National Republican., 1877-10-09
CITY NOTES.

The fires have been lighted in the Treas
ury.
Tho Ebbitt house is being rcpaintcd: II
begins IN show new color already
At the corner Of Vermont avenue and
street two nice bay.windowed bricks are being
put up.
The winter uniforms for the police were
issued yesterday
Another wash out at the Patent Office
took place last night.
"A fine row of new buildings is in course
OF construction on the corner ofQ and Thirteenth
streets.
"Wednesday evening exercises in decama-
tion at the Franklin Male Grammar school are
oren to the public.
Mrs. Marion Lewis had her pocket picked
otE corner OF Seventh and ii streets about ten
o'clock yesterday morning.
Quite number of the Catholics of this
city will attend the funeral of the late Archbishop
Bayley to-day In baltimore.
Autumn leaves arc falling fast, and II
keeps the whtchman Of the franklin square pretty
busy To gather them In piles.
Tho number Of guests at the Morton
House, T street between Ninth and Tenth, increase
every day, and the house is steadily gaining in
public favor.
Brad Adams old book depot on Pcnnsyl-
vnnia avenue, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets has Just been enlarged and repaired, 10 be
used as q restaurant.
A dead child was found in frame shauty
on mHNlhllu hNtnuc, DttWetn InlTu ana Four
and half streets southwest yesterday afternoon,
and an the inmates Of the house had no burial GER
tihcate the matter will he investigated to-day.
About 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon as
Thomas Hendricks, clerk In ChriStanfs drug
store. was mixing some drugs the Ingredients cx,
ploded. making considerable noise and much
smoke. When the smoke rose 1t was found that no
damage WIS done
The following directors have been elected
by the Citizens Building Company: J. c. NcKel-
den, 7. L. Tull0ck, u. y. Blgelow G, r. Pearson r.
BOYD, e G. Duncans1n L. II. stevens, +. NJ. Green,
Davis and ". III. Reur,ioI.
The Hil'man House, on North Capitol
street only ono .quarc from the Capitol building,
pletely rchirnishcd IL one of the most desirable
hotels for transient or permanent guests during the
coming session OF Congress.
Tho TiIdcn and Hendricks Club have
election dispatches and large number Of private
dispatches from all parts of Ohio this evening
They Will he read from the balcony OF the Metro
poitan Hotel as fast as received.
Yesterday while Sadie Houck and John
Norris were lonnging In the Smithsonian grounds,
the latter with becsHing good nature somehow
managed to Pick asht with one Bottles he
optic Tor "Mr Bottles" and no arrest for either
party.
About half-past eleven o'clock yesterday
morning lady named Miss Marion Read was at.
corner OF Seventh aud II streets northwest After
receiving medical atten dance Officer Quinlan pro-
cured hack and took her to her home on Glen
wood road I'm the county
-Messrs. Jordan 4 Gordon proprictors Of
the Owen house have just finished renttng that
cezy establishment and tho event will be cele-
brated tonight by an opening. The present pro-
prictors have left nothing undone to make first
class restaurant and hotel. The lunch bar OF the
establishment Is great feature, and Is becoming
quite celebrated.
Yesterday party of six young men were
spending the day In Kalorama woods, and while
they were engaged In running races down the hill
came near meeting with an accident which must
Inevitably have proved fatal. Near the foot Of the
MI is stone quarry making precipice Of about
hundred feet. by some warning from Providence
one OF the party ascertained the imminent danger
OF the situation Just In time 10 stop tho onward
| course his companions near the verge Of the
prccpce,
Miss Cora B. Chase, 1925 Eleventh street
northwest, has Just been the recipient OF her trunk
or what IL len Of IT, that was aboard tho train
wrecked some days ago at Milford, n. J. The bag
gage car attached to the trim ioated out 10 lie
middle OF the Delaware river, and there was split
In twain the contents being deposited In the water
The trunk hOatcd over five miles down the river
where II was picked up twelve hours after the ac
cidcnt The damage done amounts 10 about Sll5
Twenty one dollars worth OF music was lost.
George Foster and George Miles arc very
fond of chewing tobacco but being ont OF hIuds
they hit upon plan for procuring this delicious
vegetable, which was u buy when the owners
back was turned, aud for that purpose they en-.
tered Daniel Driscolrs store yesterday afternoon
picked up box Of rough and ready and started,
on with II. lady opposite. who witnessed the
act gave the alarm, and after Il long chase, In
were Ovrrhaulcd aud taken to the station house
They Will visit i'nstlp Eimmcl This m