National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-06-28
CITY NOTES.

Mrs. Wilson, the woman with four babies
left for Baltimore yesterday.
--Turco.Russitn aud sulphur baths, 903 f
st. II W. Life renewed and health restored.
The Baltimore Press Association will 60 on
a trip to Pen Mar to-day. number Of Wash
imgtou journalists have been invited and will
attend.
Health Officer Townshend yesterday di-
rected the sanitary inspectors to see that Ill
hog-pens and slaughter-houses are removed be-
yond tho city limits within ten days.
Greatest Event of the Scason.-The col
orcd Sabbath schools of the District will hold
their annual picnic at Gales Woods on the
Fourth Of July. Gates open at six o'clock i'll
the morning.
A little boy named David Snyder, living
ut No. 2l0 Tenth street northwest, was run
over by wagon driven, by George z. Thomas
ON Massachusetts avenue yesterday morning
and badly injured.
About halfpast two o'clock yesterday
afternoon Officer Nicholson found a man
named J. w. Buchanan lying in the Smith.
sonian Park, overcome by the heat He:was
conveyed by the police ambulance to his home,
No. 1903 New Hampshire avenue.
The pump at the corner of Thirteenth and
S streets is much in need of repairs As it now
is, it is a source Of great Inconvenience to the
people in its vicinity, especially to the poorer
class, who are almost entirely dependent upon
it for their supply of drinking water.
AT a meeting of Friendship Lodge, No. Z,
l. o. NJ, held Thursday evening, June 26, the
following officers were elected for the coming
torn: w. NJ, C. A, Kuockey J. NJ, J. Moehr-
ling; Il. Sec, 7. C. Sturgeon +. Sec, d. Ken.
non; Treas A. j. Rock Chaplain, +. NJ.
Lloyd; Conductor, c. A. Caho.
The street evangelists who have made
hnanpnurtarG of ha Of iFh
street and Pennsylvania avenue last evening
moved up to the corner of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and + streets, opposite the Imperial Hotel.
The sporting fraternity thought it was cru.
SADIE on Rum Row."
About ten o'clock yesterday morning
Officer Platf, Of the Second Precinct, while
riding along Rock Creek Church road, back Of
the Soldiers Home, came up IL white man,
named Daniel Collins, lying ia the road in IN
insensiblo condition, aud took him to the
Soldiers Home, where lie was properly cared
/ for.
The dwelling owned by Major n. Neddcr
and occupied by Alonzo HcndriclS, No. 14li
/ Massachusetts, avenue, caught fire from a stove
| pipe in the back building yesterday morning
about hali-past ten o'clock, and was damaged
to the cxteut of $500. The adjoining dwell
ing, No. l4l6, occupied by Mr.. John Taylor
was damaged about $3.50 WORTH
! ABOUT nine CLOCK last nlght, as Mr. Der
nard Heuze was walking across Pennsylvania
avenue, near Twelfth street, he was knocked
down by a horse, driven by Mr.. Barney Griffith
Two wheels of the buggy passed over him
His injuries are painful, but not dangerous
The horse WAS uumauageable at the time 81
the accident was not the fault Of the driver
The House District Committee yesterday
decided the chairman General HuutOn) anC
Mossrs. Henkle and Neal should constitute tn,
subcommittee to sit during the recess of Con
gress for the purpose of framing the bill 70
rGcodiicaton of certain District laws. TIN
committee will probably not begin their labor
before September.
Abe Scales, William Bright, aud Jane
Seals, three small colOred boys, were ARRESTED
yesterday afternoon by Officer Reeder, of tn
Sixth Precinct while trying to dispose of
pair of gold spectaclcs, which they had stoe
from Mrs. Jane Lambeth, who resides at tn
corner &c Massachusetts, avenue and Tout
street. They were taken to the station an
locked up. They will visit Judge Smell to-day