National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-26

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Read The oiHs nh afternoon.
The Frcgisg C1ss eiu b. the only paper IN N
city Issued this afternoon.
The Geofrrtown German Club VIII give their
hsi german At The seminary nuildlnr on January
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~ usual this evening
NJ John H. wnksrou. inspector. hassHamincd
The boilcn placed in The almshousc and tnds
The Potomsc Boat club have decided 10 Five
thrc hops during The season. The hrst one occuf.
ring about the 10Th u January neat
Jane. r. DAVIS .eegisi Pres r,Greie'gis,iys q
mas dinner IN this cts with his relatives
Giles Shine, Of this city. has been engaged a.
manager Tor John = Discus, Win Mss layiuls
shannon a. leading lady and Thsddcus Shine as
comedian.
The fair Of the Washington iasht Guard viii be
held NJ Masonic Hall commencing on The hrsi Of
Valentines Day.
A fine robe was .aoien form the carriage Of Mr..
Elizabeth JohnsUii yesterday morning, while the
family were la e. paul'a Lutheran Church, Elev.
enth and II streets.
A number OF our Young society ladies will leave
Tomorrow for Philadelphia 10 attend the large
Wednesday evening.
The sympathy Of all their friends e with Nj
and Mrs Ross Perry IN the Ices 81 thCis lovely
little daughter, who died ON Friday. with diph'
Mr.. c. p. Crandall viii give his experiences ola
trip across the plains 70 California Ia $50 under
Golden Rule Lodge, l. b. o. ", tomorrow night
Anon Duyall. father Of the well known officer.
Ned Duynll, died Saturday amer prolonged 80.
ness. lie was Past Grand Master OF Metropolis
Lodge, No 10, and was well .knOwn and highly re-
spected.
Mr.. Dodge, the assessor Of the District has col.
lectcd the laws and ordinances Of Georgetown
from November, 1921, up To the time Of the repeal
of the charter ofthat city aud they arr nov being
bound In book form.
The Georgetown Masonic Choir have elected
the following onlCcr. Louis ID. Wine. president;
Professor Emil Holer. director. e. r. shekcll,
tett, organist j. II. Ball. librarian.
DR.. +. Tucker Blake has received a letter. dated
November q, 1881, from Ex-Governor Alexander
X Shepherd, filed with the most beautiful sent-
friend, the late DIR. John H. Blake.
Mr.. L. c. Hartman, OF the Engineer Bureau,
was presented on Saturday last with an i'm
mense Christmas pie, measuring - inches IN
diameter by ~ inches thick, for faithful aud
meritorious services as champion pie'biIer during
the past year.
A gang of rufiians entered the National Hotel
relief was going on and In their drunken way
TOOK possession OF the rotunda for few moments.
| They broke glass window IN the drug store. he.
yond that no damage was done
The second complimentary hop OF the Washing.
ton Light Infantry Corps will take place about
FebIuaryl0. The floor has been placed in thorough
face. II is intended to make this second hop the
equal In every respect Of the one last given.
Marriage license were issued Saturday as fol.
| lows Lewis II. Ray and Ella II. Trclnor, Charles
| VI. Smithson and Olivia Joachim, Moses Booker
and Martha Paine, George II. Jarboo aud Martha
| J. Lacey, oil OF this city; Benjamin T. Hayes and
| Barbara A. Hurdle, both OF Prince George County,
| Maryland.
| The week of prayer will be duly observed in
this city commencing Monday, Jnnuary2 Foundry
Church will probably be selected as the place. The
| officiating gentlemen will be-Monday, Mr.. Ward
Tuesday, Dr. Cnthbert; "Wednesday, Mr. Parsons;
| Saturday, Mr., Ames.
| Saturday night Lieutenant and Mrs. sclfridge
had merry party oflittle children at their house,
persOnated by Mr.. selfrdge, distributed presents,
and the little ones went home perfectly delighted
with Christmas and the jolly time they had.
| Two alarms Of fire were struck Saturday night
at the same time, from boxes ~ aud l26 caused by
fires being discovered in houses 40 Twelfth street,
occupied by Mrs. McCardle, and so street, occu-
pied by n French haiTdresser. Both fires were evil
IDENTIFY the work of inCendiRrics, the latter one be-
trlHlng
Alfred Glee, ncwsboy, was detected by Special
| Officer Harding Saturday afternoon, near the Star
R III e S 81 stealing %SnS smd
rest but on the way 10 the station he resisted aud
fought the officer clear up to the door Of the lookup
causing for time quite a sensation OH Pennsyl-
| vaniu avenue, near Tenth street.
| Miss HOrtense IL working Beautiful Piece OF
Embroidery. 1t is a Motto In Green aud Gold. II
| asks What Is Home without Mother. When Miss
Hortcnse gets 1t Done, she will Give 1t to her Beau
| who Tends Dry Goods counter. You cannot see
| Miss HortenSes Mother She is in the Back Yard
doing the Weeks Washing. Byand by she will be
Bringing IN Coal for the parlor Stove because Miss
| Hortcnse's beau is Coming to'night,-Byron an
| drelcs
Philip Nelson and George Rome, two negro men,
| employed by the street sweeping contractors, had
an alteration Saturday night at the stables Of the
| firm on u. near Thirteenth and-a-halt street
| During the fight Nelson struck Rome on the head
| with brick, causing u fracture of the skull just
| Horn arrested Nelson aud locked him Up In the
Finh Precinct to await hearing before Judge
Smell tomorrow.
On Wednesday evening the Masonic fraternity
and their friends Will be treated 10 another Of the
series of receptions arranged for their entertain
| ment at the Masonic Temple. The operetta oil
" Box and Box" will be rendered, with Messrs
| John o. pugh, W. H. Daniel and Il. b. Hay In the
cast The Washington Either Club will perform
several selections on this somewhat novel instru-
ment The music for dancing will be in charge o.
of Henry Donch.
The public exercises at Wayland Seminary las
Friday evening were OF unusual interest. The
singing was excellent, md the speaking showed
careful preparation. The new Duildng-Parke
visitors, and all present pronounced II q model
W. T.. Graham, Arkansas; j. I. Clements, Virginia
NJ. NJ, Payne, Virginia; Miss Ethel McNortoT, Viz.
gnia; II, T. White, New Jersey, and n. X. Hairston
| North Carolina, were the speakers.
Messrs Anthony and Thomas Connolly of this
city who exhibited their telephone exchange a
the Paris Electrical Exhibition, are now in Lon
don preparing for the exGDti3n Of their apparatus
January l. Since they have been in Europe theI
have travelled through large part Of France, Ger
many, Ireland, England, and Italy, and bcfor,
their return expect TO 20 as far south as Egypt
They will not return until about May next,
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| The Roller Skating Rink.