The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-02-04
CITY NEWS.
TOWN TALK.

MI hluklldu lWutEdl Is W MS ldlt resi-
dence ut +. NJ. this day.
Mr. Harry Woodward, Of New York, is
paying visit to his parents At their residence In
West washington.
Marcus Wards linen paper Of fifty sheets
and nifty envelopes for atty cents, made expressly and
for sale only by Paret Wilmington, OF i22i Penn
sylvania avenue.
The many friends OF Smith Thompson, IT,.
VIII be pleased 10 hear of his safe arrival In Denver
Col, his new home after pleasant visit Of a few
weeks to his parents and friends,
odds and ends-s5 pants, now So, at A.
saks Co.'S.
Hardings celebrated exhibition Of piano.
ramic views will he shown the present week AZ Re
rean Church. on Eighteenth street Tho views are
the finest IN the world, and well worth the trouble
OF tourneylnE miles to see.
Miss Phoebe Couzens, of ST. Louis SO
favorably known IN Washington rs an eloouen /
speaker viii give an address on Temperance In Masonic
Temple this afternoon ut O'Clock undet the auspices
Of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
The lady in the West End who was heard
to remark about how Z" decidedly English the
Marquis Of Lornes visiting cards were, probably
not aware that the engraving and work came from
the popular establishment Of our young friends raret
4 Wilmington,
Odds and ends--s6 pants, now 81, at A.
saks & Co.'s.
MIR. Samuel A. Stafford, for many years
business manager " the capital, has accepted n
similar position on the SUNDAY GUsftfg. lnlS VIII
o course be pleasant news to Sans hosts Of friends
who win I've glad to know that he Is remain IN the
newspaper harness.
The last dance of the Capital Pleasure
club tomorrow night ut odd Fellows Hall promises
to TAT exceed any previous effort OF this most popular
club. Besdes the usual souvenir given each ucca-
sion, the hail will be speciality adorned by decorator
from Philadelphia.
corner OF and Eleventh streets yesterday afternoon
hy one Of the wagons Of the Kenncbcc Ice Company,
and sustained some bodily pain unicer Bast carried
him TO the ONCE oi Or Walters, and he was afterwards
| taken 10 his home, li2l street.
/ odds and ends-s2.5O boys pants now
/ goat ;i.bO, at A, Saks & CO.'S.
With the advent of good we ather Mr.
Ross, the contractor for dredging the Potomac Rats
will begin active labcrs upon the great undertaking
Neaaly all OF the huge machines ate already on The
ground, while the labor Of constructing tho gtea
/ tfestle railway Is nearly completed.
I The alarm OF fire from box Al, at | O'Clock
this AN, was caused by spontaneous combustion II
! the attic " house No, as Maryland avenue occu
pied 10y the heirs ut the late william Thompson. Ia,
the fire made greater Roadway before discovery Sc
rouS con1agratlon would have ensued. The ptomp
arrival Of the hre dcpartmen Is commendable. III
loss VIII aggregate about $500.
David lie Compile, q person of genteel ap
pearauce and oily manners, went TO Arthur Flynn
| place Of business and represented that he was en-
| gagged IN securing and dyelng OF clothes. lie oh
talned suit to be cleaned, but instead OF doing So
vert TO the nearest pawnbroker's shop and oltaine
an advance OF money FOR them. Oncer Baly arteste
him on warrant charging him with petit larceny.
The Woman's Cooperative Industrial As
ISOLATION Will hold their first meeting Wednesda
evening, February l. at clock at their cuoperaty
store 5G Eleventh street northwest. All those inter
esed In the different branches of woman's udustrit
are cordially invited to he present The meeting wi
be addressed by prominent men, and woman of tn
and other cities the subject OF industry. The
citation will onlcially organize on that evening",
odds and ends-s6 children's overcoat
now go at g. so, at A. saks Co.'S.
The Union Veteran Corps will rattle an
shoot of the following articles left from the ia
last spring at Abner's next Saturday evening, lOi
instant, viz: clock. Carrara marble bronze nant
ornaments, value $50; Appletons cycopedia
$50; triple-plated silver pitcher s25, and ne
Remington rife, $50. The articles are on eNh
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, WI lett Ruod's, Els's mus
. store and Stinemetz's hat store. The tickets 4
the rafe only nifty cents EACH and for the shco
I ing three shots for twenty -fvecents.
The police authorities took a very vii
step during last week, that win in all probabil
put stop to the receiving of stolen property by fen
; men and pawnbrokers. Under the old system Il
n loser was compelled to pay the men who had bong
or advanced on the goods the amount they had loan
before they could recover their goods. sometimes
amount being raised above the real figures by the M
for the purpose of swindling. Last week though
e general order issued directing the police to sci
found to deliver TO him, without advanc ii
one cent to the pawnhroker or fence This w
eventually stop the practice of the low second-ha
k know are stolen.
$ A certain young man of the West En-
4 who affects every ew-fangle Of fashion, was TAX
II formanCe OF the Wyndhams on Monday night. al
" noticed that the pantaloons worn by !
- the gentlemen of the company hi
e 1t the latest style from London. he
e Tuesday sent all OF his stock TO his tailor Al
= had similar creases pressed down the front,
= be ahead OF his friends. Imagine his chagIin whc
he learned that the of said In the cloth
n OF the Wyndhams was caused by packing in th'
= trunks, and they had not time to nave them fNe
!, The laugh Is now on George.
n The jolly masqueraders at Mrs. Pheil's,
the West End, had gay time last Friday night. T
d uumasking was full of surprises, and Saturday "
lie well started before the music OF Home Sw,
}. Home. rung down the curtain on the festivities
+ the occasion. Among those In costume We're: NJ
!. Cora senin, Flower Girl: Mrs. Hines, French II
SAINT: Jennie Blake, Gypsy Queen; Ida Seuin, Foil
IL Clara Cumberland, German Peasant; Matte Ba
,. Gettiugs, Folly Eva and Rosa Beck Martha Was
Il ington Annie WARRIOR, Mother Hubbard: Mrs HE
g man, Ghost; Messrs. Hines Benchler. Martin Dew
!; Ryan, Newman, Martin, WetzeI, Harvey, Aru
:. del, Norris, and many others. 4 bOuntifu rep
l. was served at midnight.
IN The many friends of Mai. Lewis b. Wynn
N for many clerk In the ONCE OF the sixth Au'
al tor Of the Treasury, viii learn with regret Of his
re which occurred at the residence OF his yesterda
: at College Hill. Mai. Wynne was appointed to off
l. by President Lincoln. lie was a member Of the II
o. nois Legislature and colleague and friend OF Ho
no ioratlo Browning, afterwards United states Sena
and Secretary Of the Interior. lie was gifted a
speaker, aud had the happy faculty of making rlen
of all who came In contact with him. He held
office under the Government until recently, when, o
"A ing to ILL health, he Obliged to resign, and AZ
~ suffering for about year with complication of
eases, died at the age OF sixty eight years. His
w terment VIII take place tomorrow near Seneca N
nd The police have been watching for sol
I'd time the antics OF well-kDown pickpOcket nan
l. James HIN, alias Gallagher who has been lnfestl
he the Centre Market, but he being the alert Il
Z, failed TO get case on him until yesterday. He
as caught IN the act Of relieving The pocket of NJ
"a Catherine Suppes Of her purse, and was put unt
al arrest by Special Onicer Mckay. on the way to
II: station he resisted violently and kicked
r. officers In the stomach hut Sergeant Boyle conf
g, up he was safely landed at the Fifth Precinct.
?. being searched number OF handsome handkerchi
were found on him, one being a white linen, with
en- itials There also a handsome medallion {
H. lOcket suspended from hair chain with the pOrti
of an elderly gentleman with pair OF spectacles
H. The police think that among the articles recoye
n sOme of them may lend TO the discnYary of hnrrIa