National Republican., 1879-10-06
CITY NOTES.

house In the city, 800 street northwest.
Eleven tramps we're accommodated with
lodgings In the station houses Saturday
night.
Tho police made ffty-seven arrests during
Saturday and Saturday night. Sixtocn were
"drunks."
The Forty Hours devotion begun with
impressive services in all the Catholic churches
yesterday.
The court has approved tho sale of the
stock Of H. G. Shuster; to Lansburg & Brother,
for S5, 1885.
Tho Uniformed Battalion of Patrarchs
arc arranging to visit the fair at Frederick,
Md, on the 18th instant.
Five thousand six hundred aud eighty
drawback certificates, aggregating S223,297.7
have been issued to date.
"A collection was taken up at the First
Baptist Church yesterday morning for the
benefit Of the Bible Society.
The best Vienna bread 10 tho city can be
obtained only at f. Freund's, 702 Ninth street
northwest also confectionery.
A man named John Maloney was badly
beaten byan unknown assailant on Thirteenth
street at 10 o'clock Saturday night.
Mrs. Louise Pollock will lecture at Kin
dergarton Hall this evening ON the subject
Kindergarten in the Public Schools"
A new lodge of Knights of Honor is in
process Of formation aud will be instituted
this week by f. w. Clark, Deputy Supreme
Dictator.
Major Thomas 7. Thornburg, who was
killed by the Utcs at Milk River, Col, was
member of De Molay Mounted Commandery,
No. 4, X r., of this city.
Major Morgan had conference with the
poice ieutenauts Saturday morning. As one
of the results of the talk, the Major decided to
increase the mounted force in the city suburbs.
Tho fifth annual meeting of the Cru
sadcrs" of Allegheny Pennsylvanial Com
lnandcry No. 80, X. T., will be held Mt the
National Hotel in this city. beginning October
25th.
Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxies artistic model
of Admiral Farragut Will be removed to the
navy yard tomorrow, and win be on exhibit
tiou at her studio, 235 Pennsylvania avenue
until its removal.
DIR. John B. Blake, in attempting to step
from an Avenue car between Tenth aud
Eleventh street Saturday evening, while the
car was in motion, received bad fall but
fortunately was not seriously injured.
Tho sermon preached on the general
design of Baptism by Rev. DIR. John Warren
Roane, May IL, 1879, has been published, and
is on sale at several of the principal bookstores
for the benefit of the Central Baptist church.
- The Health Officer is investigating the
sickness in the family of Professor Gilbert, at
lie Droit Park which is supposed to have
been caused by lead poisoning sample of
the water taken from the pipes in the house
has hcen submitted to Chemist Dc Smcdt for
analysis
The First Auditor of the Treasury. Mr.. r.
VI. Reynolds, has requested the Commissioners
to transmit TO his office an abstract of the dis
bursements and vouchers embracing the ox-
penditurcs made, OH account OF the Sealcr OF
Weights aud Measures, during the month OF
April last.
- The gift of the Holmead cemetery for
school purposes made By Congress to tho Dis
trct proves ut present to be valueless, rs there
| are no funds for removing and rcnterring the
| bodies as required by the act. The Commits
sioners will recommend that an appropriation
| be made for the purpose.
The special committee of the School Board
to whom was referred the petition of Mrs
| Belva A. lockwood and others for the appoint
| mcnt of female school trustee, were to have
| meeting Saturday night. but failed 10 get
quorum. Trustee Curtis has prepared re.
port which will probably be adopted by the
| committee.
About 1880 o'clock o. III. yesterday small
| frame building on Eighth street, opposite the
postofficc. occupied by Mr.. George w. Corbett
MS n carpenter shop, was destroyed by fire. An
alarm was turned in by Officer Duvall from
I box 12i, and the fire department responding
promptly, prevented the flames from spread
| ing to the adjoining frame buildings.
| - Joseph NJ. +. 0rcndorf on Saturday oh
tained writ of replcvin TO recover possession
Of some baggage held by tho proprietors of the
National Hotel. The propretors y that they
| detained the baggage on account of an unpaid
| board bill and the suit will have some interest
as it will determine the right of a hotel keeper
to dctain the baggage of an impecunious guest.
Tomorrow morning workmen, under the
supervision of George Bcal, supervisor aud
inspector of roads for the Second district, will
| begin to cut Il road from the Brentwood road,
| which begins at Second street east, through
Gales hill to the National fair grounds. The
| hill will he cut away six feet, which will make
| q fine grade. The road will he flushed in ten
days.
"A coored boy named Charles Sanders was
arrested Saturday night for stealing a watch
from Dewitt Haynes. The watch was found
| at Fulton's loan Office, where it was pawned
by Sanders. Haynes claims that 1t was stolen
from him while lie was locked mp in a cell at
the Fifth precinct station.house Friday night.
Sanders says that he took the watch to Full.
toms for man who gave him a quarter for
| the service.
William Baily, coored, q rag.pickcr, and
his wife, Ellen Baily, and four or five children
got into u regular family row yesterday Mt the
corner of Sixteenth and VI streets, and black
eyes and swelled heads and noses were the re-
suit Ellen preferred q charge Of assault
against William, and lie was taken In charge
by Officer LarrSbee, of the Sixth precinct, aud
locked up. Richard Ii. Dean, a stepson OF
| Baily, was also arrested for profanity.
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