National Republican., 1877-07-25
Thormometric Reading. For Yesterday.
CITY NOTES.

The Board OF Health failed TO meet last night
some Of the saloon keepers are Offering schoon.
crs full OF beer for five cents
The commanding officer OF Martinsburg was
bhnrp enough 10 take French leave.
John larr was fined $50 or sixty days In jail yes
terday for assaulting Onccr Boyle.
People wind Their clocks up now only on one
ndc-to keep them from striking
The Baltimore aud Ohio railroad company mus,
be auSh, when IL pays $1,000 year for a Garrett
Engineer IIoxie has given orders for the erection
OF the city.
Only one marriage license was issrcd yesterday.
and that " James llaskins and Hester Allen, OF
Georgetown.
The perambulAting lemonade anil cake man has
made his appearance quito numcT'Isly IN the
street, and Is taking the place OF the wafrle man.
David Middleton was fined $40 yesterday for
brusing his brother Nathan. People have H. pay
days.
Tho Baitimote and Ohio rsilroai owns 5ot ioco
motives, valued ut q soGdG; II 80 freight ears
valued at tsa2,2so and SSi passenger cars, valued
N 9ll .SD.
The Monet ,c.puneh register has not yal been
When II Is there will be lively clicking Of bells
I'm Alexandria.
To see June bug light on the end Of brush aud
KIP Fsy sSnH S mt. ,.a he ,ss, sDr ScIn :, IN e:s
editor melancholy.
The 'old clo'' man is not rrnspering this ycai
When people get through wesriny thsii old clo,he.
pow a-days. there isn't enough len Oh whole suit
10 make decent shoddy vest
Mr. T. 7. Peters editor Of the Daily C,rir Is tab.
Ing q short vacation expecting ~ sInnt few
weeks al the Nasidc his place being fi.ed IN the
meantime by Daniel X. Goodloe. esq.
Captain Van r. Morgan has bcen appointed by
the District Commissioners to oversee the work ~
contractors and Others employed On the streets and
out door Improvements for the District
traxk. H..
corner Of Seventh street and Market sp, -, under
which the procession uf the Washington schuct1cn
verein will pass IN Joyous expectation next Mon
Ssssmenu on account OF dc s;ieet improvements
on Pennsylvania avenue After that dAt. he Dis.
nict CommsAionets will ISSUE the certificates Of
A sewer burst st the corner Of xrcet and New
Jersey avenue early yesterday morning One NJ
hhe engines of the hre department was kept busy
yesterday IN pumping the waller out While work.
men were digging around the break.
eergeant Acton and of,cers Marshall founs q
eolored man namcd Joshua simpkins on Ninth
%fsI o s o ron G %S,npf w
sIrsgnciin the Police Court or larceny, and the
ease was continued.
hbou! ~ o'clock, Yesterday morning The .tsbl.
and New Jersey avenue and L and streets
pnrthwest was discovered 70 he On drc, and an
are
The trial Of othcsu Duvali and Moore. on the
charse OF conduct unbecoming ofhcors In eonneU.
ton with the recent Leach Dunn gam Mantx anair
vas set for Yesterday. but was posiponrd one week
Hn account OF the prevailing excitement the Po.
action.
Word has bceu received In this city that Colun.
hos O. Sealy, Of the United stntcs mail messenger
service on the st. Johns river lying at the point
has len this city tor Florida to visit his son. Mr.
Ncsly has many friends In this city, 10 whom the
news Of his serious Hines Ia sad.
The Georgetown Merchants Exchange Yesterday
ing learned that il Is Contemplated 70 change The
postal relations with this town; II 10 therefore RI
sohed, That the Postmaster General Be, and is
hereby respectfully requested not To change said
relations IN the management thereof now existing.
which In their opinion are entirely satisfactory IN
resolution be forwarded 70 the Postmaster GcnsruI
fbI the grand Jury by Judge Smell Yesterday for
falsely representing himself Is Henry Johnson aud
obtaining y from Mrs, Sarah stIatford on thos,.
representations. Mr.. James Calls builder, l,'ft
With Mrs. stIatford 81 for n workman named Henry
Johnson, and sum for another workman. VII
johnson, and she paid the money 10 him no, dis-
covering the fraud until the real Henry johnson
turned up and wanted his money.
The picnic gotten up by the Catholic Societies Of
ths District Tor the benefit NJ 81 Josephs Male
the l2th instant has far realized 81 900 and the
Sisters Of the Holy Cro~ In charge sincerely thank
al who contributed to It's success especially Mrsrs
Thomas Broderick, Cart Duffy. Capt Barrett u
Connell, Z: Myer, g. Bogus, j. walsh Genan,l
French, II. Lepley, J. Iawlrr. Captain white J.
Cooney and W, A. Lloyd and Mcssrs Knox a Bro
ebr taking the children IN and from the Park: also
he ladies In charge Of the various tables. Returns
IT. TO come in will probably swell the amount to
Justice wylie has sranted q divorce To Martha
b Thompson from her husband. John q. Thompson
and the custody of her two children. They were
married December Is, 1857. He wns charged with
cruelty, brutality and drunkenness. A divorce
Es granted 10 Mary 2. Boswell from her husband
Henry Boswell Cruelty on his part caused The
separation Deborah ]. Apple was decree, divorce
nom her husband, David X. Apple giving her the
custody Of their child, and he was enjoined from
interfering with either They were married In the
year 1885. Tie soon amer became addicted to drink
Ing abused and maltreatcd his wife, and spent hi,
money In rotous living. Tic held 4 ciork,hT
nnder the Government At 81 ,fpn, and squandered
his income without supporting his family.