National Republican., 1877-07-18
r,.rmom,,r,c Reading, For Yesterday,
CITY NOTES.


Comique the Sd Of August
The Potomac, above Georgetown, is filed with
pleasure boats every evening
The work Of paving Bridge street, Georgetown
with Belgian blocks is being rapidly pushed for.
ward
Lively scenes can be witnessed every night among
the female bathers in the Potomac, near the Long
bridge
charge Of assault and battery with intent to kill
Louis Schwing
some enterp,t,ing young man should establish
cewnter stands on the Avenue, at cent glass.
There's millions in 1t.
Every summer develops several new species Of
Insect who love tn hop about the light at night
and crawl down peoples back.
Victoria Atkins, an ugly-lookng colored girl,
paid IS in the Police Court yesterday for aSsautng
IN overgrown black girl named Frances Russell.
J. R. Dodge, statistician of the Department
fAgrculture, will leave here to-day for the white
which meets there to-day.
George Tenney a small black boy, was fined 81
m the Police Court Yesterday for the larceny Of
western section OF the city.
Edward Williams and william Day two email
eoiored boys were in the dock Of the Police Court
yesterday for stealing a scythe from william Miller
days in default Of q each.
II there Ia anything calculated TO make person
the summer II is TO see a fat man, with heavy
satche running to catch the train, with the lher-
mometcr at ninety In the cellar.
Charles White was tried In the Police Court yes.
terday. and plead guilty to the charge OF stealing
one hundred and fry.hve volumes OF the real es.
tate directory Of the value OF fifteen cents each.
He was committed for the grand jury.
Park @. Mills plead not guilty to the charge Of
profanity In the Police Court Yesterday but the
evidence showed that he did indulge IN profane
language on Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth
and Tenth streets northwest, and he was fined S..
The effects Of the strike OH the Baltimore and
Ohio road have not yet been felt on the Washing.
ton branch. There has been some delay in the
arrival OF freight trains, but aside from that there
has been no interruption OF the business OF the road
The case of Max and Paul wellner, charged with
Thirteen and.a.haif street northwest, Kept by a
man named Tesher was continued In the Police
Court yesterday. The testimony was simply cor
roborative, and the prisoners were committed TO
Jail to await the action Of the grand Jury.
Samuel Smith. an cx-polccmnn, was in the dock
Of the Police Court yesterday, charged with being
evidence showed that Smith was drunk on Four.
nd-a-hRlf street southwest and in front OF Louise
alley he was very loud and b0istcrous lie was
house.
Mrs. Rachel Beall, one Of the very oldest resi-.
dents Of the District, mother OF Mr.. George W.
Beall. died at the residence Of the latter No. Il
Second street, GeorVetown early yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. BEall was ninety three years Of age was
; native Of Maryland aud had resided in the Dis
u O'clock this afternoon.
There has been fled in the recorders office
certificate uf incorporation IN the name Of the Cen
tennia club the object Of which Is for social inter
course and recreation. The term OF existence Is
6xed at Ave years unless sooner dissolved and the
directors selected are Geo. X. Baier, Oh, Heurich
Geo. Juenneman, II. schmidt. II. King. IT,, Charles
Geof, 7. stinzing, Thos. Carriche and John P. Bar
Sett.
Marriage licenses have been issued to the follow.
tlng parties: Emil Bruno Loller, Of New York, and
ltmma schmidt Of this city; Sandy d. Desper and
&1snor h. Young both Of Augusta county, Va:
John Morton and Mary Johns sn; Vim. Foley, OF
New York, and Elizabeth Luslcy, OF this city;
kChomas h Williams, Of Loudoun county, Va, and
SAsIy R. Mcintosh, Of this city; Sanders Howell
land Harriet Jones.
Justice Humphreys yesterday afternoon took up
the case of VIM. Nelson vs. the district OF Columbia
in which an application for a mandGmus had been
kifcate of Indebtedness (nade by the board o
kAudit) for work done for the District Col Rober,
Ghristy appeared for the petitioner, and Gen. W
Brner for the respondent After q partial argu.
--1"nt the case was postponed until tomorrow
4, The steamer Charlotte Wand rbilt lcft last even
png for the Pointswith of the largest excursion
parties that ever went down the river. The excur
Sion Is under the auspices Of the Y. P. A. OF the
Fourth Presbyterian church. Many persons who
poat would not allow il 10 6e overloaded II is es
sima'ed that there were six hundred in the partl
Mn the boat, aud hundred on the wharf unable u
get OH.
William Howard plead guilty in the Police Court
yesterday " the charge Of putting a head OF
Thomas II. Evaus, and was required To hand owe
Iso the marshal S. therefor. Howard then charged
tike sum THIS diniculty grew out OF a quarrel the
parties had IN the Georgetown market house
when Howard struck Evans on the head ant
Knocked him down, and Evans retaliated b!
'slriking Howard with peck measure.
Frank Herbert, a tar.black youth, dressed Il
white, was arraigned In the Police Court yesterda
for committing an assault on Julius Crliso. Thi
occurred on Gay street, Georgetown. As the com
brothers child in his arms Herbert struck him o
the back of the head with stick and Others threN
stones at him and threatened TO tahe his life, an
A.. tl.A ..nltl hn 11.l .
FAULT ofs20.
Mr.. L. W. Butts, an old gentleman an
fther Of the proprietor OF the Irving house, corne
M Eighth and d streets northwest, was quite ser
ously bruised early yesterday BY falling from bac
window of that hotel Mr. Butts had been I
awaken the fireman. and being attacked by at
dizziness he went to window and, uuconscious
what he was doing began to climb out. The fir
man seized him, but too late To prevent him froi
hoped that nothing serious will result from them
John Sullivan, jeremiah Lynch and Jerema
Harrigan were tried In the Police Court yestcrda
sta a picnic at Green Springs; above Georgetown
Jnly L. This case was tried a few days since, whG
Sullivan and Harrigan were dismissed and Lyme
held for the grand Jury, but was reOpened yeste
day for the purpose of allowing witnesses 10 tcSti
In behalf Of Lynch who were not examined on III
former trial but no new facts were developed an
the Court reatiirmcd his former decision, and r.
quired Lynch 10 give bail to await the action OF Il
grand jury.
The farmers VINO attend market IN this city q
compelled to pay to the Market Company from q
teen to twentyhve cents each day for the privileg
Of using the street in front Of the market. on
farmer complains that he has been compelled
pay for the use Of the street In front of the Smith
onian grounds By what right the Market Con
pany collect for the use Of the street and payemeI
bnot apparent II is estimated that the hrme
pay 500 each market day to the com pany for IL
ise of the streets In and about their building. Tn
has the appearance Of a swindle.
Daniel Brown. a jet black, raw. .boned, blur.eyC
negro, was stood up in the dock Of the Police C0u
yesterday u answer TO the charge Of threats
violence towards his wife, RebecCa. The wOmH
testified that Daniel treated her so bad that sl
could not live with him and that on sunday nigl
last while she on her way to church, he m
her on the street took hold Of her aud pulled h.
about and threatened to kill her II she did not III
with him again. On the night of the 9Th insta
he passed her service place while she was sittii
In the door and commenced quarreling with he
and drew a revolver and threatened her life al
that she was afraid of him, and would rather d
than live with him sgain. The Court requlr
Daniel to give his personal bonds to keep 4
peace