National Republican., 1880-07-12
Amairs About the City.

-BencdlCtinc Malt WINE Beer. tiuley &
Koch, agents, 1906 Pennsylvania avenue.
Mrs. Julia Roberts proposes to givo an
excursion for the poor to Marshall Hall next
Saturday.
john Henry Hill, notorious thief, was
sentenced to Jail for six months by Judge
Smell Saturday.
The police made thirty eight arrests dur.
| ing the twonty-Cour hours ending at o'clock
| yesterday morning
Mrs. Clara Steele, mother Of Rev. +. Steele,
| rector Of st. Marks episcopal church, died
Saturday In Winchester, w. Va.
The only Turkish bath in the city, 500 L
street, near Judiciary Square. Best shampooer
this side Of New York. DIR. Bovce.
Tho Washington Light Infantry corps has
decided to parade on the 18th Of September
the anniversary Of the battle Of North Point.
Turkish, Russian an Sulphur Baths at
the wcll.kuown place. 9O3 + troot, near Ninth.
The only reliable place in the city for genuine
baths.
Requests have been made on the com
missionors in all the District cases filed In tho
court of claims for certified copies of the
records.
On Saturday Treasurer Gilfllau purchased
| the $4,000 of District 365 bonds required by
existing law to be applied annually to the sink
| ing fund.
Saturday Mr.. Joseph L. simms Of George
| town was appointed by tho commissioners to
| superintend the construction Of the two new
school buildings.
"A lttlo boy named Albert Price Satur.
day had his leg broken, on Sixth street. near
| G street southwest, while attempting TO jump
| upon an icc.wagon.
Headquarters for disposal OF secondhand
clothing, &c. Call or address S. Guggenheimer
| 300 Seventh street southwest. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
by direction of the commissioners, con.
tracts are being made out for general supplies
| for the District, In accordance with the report
Of the committee on supplies.
-Fendall L. Alexander has entered suit
against the District Of Columbia for $40 9iS
damages for trespass aud injury to his prop.
erty on New Hampshire avenue between L
aud NJ streets.
| Mr.. William Morgan Of the District as.
SCISSORS office has been relieved from further
| service on the liquor license committed, and
superintendent Of Repairs Chaplin has been
appointed in his place.
-Bright's disease and All kidney affections
rheumatism dyspepsia neuralgia paralysis
diseases OF females and all nervous and chronic
diseases positively cured by Dr. Bosworth, 9lS
L street. Lady assistant in attendance See
| his card.
body was picked up in the Potomac by the
officers Of the steamer Mattano last Friday,
were taken to Norfolk on the steamer George
Lcary Saturday evening. They will be
shipped from Norfolk to Raleigh, n. C.
Another installment of District tax-lien
certificates was received by Treasurer Gilfilan
Saturday. The decision of the treasurer that
eight per cent. certificates only draw six per
ccut. after their maturity has caused tlom to
/ "a ed In e
special taxes.
| The District commissioners on Saturday
had conference with number of prominent
business mon In reference 10 the personal tax.
The commissioners explained that If the per-
sonal tax was not promptly collected they
would b, seriously embarrassed in the work
Of Improvement.
General Birney in the criminal court
last Saturday made a motion for tho hearing
at an carly day of forty mine cases of produce
dealers charged with doing business without II
license, appeals from the police court. Justice
James promised that they should receive a
prompt hearing
William Woody, a butcher in the George.
town market accidentally shot himself throu b
the left hand Saturday afternoon. whio ex-
hibitng pistol to his friends His wounds
were dressed by Dr. Bowie Tyler at Cropley s
drug store, aud afterward he went to his home,
4
streets.
A boy named Harry Osborne living on
Munroe street. Uniontown, while at tho tres.
tie works of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
near the insane asylum, Saturday afternoon,
accidentally discharged pistol loaded with
powder in his face He was attended by DR..
J. w, Little, who pronounced the wounds not
dangerous
"A petition for writ de luidtico iHqnirendc
1 Id CT. I...y -. kl... n
| Lieutenant SkinpOn, now an inmate of the in.
sane asylum, by his son-in.law, Alexander
Scott. The object of the proceeding Is tt
) enable his family to get the benefit OF his pay
as private on the police force, he being in
capable OF signing the ,ceSsary vouchers
A watchman at the long bridge, named
Laurence Hcrbcrger was fined 500 by Judge
Smell Saturday on charge of indecent cX
posure preferred by Miss Elizabeth Kreis
John Mack, whito man, aud Anne Price,
coored woman, arrested for indecent conduct
in the reservation adjoining Armory square
were committed to Jail for two months each
About halfpast o'clock yesterday morn
ing Officer Macdonald of the sixth precnc
discovered n colored thief attempting to enter
MIS-. Connely's house, corner of Ninth and NJ
/ stroets northwest The thief became fright
ened at the officers approach, and ran away
pursued by the officer, who fred three shot.
AT the annual election for officers of til,
National Fair association next Friday theI,
viii be two tickets in the field onc composst
of the present board Of directors, and another
: presenting in addition to the namo of Muio
Twinug, who is Il member Of the proscn
|, hoard, tho names Of Mcssrs W. ii. Morrison
Frank Hume, W. E. Clakcs aud Colonel Nc
I Kibben.
In note to the commissioners Mr.. Il
!. Jones suggests that rs the Columbia-srco
4 railroad line will be disturbed anyway durinI
the construction of n new sewer on New Yorl
avenue, II is good time to require the com
l. pany 10 relay their tracks on the side of th,
r. avenue, holding that the best aud most at
!. traetivG part of the thoroughfare is now give
up to the exclusive use Of the railroad.
Late Saturday night the residents of th
upper part Of Ninth street wero startled by th
sharp report Of a pistol, Upon investigltio
it was found that lone Maryland excursion
o list in Il long linen ulster, who had wandcre
% so far that he had lost his bearings bad fire
70 the pistol as distress signal. His expcdeu
10 had the desired effect, for he was soon SUI
h rounded by a crowd Of people who directe
4 him in the way he wanted to 60.
t. "A little girl three years old, living IN III
o. eastern section Of the city, died last Frida!
70 showing, as 1t is stated, the most yiolel
Is symptoms Of hydrOphoba. She was bite
It by dog about two weeks ago and taiScn sic
witt fever early last week. The real natui
Of her nlalady was not known, it is state
lr until sOmo one brought water to her, whC
h. the sight Of 1t threw her into violent col
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