National Republican., 1877-09-18
RKApINos roR YEsrERpAY.
CITY NOTES.

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koudes
The helmet hats which are now worn
make the dsndies look like policemen.
Tho Hallet, Davis 4 Co. upright
pianos arc unequaled by my others. Go and
500 them.
The board Of managers and finance
committee Of tho Labor Exchange hold q
Joint meeting at Willard hall this evening.
1t Is rumorcd an extensive ten-cent
lnnch house will soon be opened on Pennsyl.
tpnia avenue In the vicinity Of the Capitol
The more the better
A colored map named Patrick Harris
vas arrested by Ofiloer Heipline last night on
suspicion Of stealing q valuable bay horse,
which he was trying to dispose Of at low
hsure.
There are over one hundred thousand
signatures Of distinguished" men on the re-
Soipt books In Adams Express Company's
ofico. They will bring big price at auction
some day.
The steamer Jane lfoseley, which took
TIC Sengerbund excursion to Point Lookout,
Did not arrive home last evening, having been
delayed thirteen hours by an accident to the
machinery.
The alarm Of fire from box 1875, at 1l:5o
o'clock last night, was csused by the burning
Of window curtain In Mr.. Ghcen's house,
corner Of Seventh and streets northwest. It
was extinguishod with slight damages.
Julia Bury, colored, who was charged
IN the Police Court with perjury last week, on
complaint Of Mr.. James +. Russell and dis;
charged on account Of defect in the warrant,
wS In the Police Court again yesterday new
warrant having been Issued for her arrest. At
ths request OF the counsel for the defense the
the case was continued until Thursday.
William ]. Kcrnan, little colorod boy
broke into the shop of Gavin r. Hunter car.
tenter, and stole pair Of pants and took them
home. Their he came back to steal some tools,
bqt was detected by q colorcd man, who held
him until Officer Volkman came up and ar
rested him. Judge Mills yesterday fined him
$40 and thirty days In jail.
Joseph Gainor, colored. was arraigned
In the Police Court yesterday for assauiting his
wife ophelia. II appeared by her testimony
tnd that Of woman In the Same house that
He came home Sunday night threatened to
kul her, and began to carry out the threat by
knocking her down stairs and quite seriously
tnjuripg her He was fined $40 or sixty days
In Jail.
Elijah Hutchinson, a gray -whiskered
man, was charged before Judge Mills ycster-
day with assaultng boy named John Burns,
ip Georgetown. Burns testified that Hutch
fnson chased him with knife, and said he
would cut him. Hutchinsou's defense was
that he was only joking and had no intention
OF cutting Burns. The Court appreciated tho
Joke, and fined Hutchinson S. for It.
e. NJ. Whitaker & Sons, booksellers
and statoners, 941 Pennsylvania avenue, have
Q complete stock Of school and collegiate text
books to be sold at Wholesale and retail They
have on hand all the books used IN the public
and private schools Of the District, which they
will supply at the lowest rates The attention
u parents who have to buy books for their
children Is called to the advertisement
The blondes at the Theatre Comiaue
have made big hit. The theatre was 80
crowded last night that there was hardly
standing ROOM The entertainment Is one Of
the best In the variety line ever given In this
city. As usual, the can-can Is placed at the
end Of the programme, so that fastidious peo-
pie eau leave before the dance begins There
p statnary equal to Matt Morgan's, and other
attractions.
John J. Ferguson, alias Charles L.
Lucas, was fined $40 by Judge Mills yesterday
for asSaulting Officer Turnburkc. Ferguson
was disorderly In the Smithsonian grounds
saturday night, aud when Turnburke at
tempted to arrest him he showed fight. and
gave the officer 4 lively scutile. Assistance
finally came, and he was secured. Judge Mills
remarked that 1t had got TO be common thing
70 refuse to go with an officer.
Some of the subscribers to THE RE-
PUBLICAN who hold clcrkships In the De.
partments seem to be very impecunious about
the first OF the month when our agents call for
their monthly dues. II the paper bs not
worth fifty cents per month cash, surely no
enc should allow It to run up an Indebtedness
Of three or four dollars. Our agents pay us
cash and have to lose themselves all unpaid
subscriptions.
Charles Ebcrhnrt, a light-haired Ger
pan youth, was in the dock Of the Police
Court yesterday charged with stealing watch
from Elizabeth Gerhold, and afterwards break
Ing into the house and stealing n watch and
clothing from George Gerhold Eberhart
could not talk English so the charges were in
terprcted for him by Officer Hcnkle, and he
pleaded guilty through the officer to both
charges He was held for the grand Jury in
both cases, bonds being fixed at $500 In the
Arst and 81 600 in the second.
He was standing on the corner of Penn
Ylvania avenue and Fourteenth street talking
- another highly intelligent looking gentle
men, and matronly woman, evidently
stranger In the city, stood close by In conver-
sstion with lady friend. you sec that
Yuave man this wayT tho latter inquired.
"Ses." He was six years and half In the
penitentiary." Good heavensw "Yes; and
. long time In tho work house, and now he is
In and out Of the jail all the time" "Oh!
ip't II droudful2 What's his namer" Noble
Young 1t was the Jail physician. The lady
Jo'Sist is probably graduate OF vassar college.
Samuel Z. Johnson and q friend were
very disordcrly about 2 o'clock Sunday morn
log on Thirteenth street, near C. and were ar
rested by Officers Shilling and Miller. At the
station house the two knelt on their knees and
prayed before being locked up. This religious
pot seemed todo johnson no good for he offered
battle to the officers, and 1t was after great
trouble that they finally locked him In cell.
When they would close the door upon him he
would exert his strength, which was great,
end shove 1t open. lie also struck Officer
Shilling a powerful blow in the face Yester-
day Judge Mills fined him So for his dsorderly
conduct aud $40 for assaulting Officer Shilling.
johnson stated 10 the court that he came from
Alexandria on Saturday, went to the theatre,
got to drinking, and did not remember any
thing that occurred after that until he woke
uO In the cell Sunday rnnrninp