National Republican., 1880-05-31
CITY NOTES.


association will close their annual session to.
day.
No clue has yet been obtained TO the rob
berry of Assistant.Librarian uOrris at the
treasury last Friday.
Tho Jucks)n Democratic association Is
struggling into active life again. owing to tho
approach Of the campaign.
The Sioux chiefs invited to make a visit
TO tho Indian schools at Carlisle are expected
to arrive in The city to day.
Tho onl y Turkish bath in the city, 500 L
street, near Judiciary Square. Best sbampooor
this side Of New York, DR.. Bovcc.
Tho trial of Henry Lee for the murder of
Frank Williams on last new years uvs will
commence in the criminal court to-day.
Turkish, Russian and Sulphur Baths at
the wcl.known place. 9O3 u treot, near Ninth.
The only reliable place in the city for genuine
baths.
Saturday night a newborn white molo
child was left on the steps of st. AIMS infant
asylum. IL was taken in aud cared for by the
sisters.
Tho Mambrino stallion Neptune. entered
by Mr.. Lehman for the trOttng meeting died
at tho fair grounds Saturday. He was valued
at 50 800.
-Four boys named James Wood Charles
Jackson, Peter Hudson and Jamts West, were
detected Saturday in stealing iron from the
government workshop south of tho executive
mlusion aud were locked up for hearing in
the police court to-day.
The battalion of cadets from st. Johns
academy, Alexandria, will go into camp for
iow days at River springs, near Colton's wharf
next Saturday.
Some excitement was created at the
Ebbit house saturday night by all alteration
| between two North Carolina delegates on their
way to Chicago.
headquarters for disposal of secondhand
clothing, SC. Call or address s. Guggenhcimer,
2S9 Seventh street southwest. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
1t is now proposed to use tho $25 left over
from the money raised to pay for the press
| tug vt the Hanan Riley race as the nucleus Of
a fund ior a free excursion to the poor of the
city.
Tho police made forty.nve arrests during
Saturday and Saturday night. Fourteen were
| registered as "drunks." This small number
is quite remarkable when it is considered that
Saturday was general holiday.
Marriage Licenses have been issued to
Robert Colon and Maggie OHurc; j. VI.
Slater and Mary Watkins, and NJ Lewis and
Hattie Il. Wilcoxon, both of Prince George
county, Va.
The Hendricks club held meeting Satur
day evening at the residence Of Senator Me-
| Donald, and were addressed by the senator,
a candidate for the democratic nomination
| for tho presidency.
| "A two.mic doubIe-sculiipg race between
| Messrs. p. Bolcau and W. Clark, aud w. Min
nix aud 5. McKathron has been arranged to
take place next Wednesday evening, starting
from the Anacostia bridge, Nayy-Yard, one
mile up stream and return.
The police authorities here arc engaged in
| circulating Il petition to aid tho House of the
Good Shepherd in Baltimore. Many waywaid
young women have boon sont by the police of
| this city 70 tho Institution named, though tho
| District has never contributed cent toward
its expenses.
James Rood, Edward Kelly and Bresnahan,
were entered iu Il onc-hour go.as.you please
race, at Beyer's park Saturday afternoon.
| Reed, who led the others from the start, won
the race by foot over Brcsnahan, Kelly being
ten feet behind. He covered eight aud three
quarters miles in the hour.
"A valuable horse stolen from Mr. Francis
Thomas, OF Montgomery county, Nd, while no
was OH his way home from this city last
Friday, was found Saturday at the horse
ba2alr, whore il was offered for sale by Peter
sherman for S32. Sherman was arrested, and
will have hearing this morning.
The graves Of Lieutenant Oscar r. Hough
and Private Bilinan were very handsomely
decorated by committee of tho Washington
Light Infantry corps under command of Cor
pOra Duily, Saturday At the next regular
meeting Of tho corls steps will be taken to
erect monument to each of thom.
Saturday, while the crowd was leaving the
grounds at Arlington, the horses attached to
an express wagon became unmanageable and
dashed at furious rate along the road, scat
tcrng the cake and lemonade venders in all
, directions The horses were badly cut and
an old lady who WAS thrown from the wagon
was slightly injured.
hooighth anniversary oftho Independent
Order of Good Samaritans was celebrated Fri
day. They paradcd tho principal streets of tho
city, and passed through the executive
grounds They then repaired to tho Van Ness
garden, where w. II. Boil, esq, delivered the
annual Grafton, in which he gave them much
good advice as to tho education Of their chill.
drcn aud the needs Of tho race.
|, "A man named james Carroll reported at
the sixth precinct station Saturday night that
,, he had been robbed OF $50 at Morgan and Nc.
Gahn's restaurant, No. 1915 Seventh street.
Lieutenant Greer found upon investigation
that no robbery had occurred but Carroll had
dropped his money Oh the sidewalk ou side of
' the restaurant, where it was found by Mr.. Me-
Gain. The amount WAS $50 and not $50 rs
stated by Carroll. The money was returned
to the owner,
"A Washingtonian, an old gentlemau, who
went 20 Baltimore on tho $40 train Saturday
= evening, was vGtimized by two confidence
- men out of $50. Tho two men appeared to be
y greatly excited over the game they were
! playing. One of them turned TO the old gen.
tleman and asked for loan Of 500 for five
minutes "to get even" Tho old gentleman
unsuspectingly complied with the request and
was greatly surprised shortly aiterward to sec
both men hurry from their seats and jump
= from the train without mentioning the loan.
=. Robert Bailenger and George Nowland, oil
n Alexandria, Va, indicted in this District fol
a larceny, were brought here last Saturday by
~ the deputy m0rshal and turned over to the
II authorities The crime committed was the
,s taking Of the issue OF paper called the Liberia
# from the party on an Alexandria boat having
If il in charge, aud throwing tho papers into thC
!. river just previous to the steamer reaching
q Alexandria, The paper was printed in thi,
,O city and taken TO Alexandria for circulation
!. 1t Is probable that they will be tried thi'
week.
Mrs Many Byrnes, who last week applied
e. for divorce from her husband. Daniel j. Byrnes
Of on the ground Of cruelty, complains that tn,
II newspapers have heaDcd more sins upon hel
husband than sho enumerated in her charges
1t is very singular case. The wi.e l.
y anxious to pl 0tect her husband from SANDER
II but Is prosecuting her case for divorce, as she
says, in oldor to secure protection from him
In letter to TIE NATIONAL REPUBLIcA>
she desires the public to understand that hol