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National Republican., 1883-02-10
TIE SOCIAL WORLD.
Receptions ut the White Housc-DIrs. Gen.
sheridnn's Visit-Gcneral Social Notes.

Receptions ut the White House-HIrs. Gen.
sheridnn's Visit-GcncraI Social Notes.
President Arthur will receive the senators
and representatives, with the ladies of their
families, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 10, from
to 10 o'clock
Mrs. McElroy will hold a reception at the
white house this afternoon from to o'clock.
Her assistants on this occasion will be Mrs.
Frclinghuyscn, Mrs. Teller, Mrs. Totten, Mrs.
McMiohacl, and Mrs. Rockwell.
The wifo of Gen. Sheridan, who has been
visiting her parents, Cen and Mrs Rucker, ut
their house on l street, for several weeks h as
been the recipient of constant attentions
during her stay On Monday Mrs. Bayard
gave n handsome lunch party in her honor,
and on Thursday Mrs. Drum invited a num-
Der of ladies for breakfast party to meet
Mrs. Sheridan.
The residence of Secretary Chandler is
another of the historic houses in Washington.
1t was built by Mrs. Cross, q daughter of
Thomas Ritchic, of Richmond. Caleb Cush-
ing was one of its distinguished tenants, and
later Charles Sumner occupied it, taking his
bride to this temporary home and spending
his brief honeymoon there. For several
years Mrs Buell. kept u fashionable school in
the house, and since the place came into the
possession of Secretary Chandler, il is know
ing its most brilliant days Tho addition of
two large wings to the house this summer has
greatly increased the accommodations, and
rendered it one of the most spacious houses
in that part of the city.
Mr.. +. A. Moore and wife, who have been
spending some time with ther son, Leland,
who is manager of the New Jersey Telephone
company at Elizabeth, have returned to the
city.
Tho continued i'll health of Prof Baird's
wife has prevented her, and also their daugh-
ter, from making or returning calls during
the winter.
The family OF the Hon. s. p. Rounds will
leave here ON next Tuesday for Chicago, to be
present at the marriage of their daughter to
Mr.. o. III. ROthaCkcr, editor of the Denver
Tribune which occurs on the twenty-frst Of
this month.
Miss Mollic, the daughter of the Hon. J. G.
Robinson, member of congress from Ohio,
who has been seriously i'll for several days ut
the Ebbitt house, is much bettcr.
While not able TO set up, as yet, the health
Of Mrs. Thomas $. Taylor, of AIS Fourth
street, is very much improved.
Capt j. Il. White and daughter, of Fort
| Wayne, Ind, who have been spending q week
in the city, left for the south yesterday morn
| ing, intending TO visit all the principal cities
before returning to Indiana.
Hon. S, p. Rounds, public printer, has been
under the weather with severe cold for sev-
eral days. but is now able to give attention to
| his official duties.
National Republican., 1883-02-10
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. Z.
A TIIIEE SHOT.
Charles White Caught Ia the Act OF Steal
ing in the Dressing Rooms OF the

Charles White Caught in the Act OF Steal-
ing in the Dressing Rooms OF the
Comique.
Last night about o'clock colored man
named Charles White was shot while attempt
ing to steal some satchels and other articles
from the ladies' dressing room of the Theatre
Comique. Special Officer Young entered the
dressing room about the hour named and saw
White in the act of packing up some satchels
and other articles belonging to the ladies en-
gagged at the comiquc. As soon as White saw
that he was discovered he Immediately
dropped his load and disappeared through u
large hole in tho floor. Officer Young
and another employe gave chase, the
officer firing two shots mt the
thief one of them taking effect in the calf of
his left leg. He was taken to the fifth pre-
cinct and DIR. MarkriteT called in, who probed
for the ball. but could not find it. White was
then locked up. The man White had been in
the employ Of the Comiquc up to three months
ago, during odd jobs, &c. After his discharge
he began to inaugurate a systematic series of
burglaries in the ladies' dressing room. In
committing these thefts he was compelled to
leap the fonGe to the summer garden, and then
wade through two feet of water to get be-
meath the dressing room, which he reached by
large hole made for the gas meter. Efforts
have been made before to discover the thief,
but he was not caught until last night. In
his flight White dropped several articles in
tho water and slime beneath the theater,
which have not been recovered us yet.
National Republican., 1883-02-10
LOcnl IteIna.

Major Brock has directed the police officers
to stop street begging and arrest all mendi-
cants detected.
The Baltimore and Potomac freight depot,
on Maryland avenue southwest, is nearly COM
ploted. The railway sidlings are crowded
with freight cars mostly with Cumberland
coal.
A horse and buggy belonging to a Mr..
Gwin became frightened yesterday afternoon
at train on the Baltimore and Potomac rail
way, and dashed up Seventh street. but was
finally stopped near Maryland avenue unin-
jured.
Atameeting of the Registered Drug Clerks
association last night sixteen active and TWEEN
ty-one honorary members were elected. 1t
was decided to take out articles of incorpora-
ton. Preparations for making the drug
clerks exchange national in its character were
perfected.
The new agricultural building, which will
be devoted to books and seeds, is nearing COM
pleton.
The oyster boat Chief arrived yesterday
with 700 bushels of Coan river oysters.
Dealers report trade in oysters brisk.
A new business office is being built at Bis
GOES wharf, ON Water street.
Mr. j. Ill. Hillern, chief photographer of the
geological survey, is reproducing on glass the
many photographs taken by the survey in
their expedition though the west last sum-
mer.
There is considerable drift wood in the
river and men and boys in boats are out
daily securing it as fuel.
Mr.. Joseph Palmer, chief modeler of the
Smithsonian institute, is busily engaged in
preparing tho United States exhibit at the
coming international fish exhibition to be
held at London in May next,
Several stone workers are engaged in
placing the coping on the stone wall in the
west capitol grounds.
Alalinda Allison, a colored woman of mas
sive frame, died suddenly in Slate alley, be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth and Il and +
streets, yesterday morning. She had drank
quite freely the day before, although she
worked hard washing. Coroner Patterson
examined the body and found that the wo-
man had died from congestion caused by
drunkenness and exposure. DIR. Hartigan
made an autopsy. The deceased had for some
time lived with q white man named John
Smith, better known as English Johnny,
whom she supported.
National Republican., 1883-02-10

question was introduced in neat little
address from Mrs. NiCman, n potit German
lady, who evidently had only theoretical intor-
nation on tho subject Mrs. Armotia Smith,
connected with the. chronological bureau
at Washington, followea with racy view of
the subject, not any moro conducive to the
point than Mrs Kyle Dallass beautifully
poctic side of the question. After all the
theories had been advanced, Mrs. Cidly, in a
few terse remarks, summed up the argument
that "if women were spiritual by nature
nothing would make them coarse, and the
instinct of the sex was so in the side of
domcsticity that even a thorough business
woman never forgot OF neglected her home
duties" Mrs. Thomas, the woman farmer of
New Jersey, then gave her practical eN-
pcricncc of working woman. Her argu-
mcnts were from her own duties, and as her
language was refined and her manner entirely
tho lady, the general opinion was that even
manual labor did not necessarily make a
woman coarse or unintellectual.
One of the most pl easant episodes of Mon
days meeting was the recital by Mrs. de La
Mntyr, lady of wealth and fashion, much
interested in the "qucstions" arising in So
rosis of q very clever poem written by her.
self on the Progress of Venus" If 1t can be
obtained for publication the readers of THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN shall judge of its
merits for themselves.
THE CHINESE
population of this city celebrated their New
Year on Feb. G, and rs there was no work done
by them it was fair opportunity to compare
their behavior on theft holidays with that of
other foreigners on similar occasions. The
morning papers do not report single instance
of arrest among them yesterday. On the con-
tary, it has been remarked that they are the
least turbulent of any people in the city on
all occasions FRITZ.
National Republican., 1883-02-10
THE BAR PROTESTS.
Opposition 10 Pending LegisIHtion to In-
crease the Powers or Corporations in the
District.

Opposition 20 Pending Legislation TO In
crease the Powers or Corporations in the
District.
A special meeting of the bar association of
the District of Columbia was called for yester-
day afternoon by the president Martin Nor
ris, esq 1t was held at 3 o'clock p. m. in the
rooms of the court in general term, Mr. Morris
in the chair, Henry w. Garnett, esq secre-
tary. larger attendance of members was
present than on any recent occasion. The
attention of the association was called
to the bills now in committee of the
house of representatives authorizing cer-
tain corporations TO act as trustees, guard
ians &C., without bond other than their capi-
tai These bills have not yet been reported
to the house, but are still in the hands Of the
committee. One of them provides for chang
ing the maine of "The Real Estate Title
Insurance company of the District of Colum-
bia," which is an incorporated association, to
the Real Estate and Trust company, &C.," and
empowers IL TO act as trustee, guardian, exec
utor, administrator &C., without giving bonds
in each individual case where its services are
held other chan its capital. The second bill
proposes to incorporate another company,
with like powers and capacities. Tho senti-
ment of the bar association was decidedly
against the passage of these or any similar
bills. There was much discussion of tho sub
iect, and probably there were not more than
one or two members present who did not
earnestly protest against such proposed action
on the part Of congress. The association
National Republican., 1883-02-10
ARMY AND NAVY.

Lieut. De Hart, VI, II. NJ, aud ]. @. Duane, U.
S. A., are at the Ebbtt.
The general court martial appointed TO meet at
West Point, n, Y" by Jan, 20, 1853, is dissolved.
The United States steamship Powhatau, now at
Boston, Will start next week on u two months
cruise IN tue West indies.
Capt. A. w, Johnson has been ordered 10 com.
mnnd me Powhatan relieving Capt L. A. Mat
theWs, who Is placed on waiting orders.
Capt, otho W. Budd, fourth cavulry, will be re-
lieyed from duty at the school Of application for
infantry aud cavalry, Fort Leayenworth Kans.,
and VIII proceed to join his troop.
Capt. Marcus Il. Taylor, assistant surgeon, Is TO
report ~ person. ut the expiration of his present
leave on absence, 10 the commanding officer Da.
yid's island, New York harbor, for duty at that
station, "
Lieut. James NJ Plunket to complete his record.
Is honoTably discharged upon tender OF resigna.
uoh, % date Nov 26, 1864, ON account of physical
disability existing prior to his muster into service
The War department has been Informed of the
| capture OF capt, Payne aud his party of Okla
MONA eoonisis, Gcu, sherman states that he sup.
poses the caphyes Will be taken TO Fort smith and
turned over tp tho Ciyl authorities, who viii sot
lhem nv liberty again, MS has already been done
on more than one occasion. Gen. sherman thinks
tnal more strngen! laws should be enacted for
the punishment VI this class Of Invaders.
National Republican., 1883-02-10
A CHIL DIS PLEA,
And How II Touched the Hcarts OF tn,
Pension Clerks.

Pension Clerks.
The dull routine OF pension office work was
relieved tho other day by little touch of
pathos which shows that human sentiment
will still flow in as limpid currents as ever
when some strong hand smites the rock that
conccals il. In one of the divisions of that
Office there is pending the claim of poor
widow, whose husband for many years was n
gallant and faithful soldier His record is a
very mcritoriou3 one. His death left n mother
and widow in destitute circumstances, with a
little girl to take care of. That little girl,
now II years old, wrote IL letter to her mothers
attorney, which was read by him to the en-
ploycs of that division. Its simple, childlike,
trusting appeal went straight to the hearts OF
its hearers, and they immediately raised a
small sum of money for the artlcss writer,
transmitting it to her by mail, Her letter
reads
FoRT MCISTosII, TEN, Jan. 81, lssS-Dtar Sir!
Mamma has been sick all winter, and could not
earn any money, ana we are so poor now. All
her hopes arc TO hear from you whether you can
do anything for us; We need II so much. viii
you please answer? IL seems so long since mamma
schl papas discharge to you. Yours truly,
VIRGINIA WRIGHT
The letter sent by tho employees of the div
isiOn in answer to the child's simplicity and
faith was n fitting response:
Your pathetic letter TO the attorney, appealing
for help for your poor sick mother, when received
and read IN the pension oilice to which it was re-
ierred excited SO much sympathy for you in your
hr0il home that in II few minutes the inclosed
was contributed with tho instructions that IL bp
sent at once, With 1t goes the best wishes of all
who helped TO make up this little Offering. i Is
not much, nut enough to prove to you that Sc
touching an appeal from the child OF so good a
soldier ~ your father is shown TO have been finds
sympOthizing hearts among those who were com
radoS with him in the defense of our country
That the God Of the widow and the fatherless viii
raise up friends for you, Is the earnest prayers OF
the CoNTRipIrTons
The little girls father, William II. Wright
served throughout the war of tho rebellion
was in forty-two battles, several times was
wounded, received three honorable discharges
from the regular army, with honorable men
tion on all rs n good and faithful soldier and
an excellent nOncommissioned officer. lie
, enlisted in the volunteer service in 1861 and
after the war ended served in the regular
army,
National Republican., 1883-02-10
Rrnl Esfnie.

Deeds showing the following transfers of
real estate were filed for record yesterday, as
shown by report to ]. +. Olmstead:
on Twenty-thrd street west, "a feet by 6s 62-1OO
90, and sublot IL, same square, George J. Johnson
to Calvin Wilmer nominal
Sublot 20 square l13, A. E. +. Stewards subdivis.
ion, Annie l.. +. Stewart to Robert /. Fleming,
81 ,00i10.
Lots 80 and 81, same square and subdivision as
next above, Annie L. i. Stewart to Robert /.
Fleming, S3,465.Sl.
Lot 81, square 113, same subdivision as next
above, Annie L. L. Stewart TO Ellen NJ. Ware,
| 1910
on Twenty-frst street west, between and
streets north, south part of lot 49, square 10l (25
feet front by 63 feet inches, James II. Byram 70
| william 4. Walker 5000.
On Eighth street west, between Rhode Island
avenue and Q street north, subot Q, square 42O,
90 feet front by 80 feeD, James S. Edwards ct al,
| trustees, TO Elizabeth J. Noonan, S. l5O.
on Second street west between b and streets
north, sublot 81, reservation IL, Frank Wolfe u
James +. Morgan, $1,000.
On Sixth street west, beween q and r streets
north part of lot 6, square All go feet front by 93
feet AZ inches), Henry Walter to stephen Johnson,
| $3.50.
on 1 street north between Ninth ahd Tenth
streets west, subot 81. square 37i az Ss-100 feet
| front by 60 S75-l000 ieeU, also an undivided "a of
lot 90 square 375 on Grant street, Elizabeth Beale
| ct vir TO John Wheeler Bealo nominal.
on Seventh street east, between and streets
north, sublots 10 and ii, square $50 35 feet frpnt
by Jig feep, Michael Joachim TO Marie A. soper,
| 81 $50.
National Republican., 1883-02-10
A DISAPPOINTING MENAeER1E.
There Was Neither n slSamgotibus, an
Azimuth, Nor n Flipgoohly.
San Francisco Post


San Francisco Post
The other morning, while the urbane man
ager Of Woodward's gardens was smoking
four-bit cigar and, meditatively listening to
the muf1led walls of a Tom cat that had just
been swallowed alive by tho big anaconda, a
tall, thin, scientific-looking man, with q
| goatee and blue glasses, entered the gate and
| remarked in an insnuating manner:
nity2"
"Of course we do not" said the Snowman.
what not the savants, not the pioneers in
the great march of the mind into the hither-
land of the infinite beyond?" returned the
professor, with great surprise
will not deceive YOU" sarcastically re-
piled the proprietor of the only salamander;
" we pass nothing but the quills on the fretfui
porcupines-I mean the press. You can't sec
the ostridges unless you come down and put
up
" Dear me, dear me-" sighed the scientist,
| rehectvely. To think that q professor eff
cosmographic conchology should be denied
admittance to third class ZOO Has the
skamgatibus been fed yet?"
"Skam--which" a" asked the tiger i'm
porter.
" The skamgatibus. You've got one, haven't
youp
"Y-e.s-s believe we've small female
somewheres," said the grizzly's friend, doubt
fully.
81 never knew first class collection to
have less than two pair" said the professor
contemptuously GLOW do your azimuths
stand the cold weather, eh2"
"Azimuths," asked the Napoleon aggregator
of curiosities; whats them? Some new
kind of brd--you don't mean ostri-?"
"Ostridges be hanged !" said the successor
of Darwin ostridges are nothing. rve
shot more ostridgos with quail shot than
you've hair Oh your head. You don't actu-
I oil -. A -
single azimuth to your back?"
Don't believe / have" admitted the alli-
gator breeder, mortified; "what are they
| like"
"oh, they're of the order spinalis picmotis,
about eight feet high. Fur peels off in the
spring, you know-the Siberian species,
mean. / suppose you've got one of those rec
tangular African hipgoohlies that reached
New York the other day?'
"No, Pm darnod if / did" said the much
agitatcd Snowman. Here I've been keep
ing an agent in New York on a big salary TO
look out for attractions and he doesn't catch
on to the first blamed thing. Spends all our
money on second hand panthers and kan
garoos with the rheumatics. I'll bounce him
by telegraph
Haven't even got a flipgoohly, chi
unused the scientist in tone OF great pity.
And shouldn't be surprised il you didn't
have golden-crested cuspidor in your whole
show"
Neither have; neither I have" replied
the wretched promoter of pelicans, in II tone
of great bitterness "S'pose you Just step in,
sir, and look round mebbe there's something
else you could say"
"N-n-o, guess not" said the tall man.
" 1t would hardly pay me to spend so much
valuable scientific time in fourth class show
like this. Not even an azimuth, eh? /
should think you'd be afraid of actually be-
ing mobbed some time. I'm sorry for you,
my good man; sorry for you. I've no doubt
you mean well, but-not solitary skam-
gatibus? Great Scottp
National Republican., 1883-02-10
PERSONAL.
]. W. HALLS. of Boston. is at wlllard,s.

]. w. Halls. of Boston, Is at Willard's
Ballard Smith, of New York, is at the Riggs.
George Alfred Townshend GATH is at Willard's.
f. W. Hyde and wife, of Boston, are at the st.
Marc.
George 8. winslow and wife, of Boston, arc at
Willards
Hon. W. H. Barnun of Connecticut, is at the
Arlington.
Hon. b. s. Lyndo, of Herman. N. Y, is at the
james Lyall and John strane, of New York, are
at WIZARDS.
Hon. W. R. Holloway, of indianapolis, Ind, is
at the Ebbitt.
Hon. Ben Butterworth, representative from
Ohio, Is at the Ebbitt.
j. E. searles and william Buchanan, Of New
York, are at Willards.
Mrs. John Lee and her charming daughter, of
Boston, arc at Wormley's.
Samuel Lord, of the firm OF Lord & Taylor, Of
New York, Is at the Ebbitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Allen, Honolulu, Sand.
wich Islands, are at the Arlington
Hon. VIM. c. Heath, Henry Woodruff, and A. H.
Wilcox. of New York, are at the Ebbitt
Harrison Phoebus proprietor Of the Hygela ho-
tel, Old Point Comfort Is at the Ebbitt.
Gen. l. G. Scranton, of Rochester, N. Y, and Gen.
]. Lawlor, OF Michigan, are at the Ebbitt
Hons. II. Wizard, of Syracuse, N Y, and J. D.
Bradford of Maryland, are at the Ebbitt.
Alex. KemPt and wife, and ]. n. Northam and
wife, Of Florence, Wis, are at the Ebbitt
Mr., John Williamson, of Louisville, Ky, was In
the city yesterday, on his way to New York.
Frank J. Allen, proprietor Of the Astor house, of
New York, accompanied by his wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. X. Q. Brown, are at Willard's.
@. G, Bremen, of Louisville, Ky, Landscape
painter, known TO visitors OF the Corcoran gallery
arrived yesterday, and will in few days show
some of his pictures. He stands in the first rank
OF American artists.
Mr.. E. L. Townsend, of the Treasury depart
ment, who has for the past six months been tra-
Yelling in Mexico andt at the Hot Springs Ark,
in search of health, has returned to the city, un-
fortunately not greatly benefited by his trip.
II. A. Manning and wife, Of New York. l. 9.
Parsl and wife, of Bergen, N. y; II. N Coon
and wife, OF Williamsport, Pa; ana J.. b. Walker
and wife, OF Minneapolis, are at the st. James
hotel.
Edward spalding and wife, Miss Katie NJ. Cole
Norfolk, Va; NJ. Bodine, Miss Bodine, New York
H. p. Ward and wife, Iowa; Joseph Wheeler, Phil
adephia; f. Il. Cudel Cleveland, Ohio; II. Van
Piracy, Salt Lake ciIyi JJ. Gillespie, Boston, are
at the Riggs,
A. G, Tufhury, Springfield, Mass W. L. Dewey,
VI D. Macks, New York; n. L. Marvin, Akron,
| Ohio NJ Dimond North Carolina; Il. p. Doyle
New York. A. l., Charles, Philadelphia, Pa, are
at the st. James.
George s. Wright, Jay D. Bausher, New York R.
P. Neyin John Q. Newmyer Plttsburg Pa; j.
Reid New York; L. W. 4. Walter, United States
marines; Robert G. Bushnell, W. d, Thorn and
| wife, New York; ID. W. Morgan, and J. w. Lee
Pennsylvania, are at the Ebbtt.
L, L. Leeplen, Colorado Jacob f. Enge, New
j. Taylor, IT,, New York j. III, Diamond, Mary.
| land William q. Bateman, Charles county, Ma
| ryland; Ii. M. Renshaw, Philadelphia Il. Fried
helm and J,s. Vale, New York, are at the st. Marc.
National Republican., 1883-02-10

finally adopted tho following resolution with.
out a single dissenting vote:
Rcsolred, That in the opinion OF this association
the bills now pending In tho senate and house of
representatives authorizing tho Title Insurance
company Of tho District Of Columbia 10 act as
trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, &C.,
and to incorporate the National trust company
for like purposes are obnoxious TO the best In
terests OF the community, and that committee
be appointed by the chair to wait upon the COM
mittees having the same in charge and oppose
their passage
The chair at once appointed as said COM
mittee Mcssrs. Newton, r. S. Davis, Harry
c. Davis John Seden, and James II. Sa-
vile. AT 4:30 p. m tho association adj
innrnnd
National Republican., 1883-02-10
Robbery Mt the Rockville Postofice.

A dispatch was received from Rockville
last night by police headquarters notifying
the police authorities that the postoilice,
which is situated in store kept by one
of the leading citizens, was robbed yester-
day afternoon by two men who entered
and took possession of the store. After
looking over some of tho letters, which,
however, they did not take they bundled up
some clothing and other articles and left.
Some men started in pursuit Of them, but did
not catch them, and then sent the dispatch
to this city and Baltimore to look out for the
thieves Both mon are white.
National Republican., 1883-02-10
italian Opern,

Ono week from Monday there will COM
mence season of Italian opera under the
management of Col. Mapleson, during which
the peerless Patti will be the principal at
traction Nine Albani will also be Of tho
company, and other eminent artists, and n
full chorus will render efficient support. The
sale of seats will commence next Monday ut
MetZerntts
National Republican., 1883-02-10
.The AnolIo GIeo Clnb.

The concert of the Apollo club on Tuesday
evening is likely TO prove the amateur mu-
sical event of the season. No expense has
been spared to make it worthy the high rep
utation of the club, and tho varied excellence
of the programe offered is ample evidence of
the success of the concert.