Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-10
A WOn,ln's Fall into n Well.
The DISTRICT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES

IN the Court ii General Term to-day the case OF
u. l. Sherwood and Jane Vi. Sherwood. his WIFE,
agt the District of Co.umbia was decided by Chief
Justice Cartier reversing The Judgment below,
which was for the defendant. This was an action
Tor damages Claimed u have been received BY Mrs
Sherwood by falling into IA well ON 9Th street be-
tween G. and ii streets invest. on September
6th 1881. and the defense was that the defendant
defective.
The Chief Justice said that the history Of fine
Wei exteid-Q back Ia the old corporation times:
that the present government Inherited II and the
p.stflct no" say That Jnsy Etd no I1ticr. The
Wei WAS covered by brick, lmperishlbe article
OIL wood and Yet they ,iy that Jnfy had no notice
They Should have knOw the laws OF natl,rt.: that
wood Will rot: that eyerythine- VIII rot and that
even gTavty ards ara SlOttt.i o.. h. tine They
should nlvc known this FROM having Inherited ~
miles 81 G"&4ylnG wooden pAyelaents surn
w 70. i-iIiiE'. l"r Tie Almighty had
published sla,.i .p,lces all through the gen
s rIatioh, -, Of ira, II APPEARED. however,
miracles that tl@F sid fJ, Investigate this place
Tor nine yeas The miracle Vas tiIaI the woman
survived 10 Dr.ag this action t She prOy1deuf iIy
rc,e aild Selling PROJECTION hauled our b. q
cOiored man, one OF The class WnO will do what a
White man Will not DO. AMI then get abused FOR it,
should nave Known. ami this court would reverse
The Judgment AID send the case b,ch.
MARIsI'> H,Li--Prof. Carl Faclten Will give his
Second piano r,i'al mere tonight Al his first ap-
pessrInce here LIST Ye-S. lie driI.hted his auditors
with his remarkably ma u0yysr, The Following ~
!!lt program To- hi> evening racita j. Haydn
1.S2-l~r Variation. n,Iupr: +. ". Hassler I7r.,
- gISu-, - minor. of- y: w \. Mozart. I..6-
!.yl, r0Hdo- minor: l-BarthOdy 1919
Isi. IL cdiTlccio. sharp nilaOr. Op 8: b. duettO,
Nat major. % -. NJ. D. ~cuerZO. minor Cd 10
~" X : -iii!iftt: l-1t-1SJj. fantasia, c major
Up l.: = Sdi;->-i. ~. a. eiyotte, minor. Op
y, 10 n4tZurha q minor. op. ~. c. crude + minor
op o. No :" th t'OuEOt. 1919. yalSe ct scene from
,he opera Faust" Piano transcription by En-
List
The "IEIsH DRAGOox-~---Eanes F. o'Shea, OF the
ZSi Illinois volunteers, better knOwn Is lh. s.irfsh
I'faSOon. who calnr - This city few weeks since
lCf the purp0s' VI securing h.s pension and then
went away. - again hrr.-. having. he thinAs Sc
ttltd me ii;c'sry psirfs 10 prove his claim He
States That he has been 10 II .niptOn Va To procure
;iiiidavtS, a.. and That the governor OF the Home
Kept han locked dp there under m,,a p0rehension
That he Was iiOJ what ne represented himself To be-
AND mat ne Was treated WIKI great indign!ty
While there lfi>taHd!ag hr had letter from
CO.EmiSHlOLer DUtlcy. O>ne;1 claims 10 have been
q scout during Tie war. and 20 have had many
naiT ofea,itn .scap.s; says he was shot by the
his regiment after siN months absence-
YOCrHFUL ROBEER-Iamrs Henry a small COL
orei ooy, Wa before Judge shell this morning Oh
q charge OF larceny. IL was shown that Henry
TOOK hair ehaln, mounted With gold. from small
boy named Arthur scott he was sentenced to
pay line of so or sixty days
Dr. DExrER's CUREs--Queen Victoria viii be
IA
tiers treatment for her fractured knee Washing
ton, ID. q, March 9, lSsi--PTUl Dexter-Dear sir:
About two weeks ago called 10 SEE you and was
severely afflicted with cold my lungs and pains
IL my chest After ten treatments AIN entirely
We'll OF the lung trouble, ana Iee better than have
Tor years Yours, truly, BENZ. ;. HOOPER,
Member OF Congress, fourth Virginia district.
The ART SALE-The sale OF oil paintings by
Thomas Dowiin. viii lie resumed tomorrow morn
Ing at ii O'Clock, and viii b. continued at O'Clock
IL IS a choice collection, tut the prices obtained
were extremely low. The sale is at DUwllngs art
rUOInS, 18th ami Pennsy wanna avenue.
BOYS FINED FOR BOiSTEROCs GAMES IN THE
sTREET--COmpLi1ntS have frequently been made
about crowd OF small boys who assemble and play
DOisLer0uS games Ol 4th street. between q and III
streets northwest. and last night Officers Hagan
anu MansIIeld dressed Ia citizens clothes, visited
tile locality naIned and arrested John Madigan and
iiartE walsh and locked them up IN the seventh
precinct station house, where Lieut. GeSsfOrd ne
fused 10 accept collateral They also arrested Igna-
9os hrnier alias Cooler. Alex. Hume and Harry
Lahsia.e, who were released ON collateral, which
vas ioTltited When the case against Madigdn
Anu W Ash vas called in the Police Court This
0ofhing Aadigans father. who was standing In
the court room, called out plead guilty which
'0e! oid, and their tines, IS each, were paid