National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-12
Mary Coughlin has filed a bill for di-

| Mary Coughlin has filed bill for di-
| vOrce from Dennis Coughlin.
A case of smallpox reported on Fourth
| street street southeast has been isolated by the
| health authorities.
Rev. DIR. Bool, of New Jersey, the tenn
perance orator, is talked of as the next pastor of
Hanline 81. L. Church.
| The resignation of Mr.. Thomas Somer-
| vile as member of the Board of School Trustees
| has been accepted, and Mr.. W. G. Dodge appointed
/ to fill the vacancy.
| Detective Acton yesterday arrested a
! girl who escaped from the House ofthe Good Shep-
herd in Baltimore several days ago, and will send
! her back this morning
The grand jury have presented Maud
and Percy Brown for indictment for conspiracy to
charged with poisoning her husband.
A telegram received from Baltimore
last night states that the regular runs of the
! steamers from that city to Fortress Monroe and
Norfolk will be recommended at halfpast three p.
/ m. to-day.
| The following District inventors were
awarded patents yesterday: Israel r. BiumcnbcTg,
generator for hydrocarbon engines: Thomas II.
Bradley. game of pin-pool; and William W. Giles,
yelocipedc
The case of Charlie Bryan, the young
man arrested by Officer Breen for selling snide
rings and aSSaulting the officer. was yesterday con-
tinucd in the Police Court until today to obtain
expert testimony as to the value Of the rings.
Last Sunday evening Miss Purcell, the
teacher of the infant class of the METROPOLITAN
Sabbath school, was the recipient of very beau
tiul gold watch and chain, gift from her ntimer-
Gus friends belonging TO the church and the Sun
day school.
\ man named John Dougherty, living
al COG Delaware avenue southwest, during diff
Guilty with his wife last evening set fire to the
house, which was damaged to the extent of $50.
Officer Howell arrested DougheTty and locked him
up at the First Precinct Station on charge of
arson.
The following marriage licenses have
been issued: Alexander Warren and Louisa Mar
shall; Chris. NJ. Kendrick. of ShamOkin, Pa. and
Clara V McKcever of this city: Augustus Swethin,
of Prince Georges County Maryland, and Theresa
Butler of this city: Silas Upper and Martha Will
Jams; Richard Bnde and Augusta i. Miller, both of
Fredericksburg. Va
The trial ofMr. III. L. Crawford, indicted
for maintaining nuisance by operating the as
phalt works at the corner of Eleventh and B
streets northwest, has been set for Friday next.
This will be the second trial The jury disagreed
on the first, and since that time Mr.. Crawford has
removed his works to the suburbs, in the north
eastern section of the city.
Bishop Morris, OF Oregon, yesterday
afternoon delivered an address before the WOmens
Auxiliary Missionary Association of st. Johns
Church, i'll which he gave a history of missionary
operations i'll his diocese and the important work
which had been accomplished by the Womens
Association. The Bishop leaves tomorrow morIl-
ing for Philadelphia, and OH the 18th instant will
proceed directly to Oregon from that city.
It will be seen that the Court in Gen
eral Term has reached the fOrtieS in the numbers
on the court calendar This is not because all of
the preceding cases have been disposed OF, bit
may be attributed to the fact that Justice MacAr
thur is sitting with his brethren the bench, and
all of the cases heard by him in the court bel0w
have to be passed until he is relieved by another
judge, which will probably be ineXt week, by JUS
tice Hagner.
4 certificate Of incorporation of an Or
ganization styled the Washington Fire EXtn-
gIsher Manufacturing Company" was filed in the
Salisbury of san Francisco Cal, by his attorney,
James c. McKibben; Charles NJ. Martin, of New
York; George W. Cooke James {. McKfbben, and
Thomas Adams, of this city, as incorporates. The
term of existence is twenty years, the capital stock
$4,000 divided into 800 shares of 800 each.
Simon Carmody has filed a bill in
equity against James and John Franiey ana Will
neTship account. On the 18th of January. 1880,
they entered into contract to do certain work
upon railroad between Orange Court House and
Charlottesville Va When completed it
placed in the hands of James Franley and the
profits equally divided. About 500 was secured
by him. and the plaintiff seeks to get his share oft
Rev. A. W. Pitzer, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian Church, on Third street, above ISreet
northwest yesterday called upon the District Com
lniSSiOneTS and stated that citizen and clergy
man he wished to express his entire confidence in
the municipal affairs of the District. In conse-
quence of this belief he had declined to partici-
pate in the public discussions of the preachers
garding the execution of the laws. In addition he
Withdraw his application to be relieved from the
position of Engineer-C Commissioner. believing that
it was for the best interests of the city that such an
efficient officer should be retained.