National Republican., 1877-09-17

CITY NOTES.

fingers cut Off at the Centre market Saturday
evening. lie was attended by Dr. rlaitz
There are many rakes about the
Capitol However, it may be well to add re-
ference is made only to those in the hands Of
the laborers there.
during the twenty-four hours ending
at o'clock yesterday morning forty-six ar.
rests were made by the police force, mostly
for intoxication.
A slight fire was caused in house No.
s26 Ninth street, occupied by Mrs. Kate
Barker, early yesterday morning, by the burn.
ing of a mattress.
The colored thief John Brown, who
was arrested by officer Miller for the grand
larceny Of clothing, worth about $40, from Mrs.
Jennie Baker, has been sent to the grand jury
in default Of 500 bonds.
Emma johnson got into a quarrel with
one of her admirers, Charles Thomas, Satur-
day night, aud pitched into him. She was
arrested on complaint of Charles and locked
up in the Second precinct station.
Prof =. Baumgras, the artist, who for
the last twenty years has been resident of
this city, has left for Champaign, Illinois, to
accept the position of Instructor in art" at
the State Industrial University, at that place.
The Bible in the Police Court here is
gilt-edged, and there Is a stout elastic band
about II, probably to prevent witnesses from
reading that commandment, so nagrantly
violated there, Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness etc.
The anniversary of Mount Tabor Lodge
No. ,, Independent Order of Good Sdmaritans
aud Daughters OF Samara, working under the
jurisdiction of supreme Grand Lodge No, of
the District of Columbia. was held at Column
bia Law building Saturday.
Saturday night Officer Rhodes, of the
Second precinct arrested two colurcd rUughS
named q. w. Bowie and EIlrcd Willis for rails.
ing row In the street. Bowie offered consid
cradle resistance, and the officer had hard
time to get him % the station.
A dusky maiden, named Harriet An
derson, called female rival bad names. aud
was fined - therefor in the Police Court Sat.
urday. "Oncry" was one of the adicctivcs
ascribed to her, but she hatly denied It's us,
saying she didn't know what it meant.
The wife of Mr. Thomas Walsh died
suddenly of npoplcxy at the residence OF her
husband, + street, near Tenth, about l:3J
yesterday morning. She died within ten
minutes after she first complained, so that
there was not time to secure medical attend
ance.
The name of Rudolph Nicdcmansky
was called in the Police Court Saturday to
answer for the larceny OF gold pencil but
there was no one to respond TO it. "llc ap.
pears to have disappeared" said Mr.. Miller
and the case was continued till he could be
found.
-Rev. Alfred Boulden, a colorcd clergy
man, was fined 50 in the Police Court Saturday
for maintaining nuisance on his premises.
He was about TO note an appeal, but when he
found that 500 bond would be required in
that case he altered his mind, and concluded
to pay the fine.
About , o'clock Saturday afternoon n
horse attached to a milk wagon belonging t1
John Shanahau ran away at the corner Ol
Fifteenth and l. streets northwest, smashing
the wagon and injuring the horse severely
1t was caught by Mr. Swceny Oh Sixteenth
street just in time save Mr. Shanahau from
being thrown out
Maestro Ettore Barili, professor of vocal
music, under whom many persons in this city
have pursued their studies 50 prottably, will
arrive in this city on the 10Th instant, and ar.
range for an opening on the eth. During the
season he will give lessons i'll this city Oh
Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays, His Office
will be at Marinis hall.
The Morton House, 02i + street, is
gaining in public favor every day. 1t is the
only place where person can get good sub
stantial meal for twenty-five cents During
the last week over eight hundred meals a day
have been served to guests. The proprietor
expects to enlarge hi, establishment to muyi
the demand that will probably bu made upOl
him during the session Oi Congress-
Sergeant Acton and Officers Pfaff ant
Sailel, Ol the Second precinct, yesterday after
noon invaded shauty in Vests alley, bctwccl
S and r and sixth and seventh streets north
west, which was used for gambling purposes
There were "A number Uf COlUrcd men in th
house playing ante" Major Lewis, the pro
prirtor OF the house, and Lewis johnson, on
OF the players, were arrested. The others 90
away out of u back window.
ALFRED Codin. cOlOrcd, vas charged il
II .l.,r IL.
half q pound of gingcrsnalrs, worth sever
cents. We have missed ginger-snaps r.
peatrdly,' testified the complainant, "md 5u
pcctcd ,Odm of being the thief Icstcrda,
we kept watch and saw him snatch handful
from the counter, and We caught him just a
he was leaving the store. Five dollars o
thirty days" was the laCDuiC judgment.
-EvcryboLy, especially the police fore,
knows llRmrt DvuncOn, tine celebrated India
medicine man. His face is brunIrd n Ia savage
his check adnmanlny, hi, hair long, jet bluc
and baggy, like an artists. Ills distinEuishr
trait is II love of fre-watrr, which he gets aft,
the manner Of ''yc hummer lie Is gcncI
ally found loahng arOu.It low gruggcrico, an,
he was found in front OF one Of these Frida
night in very proElnc mood by a policeman
As he sworc in English, and did not coniI
his OathS to Choctuw or CamIEChG, Judg
Mills ordered him T. pay fine of 50.
IL am drtcrmincd,' said Judge Mills
the Police Court on saturday, that the pul
lie schools shall be protected, and that all boy
who disturb them shall be- punished. | wuul
like to give the boys a lesson that they wouI
profit by so that we shall not have many sur
cases here" This determination was brougl
about by the hearing Of cusc against WI
Quiglcy, charged with diaordrrly conduct
disturbing the exercises Of Miss Packard
school by yelling through the key-hUlc AZ
throwing stones at the door. The boy W
only fined 50 in consideration of the need
circumstances OF his parents, but the tUu
will deal more vigorously with such cases
the future.
Charles Moulding, Edward Clark al
George Clark, three boys, wore fined - ca'
by Judge Mills saturday for tresplsslng {
the grounds of Mi. SchOpfer in the count
Moulding wa, a'p charged with an assault {
John Schopfur. This grew out Of the iirst cas
John said h. was walking along the sire
with girl when Moulding came up benin
them and said he wanted 10 SEE him. II didI
take any notice of him ut first" continued II
witness. This ma,lU him mad, aud he said
wanted 10 fight me. | said all right, but II
then lie said he had great mind to hit Ii