National Republican., 1880-05-24
CITY NOTES.


were drunk.
"A May fest will he given at the schuet-
zen park on the 31st instant for the benefit Of
the German orphan asylum
The only Turkish bath in the city, 500
street, near Judiciary Square. Best shampooer
this side of New York. DIR. Boveo.
Two three-card monte men, Frederick
Wayland and George Wilmot, were Saturday
sent to the workhouse for thirty days each.
The body Of a newborn white female
infant was found by Officer Burrows Saturday
evening In Rock creek near M-stroet bridge.
Rev. DIR. J. Vaughn Lewis, formerly pastor
ofSt. Johns episcopal church, city, has received
call from the episcopalian church Of Delhi,
N
Turkish, Russian and Sulphur Baths at
the well.known place. 903 L trcct, near Ninth.
The only reliable place in the city for genuine
baths.
Permission has been refused the Young
Mems Christian association by the commits
sioners to hold religious services on the streets
or reservations.
-Mollic Jarboe, witness for tho govern
ment III certain pension cases. who las passed
eight months in Jail, was last Saturday re-
leased from prison.
Headquarters for disposal of secondhand
clothing, &c. Call or address S. Guggenbeimer,
237 Seventh street southwest. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
The District commissioners have issued
an order directing the superintendent of po-
lice to take measures to put stop TO the
shouting of street hucksters.
"A shadow of gloom was cast over George
town college Saturday by the death Of Thomas
oConnor a lay brother of the Society of Jesus,
IN the sixty-frst year of his age.
Twenty dollars cash was stolen from the
auditors room, Columbia building, by
| sneak thief Friday night. The theft was not
discovered by the authorities until Saturday.
Officers Clark and Herbert on Saturday
| arrested a descrter from the United States
steamer TallanoOsa, named Petor Duffy, and
| turned him over to the United States authori-
| ties.
john ]. NJ. johnson will be arraigned upon
q new indictment this morning ON the charge
of the murder Of james johnson, colored. The
| first Indictment was invalid on account Of
misnomer
The examination of applicants for
| teachers positions was finished ut the Frank
lin school meeting Saturday, aud the results
will he made known at the next meeting of
the school board.
Mr.. William Miller tho cigar dealer, is
suffering with severe injuries, received in being
thrown from his buggy on Seventh street last
| Friday. He fractured two of his ribs and
broke his collar bones.
"A small boy, five years Of age, named
Frank Smith, living with his parents, No. 3I2
Twenty.ilrst street, WAS seriously burned Sat-
urday while playing near the stove, his cloth
ing having caught fire.
james Call, driver for the street-swcep-
ing contractor was arrested Saturday night
on complaint of William III. Forden, who
charged Call with robbing him on Ohio ave-
nue., near Thirteenth street.
--Chief.Justice Cartier, holding the District
court last Saturday, in the case of Joseph Her.
man, bankrupt, decided that no fraud had
been shown to exist in the ira ansactions be-
tween the petitioner and his brother.
-In response to request that the commits
sioners cause New York avenue east of Sew
enth street 10 be sprinkled each dusty day,
the commissioners state that the District can
not undertake to sprn kle tho dusty streets.
Thieves gained an entrance into an unoc-
cupied house, 1912 Seventh street, Saturday
night by saving the blinds, and had cut the
pipes ready to carry them Off, but were frig ht-
encd off by some people living in the neigh
: borhood.
Last Saturday Marshal Douglass sent Rob.
ert Hamilton to Jail on a commitment by
United States Commissioner Samuel G. Mills
on the charge of having opened letter di,
rected to A. r. Jackson, in violation of section
1892 Of the revised statutes.
"A colored boy named Thomas Chase
fifteen years of age, was caught in the aci
of picking the pocket of n lady on Seventh
street about 10 o'clock Saturday night. He
was caught by white boy aud turned ovel
to Officers FitZsimmOns and DAILY.
-Rumors that prevailed Saturday and fount
their way in print yesterday morning that tho
Lady of the Lake had lUundered near Point
Lookout, were set at rest yesterday mornin;
5 by the arrival of the steamer Oh time n,
l casualty ofany kind having been met with OIL
: tho trip.
Tho Sunday school mass meeting to b.
held in the Smithsonian grounds Saturday wa
= postponed on account of threatening weather
. The superintendents will meet in the Y.un
. Mems Christian association chapel this eve
y ming at o'clock to arrange the date for thu
>, mass-meeting.
q Rev. Father Even Maynadier who wa
n recently ordained at Baltimore, celebrated hi
n first mass at ST. Matthew's church yesterday
q The occasion was signalized by I'M unusuali
large attendance, the friends and relatives @
q the new.made priest as usual being assigne
o special pews in the church.
II "A test of the Gardner gum presented to th
10 government by Pratt, Whitney & Co., of Har
ford, was made at the navy-yard Saturda
of morning. The Gardner gun, which is
10 machine" gun, has two barrels of steel er
10 cRsed in brass, and is especially adapted fC
le rapid firing. Five thousand shots were fire
" Saturday in thirteen minutes,
vi A horse attached to Mr.. George Otto
or beer wagon ran away from the corner of Sc
10 enth and ID streets southwest Saturday mori
ing while the driver, Charles Thomas, was &c
N ting into the wagon. Tho runaway ran in
nc an awning in front of No. 81 Seventh stree
ne breaking it down and breaking large windo
glass.
The motion for n new trial in the case
C. George Brown, recently convicted of fal
swearing in the criminal court in connectit
~ with some pension fraud claims, WAS argue
40 before Justice James last Saturday by Colon
q William A. Cook for the defendant and Mr.
: 0 Ross Perry for the government. The decisit
an was reserved.
In connection with and before the Ril
8 and Hanlan boat-Iace next Wednesday the
p 8 will be tub-race with fifteen entries
prizes Of 500. This is an aquatic entertai
= ] ment arranged by business men Of Georl
= town. The starting aud finishing point Il
not yet been decided. The gentlemen init
= esled say that ii will not be a Courtney ra
DIR. Robert n Chase, for many years &C
nectcd with the national insane asylum, /
: been elected resident male physician Of N
ristown hospital, Pennsylvania. lie is a e
ls. tleman of thorough experience, high intel
tual qualities and pure character, and