateral. John and Barbara
Smith, colored. loud and bosterous conduct liz
west Washington; fined 50 or I days each. Ell
mer lmley, do. dismissed. George Wilson, col
0red. throwing stones in the streets of West
Washington; sS or days. Isaac johnson. vag-
| rancy; 80 days. Charles McHue. loud and bois-
ferrous talking; S. or IS days. Mary Shepherd.
do; do Jessie Matthews. forfeited collateral.
Sarah E. johnson and Belle Carter, loud and
boisterous; IS or Is days. John Kelly, do; do
William Knox. do; do. Tobias Simpson, cursing
and swearing on the street: SIS or Z days. Ellen
Delaney vagrant; personal bonds. Robert How
ard, Mary WEIGH and May Howard loud and
do. John Beckett, sitting on park railing; S.
or Is days. Charles McCue loud and bOisterous
S5 or Is days. John Merritt, forfeited col
lateral: John Hammond vagrancy; bonds or 80
Fred Middledorf, Sidney Henning, John Beck
EFT. Conrad Herbert, Thos Johnson, Edward
Smith, Chas. Co eman. JnO. H. Crumble, Frank
Dickson and Jos. Mcintyre. forfeited collateral.
West Washington nee Georgetown.
TT Mr.
dealer in cattle, and well-knOwn citizen of this
place, died yesterday morning of paralysis, aged
80 years.
NOILE PROssED.-Twenty-two cases against
VIM. TroXall, young man of this city, indicted
for forgery in connection with drawback certifi-
Gates were nOlle pressed in the Criminal Court
this morning.
A HORSE KILLED BY THE HEAT.-The Wash
ington and Georgetown railroad company lost a
horse Saturday from the effects Of the heat
The animal fell on Bridge street. near High.
about o'clock in the afternoon, and lived until
late that night.
COMPLAINTS are made by the residents and
merchants on Bridge street that the street
sweeping machines driven too near the
curblng. and that consequently the sidewalks
receive good part of the sweepings, and the
dust is thrown into the stores and houses.
Alexandria Affairs
Reported for THE EVENING STAR.
The COMING TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.-The
telephone matter will be settled tonight. and
by tomorrow at noon the Southern Bell Tele-
phone Co. will be authorized to place upon the
streets here such poles as they may find useful
in conducting their business. A majority has
been obtained in each board of the city council
in favor of bill for this purpose, but the two
third rule which operates upon the first evening
bill is introduced, has heretofore prevented a
consummation Of the matter. The aldermen
will hold their second meeting tonight and the
bill will pass. Within three weeks the company
will have its posts up, and there will probably be
some thirty telephones in use here within that
time. The Alexandria exchange will be con-
nected with the Washington Telephone exchange.
but it is understood that a fee of fifteen cents
will be charged subscribers for each cOmmunica-
ton between the two cities.
GAS CAUSE.-THE report of the CITY gas depart-
ment. just printed, shows that one foot out of
three feet of gas made at the works during the
past fiscal year was used by the city or by the
Reform Club, Light Infantry and othef organiza-
lions that receive gas free. The total amount
paid by consumers was S19,469.37, while the
public gas, for which the works received no pay
was valued at Sc, $50. One hundred and fifty
street lamps are maintained by the gas-works at
a cost of 81 600 per annum, or $26.66 EACH
There is no gas Inspector and it is said that the
flame is often below 16-candle power. The works.
including free gas at regular rates. paid the city
during the fiscal year 81, 6l5, of which S.. 800
was IN cash: There are few public coal-oil
lamps used during the season at Fshtown. but
lamps were erected here as early as 1903
A HANGING, Nor AN ExECUTION.-No little ex- |
element was created on the river front here Fri
day by what some thought to be public |
execution for mutiny on the British barque |
Lottie Stewart, now lying in the stream. The |
previous afternoon when several deserving sail |
ors had been taken from jail and sent on board,
one of them had attempted to kill the captain.
So when. yesterday afternoon, the persons at |
the wharves saw seaman dangling at the yard |
arm the rumor spread that Kelly had killed the |
captain and was being hung for mutiny. The |
fact, however, turned out to be that another |
sailor was brought from shore dead drunk, and |
had to be hoisted on board by tackle from the |
yard arm.
REPORTERS NoTEs.-The public schools opened |
this morning with some 200 pupils on the rolls.
Harrison. an old market dealer, was |
buried from the infrmary to-day-The bark |
Lottie Stewart sailed yesterday with 1900 BUSH
els of grain for Europe men dressed as
Indians have been making a trading venture as
medicine men" on the streets to-day, attract
ing much attentiOn.-The funeral of Mrs. Mary
C. Garner, of 922 D street, near Ryland chapel.