The national Republican., 1869-06-12
CUTTING ARFAIR.
Probable Hemieide.

Last night, after n O'Clock, difaeulty oe.
CURED In the house Of Horstio Bolster, on
Thirteenth street, below Pennsylvsnis ave.
nue, between woman namsi Carrie Leeoh
and q man named Archibald 0ilhilan, and
pending the quarrel aiiniian, II is alleged cut
the woman In the abdomen with knife, In
aieting painful and probable fatal wound.
aiiaiisn at once left the house, but was sub.
sequently arrested BY Sergeant Vernon and
turned over to ofhcef Jarboe, who conveyed
him TO the station house who're he is now held,
upon exsmining the wound found the intes-
tines protruding, and 40 STATED above, they
pronounced y . dsngerous one. The police
seems was not participant IA this diiiieulty.
,PuBuo SCHOOL ExANrSArfoss.-Theo oral
examinations Of the public schools have COM
meneed, and the following have already been
First Distrist-Primary No. II, located on
Twentieth street, between Pennsylvania ave
Primary No. II, Miss Kate Snyder, teseher,
located In the same building, was examined
BY Mr. J. o; Wilson. Both oi these school,
Of small children, but the examinations were
Second Di.tpist-Prluary No. IL, taught BY
L, Kesn, teacher, were examined by Mt. Me.
Lellan. The schools were Thoroughly ex.
amined 10 the primary arithmetic and spelling
ers, and the pupils acquitted themselves very
Third bis,riot-Prim.ry No. 10, Mis-, Alice
smith, teacher located on Il street south,
examined by Mr.. W. b. Moore. The scholars
were examined In practical aud literary arith.
metle, reading, spelling and dehnitioni and
spent labor on the part Of the teaoher.
| Primary No. II, (Miss Emma Gray, teaeher,l
located corner OF Third street east and A street
examination here was very short, as 1t is alto
gether q juvenile school. There are two
| classes learning the alphabet, and their pro
gress was noted with satisfaction BY thetrus
| tee conducting the examination.
| The Male Grammar school Of the Third dis
trict, In wallach school building, MT. Wesl
acting teaehetl was examined by TrusteeI
| Dulin, Moore, browne, and West, There are
| three classes In this school, comprising 81
scholars who were examined In writing, read
ing, spelling, arithmetic, geography and alge
In the higher branches the Male and Femsl'
Grammar Schools were united during the pas
year and were jointly examined.
| The average AttendAnoe during the pas
year has been about hfty, OF whom fou
| will probably leave. The Female Gramms
School miss MlrieK, tcaeher,l were prescn
during the examination and Joined IL th,
is,9sslns i,1ssi exercises conducted by Mr. "'f'r
Fourth Distriet--Primsry schools No: Q, I
and IL, located In district No. 4, tSouth Wash
ington,) were examined, in the presence o
Messrs. Champlin and Thompson, trustees.
No. 10 composed Of hfty-six male scholar,
Of which number nity were present, thei
teacher being Miss II. Davis. At the begin
ming Of the session all the pupils began wit
the alphabet, and the progress Of improve
ment shows great efficiency on the part O
their instruetressi and also that she has take
great pains in their department.
school No, 10 has htty.two male scholars o
the roll, forty-eight Of whom were present q
the examination. Miss Bette Robinson col
Quoted the exercises. Like the above met
toned school, the scholars OF this one begA
with the first rudiments, and proved by the
ready answers that they had closely apple
themselves to the work before them.
Female Primary school No. II. located
the corner of Tenth and ID streets, 10 compose
OF less than forty scholars, and had at the e!
animation thirty, About half OF the your
misses OF this school are considered prepare
for promotion.
! The WASHINGTON CITY DIsPESsAR