National Republican., 1878-06-10
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Regular Congress report on third page.
Court calendar and routine legal news on
third page.
-Lauckton'5 choice butter, 2j cents Fruits
and bananas.
. The police made thrty.one arrests during
Saturday and Saturday night. Fifteen were
drunk,.
-F.ny.scvca colorcd persons were baptized
yesterday morning at halfplst seven O'Clock,
o. the sycamore, by Roy. j. ii. brooks.
Tho hil Of exceptions in tho case of
Nicholas Johnson, convicted of rape on Mary
Fincbrrg, va, signed by Justice Wylie last
Saturday.
About eleven o'clock this morning NTur.
shall Lodge Knights Of Pythias, OF the city OF
Richmond. will arrive here uu an excursion,
returning At eight p. III.
The announcement that cards are out for
The approaching marriage of Walter y. Law
renee and Ms Lizzie I. Levy is erroneous, as
no definite time has been decided upon Tor the
happy event.
The Young Mons Christian Association
will give moonlight excursion down the 20.
toinac next Monday night 18th instant. on
the steamer Mary Washington, and a good
time is promised.
Eleven applications for position rs justices
Of the peace in this District have been re-
CclNcu anu Mel bN inc AttOrnCN-lCnCral.
The bill approved on Friday last by the Pres.
idcut limits the number OF justices for this
District to fifteen.
-Mcssrs. Darlington d Darlington, as attOr-
ncys for Thomas Johnson, colored filed suit
in court on Saturday against ! y. lIanscom,
formerly Naval. Constructor, for $1,000 dam
ages. The house Of the defendant was robbed,
aud johnson, the servant accused and ar.
rested, but was discharged by Judge Smell last
Saturday. Hence this suit.
The current number of the Music Trade
Rerier, published at e6i broadway, New York
Is ut hand. Among its interesting contents
We find tho following: Gretry biography
Masses Paul ct Nirginic,' Hotiman's Ar
minus" Forcing the Voice" lby DR. WardD
New Music" and the Official Report of the
Centennial Commission" in regard TO musical
instruments exhibited.
During an alteration between Horace
and Thur,tOu johnson, sous of ii. 5. Johnson,
the harnessmakur, No. 1913 Pcnnsylvauia ave-
nue. and John II. Dyson, "a COlUred man en-
ploycd in the store, last Saturday morning
one Of the boys cut DysOns head severely
with knife. officer Ani>s tcpk the boys to
the Police Court, where charges were pre-
errcd against them, and the hearing was
postponed to await the result Of Dyson )
wounds. The boys were released Oh bail.
Charles Dorsey, young cOlorcd man, was
arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Cole, OF
thc Fourth precinct, on Twentieth street, be-
tween X aud l. streets northwest, for profanity
and disordurly conduct. When locked up in
hC station Dorsey either iCignGd insanity or Is
sctualy insane lie talked incohcrently and
claimed that lac was n prince, aud that Com
pCss recently passed an act prohibiting the
arrest Of princes and prinCcs,cs; that he in
tended to 90 before the grand jury and have
thc officer indicted, aud thcu bring suit against
him for damages.
The Uniformed Patrarchs, |. O. o. F.,
have elected tho following officers for the en-.
suing year: edward Dunn, commander; John
+. thHucty, first captain II. {. Stevens, Sec
end captain; Joseph burroughs, third captain
Alexander scott, !ourth captain r. W. Fow.
Ter, udiutamt aud sccrt ttary; \. II. St0ckmRu,
Iuartcrma,tcl and treasurer; y. y. llckling,
surgeon; W. EcdStrukc, chaplain William
IrEicr, \. H. Jones, Robert Trowland, and
Frank Ouund, lirutouLnts; Peter Schultz,
scrscaut-majpr, aud james Hughes, color.
bearer.