National Republican., 1881-01-18

A delegation of Washington Knights Of
St. Patrick will attend the ball of the Baltimore
Knights tonight.
Marriage licenses have been issued as
follows Jacob R. Mohler, of Augusta County, Vir
ginia and Gertrude Hester of this city; Mike Long
and Maggie O'keefe.
Detective Kimball, of Baltimore, was in
the city yesterday, the guest of the Washington
detectives. On the street he was frequently taken
| for Ex-Governor Shepherd.
At a meeting Of the directors of the
| Washington Market House Company NJ. G. Emery
was reelected president, B. D. Whiting secretary,
| and William E. Chandler treasurer
Mr.. L. T. Cowie returned to the city
yesterday from Leadyile, Colo, after absence of
| seven years from the District. He was warmly re-
ceived by his relatives and friends.
Among the visitors at the Capitol yes
terday was noticed the herculean frame of Mr..
John Mccullough. He was shown great attention
by the officials, and was the cynosure of all eyes.
Mr.. H. W. Shaw, better known to the
! world as Josh Billings" delivered the second
! lecture in the Columbia Boat Club course at Lin
coin Hall last night His subject was '' The Prob
! lem of Life"
! The trial of John Silas Marshall John
son, indicted for the murder of James Johnson, set
| for yesterday, was postponed until Thursday next
on account of the sickness of Colonel William A.
| Cook, the senior counsel in the case.
| The M-street bridge, spanning Rock
! ago reported unsafe is now thoroughly repaired,
the repairs having reached that point that insures
! safety to persons wishing to cross with teams
! The National Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company elected the following directors for
the ensuing year yesterday: Messrs. J. B. Blake,
| W. q. Metzerott,- J. 7. Lehman, L. Clark, B. H.
Stinemetz, II. Dickson, W. II. Hoeke, J. P. Frank
| lin, and S. T. Williams
Lieutenant John F. Kelly, of the Fifth
Precinct, has been designated by the District Com
missiOners to take charge of the receipts of the
concert at the Congregational Church tomorrow
evening, given under the auspices of the Potomac
Boat Club for the benefit of the poor.
\ coasting accident occurred on Pros
pect street, between High and Frederick streets,
Georgetown, at about nine o'clock last night, by
which three young men named Holt, Wilson, and
John Harris, respectively were injured The sled
upon which they were riding ran into vehicle.
The branch Ofthe Census Office devoted
to the compilation of the statistics of wealth. debt
and taxation, Mr.. K. p. Porter in charge on Sat
urday contributed 10 the fund for the relief of the
poor $3.50, which was quite creditable, consider
ing that the force numbers only about sixty per-
sons.
The following subscriptions to the poor
| fund were received by Treasurer Glover yester-
day: QuartermasterGeneral's Office, through A. Y.
Leech, Sl3.75: by gentleman, 81: c. H. Cherry
$50; J. II. Gordon. s., and Marian Adams, through
scrptiOnS to date foot up sS,S39.14.
While party of young men were skat-
ing the foot of Second street southeast yesterday
afternoon, alteration took place i'll which John
Wilkinson was badly cut in the right shoulder
with knife by Henry Martin The wounded man
was taken to his home, where DR.. Rogers rendered
surgical aid. He stated that the cutting was acci-
dental and exonerated Martin from all blame.
The notice elsewhere of the expected
presence and address of Rev. DR.. Withrow, of Bos-
ton, and Rev. DR.. Samson, of New York, at the
ty-fOurth annual meeting of the American Col
oniZntion Society will interest the friends of fca
and the people of color and doubtless attract a
large audience at the exercises to be held this
evening at the First Baptist Church, Thirteenth
street.
Abners Music Hall was the scene of a
gymnastic exhibition last evening given by the
Columbia Turn Eerein, of this city: The pro
gramme comprised cnlisthenics, parallel bar ex-
erciSes, putting UP heavy dumb-bells, and wrest-
ling, III all of which the participants showed great
proficiency. The gymnastics interested the sDecta-
tors until ten o'clock, when the floor WAS cleared
and the votaries of Terpsichore took possession of
the hail.
A one-armed colored Lothario named
Robert Buchanan was arraisned in the Police Court
yesterday, charged with carrying concealed weap-
ons. Henry Baker, the prosecuting witness in the
case, testified that while he was away i'll Pennsyl
Yania Buchanan had enticed his wife away from
him, and that last Wednesday, while he was in a
church near Tenallytown, talking TO the minister
about his wifeS intidelity, Buchanan ran up tohim
and pointed q revolver at his head and threatened
10 shoot him if he didn't shut up" No attempt
was made by the defendant todeny the charge and
thp c0iIrt imn0Sed y fine of $50 n { days