| Show IS PLAYING GAMBLIN A question to be bedded by the circuit coart at alexandria va whether poker playing is gambling or simply amusement eo far as virginia is concerned will be decided in a few days by judge nicol in the circuit court at alexandria and the decision is awaited with interest by the sporting clement of washington who often cross the river for a quiet game as on it depends the existence of a number of private clubs the case before the court is that 0 daniel riannan of this city who wai convicted in the alexandria court a few days ago of having been unlawfully en caged in a game of poker at kosslyn va at the virginia end of the aqueduct bridge his attorneys in their appeal to the circuit court bold that the playing of the national game is not a violation of the law and that the court of appeals of virginia so decided in 1878 but the commonwealth mon wealth attorney claims that tho game at present is very different from the old harmless game of draw played a quarter of a century ago many arc the rumors spread as to tha reasons count eugene esterhazy had for leaving the jesuit order lie biad formerly belonged to some eay it was in order to marry a french lady an impoverished marchioness who had been acting as teacher in a girls school in budapest and had made the aristocratic fathers acquaintance when he was attached to the church in the maria street and won so great a renown ns a preacher others affirm it was for love of a middle aged lady who keeps a tobacco shop in the rue beauregard in paris As to the four hundred thousand florans florins which he aavo to the order on entering it and is now supposed to demand back we arc told that that was only a email portion of hii fortune and that he has plenty of chii worlds goods and can settle down wherever he may akase |
