National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-02-15
GENERAL NEWS OF THECI
DARING ATTEMPT OF A SUICIDE
A CRlPPLb's. EFFOsIS TO TAKE Ills LIfB
FUNERAL OF A CATHOLIC RELIGIEDE
GRAND GERMAN MASQUERADE BALL
HOW THE lEEIEH Season Must Be OBSERVED
Miscellaneous Paragraphs Of Interest

weather probabilities, estimated at q. H.
In the South Atlantic Middle States and hover
lake region the winds Will shit to westerly and
northerly, with rising barometer, colder and
clearing weather.
ThermonetTic readings taken February Il, 1870,
q the Signal Once: a. m, $50; 1855 q. M,
$50; II M, $50; p. m, 6ie; 4:35 D. m, 500; p,
m, 56o; II p. NJ, $50. Maximum, GAO; minimum.
Buy DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup;it cures.
Behrend's Patent Cstarrh cigar sure cure.
r. b. Ferguson, pharmacist, corner Second
street and Pennsylvania avenue, Capitol Hill.
Highest price paid for Ieft-or clothing, boots,
Ihoes, &C., at HerzeE'e .el7 d street northwest
SIX per cent. paid on deposits, payable on de-
5quier Co.. bankers.
Il. u. Cooke, jr., & Co., Z street, near the
Treasury, do a general banking business and buy
and sell District securities SC
ENathaniel Smith, colored. OF Rockville, Mont
gomery county, Nd, died Saturday, aged one
hundred years and seven months.
Dr. Sturgis will teach invalids how to cure
themselves with electricity very low. Office
treatment sl.25, visit out g.; 73s Tenth street
northwest.
pleasant hour can be spent at the First
Presbyterian church on Wednesday evening,
when the ladies will give fine supper for
Marriage licenses were granted yesterday to
Patrick ]. Burke and Joanna V. Hussey; Robert
Jones and Nj atilda Dyson; Charles W. lngrem
and Hattie Burke.
The funds Of the citizens relief commission
being exhausted they are unable TO help those
persons appealing to them for aid, and, conse-
qusntly, no further applications for assistance
will be received.
Oficers Of State associations, concerts, and dra-
matte clubs should examine Tallmadge hall be-
fore making other engagements. It is the best
hall In the city for all purposes, centrally located
and on first floor.
Advertisements can be inserted at the lowest
standard rates in any city or country newspaper
In the United States at Max. Cehen's Newspaper
Advertising Agency and Printing Bureau, $50 F
street northwest, Tallmadge BLOCK.
Early yesterday morning a thief entered Jos.
PLATES restaurant, on Pennsylvania avenue,
near Sixth street, by the rear door, and cleared
out the till, which contained about 81, and Dor
rowed the barkeeper's oyercost which has not
yet been returned, and Is valued at $50.
Yesterday afternoon team Of horses drawing
load Of cabbages ran away from O street down
First street northeast, and were stopped BY the
AIberts, and number Of cabbsges were scattered
about on the ground, but no serious damage was
done.
The executive committee, on behalf of the Fifth
regfmentI Maryland N. g., and Company A of
this city nave accepted invitations 70 Visit Alex
andris, Va on the I'D instant, and participate in
the parade. The Columbia Cadet corps will also
attend, and have q competitive drill with tho
cadets Of the military school in that place.
We call attention to the administrators sale Of
1urniture, silver and silver plated ware, decor.
aled and fancy French china and other ware,
several suites of lace curtains and rich window
hangings, table linens, &C., which takes place at
the auction rooms of Messrs. Duneanson Bros,
Ninth and ID streets northwest, on this Tuesday
norninR. February Is, commencing at 10 o'clock.
tnief forced an entrance into the rear OF
bsKeris commission store, on Louisiana avenue,
about O'Clock last evening. His presence was
discovered and officer Duvall notified, but the
thief made his escape through the back yard of
the old Central guardhouse. He dropped pair
Of calfskin CATERS in his flight, which are held
for Identification.
IIThieves effected an entrance into the tailor
shop of ]. T. English, No. 7l9 Fifteenth street,
about 10 O'Clock Sunday night. Officer Schmidt
was summoned, but when he reached the spot
the thieves had escaped through the back win
dow. The officer found about SIS worth of goods
packed up ready for removal. The only vestige
Of the thieves found was pair of suspenders.
Rev. B. A. Mcguire, late pastor of st. Aloysus,
at the head Of his band Of missionaries, among
whom are Rev. q. II. Fulmer, late of this city,
and others, closed a very successful mission at
Ware, Mass, ard opens ono the present week at
South Boston, to be followed by another at an
early day in the flourishipg city and neighbor-
hood Of Cambridge, in the same State.