National Republican., 1877-04-30
LIFE In WASHINGTON.
SKETCHES ABoUr THE CITY M rHs
REPUBLICANs REPORTERS.

ABour TO SAIL ON MATRIMONIAL WATERS.
The wedding Of Miss Porter and Lieutenant L.
q. Hogan, U. s. n, will be celebrated at the
Epiphany church, Wednesday evening, May o. |
There will be ten bridesmaids and Eroomsmen, |
and the wedding will be very brilliant Mr..
Fred. May, OF New York, will bo one of ten |
sroomsmen. The marriage Of Mr james q. |
Young and Miss Ella Clarke, OF Georgetown, |
will take place this morning at the Trinity |
church, Geor setovn.
SPRING MEETING At BRTGHTwooD.-The
following horses have been entered for the spring
meeting at Brightwood: Glass 2sSl, May s-Cou-
stance, washington, jr., Ned Buckley, Jersey
Boy, and General Macarthur. Glass as, May
lo-Jersey Boy, white Stocking, Gilt Edge, Tom
Fields, and Trump. The proprietors offer tuo
more purses for the following week, for three
minute horses, and one for horses that have never
trotted for stake or psrse. They also intend to
offer . free-for allpurse, for which "H. q. Hlll'
will trot.
SUNDAY ScuooL LANSrvERskRr.-The Sun.
day School Union Of South Washington, com
posed Of the schools connected with the Finh
Baptist church, the Westminster Presbyterian
church, Gorsueh chapel, Ryland chapel, and the
Sixth-strset Presbyterian church, held Its ami
versary meeting at the first named church yes
terday afternoon. All the schools were we'll rep
resented. The exercises we're Of . very interest
ing character and consisted Of addresses and sing
Ing. Rev. Or. Mesdor presided.
The PuBLrc School ExaNISAIIoSs.-To-
day the eighth and ninth grades ofthe public
schools Of the city viii be examined In spelling.
This will finish the spelling examinations
Tuesday the oral examination Of the eighth and
ninth grades will begin, and continue until May
II. The examinations will be conducted by
the superintendent and supervising principals. A
record ofthe standing Of every school In each Of
the studies included In the examination will be
ratg, ,ban Na oFe
The oral examinations in the colored schools also
begin on Tuesday.
PIrcHrSs PENNIES OK SuSplr.-For some
weeks past complaints have been made by resi-.
dents living In the Southwestern section Of tho
city Of boys gambling In q manner known as
''pitehiny pennies.r Yesterday afternoon Onicer
Bowling, Of the First precinct, made raid on .
number Of colored boys who were indulging in
this game on the borders Of the Smithsonian
grounds, and arrested While Jones, Mason Bell,
and Buck Butler, and locked them up in the sta.
tiou-house for a hearing before Judge Smell this
morning.
The X. =. X. SocsSTY.-The X. +. r. So
eisty, an Organization composed Of young gentle
men Of the city. residing principally in the west
End, has established itself very comfortably in
rooms on T street, and It Is constantly receiving
aecessIons to its ranks. The X. F. r. Is the oldest
organization OF the kind at present 10 existenes
-
creastng every day. The present oficers are
President, Charles Morris Addison; vice presi
dent, Macdonald Douglass; secretary, Jas. Wal
ker Benst; treasurer, W. L. Paris, and CORE
spending secretary. J. L. Redfern. Saturday
evenings. the club receive their friends at theii
rooms
CRr OF MURpRR, BUr No Blood
About midnight Saturday the neighborhood o
Thirteenth street, between q and H. was arouse
nv he rrv Of mn Ing frar hnua No
~, occupied by . lady named May. 1t SEEM
that the lady in question remained out door
rather later than usual that night. and Will,
out indulged rather freely in liquids stronge
than water. She was accompanied to her HON,
by a gentleman friend After they had re
mained In the house for . while the effects Of he
nrst debaueh wore away. and she conceived tn,
idea that she wanted more liquor, and tried Il
get out Of the house for the purpose Of getting
This her gentleman friend objected to, when sh,
raised the cry OF murder, which created the dis
turbanee which has been mentioned.
NEW BUILDING GAssoCTAIIoH.-TheM Mutual
Building Association. recently organized in Soutl
Warrington, will hold its first meeting for th,
reception Of dues and sale OF money on THURSDAY
evening. at st. Dominie's hall, corner Of an,
sixth streets southwest. This association vii
be conducted on the old plan, which appears {,
be more satisfactory 20 stockholders than an,
other. It will close when each share Of stock 0
worth s2oo, less thirty per cent. The MONTH,
payment is si per share. The ofieers are a
follows: Samuel II. wimsatt, president; Thoma
r. Riley, vice president; J. J. Demody, secre
tary; Jno McDermott, treasurer; Robert Ma
horney, Edward L Burns, Geo. K. Petty, Jane
LAckey, Robert MeDoaald, Samuel B. Boyer ant
Maurice Fitzgerald, directors
SPoRTs ON THE RIvKR.-The river look,
very lively around the boat houses every even
ing. The members Of the boat clubs are soins
into the sport Of rowing with new life this year
and many day Of nne sport may be anticipated
Numerous boating parties are putting OF from III,
wharves every evening. The crew Of the AnaIos
tan Club have commenced to practice for tn
coming race with the iodine crew, Of Baltimore
The crew is light in weight but there are few such
sturdy oarsmen on the river. 1t Is composed n.
follows: Stroke, J. X. white-rowing weight
lss pounds; bow, u. ID. Hall-rowing weight II
pounds; No. ), T. N. Elliott--rouing weight, IL
pounds; No. ?. J. X. Marshall-rowing weight
Ia pounds.
The COLLEGE OF. .PHARNAcT COMMENCE
HHSr.-The hfth annual commencement Of tn,
National College Of Pharmacy will be held 4,
tho Congregational church this evening Tn,
programme includes music, prayer by Rev. A. W
PitEer, ID. D., remarks by the president OF the
college, Mr.. John A Milburn, eonferring OF de.
grees, address to graduates, by T. 7. Fristoe
L. D., Ph- D.; valedietory address, by T. L
Shiuistor, n u, anu Alumni udureSs, by Oscal
Oldberg, Ph- d.
Tho degree Of Doctor Of Pharmacy will be con-
ferred upon i've graduates: T. E. Chidister Ohio
T. q. DeMoll, T. N. Coombs, q, q. DulIn, d. O.
and John J. Stafford, Maryland.
CURB-SroSE MEErrSGs.-The street-cor
ner meetings Sunday afternoons are increasing
In number. Yesterday there was q Temperance
meeting conducted by several gentlemen at the
corner OF Seventh and PennsyIvania avenue. A
religious meeting was held at the other end oi
the triangular reservation, corner Of Eighth
street and the Avenue. An old white. headed
darkey has held a meeting all by himself fol
several months on the curb at Seventh and the
Avenue. 1t makes little difference to him
whether he has any audience or not; he speaks
Just as loud and his gestures Just as vigorous
Persons stop sometimes and try TO discover what
sort Of doctrine he breaches but he does not con.
nne himself to the narrow limits Of any one par
tlcular creed, so his hearers are generally
puIEled. He raises his voice TO such pitch At
times that the temperance meeting on the
same corner has to be stopped until he shouts
himself hOarse, then It begins again.
CITY BREVITIES.