National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-18

! Peters, Harrisburg, Pa; R. G. Barnes, Syracuse N
| V; Joseph Eubank, New York; Dr. Humphrey
| Richmond, Va; F. NJ. Mcmillan, Augusta, Ga.
Riggs n. D. North, Utica, n. Y; D. Stark
New York; c. c. Woolworth, Pennsylvania: W. A
| Steuart. Kentucky; c. E. Mantz, Chicago.
| ArlfnEtOn.-T. Henry. Kansas; w. 7. Hoffman
Jersey City; w. A. Thomas, w. H. Wareng, New
ark, VI.
Imperfal.-J. Z. Simms, ST Paul. MINI.
You can publish three-line advertise.
ment of want rent for SALE or lost three times for
twenty-five cents in THE REPUBLICAN.
The grand and petit juries were yes
terday discharged from further service for the
| term.
Officer j. r. Sutton has been detailed
as harbor master of Washington under the recent
order Of the District Commissioners.
De Molay Commandery will excurt to
| Norfolk, Yorktown, and the Capes, leaving here
July ., and returning on the morning of the 5th.
Colonel W. H. Selden, of the Metropoli-
tan Hotel, was summoned to Lynchburg, Va, yes
terday by telegram announcing the death of his
| mother.
Add Welch speaks at Hamline Church,
corner Ninth and streets, o-morrow at six D. M,
for the Young Peoples Temperance Society OF
that church.
John Denegan, who was arrested while
in the act of running a policy game, was tried in
| pended by the court.
Business was dull with the inspector of
| buildings yesterday, only three permits being
granted, which were for repairs to houses, the
highest cost being SO.
The parking commission will soon
commence systematic examination of the trees,
and trim them when required. When necessary,
new tree boxes viii be put up.
Tho
teachers and a number of the pupils of the High
School enjoyed themselves at picnic up the Po-
| tomac on the Virginia side on Thursday.
Mr. S. H. Witherow, the tenor of All
Souls Church, having been called out of the city
by the death of his mother, Mr.. John O. Pugh will
occupy his place in the choir tomorrow.
Alice Posey, residing on Pierce street,
between First street and New Jersey avenue, &C
cidentally shot Frank Posey with small revolver
yesterday morning, but the wound was ascer-
tanned to be of trifing character.
About two hundred Sunday-school pu-
pills of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Easton
Md, were in the city yesterday sightseeing. They
were received by the President in the afternoon
being introduced by Major Stewart.
Mr.. T. Goldsborough Bruff has been
selected to deliver the Fourth of July Grafton be-
fore the Oldest Inhabitants Association and Mr.
j. A. Wineberger will read the Declaration of In
dependence. The celebration will take place in
the rooms OF the ASSOCIATION.
Yesterdays Star announced that Mr..
Fay Fitzhugh had received telegram from home
announcing that his father, Colonel J. B. Fitz-
hugh, was dying. This statement is incorrect.
Colonel Fitzhugh is in good health and his son
Fay has not received a telegram from home
Despite the fact that the moon was
completely obscured by clouds at one o'clock this
morning, the vigilant employees of the gas COM
pany promptly extinguished the gas lights and
the city was plunged In Zimmerman gloom, afford
ing burglars an excellent opportunity to ply their
profession.
). The refusal of the car-drivers to stop
on Louisiana avenue in front of the City Hail. thus
making passengers desirous of entering or leaving
the cars walk a distance through the mud, has
given rise to many complaints, and it would be
well It the Metropolitan Railroad authorities
would look into the matter
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
to Andrew Jackson and Lizzie Wells, of the Dis
trict of Columbia; Walter S. Peyton and Harriet L.
Randolph, of Richmond, Va; Joseph Giaccheta
Of Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and Julia Lohr, Of
the District of Columbia, and william n and Mat
tie F. Leonard, of Trepps, Nd.
The extension of the Capitol, North o
Street and South Washington Railroad to the
steamboat wharves is now open, and cars are run
ming on same every four minutes, thus giving peo-
pie living i'll the northwest part of the city near
route TO the steamboat Tharyes for excursions
Additional contracts for District sup
plies during the next fiscal year were awarded
yesterday as follows: Twelve hundred pounds of
ice monthly, Great Falls Ice Company; lamp-posts
and castings, George White; fuel, Johnson Bros;
dry goods, &c, c. NJ Towson blue stone and coz
sruction material. A. B. Kellogg; granite, Samuel
Emery, and telegraph supplies A. J. Savage.
Yesterday afternoon the arguments in
the suit of Colonel Alexander against Postmaster
Anger to recover s43 paid out by the Department
on forged orders were made before Justice Hell
mick The Government was represented by As
siStant Postmaster N. N. Parker, and Colonel
Alexander by Mr.. J. H. Jackson. Justice HeImick
will not render decision for several days
A pair of horses attached to a hand
some turnout, in which was seated badly scared
negro driver, dashed madly down Twelfth street
toward the Avenue yesterday afternoon, causing
lively stampede among pedestrians. The driver
plucklIy held on to the reins and at the corner of
Ohio avenue and Twelfth street succeeded in
checking the runaways before they did any dam
age.
Franklin Burlingame, the free-loye
apostle appeared in the Police Court yesterday as
a complainant against his son Frederick and two
neighbor5, all of whom he charged with assault
ing him Tuesday evening while he was endeayor-
ing to obtain possession of younger son. The
only witness examined was the plaintiff, and at
the conclusion of his story Judge Smell dismissed
the two nelghborS and took the personal bonds of
the son.
A Juvenile organization known as the
sunfower Club, composed of youths and misses
between the ages of nine and thirteen years. gave
festival in aid of the German Orphan Asylum at
Kaisers Hall, in Georgetown, yesterday, and real
lied handsome sum, which was turned over to the
directors of the asylum. The officers of the club
are: President, Miss Bertha Kaiser; secretary
Master Charles Stohlman, and treasurer, Miss
Katie Parkhurst.
A protest signed by Charles E. Hovey,
Fred. Baldwin, William H. Browne, J. n Cary,
William ]. Rhees, Thomas Somerville, Z. F.
French, John W. Clark, Fred. W. Moffat, and
others, all ex-school trustees, was presented to
the District Commissioners yesterday objecting to
the station-hou being placed ON the corner of
Seventh and streets, on the ground that it is
not right to put it near school houses. In the
square are already the Henry school building, and
Congress has decided to also place the High
School there.
Mr.. 9. c. ElIiOtt's Benefit.