National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-22
ABOUT THE TOWN.
WHAT AN OBSERVING REPORTER NO.
TOLD IN HIS FAMILIES YESTERDAY

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WHAT AN OBSERVING REPORTER NO
TIOiU IN HIS RAMBLEs YESTERDAY
AN APPROPRIATE CHANGE.
Tho preNdent Of the Washington and George
town railroad has perfected arrangements u
place one-horse fars on fourteenth street, and
run them every aSrec minutes. This is change
which will be received with great satisfaction BY
sil who reside on That route, Usdsr the new
order Of things the LIST cor VIII leave the New
York-ayenue junction ut n o'clock. This will I'M
Seubssdly be appreciates BY many, and VIII GER
sstnly save vast smovnS OF profanity to those
WHO hsTo In times past come from places Of
anussuseat only to and the last car disappearing
around tho corner, or dssi,lng rapsdly away
towards tie L-street switch.
nKE ON KIoHTH sTrEer.
An Elarm % Gro was struck as 1i:3) O'Clock g.
m. yesterday, the FIRE being discovered In . three
story bstck house, No. Ill Eighth street, between
q and Il streets, owned by Colonel Dyer, and
occupieo by n d. Clark. This was not an osdl-
nary flre- by any means. There was 9 woman In
the third story sad she had about two tons Of
furniture TO shove through two windows, and
only five minutes to accomplish the task IN Put
woman in such q condition and you haVo things
lively right along. Her Judgment becomes i'm
paired, and sho jumps Wildly at conclusions The
lady in question sent the majority Of q bookcase
out Of the windowat one lunge. The unsuspect-
ing public below was suddenly startled. An
illustrated Unabridged was the leader OF this
majority. 1t seemed confused in the start, but
after tapping It's wings for a moment it settled
on q direct course, and lodged on the beaver Of o
Patent Once clerk. with alarming abEuptncss.
The clerk folded in the shape OF lstter 5, and
then dragged himself into an adjoining drug
store for refreshments.
Scarcely had this TRANSFERRED when o feather
tick shot out Of the window. sailed for q mouont
IN the air with graceful curve, and then bounded
like 9 rubber ball on, the pavement. Another
clerk, who Is always looking out for such things,
said there was baby in the tick, but as the en-
cyclopedias aud Patent 0ifice reports still con-
tinded active, no one venturel to make an in
spection. Now It was q camphor bottle, now q
picture frame, and again. q cane-bottomed chair
that would dash and break on the street below,
and it was not until tho most Of the two tons had
been exuded from the windows that the party
could DO convinced that no danger was imminent.
The loss by fire and water was considerable, but
It is believed to be covered by insurance.
A CANINE EPISODE.
While a richly dressed lady, accompanied by
her daughter and q shaggy black poodle, was
passing up tho Avenue yesterday, the poodle met
with an obstruction. It is we'll enough to remark
that the obstruction consisted OF q ack-and-tan
back biting bull dog, full OF fight and per5eYer
square yourself, for am about to put 3 head on
yov;" but he waItel until he had passed, and
then he quietly sneaksd up behind him and
growled, 'Halt :" ct the came time gathering up
the back Of tho dogs mock and throwing him into
tho gutter. The lady admired that poodle, and
when she saw him strike suddenly on his side in
the gutter she seized her parasol and started
madly at the bull dog. Bull dogs, by the way, arc
not easily intinidated, and whom he saw the lady
approaching like an ordinary dog with o bono he
snstched the poodle up and walked of with him.
The poodle murnured against this act of rudeness.
1t was one Of those heartrendlng murmurs which
nothing but dying dog can make, and 1t stirred
the woman's sympathy into rage OF the white
heat order, She uttered q piercing shrek, and
darted for tho bull dog with upliited parasol and
menaclng gestures. The bull dog carried the
poodle to the Seventh and Avenue park, laid
him down near the fence, and commenced eating
him up, as the lady supposed. When she reached
the spot she didn't stop for conversation Raising
the so parasol high In air, she brought It down
with lightning quickness. But she miscaloulated;
the parasol struck the top OF the iron fence, and
was shattered to pieces. Did she hesitate: Not
any. Did she call for assistance? Certainly not;
but there was q rapid movement Of her right foot
noticeable, and an apparent getting ready to de-
molish the dog with q sudden application Of a
No. 8 shoe. The kick wns made. It was another
miscalculation. A low shoe shot through the air,
over the fence, and lodged the beautiful green
sward in the park. AT this iuncture a gentle
man who standing By Gnl enjoying the sport
thought the thing hal gone far enough, and
stepping Up, he planted both feet on the bulldog,
and stood thsss until the persistent beast cried
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