National Republican., 1883-06-04
r1IE pnEv1rY BASKET.
FILLED with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF YeatertInv.


Chief Justice Waite left ,for his Ohio home
on Friday.
Rev. Douglas F. Forrest associate rector of
Trinity church, has rendered his resignation.
DIR. Charles F. Schmidt, of the fifth audi
tors office, is still confined to his house by
illness.
In the police court on Saturday IL was
Samuel Ward who was charged with mayhem
on Darius Lyons.
A rehearsal of the Washington Operatic asso,
| citation will take place this evening at Moore's
hall on Ninth street.
The annual camp meeting at Washington
| grove will commence this year on Aug. aud
| continue for two weeks.
The Washington Base Ball club leaves this
morning for Richmond for contest with the
professional nine Of that place.
The entertainment by Mrs. Adelino Du-
vail Mack and her pupils at Fords opera
house tonight promises to be great success.
Miss Katharine +. Nokes of this city, and
Mr.. Arthur Murphy, jr., of New York, will
be married tomorrow evening at Trinity
| Episcopal church.
The pawnbroker who advanced on the cane
stolen from DIR. McArde without taking a
proper description Of the party pawning it
| has been arrested.
The burning of some rubbish near tho gar
| dener's house at the arsenal grounds on Satur-
| day caused an alarm of fire from box 46. But
| little damage was done.
Tho steamer w. w. Corcoran will take the
National Rifles and their honorary members
down the river on Wednesday evening for o
gentlemen's party at Marshall Hall.
There being no appropriation this year for
whitewashing the shade trees and boxes,
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done at their own expense. Their action is
highly commended by the parking commits
sion.
The entertainment by the little pupils of
| Mrs. Magces school on l. street was pleas
ant affair, being sort of "mock " commence
ment. Essays and recitatons in French and
English were spiritedly given by the little
! ones.
Rev. T. d. Power, who has recently re-
| turned from a canvassing tour in aid of funds
to complete the Memorial Christian church,
reports that the entire amount, except $1,000
only, has bcen raised. The church will be
finished in October.
| A party consisting of Secretary Teller, AS
sistant Secretary French, Judge Lawrence,
Gen. Wright, Col. Poe, Gen. Van Vliet, Gen.
Parke, and Maj. Ferguson, on invitation of
Prof. Baird, visited the fish Matching at Fort
Washington on Friday afternoon.
During fracas at the corner of Third street
and Pennsylvania avenue between George
Williams and Martin J. Ford, on Saturday
night, the latter sustained severe fall caus-
| ing a compound fracture of the leg. He was
taken to Providence hospital. Williams was
arrested.
Saturday morning FIRE broke out in the
| Temple cafe, on Ninth street, which fortu-
nately resulted in but little damage. The fire
| originated in room in tho third story from
| n ipt that had nOt bppn I'm rnp1 off snttlnU
fire to window curtain. The furniture and
clothing in the room were damaged to the ex
tent of 800.
The Young American Base Ball nine, which
| invites challenges from any nine in the city
whose members are between and 10 years
old, is organized as follows: j. Connors, c.;
Z. Callaghan, p.; 7. Il. Herd, 1b.; Locraft, 2b.;
GoodGhld, 3b.; Goodacre, $. s.; Dewdney. r. f.;
Acton, c. f., Newton, |. f. The address of the
captain, =. Callaghan, is 1900 street.
Hon. G. b. Loring, treasurer, and NJ. Trim
BILE, corresponding secretary acknowledge
the following additional contributions to the
Garfield Masonic Memorial association: CO.
rinthian lodge. No. 20, Delaware, S13; c. j.
Hill, Virginia. 81; II. Az Johnson, 81; B. B.
French lodge, District of Columbia, 81 Acacia
lodge, No. 49, District of Columbia, 500 DR..
Felix Varela lodge, No. GA, Florida, So, To-
tai, $50.
The successful candidates for appointment
as assistant surgeon in the marine hospital
| service are, out of u class of twenty: Arthur
d. Bevan, of Chicago; A. II. Glennan, of the
District Of Columbia; Eugene Wasden, of
South Carolina; X. p. Battle, of North Caro-
lima; S. ID. Brooks, of Massachusetts. Mr..
Bevan was at once appointed TO the only
vacancy, and the others will be when vacan-
cies occur.
Tho funeral of Miss Belinda Kondrup,
widow of the late Danish consul in this city,
was observed Saturday afternoon, services
being held at Christ church, navy yard.
Rev. C. d. Andrews ofiiciated. The pail
bearers were Messrs Joseph b. Bryan, James
T. Dooley, Waldemar Bentz, John T. Given
DIR. Charles +. Mcdonald and j. w. Cooley,
and the remains were inferred beside those
of her husband in the congressional burying
ground.
At tho last meeting of the uniformed bat
talon there were elected John 7. Chauncy,
chief captain; Alexander Scott captain 1st
company William II. Frazier captain 2d
company; William II. Galliher, captain Sd
company; #. Walter Fowler, captain 4th
company; Thomas w. Fowler, adjutant b.
A. Kidder, quartermaster; John II. Seiffert,
surgeon; w. j. Redstrake, chaplain; j. A.
Schackelford, sergeant major; James w.
Hughes, color bearer.