National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-24

AnumOer oil cases oil nenk-thleVlng ana picking
pockets were reported to the police yesterday.
The Washington Alumni Association of Prince.
ton College will hold its annual meeting and ban.
quot next Friday evening, ut Welcker's.
An accidental fire occurred in Uniontown Sun
day night by which frame building, owned by
Addison Smith, was destroyed, entailing loss Of
The congregation of the New York Avenue
Church have made up the balance of the amount
required to .pay for the construction of the gOl-
leres In their church.
Mr.. John C. Hunter of the Navy Department,
who has been seriously ILL., Is slowly convaescing.
His physician, DIR. Bowie Tyler says he will be
able TO resume his duties shortly.
The grand jury have the subject of the issuing of
liquor licenses under consideration. 1t is under;
stood that complaints have been made of Illegal
issuing of such licenses In some cases.
Mr.. W. II. Holschuh, the popular clerk at the
s.. james Hotel, was elected vice president Of the
Hotel Keepers Mutual Beneficial Society at the
convention held in Chicago last week.
A bill in equity has been flied by William H.
Stevenson against Mahala J. Stevenson, his insane
wife, petitioning for the appointment OF COM
mittce to sign and acknowledge deed.
John Lyon had the chief cook of the Lyon House
arrested OH a warrant for grand larceny. lie
charges that the cook removed silverware from
the house ut Soteldo's request. The case will be
tried to-day.
The Court in Banc convened In the January
term yesterday, with Chief-Justice Cartier and
without trnnsacting any business of importance,
adjourned until to-day.
Householders would do we'll to see that their
doors and windows are securely fastened after
dark. Hall-racks are nightly raided of their con.
tents and then people growl at the police aud are
surprised that they are robbed. This might all be
prevented by the display off little common sense.
pleasant little party was given by Mrs. L..
Sprigg Madison TO few of her friends at her resi-
dcncc, No. 17lO + street northwest. Among the
| nHnn in,ian sIo I n onkb nd
daughter; Miss Ewing, of Philadelphia; Miss
SpriRg, of Cumberland, Nd; Mrs. Lansdale, and
others.
William E. Matthews, esq, break TASTED ut his
residence yesterday morning the New York Globe
editor, 7. Thomas Fortune. who arrived on the
22d, and staff Correspondent X. S. Smith. The
young editor has received the warm congratuln-
lions of white and black for his earnest efforts to
build up national colorcd organ.
The January term of the Circuit Court recon-
vened yesterday The jury were called and II. II.
McKedOn and John Il. Humes were returned not
found W. A. Yates, John Blumer, W. NJ. Cross, j.
Harrison Johnson, NJ. Godstein, and d. Robinson
were excused and the marshal ordered to sum-
mon talcsmcn to fill the vacancies.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Fred
erick Harrington, of Chicago, ILL.,, and Charlotte
NJ. Ransford, of Washington; George Warren
OHuttand Gertrude V. Tribbey, of West Washing
ton; George w. Scribcr and Minnie Barnes, Benla-
min Wcems and Emma Williams, Clarence o.
KRAFT and Mary V. Jackson, of this city.
The marriage of Laura NJ. Lille with Charles
Lille was yesterday annulled by Justice Wylie and
leave given to her to resume her maiden name of
Waters. She was married to defendant December
10. 1879, and after living with him until February,
1880 discovered that he had been married in 1874,
by the name of James Thornton, TO Margaret NJ.
Dunn, who was still living in october, 1880.
There will be full service at st. Paul's Church,
Twenty-third street, Wednesday night, athalfpast
seven o'clock, at which the annual report of the
guild of the parish will be read and an address
will be delivered by the Rev. G. Il. Perry of Mount
Calvary Church, Baltimore. st, Paul's Day is the
high festival OF this parish, and every one who
goes there to this service will be fully repaid by
the beautiful full choral service and stirring adj
| dress.
Mr.. r. Doyly Carte, the English manager, is at
the Arlington. lie came here to hear the lecture
| OF Mr.. Wilde, being the first opportunity which he
has had to listen to Mr. Wilde since his arrival,
| lie pays flying trip to America to look after his
various enterprises In this country and to arrange
| for the building Of new theatre In New York
! Mr.. Carte hos no fewer than twenty five companies
| theatres, and enterprises now In train in Europe
America, and Australia, and is projecting still
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