National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-11-30
CITY BREVITIES,

LAST night the Germsnia Lodge, NJ. 10.
X. OFF, gave ball and supper at Nephush's
hall, in celebration of their seventh auniVer-
EarY.
Detectives Miller and Coomes Yesterday
arrested Frederick Martin for the larceny of
carpet from Messrs. Towson & Co., dry goods
merchants.
Messrs. Barker s Co.. OF the Independ
eEt Ice Company, approaching the excellence
OF Thanksgiving dinner, last evening pre-
scented each of the twenty odd employees of
the company with fine turkey.
The District Commissioners have made
the following appointments of school trustees:
Hon. VI. G. Emery, Second district, vice Ran
dolph, resigned; Edward Baldwin, Second dis
trict, vice DERRICK, resigned; George White,
Fourth district, vice Champlin.
Rev. David Wills, DID,, will deliver a
discourse this morning, at II O'Clock, in the
Western Presbyterian church, on H street,
between Nineteenth and Twentieth, on the
version Of the Pulpit, and the Gospel the Hope
Of the Country"
Yesterday, while some men under
Superintendent c. W. Cunningham were clean
ing out sewer trap at the corner Of Fifth and
II streets northwest, the dead body of a child
was found among the debris. The body was
sent to the Seventh precinct station and the
The Grahamite and Trinidad Company
expect to complete the new pavement to Sew
enth street to-day. This will give fine drive
on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue from
the Capitol to the Treasury Department. The
remainder of the work will be pushed forward
as rapidly as circumstances will admit.
Howard Division, s. of T., held its
usual weekly meeting last evening in the
chapel Of the Y. NJ. c 4. building, which was
an unusually interesting occasion. After the
Initiation OF new members, the division passed
a resolution, after much discussion, providing
that ladies shall hereafter be admitted as lady
visitors instead of full members.
An alarm of fire was turned in from box
81 st $50 p. m. yesterday, caused by fire
being discovered in a frame house 1907 L
street northwest, owned by VIM. Lincoln, and
occupied by Anderson Whitley. Damage,
$500; covered by insurance. The fire depart
meIt responded promptly. Engine No. 5
broke her axle in running to this fire.
Patents have been granted to the follow
ing residents of this District for the week end
ing yesterday: Henry +. Hayden, improvement
in fire boxes for steam boilers; Castantiuo P.
Railo, improvement in shaving eases; Rebscca
Siddall, Improvement in hand protectors for
broom handles. Trade-msrks-Christian Kan
der, trade mark for cordial or liquor.
Early yesterday morning Officer Ksrney
NlSSoNSISu hLu. -AQQl6On, cOlOred, ageQ Is
years, in an outbuilding of F. K. Ward, 634
b street, and placed him under arrest, when
he attempted to escape, and the officer shot
him, the ball taking effect in the leg. He was
taken to the First precinct station, where DR..
Hogan extracted the ball.
A lecture on THE War in Turkey" was
delivered last evening by Prof. Mason, of the
Columbian College. About two hundred bows,
from ten to twenty years of age, were present.
The lecture was under the auspices of the
entertainment committee of the Bows Christ
ian Association, is the first of course that is
contemplated and we bespeak for the enter
prise the approval Of all.
At the annual meeting of the ST. An
drew's Society the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: VIM. Saunders,
president: George CoWie, first vice president:
John Gibson, second vice president; John II.
Small, treasurer; VIM. Gibson, financial secre-
tsry: VIM. r. Smith, recording secretary; Rev.
J. E. Rankin, chaplain; Thomas somerville,
Fred B, Mcclure, Peter Campbell, DR.. Drink.
ard. VIM. Muirhead, W. Davies, managers.
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