National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-29

| Colonel Charles Case, an eX-member of
| Congress from Indiana and recently engaged in
the practice of law here is pressed for the position
| of District Commissioner.
The following Neutrality-suspicious. were
granted patents during the week ending Saturday,
June %: Paul D. Connor device for deadening
| sound, vibrations of telegraph wires and Sumner
| fainter for telephone tranSmitter.
| Marriage licenses were issued yester-
day to James Minor and Ellen Robinson; Charles
f. r. Lehman and Hattie A. Langley; Edwin
johnson and Sarah Kirby; Edward V. Benton and
L. Ida Davis; Samuel Dean and Mary Emma
| Childs, all of the District of Columbia.
Quite an excitement was created in the
Criminal Co urt room yesterday morning owing to
the falling Of the debris from the roof of the
building down the ventilating hole on the grating
at the opening. Those. present scattered for a
time, but the confusion was of short duration.
The grand jury yesterday examined
number of witnesses in relation to the killing of
W. G. Whitney by James Y Christmas among
whom were Mrs N. ]. Narrower, J. j. Hayden, Mrs
Dr. Wheat, James Christmas, jr., Lewis Buckner,
Jourdan Smith, Officer McGlue, and Deputy Cor
oner Hartigan.
In his article describing the battle of
Gaines MILL as published in yesterdays REPUBII-
CAN, the writer, by an oversight, credited the
Twenty second Massachusetts with having taken
rebel flag. He meant to have said the Second
Maine, which regiment captured the flag of the
Fifth Alabama
Columbia Lodge, No. 1, I. o. NJ, have
elected the following officers for the ensuing term
S. NJ, A. c. Winston; W. NJ, P. Hiser; j. NJ, B.
Olive; R. s., R. A. Scaggs F. S., D. G. Eichelberger
re-elected) treasurer W. L. Courtney (reelected):
conductor, 6. J. Sweitzer; chaplain, William NJ.
Ashley (re-elected9
A certificate of incorporation has been
filed in the Recorders Office by the American
Register Company, who desire to publish a news
paper at Washington, D. C. The trustees of the
new venture are Messrs William Dickson, Walter
H. Shupe, Thomas w. Barley Edwin B. Hay and
William Aydeiotte.
The case of Mrs. Emily Souders, who
went cunning for Constable Hubbell, came I'D in
the Police Court yesterday the charge of assault
with intent to kill, and after hearing the story of
the peppered Hubbell and the testimony of Officer
Byrnes Judge Smell sent 1t to the grand jury, fix
ing the bail at $500.
The ladies of the North Baptist Church
return their thanks to those who contributed to
the success of the lunch-room recently fnaugu-
rated for the purpose of raising funds for q new
church edifice. These friends will be glad to
know that the results of the enterprise were salts
factory and that goodly sum was realized.
The trial of Edward Lucas, charged
with killing Mrs. Sarah ]. Shfpley last Christmas
morning, was concluded in the Criminal Court
yesterday at noon. The jury was not out long
and returned a verdict of guilty of involuntary
manslaughter. By order of the court it was en-
tered manslaughter and sentence was suspended
Miss Elsa Won Blumen, whose race on
bicycle against horses at Rochester, N y was
illustrated in Frank LeSlies WILL it is understood
from her manager, Bart. Miller, visit Washington
shortly, and give an exhibition of her speed upon
the silent horse against a genuine quadrupedal
equine. This will be a novel as well as highly
race.
Messrs. L. B. Mcclure, Lewis J. Davis.
and Reginald Fendall have been appointed by
Justice Hagner, chairman of the Willard Hall
meeting for the poor in January last, a committee
to examine the accounts of the receipts and dis
bursements of the funds collected under the !
auspices of that meeting and discussed by the |
police department.
At a meeting of Good VIII Command |
cry, No. p, United Order of the Golden Cross held
last Monday night, the following officers were |
elected to serve during the ensuing term, viz: " !
C., OctaYius Knight; " V. c., Charles l.. Reynolds;
w. P, Oliver Cox; X of f., Edward Steer; f. K'of |
R., Lewis Y. Ellis; T., Walter Allen: W. H. L. B. |
SwormStedt; w. /. IT,, lie Bloud Boudett; W. o. e., |
Charles J. Gooch.
a lady writes to say that a disgraceful
scene occurred on one of the Fourteenth street
cars yesterday afternoon. a man, said to be
clerk in the Department of State, got into car No.
81 at the junction of Fifteenth street in beastly
state of intoxicatiOn, and rode far as MasSachu
sets avenue. When the driver eSSayed to help
him out of the car ne used the most prOfane and
vulgar language, and several ladies had to leave
he car: He swore at the driver and wanted to
IUht him