National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-08-20
Prnrninsnt ArrlrnIs.

Metropolitdn.-A. w. Briesen, Samuel +.
Shipper, New York Charles T. Porter Phiiadel-
phia; W. G. Coleman Concord, N. c.; +. W. Rhodes,
Galveston, Tex; w. L. Sherwood, Canton, Ill; NJ.
l.. Holmes, North Carolina; John Keely, Atlanta,
Ga; 5. +. Parrot, spartaisburg, Va. Thomas Dun
lap, Staplcton, Va; W. II. Barnes Virginia; c. A.
Cook, Warrenton, &c.
Ebbih.-Major II. j. Wilson, U. S. A. I;
+. Armstrong, Connecticut; W. II. Thornton, X.
NJ. Mccoy, Alabama; Hon. Nathan Baxter, Hon.
u. II. Harrison, Tennessee; NJ. l.. Read, U. s. N;
J. W. Bradley, A. p Hart, New York.
81 Mare II. 1relan, Cincinnati, Ohio /;
C. II. Hammond, Indiana; J. Y. Hansell, New
York L. Ashhemer, New York; W. II. Davis,
Philadelphia; II. p. Bowie, Boston, Mass; NJ.
Hecht, New York.
~. Jdmes.-John Doherty, Richmond,
Va; James J. Donelly, Philadelphia o. H. somes,
Richmond, Va. William o. Fullerton, Ohio
Henry ovatt, Boston, Peyton s. Cobs, Virginia.
Riggs,-E. J. Sheiner, ]. s. Brooks, II.
c. Miligan, New York L. Emery, c. l.. Johnson,
Philadelphia; r. A. Holden, Cincinnati; c. K.
stoughton. Baltimore.
I'M no..- II - - -, -
enrT. SScc'ioiG.nYi. Is. Barbour, san Fran
cisco; John Wilson, Virginia.
Ariington.-George r. Wilson, st. Louis,
Mo-; r. Q. White, Louisiana.
Hormley'S w. w. Mcfarland, New
York.
You can publish three-line advertise
ment OF want rent, for sale, lost three times for
twenty-five cents in THE REPUBLICAN
Dr. J. T. Young has returned from Cape
May.
DR.. G. L. Magruder is back from Cape
May.
Mr.. Halstead, of Yorktown, Va, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. George w. Riggs is recovering rap
idly from his recent severe illness
The Bakers Cooperative Association
has elected Mr. Louis Dorr treasurer.
Rev. DIR. Chester, pastor of the Metro
politan Presbyterian Church, has returned from
his vacation.
A building permit was granted yester-
day to Mr.. A. I. Whiting, oi2 street northwest,
raise bnck building, $500.
Red Cloud and the other Indians in the
city will visit the camp-meeting grounds at Wash
ington Grove Tomorrow. See railroad advertise
mont.
State Senator Lewis Emory, of Bradford
County, Pennsylvania is in the city fora few days
He expects to sail for Europe with his family ON
the oath instant.
Marriage licenses were issued yestcr-
day TO Benjamin johnson and Jane Peterson and
Hamilton W. Fletcher and Mary Ella Jackson, all
OF the District OF Columbia.
Mrs. Ellis, who some time since shot
herself in the breast while laboring under ft OF
melancholy caused by i'll health, has so far rccoy-
cred rs TO be able to sit up.
Miss Lavinia Shannon, of this city, has
been engaged for the season to support John l..
Owens, aud will appear on the boards Of Ford's
Opera House on the 9th Of next month.
w. b. Thompson, the general superin-
tendent of tho Railway Mail Service, left for New
York, to be absent week or ten days. During his
absence Assistant Superintendent N. G. Summer.
field viii administer the affairs OF his ONCE
A crowd of persons around Gilman's
drugstore were reading the bulletin yesterday and
listening to the lucid explanation Of hair restorer
doSo Ky who sd the PssGd gland was
Captain II. w. Howgate has made an
assignment to Mr.. Norris Peters Of all property
owned by him In the District to secure the latter
as surety on his bond. II is stated that the bonds
men will qualify before Commissioner Bundy to-
day.
The Commissioners have granted per-
mission to country produce raisers to stand at the
curb OF the butchers market In Georgetown, pro-
vided the horses are removed from the vehicles
and the shafts and poles raised and properly
secured so as not to obstruct the highway.
Mr.. Thomas L. Hume, of the firm OF
Hume, Cleary & Co., grocers, has been selected to
succeed the late w. b. Reed on the Board Of Fire
SSd hs was sn
q member Of the board and Is well acquainted
with the duties OF the position.
A correspondent writes as follows: I" /
live on square down town where sparkling
fountain plays daily; but 1t gives me no pleasure
TO look at II when / remember that the citizens OF
Capitol Hin lack water for the comforts Of life No
one could enjoy 1t who remembers and believes in
the second great commandment"
The will of the late Father Barotti was
fled yesterday, and his requests were as follows
Two hundred dollars to his housckeeper, the
furniture OF the parsonage to Father Boyle to hold
property to Fathers Boyle and Walter In trust for
the Archbishop Of Baltimore.
Messrs. Young d Caldwell, real estate
brokers, have sold for Mr.. J. f. olmstead lots 40
A. AZ, and 43, in square 49,, on the south side Of
Rhode Island avenue, between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets, and containing 1904 square
feet 10 Paymaster William j. Thomson, u. s. N.
for Sl6,367.50.
Proposals for furnishing the Govern.
ment Printing once with 1850 copies each Of
three maps to accompany II. Elk. Doc. No. 2, third
session, Forty sixth Congress. being the report O
the Bureau Of Statistics on the internal commerce
VI 'ho .hiteu olnNes iVr ioooi Wefe opcHcu yeStct
day at that oifce and the contract awarded to tn,
american oto.Lthographic Company, of New
York.
A sailor named William Denver arrived
at the Tenth street wharf on board schooner
yesterday in critical condition from a broker
leg. He stated that he fell from the rigging dur
ing gale In the Chesapeake Bay last Wednesday
the nth instant and broke his leg In striking til,
deck. The police ambulance was sent for, and he
was conveyed to Providence Hospital. He is abou
fifty years old, and from New York.
Drivers Summer Garden concerts are
drawing large crowds OF ladies and gentlemen
nightly, and that they are appreciated can b'
easily seen by the repeated encores accorded x
| the really merltorious singers and instrumental
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