National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-02

Messrs. Himber & Fletcher have beer
awarded the contract for building the Georgetown
| Market extension.
| a contract was yesterday executed with
! Messrs. Bailey e. Fletcher under the recent bid
for laying asphalt pavements.
AT Bud Eagleston's temperance tent
last evening addresses were made by I. B. Marcht
and John Ryan. Many signed the pledge.
The bodies of two dead infants were
found last evening by laborers in a sewer-trap a
| the corner Of Boundry street and Champagne ave.
nue.
John T. Mitchell (colored), the ex.
| policeman, charged with outraging his ow,
daughter, pleaded not guilty in the Criminal Court
| yesterday.
Bud Eagleston was fined 81 yesterday
for assaulting George Koehler restaurant keeper
whom Bud elected from the temperance tent fol-
being disorderly
During the week ending with Saturday
last the total mortality in the District was 81
white 81 and colored %. There were II marriages
and 63 births reported.
Secretary Kirkwood has refused to re-
instate c. D. Gilmore, of Washington, D. c.. who
was debarred by Secretary Schurz in April, 1880
from practicing as an attorney before the Interior
Department
Colonel H. V. NJ. Miller, of Georgia
who is quartered at Wizards, will start in few
days for Europe, where he will spend some time
as the representative of the Cotton Exposition of
Atlanta, Ga.
The District Commissioners yesterday
approved applications for liquor licenses from
Patrick Whitney, corner of North Capitol street and
Boundary avenue and Lomax 6; Ennis 11O6 Water
street southwest.
The crosS-eXamination of witnesses for
the defense in the Christiancy case is still retarded
by the illness of witnesses the examination having
been postponed again yesterday on account of the
lndisposition of Mrs. Lugenbcel.
The rendition of Sousa's famous master
piece, " Memories of the War;" by the full Marine
Band, and drum corps accompaniment, at
Drivers Summer Garden last night was listened
to by very large and appreciatiYe audience
Judge W. S. Cox has res igned as a
member of the vestry of Christ Protestant Episco-
pal Church. Georgetown, and Mr.. NJ j. Adler has
been elected to ill the vacancy, Mr. W. T, SNYDER
being chosen TO succeed Mr.. Adder as warden
Mr.. R. E. Odlum, the swimmer, who
challenges any man in the United States to meet
him in the water will give a free exhibition of
wonderful evolutionS in the water at eight o'clock
this evening at the natatorium for gentlemen only
The residence of B. w. Holman, No.
1912 Fourteenth street, was robbed during Wednes-
day night by thieves, who gained an entrance
through back window and stole a Satchel con-
tanning so in money and ether articles belonging
to Mrs. Watson, visitor in the house.
About half-past nine o'clock last night
Sergeant Leach, with a squad of officers, raided
a diSreputable house on Four and -a-half street
between Maryland avenue and streets southwest
against which much complaint has been made
The proprietreSS, q cOlOred woman named Annie
NJ. Sniyey, and three female inmates were arrested
Marshal Henry yesterday returned the
following to fill the vacancies on the Circuit Court
jury: James E. Power, Judson s. Brown Levi
Meredith, H. P Howard, Baruch Hall, Henry
Croggon, Byron A. Kidder, W. H MINK T. B.
Shoemaker, Columbus S. Alexander, H Kuhn, R.
II. Disney, Joseph T. jenkins, Joseph S. Martin
James W. Sears, and Fred ". Sanborn.
Professor Wiley Lane, of Howard Uni
versity, will CO. soon after commencement to spend
a short time in visiting his father in Elizabeth
City, n. c., after which he will spend most of the
summer vacation in travelling in different parts of
the South, probably in North Carolina South Car
olina, and Tennessee, in the interest of the Uni
versty. His object will be to difilSe more general
information about Howard University, to show the
advantages of student life in Washington, and to
Increase the number of students at the University