National Republican., 1882-04-13

Sandy Pinn's mother was an attentive attendant
at the Criminal Court during the murder trial yes
| tCrduy.
The Commissioners have dsarprovcd the appli-
cation for liquor license of Mnrccllns West, corner
| Seventeenth and streets northwest.
Detectives 5fcDevitt and VO.s yesterday rccov-
cred gold necklace and chain, oyercont, fed
glass &c, recently stolen from No. 1928 street.
MI. j. W. Cromwell will read n paper before
Union Bethel Literary Association next Tuesday
evening on " The Negro In Journalism" Discus
sion Will follow.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson will change from Bob Acres
ITO Rip Van riakte tonight at the National Thea:
trc and will play Iryings good natured vagabond
for the balance of the week.
a delegation of plumbers waited on the Com
missioners yesterday for the purpose of asking
whether they could withdraw the old bonds and
give the new ones III lieu thereof
The second quarterly visitation of the grand
officers lo Morning star Lodge, !. Q. g. T., takes
| place this evening at their hail. 1923 Seventh
| street northwest, AT eight o'clock.
Special License Agent Raft yesterday arrested
Louis Plant representing Strauss Bros, dry.goods
| merchants, of Baltimore, but Plant paid the
license, 5000, and no further action was taken,
The additional twenty-five acres of ground,
formerly the Old magazine grounds added to the
nlmshousc, Is being put III COnditiOn.fOr raising
such crops as w!ll be beneficial 10 the institu-
| tion.
Mrs. Augusta whittlcsey has applied to the
Commissioners for twenty trees to plant on the
| grounds Of the Wonan's Christian Ass citation, on
| Thirteenth street, between Il and streets north
| west,
In the Circuit Court ycste day tie case of Chap.
| pell against the National Fair. r.Grounds Associa.
tion faction for damages by falling from scafiod)
wns concluded, and resulted in verdict for the
defendant.
| A delegation of fish .hucksters called upon the
Commissioners yesterday, stating that the police
prevented their crying their wares, for selling
which they paid license MS any other class OF
merchants
A healthy and vigorous boy-bHby, about two
weeks old found Tuesday night lying on the door
step of house on T. street, between Third and
Four-and- half streets. was yesterday sent to St.
AIMS Asylum.
The seventy.ninth regular meeting of the Ar
lington Building Association was held last night
Mt 917 + street, DR.. W. W. Gray in the chair, and
John Joy Edison secretary. -Four shares were re-.
deemed ut S2}0 2j each
The Inland seaboard and Coasting Company
yesterday elected the following directors; j. W.
Thompson, A: II. Herr, H. A. willard William
Thompson, j. II. Baxter, Nathaniel Wilson, Samuel
NOrment, George II. II. White, aud II. d. Cooke.
Professor Carpenter opened n series Of mCSmeric
and psychological scances at willard Hall last
evening. ThccXhbtiOns of his swohdCrul powers
was most marvellous, aud the large audience was
highly amused with the fantastic tricks the sus-
ceptbes who came under his influence
Building permits were issued yesterday to Rev.
NJ. Aig, to make repairs on Fifth street, between
& and II streets northwest, TO cost $500; Jonas s..
Dodge, to make repairs mt 23I Ninth street south.
east, to cost 800; Mrs Sarah williamson, to build
| one brick dwelling on Fifth street, between and
| o streets northwest, to cost 5000
The Engineer Commissioner of the District, in
response to inquiries made the following import
! ant report: Tho reason for replacing the wooden
pGvements before undertaking other work OF i'm
proycment S that very heavy assessments were
made against property. owners for the wooden
pavements, and they have now nothing to show
for the money so paid. II Is only equitable that
these worthless pAvements should be replaced by
durable pGyCmCnts before work Is undertaken NJ
the general expense in front of property where no
such assessments have ever been levied"