National Republican., 1877-07-12
Indications for To-day.
,.rmome,r,c Reading. For Yesterday.
CITY NOTES.


Tom Young has benefit at the Comique on
Ne ID of August
The steamer Express will attend the yacht
Fsce down the river to-day.
II is said that Il is pleasanter In Washington
Than at any Of the summer resorts
Edward Roach plead not guilty, but the jury
jAii
Lawson Robinson was 6ued $50 or sixty days
Yesterday for stealing n pair Of shoes nom Horace
Marshall.
Maurice Roach plead guilty to assaulting
Charles Kahiert, and Justice Macarthur gave him
three months In JAIL
Edward Jones, colorcd, charged with re.
eeivns stolen goods, acquitted yesterday In Jus
lice MacArthur's court
Harry Shcdd, twelve years old, was yester.
day morning kicked In tho face by horse at the X
hreet market and seriously injured.
The residents In the northwestern section Of
The city are having the parking In front of their
rcsidenccs moved, and the Improvement is very
noticeable.
Mr.. J. A. Mattingly, passenger agent for the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad fnr the past ten years
has been appointed special agent for the Post Once
Department
Lewis Butler, colorcd, was convicted OF
grand larceny In stealing tho gold watch and chain Of
Or. Townsbend, and Justice Macarthur gave him
three years In The pcnltentiary
DeMolay Mounted Commandery, No. I, X.
f., will give a moonlight excursion the barge
rCockade City" next Monday. leaving the Seventh
street wharf at O'Clock and returning Al midnight.
Lightning struck the roof Of tho house No.
IA Thirteenth street yesterday morning, and dam
aged II considerably. ANAL child In one of the
upper rooms thrown from chair by tile shock.
The case Of James H. Whittcn, n lieutenant
IN the army, charged with obtaining hts April pay
t~ic., under hAise pretences was taken up yes
tsrday and postponed until September next bail
was fred at d. ono
! Yesterday morning q man named John
Killarney wounded In the head by the discharge
Of pistol In the hands OF Andrew Carter while en-
gnsed In stone hght 81 the corner Of Pierce and
North Capitol streets.
The tenth annual schuetrenfest Of the
Germania schuetBen vereip will begin next Monday
~ The Germania schuetren park and last two days
Uhere will be prize shooting, prize bowling and the
sstiyitles usual on such occsHouS
A bricklsyer named Harry Hayman fell In
. spasm At the corner OF Second and streets north
west yesterday afternoon. lie assisted into the
saioon Of Mr.. James A. Donnelly whore restoratives
were applied by MI Donnelly, who scted In the
psclty Of medical man. and the unfortunate brick
tAyer was restored to consciousness
' A team Of the Rennebec Ice Company was
frightened on Psnnsylvanla Avenue near Twelfth
ttreet northwest by flash Of lightning followed by
an unusually loud clap OF thunder during tho storm
yesterday morning, and dashed up the Avenue at q
rapid rate until they neared Fifteenth street, where
They were stopped. No damage was done
Marriage licenses have been issued to the
Sbllowing parties: W. p. T. Sowyer and Lucy NJ Johns
". Brndburn and IiEzie f. Crown; Alfred Boden and
Harriet Dorsey, both Of Prince Georges county, Md
John johnson and Julia Williams, both Of Prince
Georges county, Nd; 7. r. Perch and Louisa I.
AughCr, both of FAirfNx county,NAi e. r. HoltxinRn
I and Mary r. Tut II. l. Petty and Margaret T.
tHAdses.
The alarm Of fre turned IL from box 54
Fsbout 800 o'clock last night caused by an e1-
jplosion OF n coaloil lamp In the house No. Ill L
sssrect southeast. occuped by Peter Farmer. The
taames extinrutshed by Officers smoot and Iusky
pof the Eighth precinct. During the excitement n
esoman named Mary Johnson. living In the second
s4ory OF the building, threw her two small children
fSut Of the window. Fortunately they escaped un
injured.
\ At 10 o'clock yesterday morning an alarm
[sovered In the Ion OF stable, owned by John BIgh
Land occupied by John C. Cook. on c street. between
Fywelnh and Thirteenth streets northwest guam
ttity OF straw caught hre by unknown means.
ssThe fire eSunguished and the loss was
lmall On the way To the fire one ofthe horses Of No.
engine injured by falling and the engine nearly
Iran over II.
Z The following Is the result Of the sale OF
Itbe booths and bar privileges at the Schuetzen park
Touring the annual festival, beginning July 2s RaT
kNo /. Charles Habelman; sitS No > Bernard Henzr,
F2iG No O. John Trilling ssi No J. Bartleniy sia;
Iwine, Henry Wall, 60 sausage stand John A.l SSsr
1igar stand, =. Velati tnh confectionery stand, u
fschaier, till do, J. u Geritz 50; wagon stand, J.
hswboches, sioh shooting stand No. L. Ros. .aI
no . VIM. Bfeckson, go No. 3. Hch, 81, Iaiiit
aand No. l. H. Reh, saE No =, n. Reh si5; ousse
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