National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-01
TROUBLES OF THE COLORED BAPTFSTS

For the Middle States, falling barometer, in
CTeasing essteTly winds, warmer, cloudy weather
and possibly rain or snow.
Good board at 63l d street.
Use Patterson s Jones' Trophy tomatoes.
Choice fruits-MalaRs Fruit Co., 4Os 9Th st.
Mr. Ioseph G. Carroll is i'll with pneumonia at
his residence on Third street east.
Eighteen cases Of drunk were reported from the
different police stations for Saturday night.
Nj W. W. Corcoran has given $1,000 TO the
Church Of the Ascension CEpiscOpsD in this city.
The usual banquet on St. Patrick's day will
take place at the st. George, under Masonic
Temple.
Spicer. southwest corner ofNinth and f streets,
has lot of fancy New York butter, Just in; also,
fine butter nom other sections. Inducements IN
prices.
Messrs. George W. Casilear. chief eugraver Of
the URired States Treasury; W. F. Williams and
George Wallace returned from Europe Saturday,
where they have been spending the past SIX
months.
An alarm was struck SATURDAY mig 1t from box
q, Government pruning office, the fire being
discovered in a frame house in alley, H street
between North Capitol and Streets owned by
John Corrigan and occupied by Lewis Moore.
Loss. $500.
Oficer johnson, OF the Sixth precinct, Saturday
Afternoon found a cOlOred boy, named James II.
Hayes, lost from home, and restored him to his
parents. residing in Naylor's alley. between
Ninth and Tenth and and y streets northwest.
The funeral Of the late Louis Harlan. a clerk in
the Pension Office, took place yesterday after-
noon from his late residence. on Sixth street near
N northwest, Rev. Jabez Fox officiating. Tho
remains we're temporarily deposited in vault at
Glen wood.
About O'Clock horse attached to a baggage
wagon took fright at the corner OF Tenth and q
streets northwest and ran away, throwing the
driver, Stephen Tucker, out and inJuring him
about the head and face. He was conveyed to the
Ebbitt house By PTivates Dunnigan and Nc
Mahen, where he was properly cared for.
These corsets should be done away with, and if
the girls can't live without being squeezed we
suppose men can be found who can sacrifice
themselves. As old as we are We would rather
devote three hours day, without a farthing to
pay, as a brevet corset, than to see these girls
dying of in that manner. Office hours almost
any 'ime.-EIchGnge. Who will volunteer for
service in this city?
A meeting was held at the hall corner Of d and
Eleventh streets southwest, on Friday night, for
the purpose Of organizing Council No. !, Junior
OTGer Of United American Mechanics. About
twenty persons signed the application for char
ter. and the council will be regularly instituted
in The course Of q few days. The Order is Ameri-
can, and is composed of young men between the
ages of i6 and q and who are Of American birth.
Many would suppose it had a politcaLreligous
tendency, but nothing of the kind is allowed in
the meetings, II being merely secret beneficial
Order and an auxiliary to the senior Order Of Uni
ted American Mechanics. The Ufder is very
strong in twelve or fourteen States, particularly
in Penn sylVania, there being in that State alone
upwards Of two hundred councils, with member
shin of over 5000