National Republican., 1880-07-22
CITY NOTES.

Koch agents 1905 Pennsylvania avenue.
Tho only Turkish bath In the city, 500 I
street. near judiciary Square. Best shampooor
this side Of New York. DR.. Bovoe.
John Sherlock, one of the mon who os.
capped from tho workhousc last week, has been
recaptured and returned to the institution.
Turkish Russian and Sulphur Baths at
the well.known place, 903 Il treet, near Ninth.
The only reliable place In the city for genuine
baths.
The commissioners have ordered new
sidewalk TO be laid on B street north be-
tween North Capitol street aud Delaware
avenue.
Tho 400 excursonists from Pittsburg and
vicinity, after wandering over tho city yes
tcrday, left on the steamer Leary last evening
for Norfolk.
An order has been given tor tho erection
ofstrcct LAMPS on Il street between Ninth and
Tenth streets, aud on Fifth street between N
and o streets.
"A nolle pros. was entered in tue police
court yesterday in the case Of Josiah Leich +,
charged with cmbeszling $50 of the funds of
Curtin L. Dutrow.
The alarm from box % about o'clock
last night was caused by the burning Of Il tar
kettle at the corner of North Capitol and n
streets northwest.
"A NuCililN uUuSCt No. 1901 I WtlINu SiItti,
owned by Edward Middleton, was visited by
thieves Tuesday night and stripped of spigots,
pipes and window-shuttcrs.
The District mmissioners have adopted
the Lcifngwell gas governor for use in all the
public school buildings, police stations aud
fire-eneine houses north of street.
An excursion party Of ladies aud gentlo-
men-about thirty in number-arrived In town
yesterday from Hagerstown, Md, and Shep-
herdstown, w. Va. They arc stopping at the
Imperial.
Some time during a,siay night the
blacksmith shop Of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal company at Cabin Johns bridge was
broken open and stripped of every thing, even
including the bellows, by thieves.
The last will of John NJ. f. Auerochs, de-
ceased, has been filed in the register OF wills
oifico for probate and record. After the debts
are paid everything Is left to tho wife, Anne
NJ. Auerochs, and she is made cxecutrix Of the
will.
District Commissioners Dent and Twiuing
have had an interview with Judge Lawrence,
the new FIRST comptroller Of the treasury, with
the Wow of establishing more satisfactory re-
lations between themselves aud the treasury
department.
"A request from Mr. w. w. Curtis, vice.
president of the Industrial Home scho,l. for
the opening of new road from the Tenually-
town road, communicating with the home,
has boeu referred by the District commits
sionors to the engineer department.
AT the meeting Of the Chesapeake &
Ohio canal directors in Annapolis Tuesday
President German read sta temcnt showing
the tonnage of the 3anal to have been since
January 1 2Sl,000 tons, an increase over the
same period OF last year of 81 600 tons.
Upward of 800 members Of the Govern.
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assembled at Union l. eague hall last evening
Co listen to an address by Mr.. A. NJ. Clapp OIL
the issues Of tho day, at the conclusion oi
which he was rendered vote Of thanks.
The Il. w. grand oncampmcnt l. o. o. F.
has elected the following officers for the en-
suing year A. II. Stockman, NJ w. G. F..
j. E. Mason, NJ. Il. G.. II. p; w. III. Frazier
II. w. G. S. W.; NJ. d. Brainard, r. w. G. J. w.
George Il. Emmons, Il. w. G. S., and Andrew
Jackson, K w. G. T.
The case against John Williams, the
voudoo doctor, arrested few days ago for be-
ing concerned in tho safe robbery at the store
of Mr. Bunch on Eighth street, last April
was again continued in the police court yes
terday, as tho prosecuting attorney was not
quite ready with the evidence.
Tho quarterly report of Major Brock
shows that for three moaths ending with June
30 last 32lS arrests were made, of which 2,6it
were males and 270 females. Fines were i'm
posed in 627 cases amounting to $7,16S AZ
amount paid in United States cases, 81, 1,l73.50
and in District cases, $l,Si3.02; cases dis
missed, 1,542
About noon yesterday team, bclongp.
to Mr. Arthur Cropley of Georgetown and
| driven by Clark Farr ran away at the Wash
ington circle. Two ladies aud child, whC
| were in the carriage, were thrown out. On,
of tho ladies was slightly injured. The horses
ran iuto the parking fence, damaging the
fence little aud the carriage to the amoun
of 500.
About halfpast o'clock last night
colOred woman named Henrietta Smitt
fell out ofone Of the open cars of the Wash
ington & Georgetown line near tho Washing
ton circle, but was not seriously injured. She
was attacked with vertigo. After receiving
medical attention at DR.. Moore's drug store
she WAS taken to her home, No, 1883 New
York avenue, by Officer Leighton.
Health Officer Townshend Is making an
other effort to improve the garbage service
and has written letter TO Slr Francis Carter
agent of Mr.. Jones' bondsmen, calling hi
attention to tho fuct that the service is de
fective and the means employed insufficient
He says that it is necessary that at least on
additional team be placed at work east OF thu
capitol, two in the northern part Of the cit,
and suburbs one in the western and one il
the southern part Of the city.
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