National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-02-23

Count Ch. de Balsorano, Italy, has par
lors at the St. James.
The Bricklayers' union have decided
to demand So as days wages after April 1.
Mrs. Ida NJ Howell arrived in the city.
yesterday from New York, where she has been
spending the winter.
Battery l, Second Artillery, Major
Graves, arrived at the arsenal yesterday from Fort
Johnson North Carolina.
Sixty emigrants from North Carolina,
On their way to Palestine, Texas, passed through
the city yesterday morning.
The dirt carts follow the sweepers now,
but are about thirty-six hours behind them.
Come, whip up, Mr.. Contractor.
r. B. Henshaw, stranger from Phila-
phia was relieved of $50 by three card monte men,
whom he met at the National Museum building,
Monday night.
The matinee at Fords Grand Opera
House, in Baltimore, yesterday, yielded $500 and
the night performance 81 200. Haverly's Minstrel
Company was the attraction.
The firm of Breslin & Cooke, of Will
lards Hotel, has been dissolved. Mr.. Joseph G.
Cooke, having bought out his partner, is now sole
proprietor of Wizards Hotel.
Professor Fred widows, formerly of
the chimes, who has been confined to his house for
the past two weeks with severe attack of rheu-
luatic lever Is rapidly cOnValesclng.
About twenty-five members of the va
rfOus bicycle clubs turned out in line yesterday
and pareded through the principal thoroughfares
OF the city This was the first run Of the season.
Singleton 0. Jones, colored, was brought
here yesterday by the deputy marshal of Pitts
burg, Pa, and turned over 10 the marshal of the
District. He was indicted some two years ago for
grand larceny, and jumped his bail.
A pOcketboOk lost by Congressman LIE
T.. ca, A.
terday near the Senate wing and returned to the
owner. All the money which it had contained was
gone, but none of the papers were missing.
Rev. A. W. Rudisil, Of Cumberland.
Nd $50 Cumberland paper statesl, has declined
Methodist Episcopal Church. in Washington city,
preferringto remain in Cumberland another year.
The new electric light at Wizards
Hotel is not Brush light as stated but Is from
Arnoux & HOchhausen, of New York. II was put
up by Messrs: Hodum, of New York and Foster, of
this city, the power being supplied blythe engineer
at Wizards.
Nearly two thousand people called at
the Executive Mansion yesterday and were disap-
pointed to find that the house was closed to VISIT
ors There ere a large number of strangers in the
city, and usually the first point for which they
break is the Executive Mansion.
In a sermon recently one of our di
vines said that lone boy is boy; two boys are
only half boy, and three boys no boy at all" Ac
cording to this method of computation the rev.
erend gentleman has no male offspring, though
there are three boys who call him papa"
A permit has been granted to Mr.. e.
Kingnan 10 build three houses on Kingman
Place, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth, P and
Q streets. These three are the commencement of
a row oftwelve houses on Kingman Place, and are
under the supervision of John A. Hayward, esq.
The Sumner Guards of the District of
Columbia has been organized with the following
as officers: Captain, William E. Ward; first lieu |
tenant, Thomas Honesty; second lieutenant |
George W. Stewart. The company musters thirty
two men, and will turn out at the Inauguration.
The court in general term has reversed |
the decision of the Circuit Court in the case of
the District of Columbia against Johnson & Co. on
bond for rent of the river front between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets southwest In the court be- |
low decision was given in favor of the District |
and now the case is remanded for q new trial