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-Turco,Russian aud sulphur baths, 9O3 E
street northwest.
Mrs Fuller diagnoses and locates diseases
when doctors disagree, at 6l2Ni nth street.
Inspector Entwisle reports that all the sta,
h0n-houses need whitcWashing and most of
them slight repairs.
A regular hotel dinner Cor twenty-five
cents at the Bayard House, corner Of Tenth
and streets northwest
Browns sewer trappcrs found a dead lu-
FAINT in the sewer corner of Twentieth aud
Boundary streets yesterday.
The District Commissioners have dcsig-
mated the north side Of Louisiana avenue, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth streets northwest, as a
stand for furniture wagons.
The great closiug-out sale of books and
stationery at Mr.. Craudalls, corner Of Seventh
aud ID streets, is attracting general attention.
Goods are sold at a heavy sacrifice.
The children Of the Fourteenth Street Or
phan Asylum will take part In the services Of
the Union Mission, in the Police Courtroom,
tomorrow morning, at eleven o'clock.
The EncamumenL of Uniformed Path-
nTchs, !. q. q. F., have arranged to give a
musical and literary entertainment and hop
at Odd Fellows Han next Monday evening.
The arrivals at the fish wharf Yesterday
were 10000 herring G,0OO shad, aud 500 lunches
of fish. Herring brought $50 and IS per
thousand shad - and ;l2 per hundred, and
bunch fish fifteen and twenty-five cents per
bunch.
Yesterday morning Officer Morgan, of the
Second Precinct, found Il picture representing
three elderly persons seated at q table, which
he thinks may be some family heirloom. The
owner thereof may regain possession by apply.
Ing to Officer Morgan
"A narrative of interesting facts relative to
Indian affairs and of interviews with Presi
dent Lincoln, which have never been pub
lished, will be given by Father Beeson at Tall
madge Hall, 92o street, on Sunday April 81,
at half'past seven o'clock p. m. No admission
will be charged.
The many friends of Thomas r. Russell,
foreman in Yards and Docks at the navy.yald,
aud formerly connected with the Irish Republic
newspaper in New York aud Washington, will
Sympathize with him in the loss of his bright
aud beautiful boy, Frank, who died yesterday
afternoon, at the age Of fourteen years.
Complaint was made at Police HIeadquar.
ters yesterday that gang Of tramps iuicst the
Observatory grounds, who, besides committing
nuisancCs, break the trees and shIubhcry The
police of Lieutenant Noonans precinct were
notified to keep lookout for the scamps and
arrest them if they persisted in their destruct
i've sport.
Tom Thumb and his diminutivc compan
Ions had toeutertain large audiences at odd
Follows Hall yesterday and succeeded adj
miRbly, judging from the expressions Of those
IN attendance. But two more performance,
will be given by the little folks, this afternoon
aud evening, aud no one should fail 10 attend
"A large number Of members Of Columbia
Commundery, No. ., X. T., accompanied by in
vited guests from other Communicates, left fol
Baltimore at half.past five o'clock last even
ing, returning late ut night on a special train
While in Baltimore they were entertained by
members Of Maryland Commaudrry, aud at
tended the Masonic fair.
"A little son Of DR.. Samuel W. Booan, aged
Eve years, was run over by a hack At tho cor
nCr Of Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, about five o'clock yesterday after
noon. Luckily he escaped with a few Sigh
bruises. Sergeant HOllinberger procured
carriage aud conveyed him TO his fathers resi-
1enCc, on G., between Fourth and Fifth streets
northwest
The police Of the Sixth Precinct last even
ing arrested number Of small children
after repeated warnings for playing upon tn,
grass in the public reservation known az
Mount Vernon Square. They were taken I,
the station, and We're subsequently, turnot
over to their parents to be admonishcd. II
they are arrested again for a similar Ollcus,
some moro decided steps will be taken.
The street corners aud streets IN the virm
lty of Vermont avenue and $ streets are ina
tested daily by crowd Of young roughs, wh,
llIoN eAuHt1 lldg hHllt NA"At'N ,''''ll NilN ltN
plats, aud do all manner OF mischief YESTERDAY
two paucs of glass in the large sHow.wjudoy
OF Omohundru's drug store, corner Of Vermun
avenue and $ streets, were broken by stone
thrown by this g,ng OF boys The attDuuo
Of the police should be called 10 this fact
"A colored man named Alexander was a.
Taignod in the Police Court yesterday, on
charge of indecent exposure, preferred agains
him by coored girls, aged Ioulicen and six