National Republican., 1877-09-26
RKApIHas ron YKsTtRpAY
CITY NOTES.

Stoves are coming out in front Of stores.
Most of the private schools have opened
for the year.
-Danyille has six trains day. We have
one thousand trains day-on our streets.
WIN. Behrens who was very disordcrly
at the fire, was fined S in the Police Court
yesterday.
The Marine Band will play at the
Smithsonian grounds this afternoon II the
weather II fair.
The latest thing is portable cider
press travelling through the streets with
colorcd man attached. Five cents glass.
Austin Jones and VIM. b. Young for
feited their collateral in preference to Sppear-
ing in the Police Court yesterday to answer
the charges against them.
A gnsshopper WAS found in the
Criminal Court room Yesterday morning. 1t
Is supposed to he witness in some Of the
Western cases soon 10 come up.
Buck Coyle, colored, plead guilty in the
Police Court yesterday TO the larceny Of nine
teen quarts Of chincapIns at ten cents
squart and was sent TO Jail for thirty days.
Joseph Luckctt stole o pair Of shoes
nom John II. Wooding, on Seventh street,
during the FIRE excitement, and was requested
by Judge Mills Yesterday TO pay fine Of so
or go to jail for thirty days.
Mysr Hyman, residing At No. 1l0i Seventh
street northwest, accidentally shot himself in
the head, inilicting q dangerous wound. He
was attended by DR.. Ford Thompson.
notwithstanding the exactions Of the
ll-punch Calmus h X raft, the proprictors Of
the old reliable CalmuS House, of Alexandria,
Virginia will sell their liquors and beer at
the same old prices, making NO reduction in
the size Of the smiles"
~.
who was arrested Saturday by special agent
J. l. Tidball, special agent Of the Post Office
Department, for robhing the mails Of a letter
containing k25, was held for tue grand jury in
the sum Of $50, by United States Commits
sioner by 3. c. Plant yesterday.
Mr.. Isaac II. Hurdle, n well-known
grocer, doing business on the corner Of Eighth
street and Rhode Island avenue northwest,
died yesterday morning from the effects of in
juries received last Saturday, when he was
thrown from his wagon, corner of Ninth and
p streets, and his skull fractured.
The business OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal for tho week ended September %
was the heaviest Of the season, the clearances
from Cumberland having been 2jI boats, with
Is iGO tons Of coal. During the previous week
there were 232 departures carrying n total OF
25,70l, IL tons. Forty-three boats left Cumbcr-
land on Saturday, carrying 4,7i7.lO tons of
coal.
An excursion from Richmond, under
the auspices Of the Second Baptist church
(colorcdD of that city, arrived In Washington
yesterday morning. There were at least one
thousand excnrsionists, and they scattered
over the city, visiting the points Of interest
They returned to tho Baltimore and Potomac
depot about $50 o'clock. and soon aftorward
embarked on the train for home.
On the It'll Of April last two colored
mon approached Mrs Mary Gucrin while she
WIS returning from market, knocked hei
down and took away her pOckct-book con
tanning 81. One Of them named Lemuc
Aackall stood In the Police Court dock yes
terday and was Identified by Mrs. Guerin a
one of her asz,ilants. lie was committed h
jail for the grand jury In default Of 90
bonds.
The annual meeting Of the Gracelan,
Cemetery Association was held last evening
The following persons were elected officers 70
the ensuing year: President, ID. o. +. Pros
brey; secretary and treasurer, f. G.. Cate; di
rectorp, r. l.. TullOck, Benj. Freeman, WIN.
Donison; advisory board, Rev. VIM. B. Evans
Or. WIN. Tindall WIN. ". Gafford. DIR. 4. S
Stearns, John q. Aud, DIR. u. McFarian, II
A. Myers, c. Parkinson. The report Of tn
secretary for the past year showed the affair
10 be in nourishing condition.
Two drunken colored men named VIM
Smith and Thomas Gates pitched into a colorct
shoemaker named Edward Allen an,
tried to eIterminate him. Smith used
shoemakers knife with bloody eject, cuttin
Allen seriously across the ribs Gates weapon
were stones. He threw a number at Allen
but his aim was 80 bad that only one strucl
him. A policeman arrived on the scene II
time to save Aliens life, and was the cause o
the presence Of the other two In the Polio
Court Yesterday. Smith was held for tn
grand jury in the sum Of 81 600 bonds au
Gates was dismissed.