National Republican., 1878-01-03
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Repairs were commenced yesterday oil the
holes in the Thirteenth street concrete pavement.
The G. q. s. Amusement Club will give com
plinlentary dancing party tonight at McCaulhys
Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, near Second street
southeast.
The large hole in the pavement between the
track Of the Washington and Georgetown Railwny,a
the intersection OF Fifteen ahalf street was yes
terday repaired.
An amount Of money was found by Mr. g. :.
Emery, station Keeper Of the First Precinct The
owner Of the same have Il application at the
station and proving 1t to be his property.
: TUESDAY night the plate glass windows Of the
hardware store of Mr.. Robert Boyd IlG Ninth
street, were br,Een open and a number of pistols
and other Articles stolen. The damage and loss
amounts to about 500.
-THE WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. an eight
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will make its appearance this afternoon. Extra
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wnppers by application at the cOuntins-room. =
Tho temperance cause seemed to he advocated
by large majority OF the receivers on New Year S
Day. one party that made ntty eight calls were
only offered wines, DC three times, and another
that made 100 calls were only offered II four times
The reception given In the chapel-roOm Of the
Young Mems hristian Association by the lady
members of ResOlute Lodge. No. I, l. o. q. r., New
Years Day, was very successful. Members of all
the temperance lodges Of the District were counted
among The callers.
The horse attached to the family carriage of Mr.
William Calf ran away on Pennsylvania avenue,
and was quite severely injured, but the occupants
escaped without injury. one of the wheels Of the
carriage was demolished.
About half past two o'clock yesterday morning
an attempt wa made 10 enter the bar room oi
George Jeunnemann's establishment corner OF
Fourth and z streets northwest, by boring q hole
through the shutter. The thief was frightened
away by the approach Of the watchnGn.
--Iisorge Wside a well known tailor dropped
dead on street while returning to his home about
ten o'clock New Years night. Sergeant Redway and
Officers Grant and Reese took the body 10 the home
of deceased corner OF Twelfth and streets. WeidC
was member Of the SGngerbund and that organ
zation will attend the funeral in a body.
The broEze equestrian statue of Cen Nathaniel
placed In position on the pedestal recently erected
for IL il Stsn."m snuara at the intersection o
Maryland and Massachusetts, avenues, UG,...;
Hill. The figures of the horse and man are finely
executed and their positions graceful and natural
-"BOyds Directory of the District Of Columbia
for the year lSIs has just been Issued and Is now
ready for sale. The volume contains seven hun
hundred and eighty pages and about hfty thousand
names. Besides being complete and valuable
directory Of the residents Of the city the book give
all neatly printed and arranged.
"A very pleasant social gathering was held las
night ut the residence OF Mis- Jessie Owen,
other anu>cmentS, including the eating Of rcfiesh
mCnts, were enjoyed by all. Mr.. James NJ. Wright
pianist, favored the company with few Of his bcs
selections; the OliU quartette sang very laugh
able songs The company dispersed about mid
night