National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-05-07
LIFE IN WASHINGTON.
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REPUBLICANs REPORTERS.


MEETING OF THE woMEs's MISSIONARY
soc,xry.-Tbe women's Foreign Missionary SO.
eiety held n meeting nj Rvlnnd Chapel yesterday
afternoon at four o'clock. Interesting addresses
wcrodelivered by Mrs. Linylllc and Miss swaney'
missionary to Mexico
BAD CONDITION OF STRRETs,-Tho atten-
ton OF tho CITY authorities is called TO the condI
ton Of the street on the corner OF Twelfth and d
streets south, Unless something is done very
soon, injury may result to pedestrians and per.
sons driving vehicles In that vicinity.
$500 W. ur w,sr ESn
s,.'.- -, :" I'm ~ 10 a., .on,o ,h,oyos
oOu'e .iu' uu'hs r.u"y ~ NJ ~
%srI. NJ "s,, " ,,.ao, nortb res, and robbed II
Of money, clothing, n watch and a lot OF silver.
ware, valued In all at Sf2 1t is supposed that
the thieves gained admttance to the premises
prior to the iamly's retiring, after which they
committed the robbery. When the family arose
Saturday morning tho two bacs doors were
found open.
FIRr IN wrsr ESp.-About Q O'Clock
Yesterday morn,ng an a,arm of Arc was turned IN
frnm box aIb bv Otecer Nvers of tho Fourth pre
cIn., c,,..J Nv ,ho dIscove,y Of ara IN tho Rama
,,ahIo No o., Two,tv.eftb s,rec, nortbuest
owned and oecup,ed by John RYAN. Tho buIld'
iny was burneJ 10 tho vrouns cntnIlIng n loss of
oho,, 400 whIoh "a oovorod hy ins,raDre IN.
1,o "a s,nnosad 10 have hcon tho xoru ~ nm In.
siding In the neighborhood, was badly burned
about the face while assisting in cStngulshing
the flames.
Excrns,ox-A larrc marty or tho busipess
man of p,l,imorc and w,sbino,on v,sI,os IN.
ure,, r,IIs ycs,erda. "a Tho ,,nos,s ofnIr Ccorge
w r. ,son,io,nr az ,;nos,s Exnros. arJ ras,
rreIght Iinc Two s,x.hor.c omnibusos vcrc
n,nvId,d 10 carrv Tho n,rtv which consisted az
r,rty In pumher Tho nortv rctn,nsd in oxc.,-
Ispt snIrI,s ami sesro 20 s,n,oss The n,o,sn,o
thev cynericnccs nj Tho h,nas of Nj Knox
,rboss oc,,on was unornec,cJ and on,,ro,v oro,r
Itons A ,nan,I,v or ar %. oan,,ra, 80, an.
.ntI,s forca Of tho rast r,eI9h, TJna viii ho
called into NAV 10 trans,o,t them IN n,ItImore
r. y
~ - :, - ,,,, 49,
t's'o naso 80 n,,' Nluo VI r''st asn,
,ona ,.n, ,hn,. ~ NV 'o sl .ya, "nu
atii ' 'na' 'ne' nio nv" ic"u! W pay my
y. .ns so,, iuo ~ 'nio v',. nIi''
$500 'ne I ,us", 1850 ~ 'anuoi Doan
- 'u,us Is'n', Pi 1Usepn Ou,ahan, . ~ Leon
Ds' -, -, % s"u,' 81 w. ,aheS
'".l,son' % ", r. patuan i. - ~ DaInh',, o. ~
p.uaies, +. t. Inc oueets o' ,ne nine arc julius .
, ,,n,, '1P'a'u' .u"a.u Da,uot ueNurer' "m'
ihhei, se.'e.ary. ihere wiz % match game
Uet"eeh 'ho ho'i'o anu natio MINUS neAt Satur'
uay, "ay ~ At o'So elock p NJ on the GROUNDS
OF tne natter, on street, between Ihirteenth
anu f0ur'soh'n streets soutneast'
A SUNDAY MORNING SET.To Yesterday
morning, about IL o'clock, when the streets were
tntohgea win persons gong 70 dlvine worship,
'he helsnoothoou was shocked ny repeated yeiis
ouianus iloh inea.,e Ahey, Us genera
Tow was IN progress omeer NIchoison' OF the
1H'h PIVoiuor Aiso hehIu 'ho NOISE anu uo-
Plo!eu nus ioiees up inc alIey. Inc nrst OF tho
eneny that tne cop met was crowd oil news
poys anu ooo'oiaoks having hVely set'to' Inc
Oiheet rleu 10 surprise them' out some oil tho
tuo H'wS VI seemPs 'ooh 10 their heeis' Inc
ouleer foLo"eu ~ twolorty gait, put tho
uss'eis "oro too hoetiootou ior him' WICK
ono VI mem Out Vi MS SHOES ana NOUS inc
ioo'-eoNers until inc owner Calls Tor them'
SALE OF BEAUTIFUL AND VERY VALUA-
RLE Farm IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mp.-on
Saturday last, the 9th instant, George Peter, as
trustee, sold on the premises, at public auction,
to tho highest bidder, tho we'll known farm
owned by J. q. Hareland, esq, situate on the
macadamized road leading from Washington to
mechahics'ile' ten miles north oil washington.
nv nr. CONTAINS wv acres OF good iand' well
ed win = nistc'ass mouse OF WE'VE
~, - =, -, ','eeS anu Nut'-
.a.s.'s 49, a"u "a no ia"n oe'"een tue
80 aHa Paono io'u. tn's arm Is one among
- '.i. 49,. r. . oo.'y ,,s'uonooe
nsai ,n,s eus. ,weh.y thousanu aoiiars was
W. n',. aa. W " sone years n.y." waiter
-nnn. 49,, I.f, Wv ~ ury soo's
'' VI ''is WY WIS 'n' iu0As puronaSer'
MAUD AND PERCY.-Maud Pratt and Percy
Brown have again been distinguishing them.
selves in Alexandria. Readers Of The RxPuB-
LIcAS will remember the romantic marriage Of
Maud with DR.. Pratt, dentist, Of that city, few
months ago, and the subsequent demise OF that
gentleman. Percy and the widow took posses.
sion Of the effects, and settled down in the Doc
tors house. 1t became evident that Maud was
gradually moving the effects of the estate to
Pratt bas an orcoup, for M, sar,,o.. -, en-, =.
.asI,, $500 - $50 'e ,s' on 'nHt w.