National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-10
SHARP PRACTICE OF A COUNTRYMAN.
The Second Week OF the Washington
Driving ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
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OF Local Interest-PO.
lice and MisceIIa-
neOus Items.

For the Middle and Eastern States, stationary
Temperature, seutherly winds, backing to south
lowed by rising barometer, with fog and rain, ez-
cent clear weather in the Middle Atlantic SLates.
For market reports see third page.
Buy your groceries of Van Ness c..
Shad bake excursion Monday, May 10, steamer
Mary Washington.
None Of the civil courts Of the District were in
Session on Saturday.
Six Fer cent. paid on deposits, payable on de-
mand. Special rates on time deposits J. d.
SQUier * Co, bankers.
A large assortment Of black silks and gray
dress goods Just received at S. Thos Browns,
No. III Bridge street.
DR.. johnson Eliot, who attended the medical
convention at Louisville, KY, has returned home
and resumed his practice.
Oficer Hinline yesterday morning shot and
killed mad dog on q, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets northwest.
Tor Harris, seamless and Victoria two button
kid gloves, all shades, 90 to S. Thos. Browns
No. III Bridge street, Georgetown, ID. q.
The annual floral May ball of Prof. George
Sheldon will be given at Odd Fellows hall May
q. Every effort is being made to have IL prove
the event of the season.
Msy will have I'VE Saturdays, five Sundays and
i've Mondays this year. Lawyers who intend to
notice motions for the last Saturday or last Mon
day in May had better take notice.
The AnalOstan boat club held a meeting SAtur-
day night, and decided to give an excursion
to GIymOnt next week, and have chartered the
steamer Lady Of the Lake for that purpose
Intelligence has reached the city of the death
at Pittsheld, Mass, Of Mrs Wylle, mother OF Mr.
quartermaster Of the United States Marine
corps.
Marriage licenses were granted on Saturday as
follows: W. H. Davis and ROselle Brown. ]. J.
Patterson and Mary ]. Prior, John H. Rixse
and Rachel J. Sheldon, George A. Hanson and
Sarah Hill.
1t has Just transpirsd that when Miss Kellogg,
the prima donna, was here she took occasion to
speak in the most glowing terms Of the possible
future OF Miss Alice HOsmer, the gifted young
soprano Of st. DOminics church.
Hester. Hincklsy & Co., real estate brokers on
Capitol Hill, have sold to s. A. Kent, ESQ.,, Of
Chicago, the Russell property, located on the
southwest corner of Second and East Capitol
streets, square 729, for the sum Of $4,000, cash
John McCristal, who was stricken with para
lysis on last Friday and who has been unconscious
ever since, died last evening at $3.50 o'clock, His
F. A. A. NJ, on Tuesday at O'Clock. See adVer-
tiEement.
Mr.. Gwypn Harris, agent for the Great Falls
Ice Company, has secured a prize in the pur-
chase Of the little Day mare Sadie H. She
already shows evidence Of being last and seldom
permits her owner TO accept dust on the road.
She is not for sale.
Free exhibition and auction sale of valuable ell
paintings at No. Al Seventh street, under Odd
Fellows hall, commencing on Tuesday, at p.
N. See advertisement and catalogues at Thomas
DoWling's auction rooms, corner Of Pennsylvania
avenue and Eleventh street.
The alarm Of fire from box q, about o'clock
y
eoaloil lamp in millinery store on the west side
OF Seventh, between M and streets. The lamp
fell into box, which was thrown out Of doors be-
fore any damage was done.
The young ladies connected with the First
Presbyterian church, Four-and-a half street, pur-
pose holding grand May fete in the basement eff
the church on the 10Th, 10th and 2lst instant. As
nothing Of this kind has ever been attempted be-
fore in this city, IT would be well If the public
would attend, and, besides satisfying their curl
OEity, be encouraging noble work.
Last Saturday morning Detectives Coomes and
MeDevitt arrested John Richardson, colOred,
alias ''Shineup," on the charge Of robbing Mr..
PennIylVania avenue on the LIST instant, of gold
watch worth S175. He will have a hearing to-
day. The watch was recovered by the independ-
ent detective firm Of Messrs. Smith, PierFon and
West, Of Baltimore.
Mr.. Simon Carmody, the new contractor for
sweeping the streets OF Washington and George.
town, had in operation Saturday morning one Of
Smithe Sons patent sWeepers, the same with
which he proposes to perform his duties under
said contract. The machine is an English pat
ern, and from the work it performed 1t is decided
to be the best now in use. Captain Phelps, Com
missioner, witnessed the operation Of the machine
Hoary-heRded winter has fingered SO long in
the lap OF spring that the old reprobate's pres
enee was becoming mODotonOus. The modersting
tendencies OF yesterday, however, were full OF
hope, and showed some slight Indications OF q
breaking up Of the cold weather. One cold
blooded fellow emerged with his overcoat slung
over his arm, and remarked that he didn't sup
pose he would have any use for il, but there was
nothing like being prepared to die,