Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-05
In the Criminal Court

In the Criminal Court
ARRAIGNMENTs, sENTENcES, &C., TO-DAY.
In the Criminal Court, Judge Macarthur, this
| morning, Lawrence Napoleon Hunter under
| two indictments for abstracting articies-a
| silver watch, rings. Christmas cards, eto.-from
| the mails while a clerk TIA the city post office
| last December. pleaded guilty. Ex-Consui
Smyth appeared for him. aud stated the cir.
cumstance> of the Case, and asked the ieutency
oil the court. Assistant District Attorney Tag
CART stated that there were ten in
All, In signt OF when Hunter told what had
lecams oil The articles, ami they were recovered.
| Tue court Imposed tae sentence of thirty days
| Ia Que case aud one year IN Tue penitentiary Ia
| Tho case VI John Maker, indicted for forgery
| of = receipt for nine dollars IN THE name o, w.
A. Barues was called. A letter rom Tie prose-
and the court, on "A plea oi guilty being taken.
suspended the sentence, aud Maker was re-
leased OH his personal! recognizance.
| WIN. Smith, who pleaded guilty OIL house.
breaking s"he time siuce and had just served
out a Jail sentence, was sentenced 70 tnree years
| In the peuIteutiary.
The Following pleaded nol guilty: Langdon
| Jones, for IA assault and battery with intent TO
commit u rape On Elizabeth Rcithm uller; Nor.
! Minerva A. Sisson: Lula Waller, violating
postal law; Joseph ThOmas, second offeuse petit
| A noie pros. WAS entered in the case of w.
| Calvin Chase, indicted Tor libel.
| In the Case OF John +. StJr.Is, charged with
| empe1ziemsut, the recognixaace was forfeited.
How A VIRGINIA BRIDE AND GROOM
| WERE REcEivED. "Wednesday morning Mr..
! bridge, On tne Alexandria and Fredericks-
burg railroad, aud Miss E!nma L. Davis,
VI the same place, Came Ia this city by
| train On the Way they make known their
matrimonial intentions 10 apt Gould, the oou-
ducLur I'll tae TRAM. On arriving here LiIcy were
invited To Capt. Goulds residence, IL ID street
southwest. license Was procured aud Rev.
Or. Nourse, OF The Tabernacle. tied the knot.
Iuey teit ON the AFTERNOON train Or home, tut
| telegram preceded thelu. When they arrived
| home Inc population, ABOUT niLy in number,
| turned out EN- masse and gave them ruus,ns
reception. keeping the groom up nearly un
| EiSnt "a receive congratulations, and giving
| the bride and bridegroom An Old time sere-
| uade.
! RoBBER1Es REPoKTED.-John Pollard, 522
10Th street northwest ports stolen from han
| u suit vi ciOtnss valued ~ S5.-Luthsr Nj. Slo-
| cum, Su7 North Capitol street, Reports stolen
| irom him $.S5. kicuxrd w. welcn, l2l Mary.
! land avenue northeast, reports the larceny
| from his house vi various articles, worth xI6.75.
| MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage licenses
have been issued by the clerk vi the court 10
Albert T. Burcne aud Cora J. Giymes, vi King
George county, Va; Andrew J. SIone vi Grand
| Nj. Reynolds aud Emma T. Webster: W. J.
| klng anu Ada L. TurtsIl; Allen Bowman aud
| Mary Dorsey; John d. Dy KEENAN, aud Mama J.
SENTENCED FOB srEALiNo.-Chas- Shern and
| Baker Bowie, two cOlOred men Irom near Me-
| chanicsviile, Md, were before Judge Smell to-
day, charged wit !, stealing $50 from a fellow.
c"uutrytnan named Cmass. while the latter
WAS asleep last nigHt. Tue men were arrested
| ON complaint by officer Lee who covered the
money. The court heard the testimony aud
| sentenced them ~ six ni.nths eacn.
KILLED BY THE FALL uF AN ELEVATOR
Horace Young, an apprentices employed In the
C'tsc composing room, la the Post building,
killed yesJes day Afternoon by the falling OF u
freight elevator from tue fourth door OF the
| building " tue ground noor Young stepped
fit. der A let In,
lower door, wnen, through some disarrange-
ment Of The mechanism, II tell with crash.
died iu a lew minutes He WAS Ii years old.
The elevator Was examined last evening, Jul
The elevator WAS used In hoisting newspaper
forms from the pressrOOn 10 Tue composing
| ROOM. Coroner Patterson to-day summoned
d jury To Investigate tue circumstances OF the
aeAth, and, afLer being sworn in, the jury
| viewed the body At BarKer's undertaking es-
tabiisnmeDt Oh llth street, and tueu ia COM
pany with the coroner visited the scene OF tue
accident in lie POst building. The jury ad-
OH precinct station. when testimony viii be
neard. Several inacainists and experts in the
| construction of elevators wiii testify as to the
tue jury are +. Morrison. ihOs. h. Young, J.
| Fred Kelley, j. w. Wilbur. K w. Henderson
| and W. B. Bryan.
A SUCCESSFUL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES enter.
tainment tof The beneIil Oi The John Z. Tnomp-
son Memorial association. 1T Harris Buou
theater last night, was u very pleasant auair
| aud was enjoyed by large audience. The pro-
gram was made up OF singing, recltatious, Gales
Lhenic exercises, and u doll dft MI by II little
girls, and concluded with The OpereLta Little
lied Riding Hood" which was prellly rend-
cred by Misses lille koenler, Maggie hose aud
Ernie Richoit aud Master Ernest Danie. Prof
townsend gave IA excei,ent reading. Tue
| solos vi Miss Gray and Mrs. C. H. McEwen were
enc0red. Prot j. h. Daniel was The conductor
and Miss Rachel Garrett the pianist Two
crayon portraits Of the late Jonn +. Thompson
| association, on behalf Of Mr. fhonpson's lan,-
lily, ~ Tie pubic schools Oh The iourtn division,
and accepled on the part Of the District BY
THE CHEROKEE CAsEA-In the cases of VIM.
| ind,cled lor violating 2lV5 rs, United states,
| aud for conspiracy ~ uniawiully receiving
| money from Tribe Of indians, tDe nrsl named
psy Mr. NJ ior tue ea as,sS
| dAnts aud filed special pleas and demurrers TO
MES. PELHAM's FUNEKAL-The funeral Of
Mrs. Peinxn twifs Vi Hon. Charles f'einsn,,
| formerly y, Alibat1s) tOUk place this Afternoon
from the family residence, on North Capitol
! street There were present y large numoer OF
circle vi Washington friends OF the family.
There was profasiou Of floral tributes Tne
services were those nss Of the Episcopal church.
friend vi the family. The pal,-6rarsrs were
Gen. Z. M Shelley, Col. samuel Toole, Col
i. May, ". a. Wayne. j. N. Oliver and ". {.
DOusherLy. The remains we're taken ~ the
Congressional cemetery and temporarily placed
| In the vault Tue nnAi internent Will De III Lie
tomb VI uer father, Hon. George w. johnson,
a. Cave Hill osmstsry. louisville, Ky.
THE CITY MARKETA-The ofnciai Price Cur.
| rent VI the w Washington PrOduoe exchange for
| The week enutLS June 4th, 1855, repor.s thai
the dour m~rket u very quiet and easier IN
price. A manipulation Of tue wheat marke.
This week advanced TIE same nearly four cents
por busneL On ACTUAL cash SAles tbe market u
steady, also Cor curn aud oAts. Tue crowded
condiLion oi the hay market has depre.sed
prices, and inside rates prevail on saies. Tue
butsar stock ountinueS 70 tu0rease, aud low
range Of psice consequently ruiea. Tns supply
| u egg. Y rather netssr, - stoSk has been ~.
| trxctsd truln outside poanta The TONE ~ the
MARKET u str0us In pSultry Old toWh 10
steady demand: spring eatoksns srs in literal
supply, bat aanaoSs Ill cunning ssS axnaA and vi
medium slSe. The oad st0ok u pOtatoos u am
| ptv, buS nix her price, new ones la goOd DE-
IuAnd. lew pssrceis u wool Aro cosnaux la.
Tue demand r active and esteady market may
b. looked t0e.
| RAuoR OF r1u TuERAon.znAs-!The follow
ing were the roAdings ~ aignAi 0tlace to-day:
8 Z. IN, 81; Z q M, 0us II =. me- 6o. y p ~
a MsxansuAas ~ ninimutn, 81