National Republican., 1880-02-26
CITY NOTES.

Turkish baths at DR.. Shedds, 9O3 E street.
near Ninth, 60 cents.
Fire Commissioner German, of New York
has been inspecting the eugine'houses of this
city.
The only Turkish bath in the city, 500 Z
street, near Judiciary Square. Best shampooer
this side Of New York. DR.. Bovce.
The alarm of lire from box 73 shortly
after midnight, was caused by the burning of
II barn in the county, near Tumlaw, the
country scat of Mr.. T. L. Hume the we'll
known grocer
Headquarters for disposal of secondhand
clothing, &C. Call or address s. Guggenhcimer,
237 Seventh street southwest. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
An old cOlorcd man named Buchanan fell
dead on Virginia avenue, between Fifth aud
Sixth streets southwest yesterday morning
Heart disease was the cause.
The steamer John w. Thompson, after un-
dcrgoimg repairs, having been handsomely re-
fitted, will resume to-day her place in the Po-
tomac line, and take an excursion party to
Nomini
A colored man named Levi Herbert. en-
ployed Mt the bottling establishment Of S. q.
Palmer, In Georgetown, cut his right hand
and wrist badly yesterday afternoon with
some broken bottles.
Thomas c. Dyer was charged in the Po-
lice court yesterday with brutally assaultng
his father. The father attributed the sons
conduct to insanity, stating that he was once
the Inmate of an insane asylum.
Marshal Douglass yesterday afternoon re-
coved from the State Department the official
proclamation of the President respltng the
execution of the sentence in the case of Stone,
the wife murderer, until Friday, March 26.
Turkish, Russian aud Sulphur Baths at
the well-known place, DR., Shedd's, 003 L
street, near Ninth. The only reliable place in
the city for genuine baths, ShampOoer of ten
years experience; no noyices iu the business
at this place.
"A horse attached to wagon, in which
were seated five men, ran away on Third
street, near New York avenue northwest, yes
tcrday afternoon, and three Of the men were
thrown out and badly cut about the inCe aud
head. They were taken to neighboring drug
store and attended to, after which they were
able to proceed to their homes.
The second Of series Of Normal class
meetings, under the auspices of the Sunday
School SuperGtendents' Union, will be held
Friday evening next at the First Presbyterian
church, and will be conducted by Rev, S. H.,
Alirick, the subject being Matthew and His
Gospel" The meetings are open to all Sab
bathschool teachers aud workers,
--Bright's and all other kidney diseases
dyspepsia, liver complaints aud all nervous
and chronic diseases, and all female weak.
nessos, positively cured with electricity, at
0ls street northwest, by Dr. Bosworth, as
sisted by o thoroughly competent lady. The
doctors success is Unprecedented IN the heal.
lug art. Call for reference. Consultation
Free
There was a pleasant gathering of
young people at the residence OF DR.. Rankin
on Grant Place last evening. The parlors
were crowded with happy throng of ladies
and gentlemen who were splendidly enter.
tained by the Doctor and Mrs Rankin Music
was ono of the chief advertisements, the Misses
Harvey rendering somO good selections IN fine
style.
A correspondent perlineutly inquiries
Now that Congress proposes to legali2o the
new nomenclature OF the streets of George.
town, making them conform as far as posi-
BILE, to the names Of streets IN Washington, is
IL not iolicitous opportunity to change the
name Of Georgetown TO Washington IN order
to make tho relation between the two places
moro homOgeneOus2