National Republican., 1880-06-25
CITY NOTES.

street, near Judiciary Square. Best shampOoer
this side Of New York. DR.. Bovee.
Turkish, Russian and Sulphur Baths at
the well-known place, 903 l. treet, near Ninth.
| The only reliable place in the city for genuine
baths.
Headquarters for disposal of secondhand
clothing, sc. Call or address S. Guggenheimer,
239 Seventh street southwest Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
A dispatch from Mr.. w. b. Reed, who ac-
| companicd tho Gulnaro 10 Fortress Monroe,
stated that the vessel passed out beyond the
capes at noon yesterday.
Inspector of Buildings Entwislo, in let
tor to the District commissioners, recommends
that the matter Of repairing school buildings
be placed entirely under the control of his
office.
! The ladies Of the Reformed Episcopal
church of this city have perfected arrange
ments for an afternoon and evening excursion
Friday, July 2, on the popular steamer W. W.
Corcorau.
Robert Poor tho man who knocked down
and beat Daniel Waller with club on Glen
wood road in the county, Wednesday after
noon, was yesterday fined So or fifteen days
by Judge SHELL
-Armenius Lodge of Masons celebrated st.
| Johns day yesterday at Lot filot's garden In an
appropriate manner, which means sports of
various kinds, pyrotechnic display, music,
dancing and other festivities.
Peter Campbell, through his attorneys,
Messrs. Miller and Riley, has filed n cross. s.bil
for divorce from his wife, Margaret Campbell,
on the ground of being an habitual druukard
and neglecting her household duties.
While gentleman named j. l.. Ratcliffc
was attending the sercuado to Hon. A. Fl.
| Stephens. in South Washington last evening. he
was surrounded by mob of rougs aud robbed
OF his watch. The matter was reported 70 the
police.
-Brights disease, and all kidney affections,
rheumatism, dyspepsia, neuralgia paral ysis,
| diseases Of females and all nervous and chronic
diseases positively cured by DIR. Bosworth, 9l5
d street. Lady assistant in attendance. Sec
his card.
"A handsome banner containing the por-
| traits and names of the republican candidates
for president and vce.presidept was flung to
the breeze yesterday from the committee.
rooms of the national republican executive
| committee on L street near the Ebbitt house.
In tho court in general term yesterday
| the following applicants were reported favor
ably upon by the examining committee and
admitted TO the barr p. II. Seymour w. n.
| Markell, w. S. Parks james II. Lang, r. w.
| F. Oglyie, l.. r. Than aud ]. J. AIcCullum
"A national council Of tue American Legion
of Honor has been established in Washington,
| with the following officers: Past cOmmander
| y. DcmOngeOt; commander, Augustus Boern-
stein; vice-commander Henry Ouiuger; secre-
tary, Simon Oppenheimer, and collector, john
S. Killmon.
The latest returns from tho census emu
merators show that the population of the Dis.
| trict is even greater than the last published
estimate. Up to yesterday evening 176,S79
| names bad been enumerated 1t is now
thought that the total population will reach
nearly 17S000.
Yesterday bids were opened in the COM
| missioners' office for the reconstruction and
| strengthening of the M-street bridge across
Rock creek Ms follows Pittsburg Bridge COM
pany, T. N. Nelson, agent, pau No. l, 81, ,759;
| No. ,, f5,127; King Iron Bridge company. j.
w. Horton. agent, S7,140-S0,0I3.
A white boy about twelve years old,
named Augustus Backcnheimor was run over
by carriage at the corner of Four.and-a-half
street and the Avenue about 63O o'clock last
night and considerably bruised about the body
and head. He was carried into police head
quarters and attended by DR.. TOwnshond aud
afterwards taken TO his home, No. 30i D street
| southwest
The committee on bids for District sup
| plies have recommended further awards of
contracts as follows: For glass. paints and
varnish, Martin & Butler. at S37390; lumber
and building materials. George A. Shchan, at
| TDil'O'O~i loidsSi H. - lltNibl, Mt SlU.JOO,
fresh and salt meat John Il. Kelly and J. 4.
| Narnell; ice, Great Falls Ice company; lamp
posts aud miscellaneous castings, George White
& Co.. and fuel, johnson Brothers, 81, COS %.
benjamin johnson, the prosecuting witness
in the case OF Babe Bedford, Sandy Pinn and
Edward Queemsn, and one of the parties, ao-
cording to his own admission, that murdered
Mr.. George p. Hirth, was yesterday, by order
Of tho court, discharged from Jail. A molten
was made that ho be paid his witness fees,
which will be argued next Saturday. If paid
ho will receive it from January 18th, the day
of his Imprisonment up to yesterday, n little
over six months.
Deputy. J.. n. Southerland oil
Charles county, Md, left for home yesterday
with Joseph Elms, another of the parties
charged with larceny in that county. The
day before Policemen Joseph Harper and
Charles L. Burch went 10 Port Tobacco. but
the othor two men cannot be found. These
are the parties recently connected with the
habeas corpus case and wanted in NJ aryland
to answer the charge Of taking a boat aud
seine from tho possession of the sheriff ol
Charles county.