National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-02-02
He wore a look of silent mien,
As up the street he flew:
His hair it stood right up on end,
His nose looked somewhat blue.

| lie SWOre because the Commissioners
| Had not enforced the law.
The Herdics have hard time in the
snow.
The man who bought sleigh is again
happy.
The bookstore windows glow with
richlycolored valentines.
| A. ID. Hopkins and wife, of Paterson,
n. j., are stopping at the Imperial.
| District Attorney Corkhill is much bet
ter, and will be all right in day or two.
Mr.. r. G. Ball, manager of the Great
| London Circus is guest at the Imperial
Wright & Manin yesterday entered suit
against the Home and Dover Association to re-
| cover SSl5 on an accepted bill of exchange.
Did you ever notice how exactly man
will draw the line between his sidewalk and that
of his neighbor when he is shoveling snow?
The Boys in Blue and Grand Army
boys of the Post-Office Departments are making eX-
tensiye preparations for the parade on the 4th
prONimO.
Mr.. H. S. Taylor, agent for Mr.. Joe JEFF
ferson Is in the city preparing the way for the adj
vent of that popular comedian, which will take
place next Monday.
There is talk of placing telegraph
wires in tubes beneath the earth. Some of the
street lamp-poStS might also be put under ground
without being missed.
Captain John r. Wood has rendered his
resignation commander of the steamer John W.
Thompson to the directors of the Inland and Sea-
board steamship Company.
The petition adopted by the janitors of
the statiOnhOuseS, asking increase of their sal
ries from s35 to so per month, was presented to
the Commissioners yesterday.
Among the patents issued at the Pat
ent Office were the following to Washingtonians:
Martha n j. CoSto1, Pyrotechnie signal, and George
L. Moves, method OF and apparatus for cooling air
in buildings.
The annual meeting of the board of
trustees of the Peabody education fund will be
held at the Riggs House at twelve O'Clock to-day.
Most of the members of the board have arrived in
the city and are quartered at the Riggs.
In consequence Of the disposition mani
tested by citizens to pay their water rent, the
Water Registrar has concluded not to enforce the
"cutof order for a few days to allow all so
disposed an opportunity to pay their water rent.
A suit for an Injunction was filed yes
terday by E. Fl. Davis, administrator, against L. B.
Cain and others to restrain the payment of any
money to the defendants the proceeds of an
award in a claim before the Mexican Claims Com
mission.
The President yesterday appointed
Charles f. Postley to be notary public for the Dis
trict of Columbia. As soon as THE REPUBLICAN
increases its size to a sixteen-page paper it will
publish entire list of District notaries if there
is room.
Collector Cook and his entire force have
been kept constantly engaged for the past two
days in receiving the water tax 1t is believed
that there are about q 600 Watcrtakers in this city
and Georgetown, and the collections average about
100 day.
The annual meeting Of the lady man.
ayers of the Washington Orphan Asylum was held
board was reelected. Mrs Dr. Harris was chosen
to succeed Mrs. Major G0odloe who was compelled
TO resign on account of i'll health.
A scene in the eastern section of the
city-A mounted policeman rides I'D to q Woman's
door to renonStrate with her about throwing ashes
in the public road. He ties his horse to trcebox
While the conversation is going on his nag is
eating all the branches of the tree.
The ferry-boats made trips between
this city and Alexandria yesterday through
the passage which they. opened Monday. The
steamer E C. Knight will leave New York on Sat
urday for Washington and the Gibson is announced
TO leave here Friday for New York.
There was a destructive fire at the resi-
dence of Mr.. W. ". Rapley, in Montgomery Coun-
ty Md, ten miles from this city, about one o'clock
yesterday morning; The tenement-house, tool
house, blacksmith-shop, and carriage house were
burned. The damage amounted to about $1,000
Mr.. Thomas B. Kalfbus, of the Sunduy
Herald, yesterday received dispatch announcing
the death of his brother, Daniel Kalfbus at MaucR
Chunk, Pa Mr. kaifbtis was wellknown politi |
clan and lawyer in this native State and illness
has been attributed to his zeal in the famous Mol
lie Mcguire" trials.
The police Of the First precinct yester-
day arrested three young men, named Tourney !
Coakley and Raglan, for kicking I'D a row st n |
ball on Sixth street southwest Mon
day night. They bad been sighted when the in |
yltatlOns were sent out, and revenged themselves !
by breaking up the ball.
Mr. Charles Hearle, 515 Rhode Island |
had his pocket picked near the corner of |
Fifteenth street and New York avenue Yesterday |
afternoon of SO. 4 man giving his name as A. r |
stevens mailing from New York: who asked Mr.. |
he missed the money, was arrested, but afterward |
released
Mahlon Best, a grocer doing business
in the county, was before United States Commits |
SiOner Bundy yesterday OH complaint of Revenue
Agent Clements, who charged him with violation
OF the internal revenue laws i'll selling whisky and
tobacco: The hearing resulted in Best being COM
United for the action Of the grand jury and in de-
fault of bonds he was detained at Police Head
quarters last night.
E. Tracy, the pedestrian. who holds the
champions belt for Maryland and the District of
also the championship medal for the
state of OHIO, writes to friend in this city that
he has received a challenge from John NJ SAILS
bury, of washington, TO make a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
go-as-y ou-please walking match for $500 side
Tracy says he will accept the challenge if Salisbury
will put up $3.50 forfeit.
Marriage licenses have been issued as
follows: George b. Bloomer, of LewiSburg, W. Va.
and Violet B. Beale, Of this city; Richard b. Hol-
,ula Ind, and Adelaide l. Kaiser of this CITY; Ed
ward L. Lambie and AntOinette H. Blare; William
g. Clements and Emma J. Hurley; William Briscoe
and Frances Morgan; George D. Austin, of Grenada
Miss, and Eleanor L. Burford, of Montgomery
County, Maryland.
A Recognized Railroad.
\ large and important meeting of the stOckhold-
ers ofthe Virginia Midland Railroad was held in
Alexandria Va, yesterday at noon. Mr. r. T.
Baldwin, of Baltimore, Nd, was chosen chairman.
md Colonel L: W. Reid secretary. Mr. Baldwin
stated the meeting was for the purpose of reorgan-
zation. Since the payment of the purchase money
o the receiver the trustees had received bonds
to S2OSGOO and there was now outstand-
ng in bonds 100000. Bylaws similar to those
governing the old company were adopted
The following officers were elected: President |
Hon. John S. Barbour; board of directors, Messrs
:. C. Holland, of Danville Charles NJ Blackford
If Lynchburg; r. \. COghill, of Amherst William
II; Payne, OF Fauguier; John I. Lowell, of Warren;
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