Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-09
The Courts.
COURT IN GENERAL TERM.
To-day, Mercer agt. Hogan: on hearing.


To-day, Mercer agt. Hogan: on hearing.
EQUITY CoCRT-Jttdge Hagaer.
To-day, Riley agt. Cox; reference to auditor re-
fused and reference to examiner. Hutchins agt
Hutchins: appearance ordered Reed agt. Reed:
sale confirmed and reference to auditor ADAMS
agt. Adams do. Rye agt. BraXton; rule granted
Meem agt. Maidin; testimony ordered. Ashton agt.
Ashton; do. Philips agt Tippett; sales ordered Nc
Dowen agt Treikle demurrer overruled. with
leave TO answer. Williamson agt Walsl guar
dian al lltem appointed Taylor agt Taylor: do.
ClSse! agt Kaiser: trustee directed accept Offer
PROBATE COURT-J,idge Hagpaer
To-day, W. ID. Montague was appointed guardian
to A. L. Montague: bond 500. Estate Napoleon
Hudn petition OF George c. Brown for letters
OF administration. Estate of Emma {. Young:
letters teStamentary issued to Warren s. Young.
VIII OF Frances E. Berry; order OF publication. John
Sayre bond $500. Estate Robert Payne order of pub
licaion. In re Eda A. Dallas; allowance for main
tenance of ward. Estate OF VIM. FesSenden, letters
issued to Mary ID. FeSSenden: bond 5000 Est ate
W. p Copeland letters OF administration issued TO
Sarah ?: Copeland; bond. $4,000. Estate Caroline
A. McMlilan; letters tes'amentary issued to A.
+. Mcmillan on special bond.
CIRCUIT COURT-.Jtdqe Moe Irth,o.
To-day, King agt. Powell; default set aside. with
leave 10 plead Fague agt. Corcoran; On hearing.
POLICE CoURT-Judge Shell
To-day, VIM II. Dawes, Martha Ward and Ellen
Duckett, loud and boisterous; s. each. Rebecca
PondeXteT, coOred, profanity; S.. Philip Herman,
dSorderly; IS. VIM. Walsh, larceny: six months.
Geo. Pool, colored, assault; 80. Martha Ward, as
sault; 60 days
News Briefs
The roof, inside walls and columns OF the new
south wing OF the capitol building at Madison
Wis, fell yesterday afternoon, killing workmen
and inJuring -.
The engineers OF che New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk railroad company have begun a. Del
mar. Md, to stake out the line from that point
south through Salisbury to POcomoke City. orders
have been given to complete the line by April 1.
At StateSvflle, n. c., yesterday Deputy Sheriff
Wilson shot and killed VIM. Pope In a difficulty
about taxes.
Charles E. Leland, formerly proprietor of the
Delevan house, Albany, N. Y, and latterly OF the
Brighton Beach hotel, has made a general assign
ment.
George W. Rich, OF Newport, KY, was arrested
crime OF raping his own daughter. Rich is
spring mattreSsmaker.
James w. Taylor, prominent lawyer OF New
burgh, N. Y, who died last month, lost I'm Specula-
ton between 100000 and $4,000 OF other peoples
money
A duel with swords occurred Wednesday at Cha
pultepec, Mexico, between Mr.. Degheest, OF the
Mexican National bank, and Mr.. Olivier, a French
merchant, In which the latter was killed and the
former badly wounded
II. Clay MCGEE, who had a farm near Kansas
City, Mo-, yesterday shot his wife and daughter
and then took poison.
Smull, the faster in the Belvedere, n. j., JAIL had
two hemolThages and another this morning. This
Is the th1rtyhrSt day OF his fast He stil refuses
to eat.
The democrats are making arrangements to hold
night.
Carl Langnberg, OF Dusseldorf, Prussia, who re-
Gently fmmigrated to this country, has fallen heir
to an estate valued at 100000.