National Republican., 1878-07-22
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Miscellaneous matter OH third page.
For excursions and picnics see third paGo.
"A sizable foot indicates streugth-eyps''e
herrnleH.
Court calendar and routine legal news on
third page.
Only two wanderers lodged IN the station
houses Saturday night
The police made ifty.onc arrests during
Saturday aud saturday night. Fourteen were
put down Us drunk"
A marriage license was issued on last sat
urday to d. +. Long and Kate V. THOMPSON
and +. J. BrOckcnbrOuSh aud Elizabeth Ray.
:: A strong aud cool brctle sprangup about
niue o'clock last night, and continued blowing
all night, making 1t pleasant for the sleepcrs.
The recent justices Of the peace are send.
ing in their official reports to be deposited with
the clerk OF the court, as the law requires shall
be done.
During the August recess of the courts one
OF the Justices will be in attendance at the
City Hall to act On such matters us may be
brought to his notice.
Two of T. X. Wards dairy wagons col.
lidcd at the cOruCr of Thirteenth and 4 streets
about enc o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the
axle Of one of them was broken.
The team OF car 30, Washington and
Georgetown Railroad, gave out saturday, over.
come by the heat, at the corner of Twenty. first
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
John Barlon, the man who was injured
Friday evening by jumping from a train on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was on Sat.
urday removed from the Scvonth Precinct Sta
tion to Providence Hospital.
The will If Eliza NJ. Woodward, deceased,
has been filed. Mr.. Anthony Hyde was Sc.
lectcd as executor. The will OF W. I. Brooks
has also been filed with the Register with the
asscnt of heirs and pnun,iatinn nT nr |
Blake as executor. Tho Probate Court meets
on the Both instant.
A cOlOred woman named Josephine Ennis
forty five years old, was found sick on Seventh
street, near Boundary, about eleven o'clock
yesterday morning. She was taken to the
Second Precinct Station, and there attended by
Dr. b. B. Adams. Afterward she was taken Il
the Freedmams Hospital by Sergeant Actor.
Saturday evening u six-yCar-Od son OF
Nr. Shult2, living on Seventh street between
l. and VI street northwest, while playing in u
new building near his home, fell through the
jOists and was badly bruised. lie was taken
TO Stones drug store aud attended by Drs
Powell and Adams, and thence taken to his
home by Officer Kcppler.
Between twelve aud one o'clock Saturday
a fire was discovered in house No 1872 New
jersey avenue northwest, occupied by IIcttir
Gray aud owned by Ellen Gleason. An alarm
was turned in from box - by Edward T. Walsh
The fire originated in Il closet OH the second
story, and was caused by children playing with
matches. The damage amounted TO So OF
SO.
Coroner Patterson yesterday morning held
an inquest over the body of Francis Riley, the
butcher, who was found drowned in the river
near Girsboro', Friday afternoon. In the alb,
semce OF testimony the jury rendered verdict
according to the facts, and that they were un.
able to decide whether death was accidental OIL
not. 1t appeared in evidence that Riley had
business to settle in Alexandria, and it is pre-
suned that while on his way to that city h,
fell overheard.