National Republican., 1882-09-13

Selma Luerssen was yesterday appointed guard
ian to Alice ii. Aretz on bond OF $500.
burglar endeavored to enter Thomas Stecl's
Office, at Eleventh and streets, but was fright
Gnei Off.
The special license ngont has procured war.
rant for William Henry, charged with being an
unlicensed real estate dealer.
james Beckett, colored, has been sentenced to
sixty days in jnil for raising row at "wnter-
melon festival in South Washington.
Albert V. Christine yesterday filed q bill for
divorce against Kate +. Christine. They were
married i'll Baltimore in 1876 and the charges are
descrton
The remains of the late william Lewis, who
died last winter at the smallpox. hospital, were
removed last week and Inferred in the Congress.
siOnal Cemetery.
Benjamin U. Kcyser, receiver Of the German-
american E9nE; has eapplied for an Injunction
were Withdrawn after being filed.
Miss Lillian Clu $. tho promising young prima
donna, studies under Proh or j. W. Bischoff this
sason. 1lis lady has a brilliant future and will
reflect great credit upon her maestro.
John Hutchins and John 7. Middleton were each
fined SO or sixty days in Jail for stealing lot Of
llnmkets. sheets, towels, &c, from the steamer
Keyport, on which they were employed.
Work on the new Metropolitan Club. House. on
their lot, at the southwest corner of Seventoenth
and ii streets Is well under way. and the walls
are already completed nearly to the first story
Two handsome coaches bnilt by the Bowers,
Dare & Co. Carworks, of Wilmington, Del. for the
Norfolk and Western Railroad were on the South
Washington sidiugs yesterday OIL their way South.
la"ts If Virginia avenue and d street are sti
blocked ly the debris dug from the new drain. In
case OF fire in the western pnrt of South Washing.
II the fire companies would have to turn many
blocks out of the way TO reach 1t.
Sarah A. Fridlcy was yesterday granted q
divorce from Wm. Henry H. Frdley, on the
grounds of habtual drunkenness and future to
supp IT.. They were married here November 0,
1868, and have five children.
The remains Of George FOlansbce were brought
here yesterday and taken to the Masonic Tenn 10,
from which place the funeral took place in the
afternoon. 1t was attended by Dawson Lodge of
which the deceased was member.
William H. Douglass better known as "Red
SYM the herb DOCTOR was yesterday sentenced 10
fine Of S25 or sixty days in jail for assnulting
Mrs. Emma ROhrcr, the wife of another herb doc
tor.
Philip Davis has been sent to Jail for thirty days
for making threats against John II. Stevens, who
chased him out of house 1928 Connecticut avenue,
where he was found secretcd in the upper story a
few nights ago.
The cases against Ephraim Nash and James L.
Bullock, two employees in the Government Print
ing Office charged with being unlicensed brokers,
were dismissed yesterday, II being shown that they
d Il not charge interest.
Mr.. CHARLES Moaney while riding his bicycle en-
Pennsylvania avenue near Twelfth street east.
yesterday morning, struck stone and was thrown
some SIX leCt INTO te air ana struck on his lace,
cutting the left side badly.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry b. Polkinhorn, nee Halde-
man, of Washington city, are stopping with w.
Wilson McGrew, of Glendale near Cincinnati.
They Will remain o few days and start for Niagara
Falls, returning will make them short visit.
An adjourned meeting fthe Arbitration League
will be held this evening at 1880 clock at the NJ. p.
Church, Ninth street. between + end +. A spe-
cial invitation is extended to the ministers and to
the public generally. Distinguished speakers are
expected.
Mr.. Valentine Dinglc, the private watchman
who was so seriously assaulted by Robert Will
inns on Monday night was unable to appear
against his asSailnnt yesterday, and the case was
continued until Thursday Williams giving 800
bail for his appearance.
W. Z. Waid was yesterday sent TO jail in default
of 5000 bonds TO keep the peace toward Alfred
Coffee, messenger OF the Criminal Court Ward
charged Coffee with an assault on him, but the
testimony sho we'd that he himself was the ,gres-
SER and he was treated accordingly.
The yacht d" Marian " returned on Monday even-
ing from the lower Potomac with a party consist
Ing of Messrs. Palmer, Coburn, Drs. Gibbon and
recreation to Others dcsrous of improving health
In roughng" and sailing on the river.
The viii of Herman Rosengarn was yesterday
hlct with the register. He leaves all his prorety ty
to his wife, who is appointed sole execurix without
bond, md who is given power to sell the property
If she desires. At her death the estate is to be
equally divided between her two daughters.
Mesrs. John Sherman g. Co. have sold, for r.
T. Leipold, trustee. lot a, in block 7, Meridian
Hill, adjoining the residence Of Charles II. Armes
esq, so by 100 feet, to Mr.. William Burr at 3OT
cents per square foot. This Is indicative of the
increase of value ofproperty in that locality
The flooded streams Sunday night and Monday
caused weakening Of two bridges on the Wash
ington and Western Railroad, so that 1t was not
thought safe to send locomotives across them
Trains, however, have come through with but
slight delay, much to the credit of the new mana
gers.
Yesterday afternoon at AZ o'clock rs Avenue
10 was about turning the curve to ascend Clpi.
tol Hill, a number of stones were thrown into the
car, striking several ladies, fortunately doing no
injury. There was n stone fight in progress be-
tween two gangs of hoodlums, but no policemen
in sight
The old M cClellan Headquarters" building,
at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteen
and.a.half street, is being rapidly demolished,
and in few days viii be one of tho histories OF
the past. sketch of this building its owners,
aud occupants would be very interesting reading
ior the public.
An old veteran of Company E, First Ohio Light
Artillery, James Clark, so years Of age, was in the
War Department building yesterday looking after
his last years pay. lie walked all the way from
Belmont County, Ohio, to this city. and is in q
thoroughly destitute condition He Is minus an
eye lost during one of the last fights of the war.
Messrs. Joseph NJ Wilson and Alexander Gard
ner, delegates Of tie Masonic Mutual Relief Asso-
citation, and Noble d. Larner. delegate OF the
Washington Beneficial Endowment Association,
lef the city yesterday TO attend tic seventh an.
nual convention Of the Mutual Ass issmcnt Life
Associations, which meets in tho Masonic Temple,
New York, to-day.
The building at the northwest corner OF Penn.
sylvania avenue and Seventeenth street, which
has been greatly enlarged aud added 20 by Mr..
Gait. the owner, is nearly ready for occupancy.
The Id building, which wns familiar landmark,
was the ONCE OF the governor Of the District under
the Territorial government. 1t will probably be
occupied by tho War Department.
Professor De Wolowski's music parlors, at lllO
NJ street northwest, contain some of the finest
paintings seen in this city They are costly i'm
porGtions from Europe, by the old Flemish, TIA
linn, and Spanish artists. Rare curiosities from
all parts Of the world are In profusion. Tho PIo-
fessor aud his accomplished daughter have al
ready u number Of pupils, teaching them W cal
music and the piano.
Major King, agent len yesterday morning for
the Baltimore Oriole upon invitation Of the Asso.
citation of Maryland for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals to assist, by his experience and knowl.
ed &C. in aid Of the socety's objects at Baltimore.
he will make some OF those iehus and cartmen
open their eyes by his determination and will in
overhauling them for cruelty.
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Extracting Teeth.
Dr. C. H. White, specialist in extracting teeth by
administering nitrous oxide gas, has returned to
II nj.