Daily critic., 1881-06-08
CONDENSED LOCALS.
Items CoIIated from All Points
About Town.

About Town.
| Old LoyerS.-A marriage license was
granted here yesterday to colored mat
70 years of age and a colored wom4n Of
so years.
| Want l[ore Pay.-An effort Is to bt
made to increase the salaries OF the mayor
and other municipal officers of Alexan
dria.
TEMPERANCE Ladies. There has re
Gently been organized In East WASH ing
ton Young Ladies' Christian Temper
ence Union, with Miss Libbis Moffat o:
| president.
Doctors of PhiloSophy.-Edward A. Fay
of this city, received the degree of doctor
of philosophy at the commencement exer-
cises OF Johns Hopkins University.
District observation-disclosures were is
sued Yesterday to the following District
inventors: William l.. Dewart, jr., bal
ance valve; Joseph E. Holmes and H. f.
Haydn, process and apparatus for the re-
duction of ores; Antonio Pellepier, laying
payements, and Theodore f. Wilson, bur
glar alarm bolt.
Vindicattng P,1np.-The anal ysis OF
the pump at Twelfth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue, just made says the water
is still fit for drinking purposes.
Slipped on the Concrete.-A horse at
tached to light wagon slipped and fell
at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania avenue
yesterday afternoon but no damage was
done.
Franklin Fire LSurance.-Dr. D. B.
Clark, Joseph FL. Bradley, James @. Nc
CURE, f. b. Mcclure, G. G. Duncanson,
DR.. j. M. McCalla, John Keyworth, DR..
Wright, Thomas j Fisher and Thomas
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'rectors of the Franklin Fire Insurance
Company.
Runored Ren,o0als.-I5 is rumored
that several employees of the senate wing
of the Capitol will be requested to resign
at the end of this month.
More Street Lamps. Application has
been made for the erection of additional
lamp. posts on Fifteenth street near p
northwest.
Quieting Becket's Gdrden.-The Com
missioners have ordered that no more pic
MICS be held at Becket's Garden on account
of the bad and disorderly character the
place has gained.
an Iron Furnace. are
offering inducements to eny company that
will erect iron works in that city.
Using His Sabre.-Chas. Cooke, cap
tain of boys military company, became
enraged at colored boy on Monday aud
struck him on the head with his sabre in
fficting painful wound.
Hard Driving.-A horse hired yester-
day from Allison Nailor was driven 80
hard as to render him worthless and ne
cessitate shooting it..
Sudden Death.-Mr. Andrew Brook, of
Virginia, once Mayor of Norfolk, but for
some time past resident of Capitol Hill
died very suddenly Monday morning.
Street Sprinkling. Lieut.. Greene, AS.
that Seventh street southeast be sprinkled
at stated times during the summer.
The Columbia Tnrn Verein This or
ganization has elected the following Off
GERS: Theodore HeinriGhs, president; o.
Thedson, vice president; E. Schmidt, Sec
rotary; HI. Fl. Bergmaun, treasurer; o.
Tuerke, first leader; r. Rupprecht, sec
ond leader, and f. Bergman, custodian.
Meeting of the Regents. annual
meeting of the regents and vice regents of
Mount Vernon began its sessions at that
place yesterday-Mrs. Lawton, the regent
presiding. To-day the official board OF
visitors appointed by the Governor of Vir-
ginia Will ne received, and the annual
banquet will be served.
DiSclaiming Connection The National
Veteran Club, at q meeting last night,
adopted resolutions disclaiming any con-
nection with the several delegations claim
ing to be ex-soldiers or sailors who have
called on the President In the interests of
the various candidates for the District
commissionership.
Total Eclipse of the Moon.-On next
Saturday night, just about midnight, AN
eclipse of the moon will begin. 1t is to
be total eclipse. The totality begins at
1:l7 a. M, and lasts until 2:S9. The first
contact of the earth's shadow is at IA
minutes after IL, and the last at 40 min
utes after 3.
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