The national Republican., 1866-11-19
Aatioual gepnblifau.
LOCAL NEWS.

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ORPHANS Cousr--Judqe Purcell Sat |
urday the will Of the late Robert Bsals Wa Sled
for probate and record. The sxecutors are d. |
rooted to collect the rsna 3d. and fssp the estate
intact until his children have reached ths ~ o!
t.snsySn: sy ~ y'.nss, n.h.,s ~ % s.,,, SON. son ;vho hss
died since the win wss sxseutsd) are nominated -
The viii Of the late WIN. Rsdin was hlsd,. fslly
proven and admitted 70 probate and record. u
nominatss his dasshter oa.hsrins, and his friends,
WIN. L. Dunlop and John Marbury, - exsoutos.
and bequssths his estate 10 his daushters. oodi-
oil 10 the will substitutes the name Of his sonin
law, W. R. Woodward, for bis daughter. ~ one Of
Tho will Of Martha R. wooll.y, Of For. Wayne,
Indiana was fully proven and admitted 10 probate
and record.
John Kelly, Of New York city, one Of the sxssu.
tors named In the will Of The late Jacob Lowsnha,
rsnounosd the right to the appointnsst and letters
who gave bond In the sum Of Sso,ooe.
Letters Of administration on the sstats Of John
Burke were issued 10 Martha Burks-bcnd u 900:
Mary B. Kssis gave bond In the sum Of $500. and
was appointed guardian to the orphan OF Robert
Devereux.
The nrst and nnsl sesounts Of .he sdministrstor
Of the estate Of J. NJ Roberts, and the executors Of
Mary b. Allen, were approved and passed
IOLICh ArPAtRB.-Onhrleb Ourttss coi-
cred boy. WAS arrested In the First ward on satur-
day. BY Oioer Crump for psddling without license.
He was taken before Justice Drnry, who ssntsncsd
him 70 pay . Ans Of elo and In default Of psymsnt
committed hin TO The workhouss.
VIM. II. Gray alias Monk, eolorsd boy 10 yssrs
Of ags was arrested in the Second Ward, By onesr
Frazier, on complaint Of betsy Smith, who charged
him with petit larceny. Justice Morssll sent him
TO jail for court.
Mary Kelly WAS arrested in the Third ward, BY
g..
Justice Thompson hned her SO.
Chas Hebsfls. restaurant keeper, was arrested
BY 0fieer Tucker, for keeping open aftsr hours
Justice Thompson imposed nns Of 90.
y: T. F.unilsrcy, oOlSr.$ VA ',r:'ssd IA .as s
animals. He was taken before Justice Walter, who
sentenced him to pay nne q %.
Total number Of arrests reported for the twenty
hour: ending a. = n. yesterday, "a. Amount Of
nnss imposed, e7S1.es.
CoLoREp SCHOOLS IN rHs DrsIRrcT.-From
the report the condition Of the solorsd schools In
the Department Of WashiAgtsn for the month q
October, IL appears there are SS day schools. In
which are engaged 90 teachers, II ef whom are
white and IL colored. The number Of pupils 10
4o4s. Of which los ars over 10 year. Of assi about
GA are In the alphabet. Tho average astsn dance
was $3.50. OF these schools there In this city
<6. in which there are ~ teachers employed, 80 Of
whom are white and 10 eolored The numbsr Of
ance Of !, 1,s6s, the number over sixteen years oi
ago being 1888 The nunibsr engaged In learning
the alphabet Is 824.
YouSo RAsoALs.-On Saturday Oificer
Miller, Of the Third ward. arrested three school
boys named Thomas Donovin, Henry Haslup, and
Frank Cronin, on charge Of stealing about my.
sI dollars from the dry.soods store Of Mr.. George
p Allen, at the corner Of Eighth street and Market
Space. Tho robbery wss committed about three
o'clock In the afternoon. when they raised the win.
dow on Eighth street, near the desk, and took the
money from the drawer The loss was soon dis.
covered, and the o6iosr notified. Cronin and Don.
OWN were sent to jan for further hearing, and Has
money was recovered.
RuN OvIR-On Saturday night, Lieut.
Ecklof. Of the Fourth ward, received information
that man had been run over near jackson City
over the Long bridge, and seriously injured. Th'
informant stated to the Lisutsnant that the mai
hsd been knocked down and run over by two cav
slrymen He also gave tho name Of the camp wher
the soldiers were seen to go. Tho facts will b.
communicated to tho Virginia authorities. Th
name Of the injured party was not known.
MURDER AT THE GREAT FALLs.-Parties VIII
arrived In Georsetown on Friday night last report
cd that the dosd body Of eolored man, who live
at the Great Fslls, employed In attending the cana
locks there was found In tho lock on Thursday
The body was horribly mutilated and appeared t.
have been chopped with an aIe. The wifo Of tn
deceased was arrested on suspicion Of having com
mitted the murder. The name Of the murdere,
man was not known BY the informants
CoSrRAcr AwARpnD-The contract 70
furnishing tho Internal Revenue Bureau with sta
tionery for the next year has been awarded I
Asssrs. Dempsey a &0Tools. Of this city, they beip
ths lowest bidders. This Is . very large contract
the stationery being required for all the interna
of6 ohn hn,tth ha
GAxBIISa.-Wm. Butler, o colored mar
was arrested In the Second ward yesterday BY on
csr Howard on q charge Of gambling. He was hel
for hearing before Justice Morsell. Butler
charged with being ono Of tho parties who wa
gambling in tho house of John g. Brown o
Wednesday last, but who escaped from the Office
when the others were arrested.
DRIVING THRouou FuSERAI--Patric
0ficer Lewis, Of the Fourth ward, for drivin
through funeral procession. He was taken b,
SVs6.
REMovEp.-The Office Of Brevet Brig. Gel
J. II. Simpson, Chief Engineer Of tho Departmel
Of the Interior, has been removed from the bull,
Ing on @ street TO q room in the Patent Office bull
Ing, opposite to the room occupied by the Assstar
secretary. ---
MARRIED,
Al Mexico, Missouri, on the sth instant ~ the Re
R. 8. sy mington, wALyER 8. McPARLAH, ESQ, former
ssSa d:SsS:S' :osas aS1
A @ A r D.
fhs undsrssnsd bog leave to announce to tho tr.ve
Ing public that they will discontinue the running
LOCAL PASSENGER TRAINS between Washngton q
Alexandria until the lst Of December, 1855. This
been rendered necessary by the many delays and a
noyancss incident to repairs and renewals and up
the railroad bridge spanning the Potomac river and
emn tad nj tompoThTy