National Republican., 1880-12-13
CRY SMALL TALK.
Jesse Sarvis still sticks.

Charley Murray is not an author mJ
rosd.
George Douglas is cone of them lit
crnry fcllers"
Joe Rock says when he goes to sleep he
gets down to bedrock.
Lieutenant Otto De Moll of the Wash
ington Light Guards, has resigned.
Judge Cowing is getting so fleshy that
lie knocks the scales Mt ilG every time.
If Jim Willett could only talk . little,
what good salesman he would make.
Tho Towpath Club has Il "Short " steers
man, while the Helm " is only deck.hand
Joe Williams bid for sewers in Denver
was $4,000 less than the next highest bid. He got
the job.
Captain Blake, of the Corcoran, has
promised TO cut his beard on aud give it to John
Mcknight,
Next to William Macfeeley, the hand
soonest bachelors In town are Irwin Mullican and
Ben Miller.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton will give reception TO Archibald Forbes next
Saturday night.
Colonel William II. Boyd is wrestling
with figures In the Census OhicG-thc numerals, we
mean, not live figures.
The drawkeeper at the Long Bridge
found dead tniant OH the ice Saturday, and sent
II to the First Precinct Station.
Detective Miller was boy in the stone
yard where ex-senator BrodcriCk, of California,
worked at his trade of stone cutter.
A water main at the corner of Fifth
andR streets northwest burstcd yesterday aftcr.
noon ana did considerable damage TO the roadway.
The coroner deemed an inquest un-
necessary over Herman Kelart, the young man
who accidentally shot himself Friday while gun.
ming.
Two small frame houses on Massachu-
sctts avenue, between Third and Fourth streets,
hg n ~ M
morning.
The Biological Society of Washing
ton Is the name of new scientific society which
has been formed with Professor Theodore Gill as
president
The fine weather Yesterday brought
out upon the Avenue and other places gay com
pnny OF promcnaders, with sprinkling of nurses
and baby carriages.
The applications of Catharine Morgan,
Anna llosCh, Louis Gotchet, John Gull and John
Kelly, for liquor licenses were approved by the
Commissioners saturday,
A company has been formed to build
railroad from Point Lookout to this city with con-
ncctions with the Baltimore and Potomac Road
ut Brandywine Station.
The driver of car 81, on the Fourteenth
street line, was attacked Saturday night near II
street by three roughs, who took to their heels
when the driver showed fight,
Harry Hardy, one of the parties in
dicted for committing an outrage upon Miss Mary
October, has been admitted to bail in the sum Of
$1,000.
During the twenty-four hours ending
Mt eight o'clock yesterday morning the police made
.ah1ir,y,six arrests, seventeen OF which were
"drlnks.' Eighteen dodgers slept at the various
stations.
Lots of boys broke the Sabbath yester-
day, and hiding their skates under their coats stole
away to liabcocks Lake; but here they found the
lcc IN such sloppy condition that skating lost its
pleasures.
The officers and members of the Union
Veteran Corps have been ordered to appear at
their armory, at two Z. m, to-day, for parade rs
escort to the " Boys In Blue In fatigue uniform
with Oycrcoats.
The lady managers of the orphans
fair made good bargain in engaging odd Eel.
lows Hall Immediately ut the close of the odd
Fellows fir SO they win get the benefit of the
Justice James last Saturday denied the
application to give Ben Johnston, the accompllce
and many persons think the principal, in the mur.
der OF George + iiirh, witness fees nt the rate of
81 per day while he was confined In jail. rr
The alarm from box go, about church
timc yesterday morning, was caused by q fire in
the second story of No. 2l33 l. street northwest II
Is supposed to have been the result OF spontaneous
combustion, and did about 500 worth of damage
Mr.. Samuel Strong has withdrawn his
suit against the District from the courts, and
through his attorney, Colonel William 4. Cook
has filed his claims, which, together with the in
tercst amount to over 100000, in the Court Of
Claims.
James G. Everest, Southern passenger
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway: X, H. Fleming, travelling passenger
agent, and l.. w. Campbell, contracting agent OF
the same road, are In the city on business con.
nectcd with their road.
A white female infant, about four DAYS
old, was left the steps ofSt AIMS Infant Asylnm
Saturday night. 1t was neatly dressed, and card
pinned to Its dress requested that 1t bo named
Lizzie BurreSs" II was taken in and cared
for by the sisters in charge.
At n meeting of the bar held in the Cir
cult Court room Saturday appropriate resolutions
were adopted, and culogiStc addresses were deliy.
cred by Mcssrs Joseph IL. Bradley, Fillmore Bcall,
ST. Clair Brooks, and others.
Justice James has granted James Stokes
new trial, which will be the fourth one that he
has enjoyed. He has twice been convicted ofmnn-
slaughter IN killing an old colOred man named
Charles Kane, in March, 1879 by butting him 10
death on the Bunker Hill ROnd.
Detectives McDevitt and Voss arrested
colored boy named Truman Ross, Saturday, who
sashS @ cpaPel Ia a6oSSt 6SSS aES 'nf lie TinSGM & %e
known TO the police, and has already served scy-
eral times In jail for petty thieNing
A three-card-monte chap was arrested
recently for playing guide, and sent to the work
house for ninety days, giving his name as Joseph
Boyd. It now turns out that he gave, in part, the
name of James Joseph Boyd, a well known autho.
rized guide, who suffers much by the imposition.
William Pope, convicted of man.
slaughter in killing James +. Butler, in George.
town, in August, 1879, was last Saturday sentenced
to the Albany penientiay. for six years by Justice
james, Tho execution of the sentence was s,ls-
pended as the ease goes up to the general term on
exceptions.
AT meeting of tho inaugural press
committee Saturday night, Zen: Perley Poorc, Still.
Mcbride, ]. Il. Young, and j. NJ. Carson, with
chairman Ramsdcll and Secretary Wight, were ap.
pointed as subcommittee to make suggestions rs
TO the scope OF the work of the committee.
The clerk of the court has issued the
Laura johnson; Samuel NJ. Stanford, of Boston,
nlnsS ana Nllle J, Alder OF somerset County, Md;
$. j ycrs and Sadie b. skillman George W, Lewis
and NJ. r. Kerr; George W. Gates of this city, and
Ellen NJ. Musgroyc, of Howard County, Nd
The bill in equity brought by A. C.
Richards and others against the Mutual Fire In.
surnnce Company has been dismissed. IL was
originally brought to restrain the old officers of the
company ron acting in opposition to parties
chosen at subsequent election TO fill their places
but which election, the former maintained, was
Illegal.
The man found hanging to tree some
days ago near Knowles station, on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. turns out TO have been n Ger
man ia ailOr,, named Ilomy Sohmick lately employed
BY GhriStGpher Gammack, ON street, near -Four;
teenth. Schmck Is supposed to have wandered
away, ana committed suicide while temporarily
insane
A well-dressed man, about thirty years
OF age, walked into police headquarters yesterday
afternoon, handed Lieutenant Eckloff card
upon which were two onecent stamps, and de-
parted without saying u word The inscription
on the card was as follows: "No election Is cheap
because al its votes are bought with money" L.
W., Washington, ID. C.
Another feature in the divorce suit of
Mary H. Bis shop against Charles H. Bishop developed
Ia last saturday. Arule was issued against her last
saturday ut the instance Of Mr.. Bishop, who de.
slrcS That she show cause why the decree of Separa.