National Republican., 1877-07-06
CITY NOTES.


The question yesterday was, GLOW did you
spend the Fourth"
There was run on the bar.rooms for cock
tails yesterday morning.
The ease of Emma Shaw, charged with lar
ccny has been noi'e Iro.oqlied.
James Lacey, charged with selling lottery
tickets, was acquitted yesterday In Justice MacAr-
thurs court
Millard Lipscomb, previously convicted of
selling policy tickets, yesterday sentenced TO six
months In jail and hncd sou
John Reagan was convicted of assault on
William Middleton yesterday In the Criminal Court,
md sentenced to six months In Jail.
James White q young colorcd man, -four
thed razor on the Navy Yard bridge, the Fourth,
and was fined 80, or thirty days, yesterday.
The pay of the clerical force ut tho Wash
ington navy yard hns been restored the standard Of
pay allowed six years nso, when II was reduced by
Secretary Robson.
Justice Samuel C. Mills has been appointed
acting Judge OF the Police Court during the absence Of
Judge smell, who intends to take his summer
tlon ut an early day
Edward Jones' colorcd, charged with the
larceny Of watch, escaped trial yesterday owing to
faulty Information. lie was held In custody until the
grand Jury could mud an indictment.
There will be q race for the championship
between the yachts America and Eiln Trradwell
the nth instant The courSe will be from Gymont
twenty miles down the river and return.
v The Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad Company
will bring excursion party to this city Monday
next from H,gerstown. Md. They will arrive at Gij
"a m and many of the visitors Intend going to Mount
Vernon.
, Ephriam p. Davis labors under tho idea that
he owns the National Observatory. He enters the
erounds and forces his way into the building at all
thoura Yesterday he was sent down for ninety days
~ q vagrant.
[tEdward Harding, foreman at Kellehcr's
livery stable. Eighth street, bc;w ID and Il, died
lsuddeny at the stable Wednesday. Dr. lInrtgnn
gave cortiacaic Of death BY congestion from drink
'ing icewater.
John Ii. Wallace, after having o good time
"Wednesday. cndsi tho day by refusing to pay his
lhnckman e, which due him. Judge Smell yester
ldy ordered him To pay the - the city iteen
,days He paid.
fEarly yesterday morning James Watson
,aroused tho neishborhood Of Tenth and streets by
yelling murder" when there murder. lie was
promptly nRbbcd. and paid d for his fn In the Police
Court yesterday.
"A little girl named Ella Knight, living on
Maryland avenue, near Eleventh street southwest
badly burned about the face by the explosion
ofa nrcnracker "Wednesday afternoon that II Is feared
she will lose her eycstght Dr. Leach Is attending her
A certificate of incorporation has been filed
In the OF the "E-street Baptist church and
,grcsation," and the following truace elected! A.
Rockwell Duncan Thompson jr,, VIM, Fletcher,
kDaniel smith, James Frazier, q. L. Sheriff and +.
sRobert Whalan, who was convicted in the
Police Court Of assaultns Miss Marian Boucher. and
sentenced to six months In jnil appealed to tho Crimi
nal Court The case came up yesterday, the defend.
ant pleading guilty to the charge. Ills Honor hnod
him 800 and costs
afAugustus Hill was tried In the Police Court |
yesterday for 'aultng Charles W. Rigs in GEORGE
town, the cSsh OF May last Rsgs testified that he
went to get some money from Hill, which the inttrr
lowed TO his brother, and Hill chased him with knife
'Hiii was hncd 80 or sixty days in Jail.
FLAMES Taylor, colored, was attending n
Fourth Of July picnic at the germRnia Schuezen Park
and put lager beer Eass In his pocket His counsel
tried to sho. the Police Court yesterday thu, James
was taking the glass for the proprietor but His
Honor did not see IT, and fined JamesS
Amos and Lizzie Jones, colorcd, celebrated
the Fourth by going for Mary Coleman. living In the
same house, and trying to eSterminate her, but they
yesterday fined In tho Police Court for nsSauitng
sher Arc got ~ thirty days and his wife 81 or ten
days. Amos said that he trying to his wies
life.
A drunken negro entered Zellir's restaur-
ant on Virginia avenue near seventh street south.
west, Wednesday night, and, upon being refused
drink. became very disorderly. The proprietor and
. Mr. Lawrence put him out, when he picked up a
the head, cutting an ugly cash. Tho darkey made
his escape DIR. II. T. Leach dressed the wound
Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following parties: Peter Upshur and Lucinda Dorcas:
J. T. Parker and Mary T.. Faion; ". p. Bryant and
louisa J. walbridge, both OF Boston. Mass Thomas
King and Harriet T., Cross J. II. Knott and Mary
Walton, both OF Prince Georges county, Md: W. A.
Love and T. ID. OConnell; J. T. Jones and Margaret
Merrick; Dennis buchanan and Harriet Brooks.
A curious circumstance is related in con.
nection with the fire at Mr.. Mark Young's mill In
Georgetown, early "Wednesday morning. On the
might Of the fire Mr. Young ut his home, below
Al,Sandria, and the next morning young lady,
manned Miss Waters, who Is on n visit to Mr. Young's
daughter told him that she had dreamed that night
shat his mill had burned down. A few hours after u
messenger arrived confirming the dream.
y George Matthews, colored thief, arrested
Tuesday evening by Detective McDevItt, was ycster.
day committed by Judge Smell for the action OF the
grand Jury. His offense was relieving n man named
John Hart Of his watch and chain Judiciary square
Mathews Is believed 10 be the who has com.
Hmitting depredations Missouri avenue recently,
And who was frightened away the other morning VIII,
attempting to enter a house by means Of n ladder
Presented by the Grand Jury.
Tho grand jury came into court yesterday
with the following indictments Joseph Esk-
ridge, petit larceny, second ofense; Frank