National Republican., 1876-09-12
LOCAL ITEMS ABOUT TOWN
Miscellaneous Paragraphs OF Interest

Reed birds are getting fat enough to eat.
Probate Court meets to-day at 10 O'Clock.
Bad day yesterday for a Schuetzen festival.
Winter clothing felt comfortable yesterday
1t looks as if the equinoxial storm had ar
rived.
Buffers stove exchange, corner Of Fifth and
K streets northwest.
The Humpty DumptY troupe are stopping
at the Imperial hotel.
Good news for the boys. Barnam's show
will be here on the 22d instant.
The veteran police failed to celebrate their
fifteenth anniversary last night.
Ditching on Pennsylvania avenue at present
appears to be an extensive business.
The Rockville fair opens tomorrow, and the
exhibition will continue for three days.
Hard work-Ladies climbing the steps lea1-
ing into public buildings with close-ftting pin
backs.
Left-of clothing, watches, pistols, &C.,
bought at Herzog's, 917 D street. Orders al
tended to.
Tie number of patents issued for the week
ending September 12, and bearing issue of
that date, is 2S2.
AL kinds of trunks made to order, repaired
and covered at McMurray'e, sos Pennsylvania
avenue, Market space.
The First Washington Baptist Association
hold their fifth anniversary meeting at Island
hall to-day, commencing at II o'clock.
fine orchestrion will perform every after
noon and evening at Henry Schwarzenberg's
OTchestrion Saloon, 405 Eleventh street.
OGcer Fifeld yesterday arrested colored
man named Willis Stokes for The theft ofa hog
and other property from Emanuel Day, in the
county.
Arthur Jackson, colored, stole stove f,om
Robert Conway, for which offense he was last
night arrested by Officer Clinton and the stove
was recovered.
For the twenty-four hours, ending at s
O'Clock yesterday morning, the police made
only nineteen arrests. In three precincts not
single arrest was made.
The Hayes and Wheeler Invincible Cam
paign club, No. /, of this city, will meet at
1925 Seventh street this evening at o'clock
TO transact important business.
CataIrh and offensive discharges from the
head-no fee demanded by DR.. Hartley until
perfect satisfaction is rendered to the patient
Office and residence No. Grant place.
MIR. j. NJ. Barrow, for three seasons the bust
ness manager of McVickers theatre, in Chi
cago, has engaged with John T. Ford to man
age the stage of his theatre in this city.
Mr.. E. Stanley Schreiner, clerk in the Ad-
jutant Generals Office, and gentleman hav-
ing a large circle of friends, died at his resi-
deIce last Saturday, after brief illness.
Marriage licenses have been issued to John
Thomas and Maria Webb, W. W. Dean and
- Mrs. NJ. NJ. Frisby, Thomas H. Barlow and
Alesia Simmons, Edward Wnslow and Jennie
Brown.
The water registrar announces that in order
to make certain necessary repairs to the en-
gine all the water in the high service will be
shut of from G this evening until tomorrow
morning,
J. Il. Squier & Co., bankers 141o Pennsyl-
vania avenue, pay Elk per cent. in crest on de-
pOsits, payable on demand. Special rates on
time deposits. Interest pail January and
July, or credited.
Surveyor Forsyth is busily engaged survey
ing Maryland avenue, between Seventh street
and the river southwest, for the purpose of
making a basis for the special improvement
taxes on that avenue.
District Commissioner S. L. Phelps, who
has been absent in West Virginia the past ten
days on q fishing and hunting tour, returned
to the city yesterday, and resumed his duties
at the Morrison building.
Rev. Jacob Toorsanger, the newIy-elected
minister of the Adas Israel congregation, will
deliver his inaugural sermon on Saturday
morning next, at o'clock, at the synagogue,
corner Sixth and G streets.
II FtI,o 49,,
concerned in the recent robbery of clothing
from the house of William Collins, in the
county, was arrested yesterday by Officer
Fifeld and held for the grand jury.
Some time ago a colored damsel named
Sarah Chisley, inclined to shop-lifting, stole
quantity OF lace from J. W. Colley's store.
Sarah then withdrew 10 private life, but was
arrested in her seclusion last night by Officer
Breen.
Mr.. Isaac n. Cary has been appointed trus-
tee of public schools, vice Henry johnson, re-
signed. Mr.Cary is a well known colored man
in this District, and has ably filled position
as clerk in the Office of the chief engineer of
the District since the organization Of the pres.
ent District government.
The veterans Of 1912 residing in Washington,
who have ANNUALLY united in an appropriate
North Point, will not hold any celebration to,
day, on account of the absence of many of the
veterans, some of whom will participate in
celebrations elsewhere.
On account of the inclemency of the wel her
yesterday the sports that were to have ne
of at the GermGnia Schuetzen park, under the
auspices of the Germauia Schuetzenfest, were
postponed until to-day. The sports are to
continue three days and promise to be of an
interesting character.
John Kennedy, Thomas Wallace and Tbos.
Eckles, the three confidence men who feeced
German out of $500 in jewelry and money on
a river steamer on Sunday, were yesterday
released by the detectives after giving up the
property, on condition that they should leave
the city, which they did.
A gang of boys have lately been in the habit
of acting in a disorderly manner in the
Deighborhood of the National Theatre, but a
check was put upon them by Officer Shilling
last night, who arrested q couple of colored
youths, named John Payne and Frank For
rester, for breaking pane of glass in the win
dow of Rapley's restaurant, 1915 E street
northwest.
Mr.. NJ. B. Brady, the photographer, sue
ceeded in obtaining excellent pictures of the
Dublin and Cambridge crews, who recently
visited this city. He has large group photo
graphs OF each crew and views of the fourS in
their shells on the river in front of the Analos-
tan boat-house, which were taken Just before
the race last Thursday. The pictures are sell
ing very rapidly, and Mr.. Bradys assistants
are kept busy re producing them.
Southern Republicans
The Southern Republican Association meets
tonight at Clarke's hall, 479 Pennsylvania
avenue. Several distinguished speakers will
be present. Everybody is invited to attend
Jefferson Literary Society.
This popular organization reassembled at