National Republican., 1878-12-09
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Board at the Holly Tree.
The police made sXtynine arrests during Sat.
ufday and saturday night. ThirIy'thrce were
"dTuEEs.
modatcd with lodgings in the station houses saur.
day night.
DIR. Corkns cures piles without the use Of the
knife, scissors, or q liguturc by HCw method
known oaly BY himself once, III Thirteenth
street northwest
James johnson and Joseph Robinson, colorcd.
were arrested YESTERDAY, charged with the larceny
were lodged IN the sixth Precinct station.
About noon saturday partition in house No.
y Valley street caught fire from II stove, The FIRE
was eNtingulshcd without turning in All alarm.
The building was only slightly damaged
Early Saturday morning thieves broke through
heavy plate.gass shOw-window Of Bergling.s
tailoring establishment on I, between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets aud stole several bolts Of
valuable cloth.
"A very interesting meeting Of the Mutual I'M.
provement Association was held at Badwins Hall
lat evening. The Bible question was under con
sidcratiOn and elected II very animated discussion
which lasted three hours.
-Georgc Johnson, one of the balifis Of the Grim
ihhl Court, died saturday morning nt his residence
on I. near sixth street southwest. The deceased
came here IN 1866. and has been since that time one
Of the bc>t known and most respected cOlored cit.
liens Of south Washington.
The following indictments were found by the
grand jury last saturday; Arthur Simms, forgery
Armistead Bankelt receiving stolen goods two
case Of Sarah j. N. Price, larceny, was dismissed
-Messrs. Darlington 4 Darlington, as attorney,
for '. I. sCrVener, have entered suit against JOh
MCGarrty, claiming s2bn damages The defendant
brought replevin suit against the complainant
which was not sustained, and now the plaintiff
thinks himself injured to the extent Of damage
Claimed.
Another excursion Of New Workers Is expected
here about the l1th instant. The Methodist AM
Episcopal excursion from Norwich has been unitcC
with the Methodist excursion from HonCsdalc ant
es all the cities IN Northern Pennsylvania auI
Southern New York are being thoroughly canvas Sc
large crowd is expected.
-ExLieutcnAnt James II. Whitten, charged viii
presenting fraudulent claim to Paymaslcr Win
gard, representing himself to be Lieutenant II. X
Bailey, was hrraigncd In The Police Court on SRtuT
day, aud through his counsel, Mr. Pelham aud Mrs
lockwood, waived an examination. Bonds wcrl
fixed al 5000, and Whitten was sent to Jail in de
fault
About hAlcpast six o'clock Saturday evening
OtiCers MnTr and Slater received word that tw
suspicious characters, named Thomas COnnor an(
william Boyle had, without permission, gOtteI
into the wagon Of q man named Mills, who wa
under the influence Of liquor They started II
pursuit and succeeded In capturing the men nCa
GlenwOOd, and brought them back To the SiNtl
Precinct station, where they were locke up. A
the station Boyle assaulted officer Mari, who aftC
u long severe scuillC, UVercHme his man.
Early Saturday morning a suspicious indI
vIdual occupied ole Of the seats in the CiCc of III
National Hotel The only other OCCuI ant of III
ONCE was the night clerk behind the counter. III
suspicious individual pretended TO be busily On
gagged reading paper while ~ reality Keeping
sharp eye Oh Tie clerk. Finally the Gle k icign~
sleep This was the looked for opportunity, an
the suspicious individual STOPPING low stRrtud M
stairs. He was somewhat astOnished hOWCve
when he heard the voice of the clerk yelling THAT
toothin," and making bolt iUr the door lie scuddc