National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-05

The 'Herdics are running up Ninth
| street.
Mr. n W. Brewster, of New York, is a
guest at the Imperial.
Mr. Randolph Coyle has been appointed
assistant district attorney at the Police Court by
District attorney Corkhill.
Mr.. William Forsyth, who was appointed
city surveyor, yesterday filed his bond, and has
entered upon the duties of his Office.
Mr. Henry W. Garnet has been retained
counsel for the defendant in the divorce suit of
Rensselaer, Morgan against Matte V. Morgan.
Bishop Pinkney has issued a circular
urging liberal contributions to the Church School
for Girls, which it is proposed to establish in this
city at cost of $4,000.
Mr.. Lloyd Green, prominent citizen
of Montgomery County, Maryland, we'll known in
this city, died yesterday morning at the advanced
age OF seventy lime years.
No marshal having yet been appointed
the Criminal Court is unable to proceed with its
business and the petit jurors were discharged
yesterday for another week.
Several crack horses have arrived at
the National Fair grounds, and in training for
the spring trotting races Wedgewood, the famous
trotting stallion arrived Sunday.
There was filed in the Health Office
yesterday certificate of death for Peggy White,
colored who died at Mount Pleasant, April l,
aged 10i years. She was a native of Virginia.
William H. Pearce, young man well
known in Washington, was married few days
since to Miss Fredelena A. Wiggin, of Boston, and
has just returned from bridal tour Northward.
The friends of Colonel Peirce, of the
Imperial Hotel who has been quite i'll for the past
week, will be glad to- learn that he is rapidly
nhah l- he in fpy-
Messrs. Davidge and Fendall, examiners
for the Court of Claims were at the Commissioners
Office yesterday taking testimony IN the cases of
contractors against the District now before the
court.
Mr.. George A. Gustin, who recently re-
signed his position as stenographer at the White
House. has accepted the secretaryship of the:Swed-
iSh and Norwegian Iron Company, whose head
quarters are located at Boston, Mass
The following board of directors for the
Corcoran Fire Insurance Company were elected
yesterday Messrs. A. H Herr, ]. L. Barbour, J. R.
| Cassin, W. Orme, ]. 7. Lehman, G. A. McIlhenny.
C. A. James E. Droop and H. c. Stewart.
The Liquor Dealers Association held
their regular monthly meeting yesterday and
talked over the license question. The members of
| the association seem to be confident that every
one will have licenses before this year is out
The Court of Claims has commenced
to give judgments in suits brought before it for
the conversion of sewer certificates into 365 bonds
| Treasurer Gilillan is allowed ninety days to in
vestgate the cases and to appeal from the decision
| of the court.
1t used to be plain barber. Then they
called themselves tonsorial artists Now shaver
| and hair-cutter on d street bills himself as a
| " Physiognomical Tonsoral Artist" and all the
other BARRIERS are mad because they did not think
| of the happy expression first
At regular meeting of the Owl Club,
! held at its rooms, 1870 Pennsylvania avenue the
following officers were elected for the ensuing six
months: President, John K. NieTnser; vice-presi-
dent, Walter Geer treasurer b. T. Con; secretary,
A. ]. Tolman; curator, Ed. P. Smons
The grand jury have for several days
past been investigating the management of the late
German American National Bank, with view of
ascer.aining if any of the officials guilty of
criminal misconduct. 1t has been discovered that
the indictments found some time ago arc defective,
| In the cases of William Coleman and
William Neil against Christian Heurich for $4,000
damages each, for false imprisonment and dam
| aging their good name, the jury yesterday, in
Justice MacArthur's court, returned verdict for
the defendant in the first suit and gave Neil $50
damages.
| Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following applicants Thomas F. Ash, of
Philadelphia Pa, and Mollie E. JOY, of this city;
Richard Brown ana EllZa0eth R0SS; John Roots
and Leila Joyce John 6. Stoddard and jamie E.
Hudson; Richard Smith and Hannah Branson;
Leon L. Frederick, of this city, and F. Genevieye
| Joost, Of Palestine, Texas.
Yesterday the contract for stone paw
| ing and other work on Louisiana and Indiana
avenues, from Third TO Seventh streets, with the
exception of asphalt paving, was awarded to
Thomas Joyce The contract for the latter was
given to ]. S. Baldwin. The work on Fifth street
northeast, between street and Stanton Place, was
awarded to William II. Mohler
Two strangers entered the office of
Fitch, Fox & Brown, real estate men, corner of
Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, yester-
day morning on pretext of insuiring when the
circus procession would pass, and stole a blank
book containing papers and S19S in cash. They
afterward sent back the book and papers by two
boys whom they met on the street.