National Republican., 1876-01-01

John Cherry brutally assaulted his wife with O
coal-oil lamp and set her on fire. = ! -
2s. The principal thief in the Perry robbery, Ed-
ward w. Snyder, was arrested In Baltimore, Md.
Bold river thieves captured.
-. The eighteenth annual commencement OF
Annual session Of the Board of Appeals Ma
Appointment of teachers in the public schools
80. The Postmaster General returned from his
inspection tour through the West.
A reorganization Of the clerical force in the
John +. Elmer and William Sterns, both boys,
were arrested in Uniontown, ID. C., charged with
stoning to death colored boy named Alfred Lee,
In Prince Georges county, Md.
Twelfth annual sale Of unclaimed property at
commencement Of the Collegiate Department
Columbian University, at Lincoln hall
JULY.
]. The trial of Charles Stevenson, charged with
the murder of CorneliuS Shea, was begun in the
Henry ". Brewer and J: N. Brewer two
brothers, from Georgetown, shot and tried 70 kill
Col. ]. Lyle Clark In the dining room ut ne st.
Clair hotel, Baltimore, accusing him OF seduc-
ing their sister.
Nine prisoners broke out of the cell and es-
capped from the Police Court.
Robert +. Stockton. son Of ex-senator Stock
ton, of New Jersey, had Mr.. George 5. Parker ar
rested on the charge of keeping a gambling
house.
The executive committee Of the National
Grange held their session in this city.
2 Mr.. George II. Baer swears out n warrant
against Guy H. Thompson, charging him with
forgery.
force to prevent the firing of guns, pistols &C., in
the street on the 4th.
The work of constructing the new fire-alarm
g. The steamer Lady of the Lake. rebuilt and
refurnished, arrived ut the Sixth-street dock to
resume her trips on the Norfolk line.
Charles StpnhpnsOn
nelius Shea, was convicted of manslaughter.
Miss Mary Walsh died from the effect of serious
l. The anniversary Of American independence
occurring on Sunday, it was observed on the ensu-
ing day.
Sunday Gazette, after long illness.
Lemuel Reeves died from exposure.
Smith Fry, colored, fell over the embankment
at the Ge0rgetown-uniyersity grounds, and died
from the injuries received.
s. Hon. Frederick Douglass and Prof: John NJ.
LangstOn address the residents of Hillsdale ID. q.
Joseph II. Bradley delivered an grafton before
the Oldest Inhabitants Association:
The employing printers decline longer to sub
nit to the rules as dictated by the Typographical
Union.
shoemaker named L. Shekel attempted to
commit suicide.
The Hart-ThompsOn difficulty occupied the at
tention of the public school trustees.
The Potomac Fruit Growers met and discussed
cherries.
Annual meeting of the COlored Sabbath School
Union
Patrick Gleason was instantly killed by falling
from q cart.
4 Annual meeting of the board of trustees of
the Girls Reform School.
The Potomac boat club meet and elect officers
for the ensuing year.
Ida Crowell. alias Sears a soiled dove, tried to
kill herself while confined in the stationhouse by
taking laudanum, but % was prevented; eve s or roor
ganizing the Potomac Light Infantry of George
town.
der their designations TO the District Commits
sionerS in order to give them an opportunity to
reorganize the board If they so inclined. They
reappointed the old members.
Gen. A. s. Sutton made an affidavit, denying
that he was brutally assaulted by Gen. Samuel
Ross, having previously asserted that he was the
O. Daniel e. Lotdell, supervising special agent
under the Commissioner Of Customs OF the Treas
ury Department, died at the Ebbitt house.
Margaret Fitzgerald and Angellet Allen had
fight and cut each other with knives, all on ac-
count of both claiming the same man.
10. The Board of Health received the health
officials of Baltimore, Nd, showed them all places
of interest connected with their department and
then feasted them at WOrmley's.
Mr.. John G. Anderson was appointed business
manager of the Washington Tribune.
IL. The anniversary Of the Missionary Society
of the Fourth Presbyterian church.
u. Election of directors of the Anaeostia and
Potomac Railroad Company.
Meeting of prominent colOred men to establish a
paper to be mana ged by men Of their own race.
Is. The new Board Of School Trustees met and
Annual session of the Great Council of the Dis
trict of Columbia, Improved Order of Red Men,
and election of officers.
Burning of the feed store of ]. J. Gleason & Co.
corner Of Twenty-third street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
A collision between an express train on the
Baltimore and Potomac railrOal and street car
on Four -and-a-half street, injuring A. q. ID. Har
ris, the driver.
L. The Citizens Protective Union meet and
srrff dar
tmOre and Potomac Railroad Company.
Officer Reese, of the Second precinct, accident
ally shot himself in the hand, intiicting painful
wound.
The directors of the Northern Liberty Market
Company met and decided to establish line of
cOnveyances to be known as chariots.
Burning of the mattress factory Of Henry A.
Linger Bro. Loss, 5000.
Is. Attorney General Pierrepont requested the
resignation Of District Attorney George p. Fisher,
rendered the POSITION
The young mems bible:class of the Third Eng
lish Lutheran church Of Baltimore, Nd, gave an
excursion to Mount Vernon.
A number Of gentlemen met and formed the
SpOrtsmen's Association.
The Macedonian Baptists of Uniontown, ID. G.,
quarrel in the cemetery over corpse as to where
il shall be buried.
Id. At the meeting of the Board Of Health the
Georgetown millers, cOOpers and the use Of Sec
ond-hand barrels for packing flour were freely
ventilated.
Visit of the Baltimore Drill Association, 1. o.
D. F., TO this city.
The representatives of the city press, by invita-
tiOn Of the Weems Transportation Line, visited
Fair Haven, in Chesapeake bay.
IL. The District Commissioners authorized the
sinking fund commission to redeem the balance of
the outstanding tiye-year Emery bonds, sls2, 900
in amount.
Lucinda Washington colored, was arrested on
the steamer Lady OF the Lake for burning n house
at Fortress Monroe, Va. She confessed commit
ting the deed.
The stockholders of the Metropolitan re-eIect
their old officers for the ensuing year.
- IS The representatives of the various Irish
celebrate the O'Connell centennial.
10. The President signed the commission of ID.
ID. Cone TO be secretary to the President to sign
land warrants.
Patsy Magee made two attempts to commit
suicide, both Of which were unsuccessful.
The case of Frederick b. Smith for libel on Rev.
Charles Stelnhauer came up for trial.
President Grant pardoned Joseph Jones, col
Ored convicted of house burning and sentenced 70
thirteen years in the penltentiary.
Tom Sorrell, notorious colOred rough, formerly
Of this city kills one man and fatally wounds an
other in New York city.
= Opening day Of the Germania Schuetzea Verein
fest.
20. The police raided n house Of ill-repute on G
street northwest kept by Mrs. Mary J. Patterson
and among the inmates found and taken into
Vincent Dempsey.
Judge Macarthur granted Charles Shephen-
son, convicted Of manslauyhter, a new trial.
n Meeting of citizens TO form an oyster and
company.
Election Of officers by the Hibernian Benevolent
Society.
q A number of gentlemen met at the st.
James hotel and formed an association for turf
sports, under the name Of the National Park As
ISOLATION.
Samuel G. Mills, a Justice of the peace was ap-
pointed Judge Of the Police Court in the absence
Of Judge Smell.
D. Visit of the Sixth Maryland regiment to this
city and Mount Vernon.
Justice Joseph T. K. Plant, while reviewing the
military, got into trouble and the Third precinct
The Board Of Health recommend the establish
ing Of bath-houses.
-. Byron Noble and Albert Bennett, burglars,
were arrested and committed to jail TO answer the
charge Of robbing the residence OF Mr.. Gatchel,
On New York avenue.
The employing printers notify the compositors
that on and after August they will not be gov
erned by Union prices and rules. ..
25. James 5. Jones, veteran printer died sud-
denly at his home of apoplexy.
Joseph Bennett, col0red, was drowned at the
Chain bridge. =
%. Ex-Goy. H. H. Wells, of Virginia, accepted
the position of District Attorney for the District
Of Columbia.
A meeting OF trustees was held at the parlors
Of the Young Mems Christian Association 70 con-
sider the feasibility Of inviting the reviyalists
Moody and Sankey, to this city.
Peter LusDy, white, put ball through the
neck Of Alfred Rollins, colored, on the Uniontown
road, inficting dangerous wound
q. Mr.. james Gilhllen was appointed cashier
of the limited States TraaRury