The Evening critic., 1882-03-02
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

MARY MARSHALL was committed to Jail
for three days for assaulting Susan Johnson.
THE Grand Jury did not return any
straw.b bond or star-route indictments to-day.
THE President yesterday nominated VIM.
u. Chase, esq, TO be Justice of the peace for
The District Of Columbia.
MARY DAILY, o white woman, was fined
81 and costs by Judge Snell to-day, for assault
ing am elderly colored woman named Harriet
Martin.
JAMES O. C. SMITH to day filed bill in
equity against Albert Smith, for appointment
Of guardian al Gtem for the infant defendant,
and for sale of lots 23 and n, square 0ti, and
distribution OF the proceeds.
In THE case of Gibbs, administrator of
the estate OF Elizabeth Chisholm, against the
Franklin Insurance Company, full account
OF which appeared In yesterdays CRITIC the
Jury yesterday afternoon returned u verdict
for the defendant.
Col A. Il. NEwCoMB, who for nearly
twenty six years has beon one OF the most
prominent special agents In the service Of the
Government, has retired from his position.
Col. Newcomb entered the service hrst before
The war as special agent TO prevent the con-
tinuance of the slave trade.
TICKETS to the reception to be given by
the Indiana Republican Association at Marinis
Hall on the evening of March 8 are being dis
1ributed. The reception Will be OF q social, In
formal character and will close with n ball.
IL is given in honor of tho Republican mem
bers from Indiana, the occasion being Senator
Harrison's birthday. The Hoosiers expect n
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CoRKHILL received
n telegram from Mr.. George Scovile counsel
for Guiteau, to-day, from New York city, stat
Ing that he would arrive here tomorrow and
have the bills OF exception set down for argu-
ment ON that day. Mr. Scovillc has n very
Incorrect idea of the rules of the court if he
thinks that bills of exception are acted upon
in the manner his telegram seems to fndi-
cate.
THE case of Patch VS.. White, on excep-
tions from the Circuit Court, was finished In
fl,.alF lFftYtsf In. ppr 10 nfadn G
ejcctment suit brought by the plaintiff, Patch,
10 recover possession OF lot 3 In square 100, in
this city. The claim IL based upon an alleged
devise OF this lot TO the plaintiffs grantor
under a clause in the Will of James Walker, in
which he leaves to his brother Henry, slot g.
in square 403." The plaintiff offered evidence
in The court below tending to show that the
testator never owned lot @, in square 403, but
did own lot . in square aO6, and intended to
name this lot In his will, and through mistake
the wrong lot was inserted. To this evidence
The defendant demurred, and the court sus-
tanned the demurrer ON the ground that there
was no such ambiguity as TO Justify the intro
duction of extrinsic evidence 10 show intent.
The plaintiff Patch was represented by Messrs.
MerIfck Carlisle, and tho defendant by
Messrs Davidge and Gordon Gordon.
Dispositions I'm the Christinncy Case.
The dispositions ordered taken in behalf Of
the complainant, I'm the Christiancy divorce
suit, In Lansing, Mich, and New York city, were
yesterday filed In the case in the clerks office.
Those from Lansing contain the testimony Of
apumher Of prominent citizens of that place
as 10 ex-senator Christiancy's habits and his
treatment OF his wife in the summer OF 1877.
They all agree that he was not under the in
fiuence of intoxicating liquor at all during that
time; that he was sober in his habits and kind
and considerate in his treatment of his wife
and her mother.
The dispositions from New York city are all
I'm contradiction of the statements made by
Mrs. Christiancy's witnesses, Mr.. Charles
Goodman and Miss Mary Chamberlayne,
and are an attempt to impeach their charac-
ter and testimony. They go 70 show that
Miss Chamberlayne never lived at any of the
place in the city OF New YORK where she tes-
tifed she had lived, and where Mr.. Goodman
testified that he met her prior 10 her visit to
Washington as a witness in this case. Neither
did he reside in East Houston street at the
the time he swore he did.