National Republican., 1882-08-18

Wanted" For Rent" "For Sale" or Lost"
three times for twenty-five cents in THE REPuB-
LICAS.
Mrs Berry Lee Snyder, Of Philadelphia, has
| rooms ht the Airing on
Secretary incon will leave this city In n few
days for Visit TO his family ut Colora 10 Springs,
Col.
Daniel a. Wnttcrson, trustee, has cor m need
suit against the District to recover $3.50, the
| award OF jury for lot 3, square 1872, taken %?
public alley.
The case of grind larceny against Pent No 10
who was drowned while cndenvuring to escape,
was nOlle pros.td i'll tie police tourt upon mo.
| ton Of Prosecuting Attorney Moore.
Sh--h-h! What is the difference between the
Egyptian rovolutionist and the yell ofa mad d-dog?
Arab Boy M rabii bay QTunera of the per-
| pc,raor of the above will take pace as soou us
| the corpse Is cooled Oif)
| Among the incidents of Wednesdays races md
| exhibitions ut the Fair Grounds was spme fine
| bicycling and trick" riding by Professor W. c.
| Sciihner, whose exhibition Of skill was greatly
| enjoyed by the spectators.
Suit has been instituted by Simon Levi against
| L. +. Cannon for $4,000 damages oil account of
the defendant accusing him of perjury bcfre
Justice CIhrk ls referee, ana OF Wh.ch chtrge IN :
| plaintiff was acquitted in the criminal court.
The will of the late Busrrod Birch, formerly
disbursins officer of the Treasury Department,
was fled with tAc register yesterday. The tcsta-
tor beuuc tthcs his entire estate of every dc.crip-
tiUn 10 his wife, and appoints her sole executor.
a case Of misccgenatinn was developed in the
police court yesterday when colored man named
Joseph Shelton sworc tltnt a white woman named
| Kate DuunIyan, who was also ie,ent, WIS hi i,
wife, and they haI lcen living together for five
years.
Messrs. G. T. Johnson, James +. Scaggs, an |
George NJ. Depue, all Of the Government Printing
Office, purchased lois at ilyatIsvlle, Md, lust
week, with view to building themselves home &.
Tncre iSn very considerable activity in real estate
in this thriving vi.lug,.
Yesterday morning slight iico was disc vcrtd
in an unoccupicd warehouse on the corner of
North Capitol and ID streets northeast formerly
occupied by james Mcdowell. The fire dcpar..
mcnt responded promptly, an quickly cxtin-
gushed the iiamcS. DANA &c slight
Mrs. Emily 4. Charles, editor of the Ndiioi al
Veteran was, Oh Thursday, taken with severe
attack of nervous prostratiOn and physical TX.
haustion and has since been confined to her be l..
Her ienls will be gial To iearu that She is now
improving, and hopes to be out again within a
few days.
AT special meeting of the Nlio lal Rilcs, held
at their nrmory last evening, eight active mcm-
bers were elected and one honorary member, Mr..
l.. +. Cannon. The ranks of the company are i'll
crchsmg very rapidly, all II will not be long be-
foe the Rifles Will tun out in full force ON every
occasion
Daniels, the driver Of No. 8 engine, who was in.
jurcd Wednesday on going TO the fire. fingered all
day yesterday in a cOmatoSe condition, but was
sinking rapidly late last night, and not expected
to live until morning. The wonderful vitality OF
his constitution has enabled him to live longct
than was cXpeced from tie fatal nature of the
wound.
Mrs. Adglne Duval Mack, principal school OF
eocution, has not YET been able to leave the city,
owing to illness in her family, but hopes to leave
September to visit her home near Philadelphia.
She will also visit New York to attend to the pub
licut!un Of ncr book on elOcution aad TO see her
talented pupil, Miss Belle Adams enb rk in her
professional career.
Paymaster George Bartlett of the Treasury De.
t,,,t e
horses in town. Any one n; all incre lulous rs to
this statement would be firmly convinced Us to its
Cruth al or about five minutes talk with the genial
dsbursins clerk on this topic. IL the vernacuar
OF the sport" wnere the HySr are concerned
he iseXtremely "hy."
Thomas Palmer II sixteen -year-old colorcd boy
was in the dock AZ the police court yes,e day
morning, charged with being suspicious person
Patrick White, saloon keeper at Second an !
st norht asst testified to catching th1 prisoner
behind his bar last night with the money Till
open, the Court sentenced him TO the wo:k-
house for thirty days i'll default of bonds
The Maryland board OF public works, com
posed of the governor, comptroller and treas.
urer of the State, met yesterday ut Annapolis,
Md, and elected Hon. Lewis Cass Smith CX-
speaker of the house of delegates, pre- ident 81
| the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal vice Hon. A. L.
German. The board also electcl Hol. Lrvin
| WooitOrd tax collector, and Hon. Jesse X. Hines
insurance commissioner.
Mr. j. II. King, agent of the Humane Society
|
Avenue opposite the Presidents House, unable tc
get up, when raised 10 stand upon his legs
from weakness, starvation, and injuries sustained
The animal belonged 10 Andrew Williams, OF I
street, between Eighteenth aud Nineteenth north
west, huckster. The agent, with the consent o
the owner, shot the horse.
Marriage licenses were Issued yesterday t
Charles L. Blbbitt, of Cincinnati, OIio and Ida
Mel Seymour. of Washington, d. c.; Bezin Grant
of Washington, and Margaret Coleman, of Wes
Washington; Andrew j. Broom and Lizzie Nor
gan George Ellis and Rosa q aveS, Richard Wash
lngion and Mary Tibbs, Andrew Harris and Lizzit
Carter. William Knott and Lotie station, u. I
Cook and Ada Lawson Archie Jones ana Rosa T.
Smith, Whtwell ii. Wilson and JEANNE WOOD
Franklin, all OF Washington.
In BGllOuS Monthly Magasine for September there
is a soiy of particular excellence entitled Va
lena" the author of which is Mr.. A. Maurice Low
of TIE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,. The plot is unique
aud well preserved throughout and some of tue
descriptive passages are remarkably fine Mr.. Low
has shown that, besides being good ncwsparel
reporter, he il 5 the coquence OF an accompl shed
novelist. He should, however, drop his nom 1t
plume OF "S!nClair and aillx his roper sigma
tnre; he has certainly reason to be proud OF hi