National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-06-08
CITY NOTES.

yesterday admitted to the bar of tho District.
Clement II. Hill, formerly well known
citizen of the District, died at Marlboro, Md,
Sunday night.
The only Turkish bath in the city, 500 L
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 &c. Call or address S. Guggenhcmer,
230 Seventh street southwest. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
Company A Washington Light Infantry
will give complimentary moonlight cxcur-
sion the LIST of July on the steamer W. w. Cor.
coran to Marshall Hail.
District Commissioners Dent and Morgan
| left the city yesterday to attend tho meeting
| of tho stockholders Of the Chesapeake & Ohic
Canal company at Annapolis.
The District commissioners have desig.
| mated Mr.. A. j. Marsh TO take charge of the
Office of Clerk Beall during the period of the
| suspension of Mcssrs. Bcall & Roome
The house District committee yesterday
| appointed Mossrs. Hunton, Henkle and Stem.
mons as subcommittee to consider the plan,
| for the reclamation of the Potomac flats
| Tho alarm Of fire from box "a yesterday
afternoon was caused by the burning of Q
window curtain in the third story of Dem
oncts confectionery store on the avenue above
Seventeenth street northwest.
| The physicians to the poor yesterday pc.
titioned the health officer for an increase OF
their pay from $50 to $50 month. DIR. Town
sheud promised to cooperate with them in
the effort to obtain the increase.
| Owen Leddy has filed q bill against the
! tiun ppi1 4.
and f. w. Jones, ]. b. Edison and l.. Z. Gan.
non, trustees, for an account and injunction
| to prevent the transfer of certain property
| Yesterday Officers Beanson. Sullivan and
Reeder raided policy-shop in MAYORS alley
| between Ninth aud Tenth and and o streets
and captured tho proprietor, Solomon Contee
and all the paraphernalia Of the establishment
Margaret Campbell has entered suit fol
divorce from her husband, Peter Campbell
The parties were married November 81, 1873
| and the charges on which the petition is based
are repeated acts Of cruelty and intempera tc
! habits.
Gus York, q colored man, living on Sec
ond, between B and G streets northwest, at.
| tackled his wife with n razor about IL O'Clock
last night, and inflicted p CHASTITY cut on her
left cheek, He was arrested by officers of the
seventh precinct.
Tho Washington Scliuetzen Verein has
elected tho following executive committee tc
make all necessary arrangements for the com
ing srhuetzcn fest: Simon Wolf w. Homus
John l.. Vogt, Charles Ebel, G. G. Walker
Chr. Xander, IL. HMtig, W. kuess aud r
Springsguth.
| The following directors of the Franklin
| fire insurance were chosen yesterday; Dr. J.
G. Hall, DIR. ID. B, Clarke, Joseph II. Bradley
James c. Mcclure, DR.. J. NJ. McCalla, F. b
Mcclure. DR.. w: E. Roberts, c. c. Duncanson
II. b. Mcdonald John Keyworth, George
| Wright and Thomas j. Fisher.
Commissioner S. G. Mills yesterday, at tho
instance OF Enumerator Taylor, issued war.
rant for the arrest of Ernest Rupert, charged
with violating the census law in refusing t,
| give the enumorator the information the law
demanded. Deputy.Alarshal Stahl served Tho
warrant and found Mr.. RUPERT sick in bee
and unable to appear. The case was continued
for tho present.
"A serious break occurred in the Chcsa
peRke and Ohio canal, ut Brodigan's lock, nea
Cumberland, last Saturday. The bow-line o
a canal-boat broke, aud tho boat struck TIN
end Of the lock, knocking the gates open ant
admitting the full head of water. The othe
gates were also forced open aud tho waite
washed portion of the canal banks, beside
flooding an adjacent farm.
Captain Burke, Of the Gate City Guard
of Atlanta telegraphed to the Washington
| lABnl lhltHllg ytslbtNug bnhI nc lul com
plotted arrangements for the transportation, re
ccptiOn and entertainment Of such militar
companies MS desired to participate In tn
Gate-Cty Guards fair at Atlanta In October
The Washington Light Infantry have decided
to attend the fair, and willb absent i've days
During the warm weather aud the con
) vontiOn excitement person can keep perfect,
} cool by providing himself with ono of Georg
Il. Timms & Co.'s summer suits. Their ostab
} lishmeut, at the southeast corner of seyentl
street and Pennsylvania avenue. is deserved
popular, us they sell the best goods Mt tho low
est prices, and their business is couducte,
strictly on the one.price principle,
Justice Wylie, Immediately after tn
opening Of circuit court, division No. /, yei
torday morning, said that public interest woul
) DO best subsorved by discharging the jur
finally for the term. The marshal had il
formed him that he would settle with then
and he supposed that he would in some way
/, Deputy Marshal Williams announced that
, the jurors would call at the Office this morn
ing at II o'clock ho would pay them. Justc
Wyie said that the marshal might settle US h
chose and take tho responsibility of yiolatin
! the law, but the court would not.
GOOD straw mating 10 cents, at Julir