National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-31

Garbage Contractor Draney gave pri-
vate excursion down the river yesterday on hi.
| new tug boat
The Mizpah Band will continue the
| revival work now in progress at Union Chapel
! Twentieth street, during the week.
| Police Lieutenant Gessford, in trying
| to jump ashore from a Norfolk steamer Yesterday
morning. missed Ills fcoting and got good duck
| ing.
John Albert, the brewery man, was
! fined $50 or thirty days yesterday for striking a
colored man named jeremiah Matthews with q
mallet.
| George Mauski, a private in Company
H, Second United States Artillery, was overcome
| By the heat while marching yesterday, and was
sent to the hospital.
| DR.. J. NJ. Toner has offered his medical
library of %, 900 volumes to the Medical and Chi
rurgical Faculty of Maryland npon condition of
their erecting fire proof building and calling the
! library after him.
A small colored boy, named Thomas
Cary, stole boys jacket from in front of Ham
burgers clothing store, on Pennsylvania avenue
yesterday morning, but was caught ana locked up
at Police Headquarters.
Yesterday morning a little colored boy
named Isaac Carter, living on G street. near First
street southwest while playing with a small pis
tol, shot himSelfin the left arm. Dr. Leech was
called in and extracted the ball
Rev. Frederick Power, of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, left here yesterday for
tour through the Wet 10 collect funds for the
proposed new memorial church, to be erected in
this city by the denomination to which President
Garfield belongs.
The Presidents cottage at the Soldiers
Home has been prepared for occupation, and
should Mrs. Garfelds condition, be such as will
warrant her being moved the President and
family will take possession of their new quarters
OIL Thursday next.
John Sidney, a colored citizen of the
Island, was charged i'll the Police Court yesterday
Witha savage assault upon Henry Jackson by bit
ing Q piece out of hts tongue and under lip. The
fragments were presented i'll court and Judge
Smell thereupon sent the bitter 10 Jail for six
months to ruminate.
The District of Columbia artillery, after
its members participated in the G. A. r. parade
yesterday, assembled at their armory and pro-
ceeded TO Prospect Hill Cemetery, and fired
lute ut the request of the German Union Veteran
association, in honor of the Union soldiers buried
in that cemetery, after which the boys sat down to
grand collation. provided for them.
A man named John Walton, returning
from an excursion about ten o'clock last right
fell across the railroad track at Eighth street and
Maryland avenue and struck his head against the
track. He received cut across the forehead and
the bridge of his was broken. He was as
sisted to Dr. II f. Leech's Office where his wounds
were ScWeu up, after winch ne was conveyed to
his home in the northwestern section of the city
Andrew Jackson and Henry Banks,
both colored, engaged in pitched battle in Nail
ors alley yesterday afternoon causing a large
crowd to assemble, and the latter was getting de-
cidedly the worst of the affair when the police took
a hand in it. Jackson ran down Thirteenth street
and Officer Shanks pursued him far as the Smith
sonar, when he fred two shots from his revolver
and halted the fugitive. He taken to the
Fifth Precinct and later Banks occupied ad-
Joining cell.
Colonel Joseph w. Parker, well remem-
bered as a former editor of The REPUBLICAN, is
registered at the Arlington. As a member of
George Washington Post, of New York, he ae-
companied that organization to this city; but
while most of them came here as gripsackers,
our old colleague is a carpetbagger by COM
paTison, and great to him is the attractiveneSs
of his old home and his associations that as a |
native Gothamite his visit for couple of days
means u week; but his friends are to blame for !
delays.