The Washington times., 1894-11-24
LOCAL NEWS OF ALL SORTS
The Weather To-day.
Generally fair; much cooler; west winds.

and abusive language toward her next door
neighbor, Edward Treagle. She was placed
under personal bonds.
Their Sanity to Re Determined-Writs of
inquiries in lunacy were issued yesterdayas
follows: Betty Loewinstein, upon information
by L. Loewinstein, of No. 726 Eighth street
northwest; William F. Zantzinger, by DR.. Wal
lace Johnson, of No. 1872 K street northwest,
and Ellen Lyme, by ". H. Stoutenburgh.
Railway Superintendent in Court-Supt.
Robert /. Todd of the Belt Line Street Rail-
way, was q defendant in Judge Kimbalfs
court yesterday charged with allowing hill
horses on that line to eat the bark from GER
tain trees on New York avenue. The case
against Mr. Todd was dismissed, the court
offending horse and not the superintendent
should have been arrested.
Harness Dealer Pate Assigns-William A.
Pate, harness and hardware dealer, at No. 220
Tenth street, yesterday assigned TO John @.
Fay for the benefit OF his creditors The as
sets are ,502, liabilities, $1l, ,674.94. The
assets consist Of S1T, ,224 in book accounts, Of
which 1892 are bad; stock 81 ,450; fixtures,
$3.50; equity in lot D, in square No. s64, $500.
Two Suits About Trustees Mary NJ.
Tiers yesterday sued Sarah j. Alexander, G..
r. Kennedy, and others, TO secure the ap-
pointment of trustee in place of J. C. q.
upon lot No. IS. in square No. $40. A similar
suit was that of George A. Lane against t. n.
Gill, Charles B. Bailey, and the Equitable
Building Association, to reform deed and
perfect title to lot No. 16, in square No. So.
Two Societies Incorporated-A literary and
q musical society were Incorporated yester-
day. The first is the Morton Club. and its in
corporators are S. L. Williams. Z. G. Oliver,
H. E. Burgin; j. Robinson, Paris Lyons, and
]. II. Holmes. 1t is to have a board of man
ayers, ten in number. The other is the Capt.
tai City Orchestra, and the incorporators and
trustees for the first year are George L.
Brown, Berry I. Holmes, and William l.. Viii
liams.
District Sued for $50 0oo-The suit of Aug
ust Free against the District for $50, 900 dam
ages was begun before Judge Bradley yester-
day. Free slipped on cellar door at Eleventh
and L streets in the winter OF 1889 and broke
his left arm. In 1892 verdict for 81, 100 was
gained, but on the ground that it must be
shown that the street was dangerous ire
spectlve OF the fact that the door was covered
with ice, the general term reversed the de-
cision. o. B. Halam and W. \. Ofliey are
the plaintiffs attorneys.
Center Market Shooting Case-Ihe one
armed market watchman. Charles c. Her
bert, who shot David Edmonds, colored. on
street, near Center Market was held for the
grand jury in $500 bonds by Judge Miller
yesterday.
Fined for stabbing Her Husband-Lucy
Nichols. the jealous wife who stabbed her
husband, Isaiah Nichols, in the chest with an
ice-pick, during quarrel, Was fined $40 by
Judge Miller.
Held to Await Results-Gripman Charles
Ricketts, and Conductor Andrew J. Butler, of
the cable train which ran over Emma San
ford Thursday night at Washington Circle
were held by Judge Miller yesterday in $500
bonds to await the result of the womans in
juries.
Assistant Whisper-Shop Keeper-An echo
OF the Hillsdale ''speak-easy' cases fioated
into Judge Miler's court yesterday John
I. Williams charged with aiding and abet-
ting Lucy Johnson. one of the convicted par
guilty to the charge and was fined $50 or
sixty days in Jail.
Miss Vockey's Recital-The recital by Miss
Ellen Vockey. at Metzerott Hall last night, was
a happy success, both as regards the goodly-
sized audience and the finished rendition of a
select programme, each number of which
came in for liberal dispensation ofappIause
Church Cadet Company to Be Formed-A
meeting of the Newman Loyal Temperance
Legion was held yesterday afternoon at the
First Congregational Church, Mr.. John D..
Reed presiding. Mr. Ed K. Allen was elected
corresponding secretary and Mr. Joseph
Began. recording secretary. After the dis
position of the quarterly report of the secre-
tary, which was approved. the young men
discussed proposition to form a cadet COM
pany, for which there is plenty of good ma
terial among the eighty members of the
legion. This matter will be further discussed
and the company probably organized next
Friday at 500 New Jersey avenue northwest.
Borrowed on a Barber's Outft-George t.
Preston. colored, was arrested by Detectives
Horne and Rhodes yesterday just after he
had left the courthouse. The warrant for
his arrest was sworn out by Leslie L. Barton,
who claimed that Preston borrowed SCI on
barber furniture which he had already sold
to somebody else. 1t is alleged that Preston
has swindled others in the some way. phase
of the case came up before Judge Bingham
just before Preston's arrest. By his attorney
Preston asked leave 10 intervene in the suit
of York VS.. The American Security and Trust
Company, but the motion was overruled. The
barber's outfit involved in the case, and upon
which Preston alleged a claim, was restored
to York.
Sunday Teachers Club-The southern sec
tion of the Sunday Teachers Club, including
schools south of Pennsylvania avenue will
meet Monday evening next in Westminster
Presbyterian Church. The Northern section,
including schools north of 4 street north
west, between Fourteenth and Capitol streets.
will meet in Mount Vernon Place M. E.
Church South on Tuesday evening, the 9th.
DR.. Gilbert will conduct the sessions, and the
lessons will cover the first half of Alpha man.
nal and the Sunday-school lesson for Decem-
ber 2.
Paid for Assaulting Woman-Bud Rob-
inson was fined S15 by Judge Miller yester-
day for committing an unprovoked assault
on Alice Darlington.
Postage Stamps All Right-The special
agent Of the Postoflce Department, whose
duty it is to inspect the postage stamps fur
nished, reported yesterday to Third Assista nj
Postmaster Genera Craig that the quality Of
the stamps now beng printed by the Bureau
of Printing and Engraving is all that could be
desired.
Notes from the City Hall-Jas. q. Keistel
| yesterday sold to George W. Keister, stock
! fixtures. etc., at No. 220 Ninth street north.
west, for $500.
The late Clement H. Brooke, in his will
made October 8 last and filed yesterday
leaves all his property to Margaret P. Brook,
! and makes her executor
Joseph Clarke, the English engraver, whC
was recently released on 500 personal bono
| from sentence for larceny yesterday solo
to A. B. Webb and James Duff his copyrigh
| to the JEFF Davis memorial picture.
The suit of Michael P Ryan against tn,
Washington and Georgetown Railroad fo
! 900 damages. was begun before Judg,
Bingham yesterday. Ryan was thrown t
the ground and badly hurt while attempting
! to board a car.
Ann E. Smallwood and others yesterda,
sued Annie G. Mccartney, Administrative O
the late William Fletcher's estate and others
The parties are heirs OF the late Ann FIetche
and the late William Fletche