National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-29

| Fuller T. c. Purdy, New York H. B. Thayer, ID.
E65iF-H. Romeyn, r. 4. Williams, U. S a.; W. s.
| Williams, John T. Robson. New York; charles T.
Shepherd, Wisconsin ...... HMdrGs-E E. Romeyn,
Seward, e. S. A.; Colonel j. T. Crosby, Texas;
Hon. F. L. Gibson, Minnesota. JdHaes-Col-
Onel c. V. A. Blaurett, New York.
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMPANY
has supplied its job department with complete
invoice of the newest styles of type and printing
material. and is prepared to execute job-work in
| all its varied branches i'll manner equal to any
printing establishment in the country. Legal pa
pers. pamphlets, briefs records, reports, &c, exc
cuted with prOmptness and careful supervision.
You can publish three-line advertise
ment of want rent for sale, lost three times for
twenty-five cents in THE REPUBLICAN.
The Towpath Club meets tonight.
A certificate of incorporation of the
Washington and Chesapeake Railroad Company
has been filed in the executive department at An
napolis.
A white man named Peter Magron was
sent to jail for three months yesterday for passing
a counterfeit silver quarter on an old coiored
woman at the market.
A petition signed by the officers of the
banks of the District urging the passage OF the Dill
District was forwarded to the House yesterday.
John Grant, a noted livery stable
keeper of Brooklyn, father of John Grant of the
engineers department of the District government
died last week in that city, aged sixtyelght years
Marriage licenses have been issued as
follows: James NJ Harvey and Lizzie Hunt, both
of Charles County, Maryland; Dorsey Seville, OF
Philadelphia Pa, and Ella A. Butler, of this city,
The Most Reverend Archbishop Glib
bons viii preach at the eleven o'clock mass at St
collection will be taken up for the benefit of the
orphan boys of ST. Josephs Asylum.
The parlor entertainment under the
auspices of the Washington kindergarten Union,
for the benefit of the Bethel Charity Kindergarten
was very successful affair, both in point of the
excellence of the entertainment and the substan-
tial results.
In the Paris letter in the Supplement,
by special correspondent, the date OF tranSmls
sion, January 10, was inadvertently omitted. The
original story, "Was 1t Dream? - is from the pen
of J. s. Slater, and was written specially for IHR
REPUBLICAN,.
Mr. Edward Potts, for many years pri-
vate secretary to Mr. John W. Garrett, president of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and formerly
manager of the Washington Chronicle, died sud
denly of apoplexy at his home in Baltimore, Thurs
day evening.
Lieutenant-Colon Charles I'll. Temp
kins, chief quartermaster, Department of Dakota,
who has been OIL short leave visiting relatives in
this city, returned to his post at Fort Paul, Mill
officers he unexpectedly jumped into colonelcy
while here.
Potomac Lodge, Knights of Honor, has
installed the following officers for the ensuing
term +. E. Storm, past dictator; William H. Web
ster, dictator; Paul Brodie. vicedictatOr; George
H. Cooper, assistant dictator; ID. L. Pitcher, re-
porter J. II. Carmiencke, treasurer; F. e. Collins.
financial reporter.
The clerk of the Supreme Court, at the
request of the Acknowledgement and other members
Of pOuTt
the BAR 10 be held in the Supreme Courtroom on
Monday, January 81, at eleven o'clock, 10 take
such action as may seem proper i'll view OF the
resignation of Mr.. Justice Swayne.
A gentleman named Edelin,, living in
Charles County, Maryland, had his leg broken last
night in front of the Washington House by his
horse slipping on piece of ice and falling upon
him. He was taken to Providence Hospital and
cared for intelligence of his disaster being sent to
his wife, to whom he was married only week ago.
Justice Cox yesterday granted Maggie
B. Davis divorce from her husband, Bergman s.
Davis, with permission to resume her maiden name.
The bill shows that the couple were married in this
city September TO- 1871, she being at the time tif
teen years of age The wife charged that shortly
after marriage he became addicted to drink, re-
fused to support her, and finally deserted her in
October 1878.
Primers and other school books that
are considered too old and out of date for further
in the schools can be put to service among the
ignorant boys and young men confined In the city
jail, who are calling earnestly for the means OF
selfimprovement Those wishing to do a good
work in supplying this want can kindly address
John Whiteford, missionary TO the poor prisoners,
corner of and Second streets northeast.
Colonel L. NJ. Black, of Montana, has
arrived here, and has rooms corner of Tenth and
streets northwest. This is the sixteenth winter
he has spent in Washington, whittier he comes an
nually to look after the interests of the Territory
of which he is one of the pioneers, and now ranks
among the bonanza Chiefs as the mine known as
the Mantle" of which he is sole owner, is yield
ing gold to an extent unparalleled in that rich
Territory.
A large crowd was in attendance at the
Police Court attracted by the announcement that
| General Tom Thumb would appear as defendant
in case before Judge Smell for selling seats for
performance after it had begun. The General
however, sent s. collateral for his appearance,
which was ordered forfeited and the crowd some
what disappointed, waited through the usual rou-
tine of business expecting further developments,
but nothing transpired.
The voting for the various articles at
the fair of the Light Guard last night showed the
following results at ten o'clock: Gold watch for
lady manager-Mrs Miller lis; Mrs. Dunn, 104.
Dodge So. Sword-Captain McCathran, SO; Col
| onel Moore, 81 Gayel-Book- binders, %; Pioneer
Council, S. of J., s. Gold-headed cane-Bucking
ham, As; DR.. Hazen, D. Epaulettes and sash
scales-Arnold, so; Trimble, 81, and Little, IS.
Lodge jewels-Columbia Commandery, No. :, SC.
The Commissioners of the District yes
terday received communication, signed by the
dealers in the O-street market, thanking them for
the prompt and satisfactory manner in which the
market building had been repaired. While the
change is great and beneficial still they think that
a greater benefit would be conferred by the cree
ton of a new market house, and beg the Commits
sOners to their influence to secure the passage
of the bill now before Congress having that object
i'll view They think permanent market ought
be established there, and give several reasons why
it should be so.
Lightning Job.
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