National Republican., 1880-05-25
CITY NOTES.


of Frank Williams in December last has been
fixed for Monday noxt
Tho only Turkish bath In the city, 500 +
street, near Judiciary Square. Best shampooor
this side of New York. DR.. Bovoe.
The order disqualifying Mr.. John Cox
from prosecuting claims before the District
was rcscinded yesterday.
Turkish, Russian and Sulphur Baths at
the well.known place, 903 T. treet, near Ninth.
The only reliable place in the city for genuine
baths.
Headquarters for disposal of secondhand
clothing, &c. Call or address s. Guggenheimer,
237 Seventh street southwest. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
The international conference of general
secretaries of the Y NJ. c. associations through
out the United States and Canada will be held
at Chicago from June 9th to 18th.
Special Officer Grady last evening ar
rested well-dressod young white man named
Lewis Wilmington on charge OF indecent
assault, and locked him up ut the fifth pre-
cinct station.
Edward McRae, young man charged with
robbing tho house of Anna l.. Burns of silver
ware and other articles to the value Of $500 on
| the day OF the boat.race, was yesterday COM
mitted for the grand jury.
"A committee Of street-venders complained
to the commissioners yesterday against the
OlueE ulTtCJlnR LnO pOllCo 10 pGcNCut lncUn
from crying their goods in the street The
commissioners, however, declined to rcscind
| tho order.
The District commissioners yesterday au-
thorised the rcpaving Of Third street north
west from Pennsylvania avenue to ID street
with granite blocks. Proposals will be invited
to-day. Tho granite paving blocks will be
| furnished by the District.
| The last of the informal receptions of the
l NJ ..y,I H. l..1l .I.r Nl,.,
| auspices of the Young Peoples association of
Foundry NJ. L. church. This will make the
thirty.ninth meeting OF similar character
held by this association during tho season.
| John S. NJ johnson. charged with the
murder of james i. johnson on the 29th of
March last, was arraigned in the criminal
court yesterday and pleaded not guilty. Colonel
William A. Cook, A. B. Williams and +. II.
| Falls appear for the accused. The trial was
| set for June7.
Early yesterday morning a colored man
carrying large bundle was chased in the
neighborhood OF Third and streets south.
west by Officer Hutchinson. The colored man
escaped, but dropped his bundle which con-
tanned u quantity Of ladies' clothing, bed-sheets
and mems shirts
Lieutenant Kelly of the fifth precinct
and squad of police, raidod disordorly
house on ID near Fifteenth street last night
and arrested the proprictrcss. who gave her
name as Emma Stewart, aud three boarders.
The party was taken 10 tho station house and
locked up for a hearing in police court to-day.
The members of the grand jury have
united in petition to congress praying an in
crease of the police force of tho District. They
state that while acting in their official ca
pscity as an inquisitorial body abundant evil
dcrco has been produced to show tho urgent
necessity for an immediate enlargement Of
the force.
Last evening some boys seeing consider
able smoke arise from tho chimney OF tho es.
; tablishmcnt of baker named Bumen thai on
Market street, near Bridge, Georgetown. set
up tho cry of fire." whereupon a big crowd
assembled and the attentive truck turned out
to be on band in case its services might be
needed. Tho SELF was soon discovered, how.
ever.
1t was announced at the evening service
} of the Church of the Rcdcomer on Sunday last
that DR.. James Rea would on next Sunday
! afternoon, in Wizards hall, deliver an an
} swer to Colonel IngcrsolPs lecture entitled
} "rho Gods" Those who heard DIR. Reas essay
on "The Nationalities," delivered before tbe
Unity club about a year ago will not doubt
his ability to copo with Pagan Bob
Clark Brown. colorcd, was put on tria
( Yesterday in the criminal court OH tho charge
of committing rape upon Rosina Coates,
colored girl sixteen years of age, on tho nigh
of April %, near the corner of New Jersey
. avenue aud Fourth street northwest. Th,
evidence showed very strongly that it wa
not case of rapo, but Qua of consent, and the
= jury returned verdict Of not guilty after be
ing out ten minutes.
Justice HaGner yesterday granted Michnc
Frain, who was sent to Jail for contempt, re
lease un'il Thursday next, ordering that if b,
paid the forty dollars alimony by that time h
should be fully discharged. Messrs. Mile
y and Riley, his counsel, represented to the coul
/. that Frain was anxious to purge himself o
G contempt, but could not do so while kept il
4 Jail They became professionally responsible
i for him, and tho court ordered his temporar