National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-18
District Brevities.
The Weather ro.nax.

For the Middle Atlantic States, including
the District Of Columbia, JalR9, too,Oed by rising
barometer, minds shifting to southery, stationary o.
higher temperature partly cloudy ,Uedter tcih rain.
The thermometric readings yesterday were al
follows: a. m. 4So; II q. m, $50; p. m, 62; 3
m, $50; p. M, 81; IL p. M, $40: maximum, 6i'
minimum, 1872
Prominent Arrivals.
WiiIard's--J. B. Hall, Columbus, Ohio; Abbo
L. Dow, Brooklyn; Nathaniel Niles, New York
Isaac Cushing, Boston; James v. Kelly, ]. T. Brown
Baltimore; ]. c. McDluln, Chicago; NJ Marx, New
York; s. p. Shapless Boston; Austin G. Fox, RoDer
n. Wilcox, New York; Charles Pope, st. Louis; II
w. Blake, G. F. Dickinson, New York !; Hon. Epps
Hunter, Virginia: Governor John C. Brown, Tennes
see.
Ebbfft.-B. C. Bryan, U. S. N; w. B. Smith, r
McMaster, New York; n. w. Bingham, Boston
Mass; John Nichols, North Carolina; DIR. Sly smith
U. s. M. NJ. s.; Hon. w. r. Page, Chicago; n. w
Wright, Racine Wis.,; e. Farquhar, city; John G
Williams, Indiana; C. Terry. jr., U. s. c. s.; j.
Nuckles, Kentucky.
MefrOpolitan.-H. A. Crane, Oswego, n. Y; l.
G. Fisher. jr., Chicago; II. NJ. Barry. Philadelphia
W. II. Sheldon, Providence, R. L; 81. B. Plant, New
| York; NJ. /. Tilley. New York; John Davis, Bati
more; William Junson, Oldham, England; George
w. Findlay, Macon, Ga.
ST. James.-A. L. Iawton, R. F. Osgood, E. Bald
win Rochester, n. Y; Harry E. Jones, Baltimore
Moses Livermore, Deadwood. D. T.; r. NJ. Brimmer
S. HOLSTER, Lawrence Kan; w. Houchin, New York
| NATIONALITY. s. Hernden, Tyler, Texas; F. p
Gait, fremont, Me-; c.. P. Carry, Bridgeport, Conn.,
| G. w. Turtle, New Hampshire; William McCammon,
Cincinnati, Ohio; E. J. Moore, New York; H. r. Gar
| den, Virginia.
| Imperial.-James A. Smith, Richmond; James
W. Lindsey, Maryland; a. II. Hartley Pennsylvania
A Sheldon, Billee Taylor" company; w. Laurence,
Chicago.
Riggs.-w. A. Butler, c. NJ Rogers, New York ;
| II. h. w r L IL.
| Cabell, Virginia; George A. Davis, Connecticut.
| WOrmley's.-John a. Agar, T. ]. Fithiam, New
York; James ]. Donaldson, Baltimore; Frank Lord,
Charleston, S. C.
Arlington.-H. F. Hargrave, John F. stovar. ].
A. Seddons, Virginia; R. ]. w. Rooms, Philadelphia.
You can publish three-line advertise
of want rent for SALE or lost three times for
twenty-five cents in THE REPUBLICAN.
The police made forty-six arrests dur
ing Saturday and Saturday night.
1t is proposed to turn the skating rink
into swimming school next month.
Bass fishing has commenced in the Po-
tomac River, and some very fine ones have been
caught.
"A number of Land-Offic clerks have
organized a. company to run an orange grove in
Florida.
The April term of the Supreme Court
of the District commences o-day. The calendar
shows lis cases ready for hearing.
The fourth annual ball of the P. o. d.
Social Club, of East Washington, takes place this
evening at Odd-Feilows' Hall, NavyYard.
The old steamboat line from this city
to Quantico, Va, and there connecting with the
Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad, will be
reopened to-day.
The Engineer Commissioner has been
authorized to spend $1,000 in cleaning the unpaved
streets of the city not included in the general
tract for sweeping.
P. S. Smith, clerk of the Washington
Market Company, yesterday telegraphed to Mayor
Sanborn, of Yankton Dak to draw on him for
500 on account of the Washington relief fund.
Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following applicants: William Perry and Sarah
Hickman; George W. Raum, of New York city, and
Anna Sydnor, of this city.
At the meeting of the Literary Society,
which will take place at Miss Ransom's studio
an essay on Three Centuries of Horatian Trans
lators."
The Commissioners have accepted the
offer of the Colored Mutual Benevolent Associa-
ton to remove the remains in the old Holmead
cemetery and RENTER them at Mount Pleasant
Plains at s.. % per grave.
A frame house on Nicholas avenue,
Uniontown, owned by Captain Cutler and occu-
pid by Edward BraXton, caught fire Saturday
evening, but was not damaged much before the
flames were eXtinguiShed
George w. Knott, commercial agent
for New York japanese house, was arrested last
Saturday in his room at the Metropolitan Hotel, by
H. Rolf, assistant inspector of licenses for doing
business without license.
The Capital City Guards will be re-
viewed by the District Commissioners at SCOTS
statue at five o'clock this afternoon, and inspected
hy- M Il hotrr
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets northwest.
Rev. Father Boyle yesterday received
a telegram conveying the painful intelligence
that his presence was required at the death bed
of his aged mother, who resides in Baltimore. 1t
is only few days since the reverend father was
summoned to attend the funeral of his brother.
A colored man named Thomas Shorter
was severely cut about the head and face by an
other colored man named w. A. Franklin during
difficulty at the corner of Ninth and n streets
northwest Saturday night Shorter was taken to
the Freedman's Hospital, and Franklin eluded ar
rest
Mr.. Joseph J.. Simms, foreman in charge
of the erection of the two school buildings in
the second and seventh school disiriets mas been
notified by the Commissioners that in consequence
of the exhaustion 81 the appropriation for those
buildings his appointment viii be revoked on the
5Oth Instant.
John Mills, a colored servant at Dr.
Howard's corner of Tenth and streets, was ar
rested by the detectives Saturday for piltering
from people in the house; and Lewis Collins,
colored waiter at the Temple Cafe was arrested on
complaint of Mr.. George H. Lafetra for stealing
sp oons, knives, and other articles.
The regents of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition opened the bids and awarded contracts for
thing the floors of the New National Museum on
Saturday. The United States Eucaustic Thing
Company, of indianapolis, Ind, were awarded the
contract for eucauStic thing at 81 579 and E. FritSch
& Co., New York, for slate and marble thing at
SS,6S5.62.
1t has been suggested that the cele-
bration of the unwilling of the Farragut statue
could be fttingly concluded by ball at the Ma
tiona Museum. 1t is believed that the building
could readily be secured, and ball there after the
ceremonies of the day are concluded would be
brilliant close to the honors paid the hero of New
Orleans and Mobile.
The Commissioners have modified their
order in regard to the poles and wires of the Mu-
tual Union Telegraph Company. The corporation
will now be permitted to run their line from
Twelfth and streets northwest to Twelfth street
and New York avenue through the streets. At the
latter point the wires will be taken through the
sewers to point near the companys main Office