Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-29
C0nFk Notes.

Theodore Brown and Frederick Brown
 two colored boys, were before the court yes
 terday morning charged with stealing news paper from the premises of Mrs. Umberfeld
 on Elm street. After severe lecture by Judge Pickett the cases were nolled on pay ment of costs amounting to $5.39. The father of the boys settled.
 Minnie Donlan, aged eight, mite of 8 girl, was tried in the City court yesterday for handing stones to Dennis O'Brien. aged fourteen, who was tried also for throwing stones at the blinds on the house of Kennedy Scott of Pine street. James Coleman was tried for telling O'Brien to slam the Scott gate They were allowed to go without pun ishment. MT. and Mrs. Scott were then fined five dollars each for refusing to obey 8 subpoena to appear in court on Thursday.
 Michael Tanning, John Cummings and Michael Sans kicked up rumpus in T. J. Callahan's saloon on East street Thursday They were prisoners in the City court yester- day morning charged with a number of of fences, including intoxication and breaches of the peace. After they were arrested Cum mings assaulted prisoner in the lookup and had to be ironed Judge Pickett made the penalties as follows: Cummings, for drunk enness, judgment suspended; for assaulting Callahan, $5 and costs; for assaulting John Sullivan, ST and costs; for assaulting John Boyle, $10 and costs; Michael Tanning, $5 and costs.
 Israel Lyman and Abraham Bernstein, ped dlers from New York, were charged with peddling without license. The penalty un- der the city ordinance is fine of not less than $25 nor nore than $100. The court continued the cases until to-day to see if a complaint could not be brought under diff ferent ordinance, as it would be a hardship to make them pay fine of $25.
 In the City court yesterday morning Wm. F. Tobin was fined $25 and costs for an as- sault on his wife. He knocked her down and blacked her eyes.
 James M. Donohue. of Pine street, was an- other wife beater who was brought before the City court, His wife testified that he came home drunk and because she would not go out and get him more beer he threw vegeta- ble dishes at her. Tonohue was sent to jail for twenty days each on the two counts and will have to settle for the costs in addition before he is released.
 Thomas F. Maher was tried before Judge Pickett yesterday for an assault on Robert s. Keith. As it was Maher's first ap- pearance in court the penalty was made $5 and costs.
 Yesterday morning George R. Cooley and Charles K. Bush, commissioners on the in- solvent estate of the 0. G.. Alerton compa- nv. held meeting in the formers office and heard the claims of creditors. The only ones were those of John E.. Bassett 6 Go. for $2, 800 and G. M. Griswold & Go. for s547 No action was taken upon either of them and at il o'clock the hearing was ad- iourned until next Friday.
 Yesterday forenoon Judge Pickett heard the arguments in the case of Whitney Elliott ys. E. M. Beaumont ct al. It is petition for foreclosure of mortgage of about $500 m property in North Haven. The argument vas made on a plea in abatement for the req son that the property was outside the city limits. For plaintiff, Linsley; for defend ant, O. H. T. Fowler of Waliingford, who represents q subsequent foreclosure The owner of the equity is a son of the plaintiff, md he wants the defendant to get out of the Tas reserved.