National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-16

The llgntes,-heaTtcd doctor I'm the District
Doctor "BObOlink."
The fever the ladies are coming down with
lie Fevre.
been completed to the boundary line.
The only place unsought by ofice-seekers is
the drvership Of the smallpox ambulance.
Dolly Warden is being cruelty pounded in
Georgetown. The pavement, OF course.
Georgetown Ia running heavy opposition to
Cambridge. Each boasts q tunetul lOngfellOw.
Rsnaud, our elegant poet, Is busy registering
wills. hope he'll not set them 10 rhyme,
The jovIal, rOtund FIJI, Of the West End book
store, writes with cork penholier the size OF a
telegraph pole.
There is a youthful veteran in the First ward
who has been In fifteen engagements and Is ready
for another.
On dii, that a journalistic South Bender, Of the
Second Auditor persuasion viii soon lnnlctAn-
other paper on the lOng-suneTinR public.
+. GOtist, OF Newspaper row, says the figure 10
Includes the whole world. lie Is one, and the
rest Of mankind are zero.
J. LeCOnte, of Columbian college celebrity, ID
in town. J. Is Baltimore ". D, now; We hope
his practice Is less deadly than his whlskers.
strattord upon Avon has long been celebrated;
Int Stratfnrd upon Judiciary square is winning Il
more legal reputation.
The natural history bureau Of the War Depart
ment contains Brick, lBOCk,) an OWL. and an
OniOn-a Pfck Of them In fact.
There used TO he a Boundary street. It'sa sue
cessiOn Of pitfalls and "deluslOn and snare, -
now.
"weepng and walllng and crashing Of teeth
among the contractors who have to pay money
and receive certificates.
II Ia the fashion nowadays to carry pound
Of camphnr gum In ones pocket to ward on the
smallpox.
The Washington Chronicle wishes to know II
! II isn't lively paper. The pOllteness OF the
press forblds a REHABILITATION Post.
The improvements at the Ehbtt house have
had tendency to increase the number OF its
! lOungerS.
vanity OF vanitIes-all Ia vanity" Was Solo
mon thinking OF one OF our fashionable cOngre-
cations?
The st. Patrick's Temperance society held a
large meeting at Carroll hall last night, and were
addressed by Rev. Father Kean.
Two more squares OF the Ninth-street pave.
ment were finished during the past week, and
the pavement Ia now laid as far north as street
An unfortunate youth from the country, re,
siding on street, II AFFLICTED with the eplZOOtlC
His friends think 1t Is an aggravated case OF
! hay fever.
''Murder Ia in the air." writes a Virginia editor
MatrimOny seems to he In the air here. hut
what's the Odds7 Whether you make one nothing
or two One-yOu lose an unit anyhow.
The second seml-annual meeting Of the
Southern Press Association will he held at the
Mt. Vernon hotel, In Baltimore, on Saturday
next.
The Society Of st. Vincent de Paul, religious
! Rev. Father Walter In the chair. No business
was transacted Of public interest.
A dead cOlOred male infant was found on W
near Twelfth street, by Oticer leysman, on
saturday morning. The coroner was notified
but decided an inquest was unnecessary.
In consequence Of the prevalence Of smallpox
on Pennsylvania avenue east, the street has been
harricaded In front Of Bates clock store, and thu
proper signals Of warning put out.
/ That was q tremendous fan in the dress-clrClt
NJ the National theatre on saturday evening.
When opened 1t looked like one wing Of Don
QuiXOtes windmill.
! Henry Clay Preuss Is the author Of remarkable
poem shortly to be chanted at Metropolitan hall
His last effort was for the suppression Of cruelty
| TO animals. In this he Intends to give an exam.
| pie Of cruelty TO human beings.
! The concert Of the orchestra at the National
! theatre on Saturday night was eXcellently con.
Quoted by the leader, Harry Widmer. Lester
WallacE appeared at intervals between the
beautiful selections. The curtain arose at $40
o'clock.
Rev. II. r. Benler, Of Lawrence, Kansas, ha'
accepted the call Of assistant pastor of the
! Lutheran church, Of this city, OF which Rev. J.
q. Butler Ia PASTOR and will enter upon his duties
next month. Mr.. Butler intends organizing q
congregation In the Memorial chapel In
February.
There Is miniature skating park In front o
the store Of Latlmer 4 Cleary, caused by the
running stream from the pump on the corner
II does not present a handsome appearance, and
II exceedingly unsafe for pedestrians, The
Board OF Public Works should inquire into the
matter.
Detectives Combs and MCEfresh have sue.
ceeded In finding the valuable gun lost short
time since by Capt Ned Ryther. The old mint
lock Ia In good condition, and appears, by the
smell to have been swAbbed out with lARues
bitters, and Is In readiness for that load OF shot
which the Captain has promised to send In cer-
tain direction.