National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-10
There is a man in our town,
And he is wondrous wise;
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He hurrics in another lot
| To advertise again.
Mr.. Matthew g. Emery, jr., is going to
Peru for his health.
Colonel Casey wants $1,000 to be used
in cleaning the streets.
The police, during Saturday and Satur-
day night, made fifty-two arrests.
Justice Macarthur has adjourned the
Circuit Court Division No. l. until Saturday next.
Richard Reed, an old colored man, died
suddenly at his home in Hillsdale Sunday of heart
disease.
A petition is being circulated, asking
Congress TO purchase the Seaton House property for
the city pOst-office building.
Mr.. Eleanah w. Denham died Saturday
morning at his residence, SIS Ninteenth street, in
the seventy-frst year of his age.
Chief Justice Carter, of the Supreme
Court of this District is trying to secure an accept
able residence near the court house
Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following applicants: Daniel Sullivan and
| Mary E. Shepherd, Anthony Kelpy and Adelaide
| Carter.
4 prominent street railroad manager
says that the proposition to establish a general
transfer system gotten up in the interest of the
| Belt line railroad.
Bishop Pinkney will conduct an Epis-
cOpal mission at Ascension CHURCH in Baltimore.
i this week. Among his assistants will be Rev. c.
| w. Andrews, of this city.
Officer Michael B. German the day Off
| Ger at Police Headquarters on Saturday lost his
! little daughter aged six, and his youngest child,
| little over year old, from diphtheria.
| One of the features of the annual
French masque ball, to be given on the 10Th inst,
will be a competition among the French cooks as
! TO who can get up the most tempting dish
Miss Carrie Hexter, one of Mr.. Charles
| Baum.s Oldest employees was presented with
gold watch by that gentleman at ball given to
his employees last week at Talmadge Hall.
Daniel Smith, w. II. Parkes, and Dan
Long, all white, were arrested Saturday night for
brutality beating Il cOloTed named Henry
Williams at the corner of d and Thirteenth streets.
\ committee representing the letter
carriers of the second class at the Philadelphia
poStofice are in the city, TO wait upon Con-
gress for the purpose CT securing an equalization
of salaries.
Saturday afternoon four-year-old son
OF George N;tylor, cOlOTed, living on Fayette near
Prospect street, Georgetown, was seriously burned
about the body, its clothing having caught fire
from & stove.
The Virginia Press Association will
hold its next annual session in Richmond, on the
I'd of March next and it is stated that they will
visit Washington 10 witness the Inauguration of
President Garfield.
A suit was entered last Saturday, in the
name of Catherine Burger against COnstablcs J.
a. Bean and Horatio Merryman for SIS damages
for the wrongful Selling and detention of her prop
erty, valued at $40.
A horse attached to wagon owned by
Frank Rest ran away from the corner of Seventh
and l streets Saturday afternoon, and cOllided
with the carriage of Mrs. Lightfoot, breaking it
badly No one was injured.
There has been filed in the Recorders |
office an assignment by A. W. Davis & Co. to Louis
A. Dcwig all Of the property i'll their store No. $50
Seventh street. for settlement, preference being
given to debt to Moses Davis for 1925.
The gentlemen on Capitol Hill inter- |
ested in having the proposed Congressional |
Library building erected on site adjoining the |
capitol grounds on the east side are making last
strenuous effort to accomplish their object.
A colored man named Thomas Butler
was arrested by officer Barnes Saturday evening
on charge of obtaining groceries under false pre-
fences by presenting an order signed by Michael
King at several stores in South Washington.
During a game of cards at a drinking
saloon at the corner of Twentieth and streets Sat
uEday night row occurred between the players,
seriously cut in the neck by George Watson and
William Shepherd.
The Lincoln Mission building, corner of
Eleventh and r streets, has recently been under
going repairs. This afternoon at three o'clock an
council Will convene there for the
purpose of organizing church, and tonight the
Rev. d. 7. Smith will be ordained.
A petition is being circulated asking
the President to interfere to prevent the rumorcd
of Major Twining from the Board of
District Commissioners, and setting forth that
change in the office now held by Major Twining
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The Washington Yacht Club has elected
the following officers: President, William Slocum;
Lewis Wells secretary, S. E. Allen
treasurer; Edward Hager; corresponding secre-
tary, j. y. McGregor: directors, Edward Shafer,
John Hager, James Bell, C. Collins, and John
Hahn.
In the case of Randolph Harrison
against the Adams Express Company for damages
for injuries received by being run over by one of
the company's wagons the jury last Saturday gave
him $3.50 He claimed 5000. The company is
ready to pay the amount of the verdict, and it is
that it will be accepted.
Justice James concluded the hearing,
last Saturday. of the habeas corpus case of Captain
J. P. Walker, of the United States army alleged to
be improperly deprived of his liberty in the Insane
Asylum. EX-District Attorney II. H. Wells appeared
for the institution and Judge Warden for the rela
tor. After the arguments were finished his Honor
decided TO reserve his decision for the present 1t
is the prevailing impression that the officer will be
from the asylum and subsequently, be
ordered to his regiment