Evening star., 1885-11-20
The Harding Case At Rock willie, Md.
Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR:


ROCKVILLE, Nd, Nov. 18th, 1885.
The case Of the state VS.. Lloyd w. Harding
and Laura V. Harding, indicted for incest,
came up for trial to-day in the circuit court
The state attempted to establish the marriage
of Laura V. Harding's mother with the brother
of Lloyd w. Harding by the entry OF the mar
riage in the record kept in the Catholic church
in this place. The defense objected TO this
cord being received n evidence on the ground
that il is not a record required 10 be kept by the
laws of Maryland. The state failing To produce
other evidence of the marriage, the case was
submitted to the court-Judges ynch and Vim
The state then announced To the court that
stet would De entered in the case OF Laura V.
Harding. The notorety OF the case drew into
the court room all the mem bers of the bar and
large crowd Of spectators.
SUIT FOR $6.oOO.-To-day James f. Aiken,
of Mississippi, by Mr.. j. Amber Smith, filed =
suit against samuel G. Read To recover $4,000.
The affidavit appended sets forth that this sum
was advanced by plaintiff TO defendant when,
in 1869, he was prosecuting the Armstrong
claim and he made assignments TO protect
partnent paid the claims these assignments
were not recognized aud the defendant wa0
paid.
THE B. & o. TELEGRAPH CoMPANY.-The an
nual report of the president OF the Is. & U. rail-
road TO the stockholders contains the following
regarding the b. d .. Telegraph Co.: The tele-
graph company owns or controls 1885 miles
Of poles and 54,972 miles of wire, covering ali
the leaQln& cllleS- pOllcy mas been 10 reac0
centers of large population, and thus, In cities
of 5000 or over, In has, through 1l4 Offices,
reached an aggregate population OF eight mtl-
lion. The whole number Of the company's
offices is 143. These are at points at which
IL is believed over seventy-fiye per cent Of the
entire telegraph business OF the country "
transacted
SUIT AGAINST A RAILROAD COMPANY FOR
&20,000.-To-day r. w. Tyler, by Messrs. W. u.
against the Pennsylvania railroad company
for $50, 600 damages. He states that on August
21st last he bought q round-trip excursion
ticket from this city TO Atlantic City, and that
on presenting the same on returning the con-
ductor refused to honor the ticket, and threat
ened II he did not pay fare 10 put him on the
train or turn him over TO an officer on his arri
val at Camden, and when the train arrived al
Camden compelled him TO 60 before an officer
OF the company, and did not permit him 20
make the continuous journey.
THOMAS 81. HARBIN's FUNERAL.-The fune-
raj Of Thomas H. Harbin, for many years one
OF the clerks at The National hotel and % q well.
this morning from his late residence, on 7th
street east, and the remains were taken to 81
her Of ieadinr citisens as Also the local orxsni.
xation of the Catholic knights OF America and
many Of the former OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the
q
BY Rev. Father sullivan, and there were IN the
church FAthen Dunn, Hughes, and Ryan.
tribute % the character OF the deceased. The
casket was covered with 1oral tributes II We
borne % the hearse by Messrs. Crosby ano Brit
F. <. Dooiey, and II. f.Weier, ana 5oiIo;wsd % Sy
. long line Of carriages containing relatives and
fr1epds Of the deceased. Tie remains were
soof place NJ zufsosss SsieS the Ses
g. Peters branch, No. 10e, Catholic Knights OF
America. yesterday adopted appropriate No.
lutaons rsspsetns the dssth of Ar. Hardin