National Republican., 1880-07-07
CITr NOTES.

Mr.. u Downing has been awarded the
contract FOR constructing the south wing Of
the workhousc at S90lLs6.
Tho only Turkish bath in the city, 500 i
street, near Judiciary Square. Best shampoOcr
this side of New York. DR.. BoYec.
! "A new wagon stand was established ycster-
day on the Gust side Of High street. immodi
atcly below Jones' alley, In Georgetown.
Turkish, Russian and Sulphur Baths at
The wcll.known place, 9O3 L trcot, near Ninth
The only reliable place in the city for genuine
/ baths.
| Headquarters for disposal Of second hand
clothing &C Call or address 5. Guggcnheimcr
239 Seventh street southwest. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
The court in general term yesterday
affirmed the sentence imposed in the court be-
low In the case of the United States against
| Babbingtou, convicted of committing PERJURY
in tue police court.
The contract for supplying the 1.GO0, ,0O0
| brick for the north wing Of the state, war and
/ navy departments has been awarded TO tho
| washington Brick Machine company, whose
bid was the lowest.
Mr.. Il. r. Anderson Of Oroau. Fauuuier
/ county, Va, came TO the city Yesterday In
search Of his son, John r. Anderson, u young
man twenty.one years Of age, who has been
| missing from home since June 27
| "c commissioners nave reported adj
| versely on the claim of Beiilmin johnson
for the reward of 800 offered by them for the
arrest and conviction Of the IIirth murderers
on the ground that he is not entitled to the
! reward.
-Brights disease, and all kidney affections
| rheumatism, dyspepsia neuralgia, paralysis
diseases Of females aud all nervous aud chronic
diseases positively cured by Dr. Bosworth, 9ls
q street Lady assistant in attendance See
his card.
| A great many children are suffering from
the effects OF the extreme hot weather Pa
| rents having auy feeling for the little ones
| should furnish thcin tickets, that they might
| take advantage Of the low rate of fare on the
Belt line railroad.
! Tho funeral Of Mrs. Sophia Vincent Niles.
! widow of William O, den Niles, who died
| Monday IN the seVeuty.uiutlI year of her age
viii tko place from the residence of her som
Samuel V. Niles, No 1883 | street, at hnll.post
. o'clock this evening.
Albert Fredericl: and Leonard StorEs
coIorcd, wrr2 charged in the police court yes.
! tcIday with an assault on u colorcd woman
named Sarah Howard The woman was spri.
ously injured in the head. and the case was
| continued IN order to obtain the testimony of
| her physician.
"A pair oshorses attached 20 an Adams ex.
! press wagon ran away yesterday afternoon on
. y
! G. b. GoIway stopped them by jumping In
! the rear end Of the wagon and getting the
! lines. He tore his clothes and skinned his
| hands in doing 50.
james NJ. Pollard yesterday filed a bill
| in equity against tho Consolidated Flre Ey-
| tinpuishing company, aud William n. Frew.
| to require the defendants TO rcassign him Ger.
| tain letters patent, which he transferred to
! them upon terms that the defendants have
failed TO comply with.
Justice lIagncr yesterday, in the court in
banc, delivered the opinion of the court in the
case Of COyle VS.. Davis, diSmissing the bin
| with costs. This suit grew out OF the convey.
anca Of tho plainti7s one.third interest in the
/ htctficaccr building, which conveyance he
subsequently sought to set aside.
Tho District commissioners received
Visit yesterday morning from delegation of
| property.holdcrs on Massachusetts avenue
asking for the improvement of that thorough.
fare between Seventh street aud New Jersey
avenue. The visitors were Informed that no
money had been appropriated for the purpose.
The Washington Sick Relief held its half.
| yearly meeting last evening. After transact.
! ing routine business the several committees
! submitted their reports, which were adopted
] The report OF tho luaucc committee shows
surplus cash on hand Of $Gl250, Of which $500
were used in the purchase Of United States
| registered bonds
"A horse belonging to William Lacey ran
away from the corner OF rScvuutl and L streets
| last evening, and scudding down Seventh
street struck II lamp.post noar the Centre
market. In the contact with the post the
horse WAS freed from the wagon, aud con.
tinued his night though he was soon captured
-On petition of johnson p Thomas, made
! yesterday, Justice Cox issued writ Of habcns
corpus, addressed 10 Mr. and Mrs Samuel r
! Giddings directing them to bring before him
on July II the body Of William Edgar Thomas.
| This is another squahble over the possess on
Of child. ltwas adopted by the Giddingscs
some time ago, and now the father seeks 10
regain possession of ii.
Thomas Amss who shot himself in the
head on the eth OF June last at No. llO6
/ i street, died Yesterday 1T tho providcucc
hospital from the effects Of his injuries. Amiss
was about forty-iyc years of age, and came
here from Arkansas, where ho was engaged
in farming. The alleged cause of the suicide
was trouble with his lawyer relative to the
collection of sn account.
The supreme court of tho District ycstcr.
day gave Mrs. Mary V. Cook divorce from her
husband, Professor Truman A. Cook, with ali
| mOny at 500 per month and tho custody of the
children. Tho case was remaudcd to the
| equity court That either Of them, If disposed
might appeal for nn increase or decrease of the
alimOny. In the court below the bill and
cross.bil were both dismissed.
Early yesterday morning, as voung
white man named Andrew Wilson. accom-.
panied by three friends, was passing the cor.
ner OF Maryland avenue and Sixth street
northeast y carriage containing an unknown
colorcd man aud woman passed them, and the
man fred from the carriage with pistol and
drove of rapidly, The ball struck Wilson'S
right leg below the knee, making II painful
wound. He was removed to his home, No
| 1887 + street northwest.
In the case of the Washington and George.
town railroad company against the District of
| Columbia to recover tho difference between
| $4,000 aud $4,000 claimed TO he ovcrpaid by
them for an assessment for bluc-siome paving
along tho sides OF the rails on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue, n decision was given by Justice
Wylie in the general term yesterday. In the
court below, the company obtained a verdict.
This was held to be erroneous, tho iudgmcat
was reversed and the bill dismissed.
Mrs Caroline IIto Walker, one of tho
oldest and most esteemed residents of the city,
rclict Of Samuel Purviance Walker, esq, and
daughter of tho late Theodore Lee Of Virginia,
died at her home, No. 1922 / street, last Mon,
day. Tho funeral will take place this after
noon. Mrs. Walker, who was cighty.seven
years old, was the elder sister of the late Mrs.
Joseph Gales aud Mrs, George w. May She
was the mother Of thirteen children, OF whom
only threo daughters survive her.