National Republican., 1881-08-10

Officer Breen killed a mad dog yester-
day afternoon In tho basement Of the Gasight
Companys Office on Tenth street.
A white infant about three weeks old,
found by Rev. j. johnson on the corner Of Bound
ary and Sixth Streets has been sent TO the St. AIMS
Infant Asylum.
James Earl, a street-car conductor, was
fined IS In the Police Court yesterday for resisting
the officers who were arrcsting him for disorderly
| conduct the night before.
A suit was filed by Mabel Bell yester-
day against the Sisters OF the Visitation to restrain
them from cutting off connection with sewer
| running through the academy grounds
A small colored boy named Nathan
| Rideout was kicked by q drunken man named
| John Pierce so that he fell and n passing wagon
ran over his right foot, brnsing 1t severely Pierce
In the window of George Ryneal is a
painting Of bunch of flowers falling apart Well
known art critics say II needs no criticism. In one
OF the upper corners, on card, Is the name mod
estly written. The artists name Is Miss Celeste
Bruf OF the West End. --.,.-.-.-,-....
Lieutenant Frank Woodbridge, Seventh
United States Infantry, who has been in the city
| for q few days, will leave this morning for New
| York. Lieutenant Woodbridge, who has for sew
eral years seen hard service on the frontier, is now
| enjoying brief leave OF absence.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
to Rodolph and Martha Wilson, Washington, D.
c.; Bernard Mcintyre, Georgetown, and Ida t.
Bradford, Baltimore; John +. Duhneen, New York
city, and Bridget D. Mcdonald, Washington, ID. c..
and James Thomas and Mary Roland, Washington,
DC.
A painter named Peter Linkins, en-
ployed in frescoing the ceiling of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, met with terrible
accident yesterday by falling from the scafolding
to the floor distance OF forty feet In his descent
he struck the back OF pew and received probably
fatal injuries.
At the eighty-third monthly meeting
held last evening at the Office of the secretary. J.
J. Edison, GIT Seventh street northwest $500 were
advanced upon at premium of eighty per cent.
| and six shares drawn for redemption. The names
OF the parties whose shares were drawn are A. II
Fox, o. p. Dom, J. d. Free, II. Cowperthwait, ii
| X. Leaner, and Sarah L. Cronin.
| Yesterday afternoon about three o'clock
q colored man, named Edward Tyler, while work
ing an excavation for iron ore near Branchville
| ON the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, n large bnnl
fell upon him and caused serious internal injuries
He was Immediately brought to this city and re
moved from the depot TO his residence, on o street
between First and Second streets northwest In th,
police ambulance. DR.. b. M. Beall was sum
moned, and rendered the necessary medical service
In mentioning concert at Institute
Hall in that city, the Jamestown IN. W Sunday
| Morning Herald thus speaks Of one of Washing
| toms fivorite vocalists "Miss Minnie Evan wal
well received and made most favorable imprcs
| sion. Miss Evan has pleasing presence, de
liciously sweet voice, and a thoroughly artist,
| conception OF her work. She was complimented
the pretty arrangement for two voices, Beware
| with Mr.. Baker"