The Washington critic., 1885-09-07
THE WASHINGTON CRITIC EVENING, SEPTEMBER

Mary's City fort was erected where
St Inigoes Creek cmpties into the st.
Mary's River Two of the large can
mons which did duty there were h5hcl
out of the ST. Mary's River about
seventy years ago, and have since stood
where the fort was, mt n place called
Priests Point, which is within one
hundred yards of the famed St. lnigocs
Church. At Priests Point the Jesuit
Fathers have had their villa ever since,
and II is here the Jesuit scholastics
from all parts of the United States
come annually and spend their summer
recreation. This summer there were
about two hundred scholastc5 at the
villa.
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About the only signs of activity now
10 be seen in Washington, says the
JjWcs. star correspondent, are the prep
arations for rcsuming work at the Su-
prCmc Court Thisimportant and solemn
body acts as Il sort of weather in iicl.
tor for the opening and closing of the
busy season here. Whenever You be-
gin to see activity at the Supreme
Court rooms in the fall you may be
sure there is TO be renewal of business
all along the line The Supreme Court
is usually the first to begin business in
the fall. The second Monday in Octo-
tober is the time set for its sessions to
begin. The justices have been away
through their summer vacations with u
little work along with them, and will
be here soon. They have their regu-
lar circuits over which they arc COM
PEELED by law to make tour once in
two years and assist in trying knotty
law cases. Some of them have been
on their circuits this season; others who
were there last year did not find 1t
necessary to visit them this season.
The attorneys throughout the country
are evidently awake to the fact
that new term is soon to be-
gin, for the new cases are begin.
ming to make their appearance. The
number of new cases this year will
probably be about $50. This is about
the average. Some years they run q
| little higher and some less, but as these
are pretty hard times and people not
much inclined to indulge in expensive
Injuries, it is probable that the num-
bNi wiz INV uli IL SOlhN NlliiSo'
| The Court continues to keep about
three years behind with its work. II
has nearly n thousand cases on hand
and manages to get through abou
three hundred and fifty year, o.
about as many rs there are new one
coming in. So the new cases which
come in now stand show of bcine
heard about three years from now.
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"Towle" of the Boston 1rdreller say
that the great passion in Washington
Just now is gaming ON the races
There are in active operation at tn
present writing five pool-rooms whcr
betting on horse races all over tn
coutry is carried on openly. A ties
case was made last spring, but tn
courts held that Congress had failed Il
pass any legislation which would cove
The subject. Then influential New
York parties came here and opene,
pool-rooms, aided by local talent. Bet
ting ON horse racing has reached tn
size of a mania and the evil Is con
stantly spreading. Bets as low rs tift,
cents are taken, and thus the tempta
tation Is placed within the reach o
hundreds who would otherwise be KEEP
away. In some instances men VIII
are in business sit all day in the pool
room and risk their money. Thei
business is done by clerks who come t.
the pool-rooms to receive their order
from their bosses. There are score
Of men who have lost thousands an
thousands of dollars on the races witt
in the past few months. Thousand
are lost where hundreds are won. 1t
only matter of short time when tn
inevitable financial smash will take plac
in Washington, and it is certainly onl,
uttering kindly word of caution {
employees, whether under the Govern
mcnt service or not, to see that me
who are handling funds do not, rs tn
phrase goes, play the races"