National Republican., 1882-11-08
There will be no session of the equity court until

There will be no session of the equity court until
next Friday.
The Erening Critic of Washington has become
prominent and enterprislng nowspaper.-New
York Herald.
John Webster and others have filed o chancery
suit against Samuel H. Gordon to release deed of
trust on west half of lot 1888.
August Gleske and W. J.. Beuchert were fined
sos or sixty days for being unlicensed liquor
dealers Appeals were noted
There were but two patents issued to Washing.
ton inventors Tuesday, namely: Morton TOulson
paper fastening machine ana Timothy w. MUIR
ply, horseshoe.
The regular Wednesday soiree will tako place
at the West End Dancing Academy, Nineteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, this evening. 1t
VIII no doubt be largely attended.
License Agent Raft has sworn out warrant
against Eugene G. knight for keeping an unli.
eensed bar on, pennsylvania avenue, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets
Tuesday fire broke out in the residence of W.
C. Walling, at 1880 Nineteenth street northwest
The fire was put out without the assistance Of the
fie department. The damage to the residence
was about S3, 900.
Tuesday the following officers were reelected Mr.
George H. b. White, president; Mr.. II. d. Cooke,
jr., VICE president; Mr., A. L. Bateman, secretary
and Mr. A. X. Purvs, treasurer
The counsel for Emma Lee, the colored woman
who WAS convicted before Judge Smell recently
and was sentenced to six months in jail, las with
drawn the notice of appeal in the case
The forty.second anniversary of the old Union
Lodge, No. II, l. o. o. f., will take place at Odd
evening. The exercises will begin ut o'clock
sharp and will be followed by banquet ut 10
o'clock
Jennie Davidge, a colored chambermaid, md
George Nicholson, watchman at the American
House. have been arrested for stealing money and
clothing from the guests of that hotel. Nichol
sons vito was also arrested, some OF the stolen
property being found at his house.
In the criminal court Tuesday Elijah Williams
was tried for assault with intent TO kill Elizabeth
Alien (both colored), woman with whom he had
been living. The jury, after being out short
time, brought In verdict of assault and battery,
aud the court imposeda sentence OF eight months
In jail
On Tuesday Judge Hagner signed tho decree
in the Ward case, according to the intimations
given in Mondays REPUBLICAN, The clause re-
lating TO the sounding of gongs goes into mnedi-
ate effect and the residue Of the injunction De-
Cember next. Counsel ure now taking testimony
for the final hearing.
AS was ntimated in Mondays REPUBLICAN, an
attempt will be made next Sunday 10 enforce in
Georgetown a law Of the old municipality, which
forbids the sale of any wares except fresh fish and
drugs on Sunday. The dealers there have for
years enjoyed the right of selling cigars cnke.,
candies, and soda water on Sunday, the same as
in this city.
Messrs Alexander IL EaSton, the stenographeiS,
have recently received letter from Judge Porter
complimcnting thvm on the accuracy OF their
report of the Guiteau trial. This firm also took
the whole proceedings of the star route trial. the
biggest record ever known in any case, and re-
ceiyed the highest praise from counsel Oh both
sides for the able aud exact manner in which the
work was done.
The skeleton of the celebrated Arabian mare
Saleda, which died at Montebcllo during the past
autumn, and which has been in the hands of Pro-
fGssor Joseph Palmer, of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, for mounting, has been transferred to the
museum of natural history at Druid Hill Park,
Baltimore, Mr., John w. Garrett having presented
II TO the commissioners of that institution as an
object OF permanent interest
Marriage licenses nave been issued TO Joseph
Dimes Washington, and Elizabeth Mocknbee,
Elcot's Mills, Howard County, Maryland
Emanuel Miller, Baltimore. and Isabella Burch,
Washington; julius l.. 2undy and Sophia Jacobs,
Michael j. Burke and Maria T. Harrington, Arm.
stead Crump and Cora Rhodes, John s. Wilson
and Mary Brown, Michael Dillon and Secstia
Frances lIomleS, George II. Hawkins and Mary l..
Mahoney, OF this city.
1t Is learned that Mr. william II. Adams, the
lowest Bidder on dredging Potomac Flats, has q
contract to build the Galveston and Elgle Pass
Air Line Railroad, of which Thomas p. follower,
OF New York, is president, and Ulysses s. Grant
ir. president of the construction company. Sir
CHARLES Rivers Wilson, controller general OF Eng
| land, il connected with this road. Mr.. Gladstone
recently referred to this company in the House of
Commons as being thoroughly sound.