National Republican., 1878-07-01
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Miscellaneous matter on third page.
Court calendar aud routine legal nows on
third page.
Cheapest silks in tho city Conno!ly's, Cos
Ninth street.
The National Standard has suspended pub
lication for few days.
Saturday q marriage license was issued to
Cyrus +. Boggs aud vanuetts C. McElfresh.
Tho pump situated on the east side Of
Twelfth street, just above T, needs repairing
Look at tho Curative Corset, just out
Douglas, Ninth street, sole agent for the Dis.
trict.
Tho police made forty.oao arrests during
Saturday and Saturday night. Eighteen were
drunk.
ALI charge. against police officers not pre-
viously disposed of were on Saturday dis
missed by the Board of Police.
during tho warm weather the station.
houses possess no charms for the tramp. Only
six sought lodgings in them Saturday n ght.
Rosa Carter was arrested Saturday night
by Officer White. of the Second Precinct, on
the charge OF stealing $40 from Mrs. G. W.
Franklin.
The court in general term will meet to.
day at eleven a. m, and it Is expected that the
names OF the newly-appointed constables will
be announced.
a cOlOTcu iuau nhfncu lODcft JACKSON, llN-
ing near the canal locks, at Alexandria, has In
his possession duck with four legs, which
was hatcho1 o week ago.
Tho President Saturday appointed the fol.
lowing notarics public for the District Of Go.
lumbia: J. II. Heron, Thomas D. Hodgkin.
John 7. Burch, and Armory Blake Gibbs
"A sailor named Andrew Gibbs fell over.
board ut Johnson's wharf, foot OF Eleventh
street, about $50 o'clock Saturday evening,
lt.t k.f, a,
done
In the case of tho colored woman Mary
COlquin, who died in tho street, on Twentieth,
near. . last Friday evening, the coroner de-
cided that heart disease was the cause of
death.
Those who would like to enjoy the shade
OF Mount Vernon Springs and pleasant sal!
to reach 1t should turn to the advertisement Of
the Potomac Fruit-Growers Association.
Tho wood pavement between the rails of
the Columbia Railroad, OH Massachusetts, nv.
enue, between Sixth aud Seventh streets, has
been renewed, and workmon are now engaged
In putting down cobble.stonos In Its stead.
-Su"nh Poole, colored woman thirty five
years old, dropped dead yesterday afternoon
about four o'clock, In front Of her residence
No. 1917 l. street northwest. Tho coroner was
notified and will hold an inquest this morning
-Mossrs. R. II. Wade, Nat E. olphant,
NtNtOu, v. lTeNttL, Anu W. y.
Macarthur will start this morning, about six
O'Clock, on two weeks pleasure trip down
the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, aboard the
the well-known slcop Tuttle.
William Preston, an employee OF the Co.
lumba Railroad Company, was prostrated by
the heat about half. past four o'clock Saturday
afternoon. He was taken to his home, No
lil4 First street northwest, by Officers Kcpp
lr and Dunnigan. DR., Ball rendered medi-
oil aid.
AT the celebration Of the Oldest Inhabit.
ants Association, at twelve o'clock on the
Fourth, in Masonic Temple, the Declaration of
Independence will be read by Mr.. Robert Ball
and au orution delivered By l.. A. Gobright
esq. A select octetto of gentlemen will render
number of patriotic airs, and the " Star span.
gled Banner" will DO rendered by Miss Juli
ana q. May.
Store doors arc frequently found open by
the polio. ut night dcnoling censunblc
carelessncss on tho part Of mcrchants. Late
Saturday night officer Shea found the door of
the store Of c. T.. wilkins & Co.. No. YO7 Lou.
iaiana avenue, open, with the key in the lock, ,
and made the promises secure. Early yestcr.
day morning officer Melton found the door of
the store Of Sewer & Scherr, III Seventh street,
open, and had it secured.