National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-08-02
AROUND The Town.
Bits OF News Gathered AbOut the City by
Our Reporters.

-Ollcer Mattiugy of the sixth precinct
killed vicious dog near the O.strcot mar
kct yesterday afternoon.
Tho only Turkish bath IN the city, 500 L
street, near judiciary Square. Best shampooer
this side Of Now York. Dr. Doyco.
The resignation of Mr. William G. scrib-
ner as business manager OF the Sunday Gd.eHs
,tendered July y takes effect to-day.
Turkish Russian and sulphur Baths at
tue wcll.Snown place, SOB troet, near Ninth.
The only reliable place in the city for genuine
baths
The case Of Isaac Brown tho colored
waiter charged on the oath Of Clara Brown
with bigamy, was postponed in the police
court until to-day.
Judge Hagner has granted Priscilla L.
Preston divorce from bed aud board with her
husband, Samuel Preston. Repeated acts of
| cruelty wero the grounds.
Colonel Casey has given authority for re-
opening road from the Ridge road to the
| Conduit road through the United States prop.
erty At the receiving reservoir.
Two vacant houses in tho alley between
| Twenty fifth aud Twenty-sixth and and X
streets were damaged Saturday morning by
incendaiy fire to tho extent OF 800.
Excelsior Tent No l3s, National Order of
Rrchabites, give a complimentary picnic at
| Analostsn island to-day. Every arrangement
has been made TO insure its being pleasant
affair.
On Saturday the District commissioners
sont reply to General Wrghts letter turn
ing over the Penusy lvania.avenue pavement
to the District, and stating their acceptance Of
the trust.
The troubles between the Potomac Steam.
boat company aud the Upper Potomac Steam.
boat company have been amCably settled, 1t
is stated, aud now peace rcisns supreme along
the wharvcs.
The erection Of gas.lamps has been or.
dercd on VI street between Eighth aud Elev.
enth streets southeast, two on Eighth and A
streets northeast aud four on New Jersey
avenue southeast.
The nborcrs on tho Boundary. street sewer
having struck against receiving their wages
only once in two weeks, Mr.. Murdoch, the
contractor, has arranged to replace them with
Il new gang this week.
"A prisoner named Richard Hill, locked
up in the fifth precinct station on charge
of larceny, was missed Saturday morning, and
1t WAS discovered that ho had escaped through
a vcntiIator over his cell.
The new uniforms of the Washington
Light Infantry corps, shakes overcoats and all
have arrived, and tho corps will mako its ap.
pearance in the new toys" with $50 muskcts
on tho nth Of September.
During the twenty. four hours ending at s
o'clock yesterday morning the police made
ninety arrests, the greatest number recorded
for one day in many months. Over sixty Of
the arrests made are court cases.
Lieutenant Greer of the fifth police pre-
cnct has been presented with handsome
miniature rosewood baton by some of the
citizens residing in his precinct N testimony
Of their esteem for him as an officer.
About two o'clock Saturday afternoon
three boys set fire to a shed in AN alley be.
tween Seventh and Eighth aud VI and n
streets northwest, but the fire was cxtin
gushcd before much damage was done.
Mr.. Michael Towers, an ex-policc officer
died yesterday afternoon at four o'clock Mt hi,
residence No. els Sixth street southwest OIL
consumption. Mr.. Towers was member oil
the Metropolitan Police Relief association.
Two colorcd boys named Charles Browr
and Thomas Murray were fined SIS or thirty
, days each by Judge Smell Saturday, for smash
ing the windows Of Horp Sings Chinese aun
dry establishment on Four.and.a-half street
Saturday evening ahou' half.pas O'Clock
woman named Mrs. Eva Worden foil from
back porch on the second story Of house No
1913 X street northwest, and besides bruisinl
her back badly, had ono Of her ankles dislo
Gated.
james Taylor and william Stewart, tw
coorcd roughs arrested for beating a frui
vcnder named Robert Maxwell on o stree
between Ninth and Tenth streets were lnst
$50 or six months in jail by Judge Smell Sat
urday.
= The degree of Phi. D. has been conforre,
; upon the following graduates of the NaIiona
l College Of Pharmacy Il. Gladmon, Virginia
a NJ. Muncaster, Maryland; 4. II. Hoor, Penn
sylvanin; J.. KoispinsE and N. Boyd, DistIic
q Of Columbia.
In the police court Saturday Jane
Cooper charged George A. Traylor with hay
ing in June last received pension certificate
issued to him and with uuawlully retainin,
it, The case was continued. Traylor say
that Cooper left the certificate with him a
security for q loan.
Joseph P. Glozbach, through his attor
neys, Messrs Reginald Fenlall and ]. I
Coughlan have entered suit against II, {
4 Hewitt to recover $500, the amount of bont
given by the latter in the injunction case q
Carter against Glotzbach.
AS on one or two occasions recently tn
II bright red coats OF the Marine band have ere
n atcd stampede among wandering herds c
cattle met In the route OF PROFESSIONS a sug
gestion has boon made that some color less Oh
jeCtionable to the beasts be adopted
q "A dog kept in the back yard of Mr.. /
Phillips house, corner Of Second and street
north west, made . savage attack on his chi
iron Saturday evening and inflicted sever
bites on his little son Eddie and his daugl
ter Katie, The dog was killed by Mr., Phi
lips.
y Saturday night tho grand lodge l. o. y
+, held an adjourned meeting to consider tho n
" port of committee on revision of the law
70 After passing upon the grand lodge constitt
ton and portion Of the general laws IN
grand lodge adjourned subject. to tbs call
N tn architect
"A man named William Higg5 fell in a
as tho Eastern market Saturday evening
causing some CONSERVATION among the mark,
people. He was taken to the eighth prccin,
station by Officer Sicily, and after receiviu
medical attention was removed to bis hon
Oh Seventeenth street southeast.
Bids were opened by the District commi
sonms Saturday for the erection of two ne
school buildings, one on = street. betwco
Sixth and Seventh, aud ono on Y street an
Vermont avenue northwest For tho On
building J. II. ilowle.ts bid Of $4,000, IN
for the second Bright, Humphrey s. Co.'S bi
Of $4,000 are the lowest.
A man named William Travor was struc
In the head with bottle by somo uuknow
person at tho corner Of Thirteenth aud
5 streets late Saturday night. His head WI
4 4 4. a.