National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-23

The cornerstone of the Methodist Tab
| ernacle, South Washington, will be laid early in
July.
The military free-to-all matches Will
be resumed this afternoon at half-past foul
| o'clock at Benning's.
| At the meeting Of the Medical Associa
ton last night the case of DR.. Charles Bowen was
disposed of by the dismissal of all further proceed
| ings against him.
The Commissioners yesterday approved
the plans for the new station house to be erected
on Seventh, between o and P streets northwest
and work will begin JULY.
Yesterday was the fifty-seventh birth
day of Mr.. Judd, of the firm of Judd Il Detweiler,
and he got caned 1t was fine stick. and the pre-
sentation was made by John Detweiler.
The Commissioners, in reply to the pc
tition of a number of residents on New York
avenue, between Fourth and Fifth streets north
west, state that they cannot undertake to water
streets.
Health Officer Townshends report for
the week ending June is shows the mortality OF
the District to have been seventy -four less than
the previous week., forty births, and twenty
marriages.
A wooden stable belonging to Mrs K.
Whitney, Kingman's Place, between and @
streets, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning;
loss, $500 Available dog and some chickens were
also burned.
Miss NJ. K. Simpson, who is building a
house on Massachusetts avenue, was yesterday
notified by Inspector Entwistle that the walls are
not sufficiently strong and will have TO be tom
down and rebuilt
Mr.. A. C.. Bradley, well-known law
yer, had a little set-to with another man yester-
day, near the entrance to the Circuit Court No
damage was done, as Ross Perry nterfered, and
the belllgerents were separated.
At the last meeting of the Anthropo-
logical Society Major \. N. Hancock, late consul
at Madeira delivered most interesting lecture on
she Caves of Madeira" The lecture was illus
trated by series of drawings, which the Major
presented to the society when he had closed
The liquor license board yesterday APP
proved the applications of the following: F. P.
Hail. 913 Sixth street southwest; George B. Scharff
corner Third and c streets northeast; John Hart
ing, 2S7 Massachusetts avenue northwest and
Mary r. SugureS, 1886 Fourth street northwest.
The Horticultural Society held their
June meeting at German Hall last evening The
usual display of fine flowers took place. Mr. D. l.
Curtis read an essay small fruit farming which
was followed by an interesting discussion. There
was out slim attendance on the part of members
Colonel Clark, superintendent of prop
erty for the District received yesterday additional
samples of school furniture. So far it is stated,
William Ballantyne, of this city, the Noble School
Furniture Company, of Goshen, Ind, and the
Buffalo Hardware Company have sent the best
samples.
Major Brock was yesterday directed to
instruct the police ieutenants in the different pre-
cincts to make personal inspection of all alleys
and report such as had not been cleaned. The
sanitary officers are at present engaged in dis
tributing lime for dsinfecting purposes, and have
five hundred barrels at their disposal.
The following prizes were won at the
picnic of the Butchers Benevolent Association in
Letters Garden: In the bowling match, first prize
of SO, John Braun; second, 81, G. ]. Seufferle;
third, S. L. Ewald; fourth, S. for the most ten
strikes, g. J. Seutferle Shooting-First prize l.
Schell second. Ed. Abner; third, X. Robcy; fourth
/. Ewald.
Nineteen boats left Cumberland Mon
day, with 2,l73.0S tons of coal for Georgetown as
follows: Consolidation Company, l029I5 tors;
New Central Company, zoos tons; Georges Creek
Company, llI.0l tors; Borden Company 333Oi
tons; Blaen Avon Company, 22S.1O TONS Hamp-
shire and Baltimore Company, $1,000 TONS and In
dividual, 1l7.0I tons.
Mr.. Edmund Burke, the terror of the
press, finding that he couldn't get anything else to
shoot, tackled the quiet noffenSive atmosphere of
Alexandria yesterday, firing his pistol in the
streets. He arrested, fined 81 and held in
bonds of $500 to keep the peace for twelve months
the authorities of Alexandra wishing to have
their air let alone Mr. b. says the shooting was
accldental.-EUeHiHg Critic.