National Republican., 1876-09-01
RECORD OF CRIMES AND ACCIDENTS
Miscellaneous Paragraphs Of Interest

Thermometric readings taken at the Signal
Office August 81, 1S76:7 a. m, 10; 7:35 a. m,
74o; I2 m, $50; 2 p. m, $50; 4335 p. m,
$50; 8 p. m, T9o; II p. M, 100; maximum,
$50; minimum. $50.
This evening the Iowa Republican Associa-
ton will meet in the Maine Republican club
rooms. No. 20 lie Droit building, aud hereafter
meetings will be held at the rooms named on
the following evenings Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday.
Hart's Roach Powder, 1919 F street.
Behrend's Patent Catarrah Cigar, sure cure.
Don't be without Hart's Roach Powder, 1919
F street.
Br. Hartley returned to the city yesterday,
his card will appear in to-morrow's paper.
S. Katzentein, No. 80 Seventh street north
west, opens to-day full line OF fall clothing.
Centennial visitors should not fail to go down
the Potomac on the Jane Moseley next Friday.
Hart's Roach Powder in great demand.
S. Katzentein, No. 80 Seventh street north
west, opens to-day full line of fall clothing.
Left-off clothing, watches, pistols, &C.,
bought at Herzog's, 917 D street. Orders at
tended to.
All kinds of trunks made to order, repaired
and covered at McMurray's, sos Pennsylvania
avenue, Market space.
A fine orchestron will perform every after
noon and evening at Henry Schwarzenberg's
Orchestrion Saloon, 405 Eleventh street:
son of Mr.. Joseph F. Martin, No. 3O5
Eleventh street southeast, named Somerfield
Il, has been missing since the 23d Cltimo.
Barney McGee's provision store, at the cor
ner of Twenty-sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, was robbed OF large part of its stock
Tuesday night, amounting to $50.
The celebrated Ice King refrigerators are
now selling at greatly reduced prices at 613
Seventh street. Call and get bargain AMI
the best refrigerator in the world.
Persons desiring appraisements for personal
tax can have the same promptly and properly
attended TO upon application to Thomas Dow
ling, autioneer, corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and Eleventh street.
j. H. Squier & Co., bankers 1416 Pennsyl-
Vania avenue, pay six per cent. in crest on de-
posits payable on demand. Special rates on
time deposits. Interest paid January and
July, or credited.
Insure your real estate and personal prop
erty in the Firemen's Insurance Company of
Washington and Georgetown, D. c., (ofice
over Bank of WashingtOn.) Prompt payment
Of losses are guaranteed to all policy holders.
We learn that our old patron, NJ. H. Prince,
has placed the balance of his fine stock of
jewelry in the auction house No. Cos Seventh
street, opposite the Patent Office, and any one
with speculation in their viens can make
profitable investments by attending the sale,
commencing tomorrow evening.
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For the Middle States and Eastern States,
falling barometer, rising temperature, westerly
to southerly winds, increasing cloudiness and
probably occasional rains, succeeded on Friday
night or Saturday morning by rising barometer
and cooler west to north winds.
The fall meeting at the Brightwood PARK,
under the auspices of the Washington Driving
Association, begins at $50 O'Clock this after
noon, and the races will continue once week
through the month. The event of this after
noon is a trot for horses of the $50 class, for
which there are seven entries.
Some of the hotel el-keepers have become in
dignant because a number of large boarding
houses in the city employ drummers at the
depots and boat-landings to catch Centennial
tourists without paying licenses. Collector
Cook will hereafter require boardins-house
keepers, who employ drummers, to take out
licenses.
The members of the Washington Monument
Society have had; at their individual expense,
fine imperial photograph taken Of the late
John Carroll Brent, so long and iaVorably
known as their able secretary, and hung do In
the Monument office. 1t is an admirable like
ness, and highly cIeditable to Mr.. Rice, the
artist who produced it.
The rookery in Foundry alley has been en-
tirplV brOEpD mn he
inmates until they have become disguised. and
yesterday the man who rented the house to
Americus Murray, the Amazon of the alley
loF baW6U piurp6ses was fined in the IN:
Court, and it is probable that he after the
alley will be as decent and qr. let as any alley
in the city.
We take pi--asire In announcing the removal
OF DCCviin K Co., the extensive clothiers of
New York, to 1920 F street, near the Ebbitt
house, where they open to-day full and COM
plete lire of samples CT their New York stock
of "piece goods for fall wear. They have the
newest and most desirable styles, and make
up their goods in New York after the mos:
approved fashions
Lewis johnson, young colored thief, yes
terday robbed poor countryman at the mar
ket of roll of shirting, and was taken to the
Fifth precinct station. He wouldn't carry a
keeper when that officer was searching him,
but a Misunderstanding "black- jack" a
weapon of more dignified character, was fished
out of his pants pocket.
The assessors intend to put penalties on all
who do not come up and respond to the notice
and schedule of personal tax left at private
residences. The merchants and others who
made returns last year of personal tax and do
not respond this year will be assessed on the
~ l.. .-r
the superintendent of assessments and taxes,
and fifty per cent. added.
The WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN for
the current week is now ready for the mails.
1t contains all the political and general news
of the day, including the great regatta on the
Schuylkill, the progress of the campaign in
South Carolina and Mississippi, the foreign
war in the Turkish provinces and the record
of current events. 1t is the largest and cheap
est campaign paper in the country.
Park Seminary, Mrs. G. NJ. Condron and
Miss A. T. Smith principals. This seminary
stands In the first rank of our educational in
stitutions. Its principals, recognizing the i'm
portance Of the family influence during girl
hood and early womanhood, make 1t their
constant aim to afford our citizens facilities
for securing to their daughters the most ap-
proved methods of instruction without send
ing them from home, and the results, as they
have been presented in the various public eX-
ercises of the school and in the character of
its graduates, are most satisfactory. An i'm
portant feature In the prospectus of the pres
ent year is that arrangements can be made by
which pupils may be prepared for the uni
Versity examinations.
The latest styles of gentlemen's and youths
clothing at s. Katzentein's new clothing en-
pOrium, No. $40 Seventh street northwest.
Theatre Comiqus.
The order of entertainment for this week at