National Republican., 1879-08-26

northwest, was yesterday fined sos or thirty
days lp Jail, on the charge Of assaulting an
officer
The police authorities state that no APP
pointment will be made in Lieutenant Skip
pon's place while there is any hope Of his re-
covery.
The members of Truck Company A have
received large donation Of books and maga-
zines for their new library from Mr., George c.
Henning.
One thousand five hundred and egbty-one
drawback certificates for revision of special
assessments, aggregatng Sl07,4700l, have been
issued to date.
-Messrs. Wade & Herlihy havo been
awarded the contract for the erection Off adj
ditioual wing TO the asylum Of the Little Sis
ters of the Poor.
The case Of Joseph Zurich, charged with
swindlng the railroad companies out of tick
cts, was again continued yesterday, owing TO
defect in the information.
Miss Kate Cadey has been presented with
the gold medal for selling the largest number
of tickets on the occasion of the last picnic
and festival Of 81. Aloysius parish.
The ice-house owned by Mr.. II. Holmes, on
Green between Water and Needwood streets,
Georgetown, has been condemned us q
nuisance aud dangerous to life aud limb.
Tick t. of admission will be issued by tho
supervising principal of the several school
divisions at their respective offices from to
10 a. m. and from to p. m. every day this
week.
"A man named james Trayburn fell down
in front of the st. james Hotel yesterday after
noou and injured himself about the head
! Officer Byrnes conveyed him into the hotel,
where he was properly cared for
If you want to rent q room or obtain u
tenant, find clearinghouse or find boarders,
sell or buy house, obtain u situation or en-
| poy help, consult tho columns on the third
| page OF THE REPUBLICAN,. under the heads
| Wanted" " For Sale, For Rent" SC.
"A detachment of the Sixth United States
Infantry, consisting of a lieutenant and five
men, arrived In the city yesterday morning,
having in charge Joseph Duffy aud Private
kehs, two insane soldiers Of the Fifth ILL.,
fantry They were sent to St. Elizabeth's.
Officer OHare arrested man named
Richard Lee last evening, while In the act of
| Offering for sale, at a restaurant on Seventh
street six dozen recd-birds. AS the penalty
for killing this species of bird prior to the 1st
OF September is S5 for each bird, Lee will have
to settle apretty large bill
Detective McDevitt arrested a colorcd girl
named Georgeanna Withers last evening, on
charge of stealing an overcoat from DR..
Purrngton's house on + street near Eleventh.
Tho coat was found at the prisoners house,
and she was locked up at headquarters until
this morning, when sho will interview Judge
Bundy.
The storm yesterday did somc damage to
the Fifteenth street sewer; though not so vio-
lent as the last time, yet IL was slow and sure.
The cars jumped the truck last night just
above + street, and continued on the concrete
down to Pennsylvania avenue. Dams were
made in order to turn the surface water into
the cutters.
| About 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
gentleman named J. l.. Balten WAS knocked
down by wagon near the corner of Thirteenth
and + streets. Asbury Bell, the driver of the
team was arrested by officer Mcmahon, but
! Mr.. Bolten being more scared than hurt, de-
clined to prosecute him, and he was released
| from custody.
"A man named Richard Sydnor formerly
employed as a witness in liquor cases. was
convicted in the Police Court yesterday of
stealing some clothing from carpenter
named John Sherman and II revolver from
Malachi MalOmey. In the first case he was
fined $50 or sixty days, and in the other case
IS or twenty days.
Alice Jones, colored, and Sarah Wallace,
| white, engaged in a bout at fshcufs on d
| between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets
| northwest, yesterday afternoon, in the presence
of large and enthusiastic assemblage
| Policemen Thompson and Clark put an end
to the sport by marching both the pugliss to
the Fifth precinct station. where they were
locked up for a hearing before Judge Bundy
to-day.
A colored man named William Marshall
was sentenced to Jail for ninety days by Judge
Bundy yesterday for an assault upon u coll
ored woman named Mary Hill in Potomac
City, last Wednesday. Tho evidence of the
woman was to the effect that Marshall was
untrue to his pledges of love aud promises of
marriage, and while she was attempting to
bring him to terms lie made tho assault,
backing her eye,
District Attorney Riddle has rendered an
opinion as to the refunding of the license tax
of notaries of public paid the District during
the last fiscal year, and where the money has
been turned into the United States Treasury
he states that the only way to refund the same
is to estimate for the amount in the next AN
nual estimates, unless the Treasurer of the
United States is disposed to permit it to be
paid without such process.