National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-20
IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT THE CAPITOL.
Meeting Of the Board OF Health-ReIief
for OOIOred Women and Children
Noble Pros. in the Smith. Graham
Case-GeneraI Items.

NdSe-OeneFtA AlcHlBs
In the Middle States and the lower lake region
high, followed BY falling barometer, Wind shit
ing 10 easterly or southerly, partly cloudy
weather, and low, followed by rising temPera-
ture.
me following was the range Of the thermometer
ct Hemplsr's yesterday: q. m, 2so; 10 q. m,
$50; Il m, 25o p. m, $685. p. m, SS'i p. M,
$50; ,. m. 2Se.
For market report see third page.
Cheap drapery-the curtains Of night.
Domestic sauce" is kept In family jars.
Use Patterson 4 Jones' Trophy tomatoes.
Choice fruits-MAlAEA Fruit Co., 4Os 9th st.
The best throw OF dice is 10 throw Thorn away
The oldest Western settler-The evening sun.
The latest fashion in Characterization mar.
Tiage.
A man who is out Of pocket might as we'll DO
out Of town.
How to get rIch-LIvo on air and sleep on q
olUthes-lne.
How to make money 60 far-Give 1t to the for
eiRn missions.
Handsome Bananas at Malaga Fruit 20. 3, i0s
Ninth street.
There were two arrests yesterday on the charge
oil selling liquor without license.
Detective Coomes recovered on Monday eight
overcoats stolen recently from houses IN this
city.
The last chance to collect your claim against
the District government is to put IL In the hands
OF W llLAANE u NOOhc 10 llIoouAu hLIoobt lO-uhg
'NOW is the time when prudent parents see to
Il that the part Of the boys on which they slide
down hill are properly halfsOled with leather,
lin OF sheet iron"
cider, in 32gallOn barrels, for sale at reduced
prices: also, Dolly receipts Of choice butter, at
Spicer's, ~ Ninth street.
The ladies Of the DOrcas Society OF Christ
church, Navy Yard, will give Al entertainment,
consisting OF tableRuX, charades &c, on tO-mor-
row and Friday evenings, in the Sunday school
room.
Questions put 10 his sweetheart by bashful
lad. during their first fete q tetG: HOWs your
father? HoW's your mOthe? How are your
parents? How are your father and mother? How
re they both?
The private office of Chief Detective Clsrvoe,
at police headquarters, yesterday was overlooked
with water, which, it is supposed, comes into the
ductiOn Of the telegraph wires
my name is Somerset - writes a punster. Il
am miserable bachelor. l cannot marry, for
possessed Of the slightest motion Of delicacy, to
turn a Somerset
IT'S thus high churchmen differ quite,
From Ritualist defaulter;-
The one does alter now his lights,
The other lights his altar"
Charles W. Dean was arrested last night by
from his father, valued at SIS, and:paWning the
same for 81. William Ritter was arrested by
Officer Sutton for being an accomplish.
The Washington City Hibernian Benevolent
celebration on st. Patrick's day. At the meeting
Monday night the necessary committees were
appointed to make arrangements for the same.
At the annual meeting Of the congregation of
Israel church the following trustees were elected:
VIM. Hutchinson, David Carroll, Aquilla Hill,
L. A. Cornick, J. H. Brooks, Joseph S. SmOth-
eTs, John Z. Lemon, Francis Over aud VIM. A
Scott.
At Gautier's popular sample and dining-roDms,
SS7 Pennsylvania avenue, where can be found the
best Of liquors, oysters, birds, etc, in season,
can be seen a perfectly white squirrel, live pa :
tridges and other things of interest to sporting
men. Call and see his famous coon, Jack"
1t is reported that man went home about 3
O'Clock Wednesday morning. and, using his I'M
brelIs for a billiard cue, smOIe his sleeping wife
in the short rib, crying pool ~ and sank into
. sweet slUmber. He has since explained to his
wife that women can possibly have no idea how
the care OF business will sometimes affect mans
brain.
The youth who gave his sweetheart SIS opera
glass, and repaired to the home Of his fair one,
aTrayed in his visiting harness. with the intention
Of sparkling her, received the following cheer
full news from his future mOther-in-law: MARY
has gone TO the show with Bill Smith. Its kin
der giyin' you away; but she would CO."
Ofhcer Roderick last night arrested a man
named Frank Cronin on the charge Of stealing an
UVercORt from NOgelWeyd'ErestRurAnt, on Seventh
street, between and O, the property Of Charles
z. Seimen. CrUnin was taken TO the Seventh pre-.
einct station, where he was locked up. The coat
was recovered.
Monday some person ignlted lot OF clothing
in house No. % Green street, Georgetown. Occu
pied by Jane Thompson, cOlorgd. OffioCr Bur
rows with tho assistance Of the neighbors eX-
tiuguisbcd tho flames without turning in an
alarm. Il was apparent that the intent was 10
burn the house.
Yesterday morning tho new District Commits.
TiOncT Seth Lrdyard Phelps, appeared Rt tho
Columbia buildings I'D entered upon the dis.
charge Of his duties with Gov DGnnison aud
COmmiFFi0nor Ketcham. There II ht present
not much activity IN the ONCE, the work Of i'm.
pTOyemEnt and repairs being nearly suspended
on account Of tho cold weather.
Initiating the illustrIous examples set them by
the committees Of Congress and other heightened
bodies the Committee Of tho Board OF School
Trustees, charged with the inVehtR alton Of the
Complaints against MI Mckee, principal In the
First district, held their session in private last
night. IL IL not known whether the testimony
was concluded or who the witnesses were.
Officer Samuel IIeinline yesterday morning
discovered two men tone white and one black J
attempting to force the front door Of the store OF
HOIiaHdeT Il Brother, on Pennsylvania avenue
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. The
officer got within a few yards Of them, when they
ran of, and he fired three shots at them and one
fell, eXclaimlug "J'm shot" but he got up again
in few minutes and made good his escape TO-
wards the division
Among the war claims favorably passed upon
by the Quartermaster General and the Commits
saTy General and the Treasury, since June 80,
1870, TO the present time, are the following from
the District Of Columbia: S. NJ. Golden, S762.5O;
John Hoover, s766; Henry Martin, 1882. 70; CLARK
Mills, $50; VIM. SaylOT, $50. The whole num-
her Of claims is 2'P, and the amount allowed is
Slll299.4l. These claims, which are for supplies
furnished TO the army during the war, are pre-
sented under the act Of July 1, 1854
The following gentlemen have been elected cfi-
GERS Of the Washington club: A. K. Shepherd,
president: VIM. F. Mattingly and N. Il. Fugitt,
vice presidents; G. L. Baker, treasurer; B. L.
Blackford, secretary. The old board of directors
was reelected, and Nessrs. NJ. L. Hoffman, VIM.
Myers, r. II. Graham and B. L. BlackfOrd were
appointed as a house committee. The treasurer's
report showed the club to be in q healthy dnRn-
cial condition, with a reasonable Indication Of
increased prosperity in the future.
Yesterday afternoon, about O'Clock, Mr.. Thos
Britt the clerk on duty at police headquarters,
was disturbed by rush Of water into the r. ON
he was occupying. He at once began to remove
the telegraphic instruments which were near the
place where the water was coming in, and he had
hardly gotten them away before the stream be-
gan TO Increase until there was fully an inch Of
water on the floor. plumber was sent for, who
on his arrival stopped the gov to some extent