National Republican., 1883-04-25
THE RREYITY BASKET.
FILLED with Brief Mention OF Many Min
Events of Yesterday.

Filled with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.
The lease of the Riggs house for period OF
| five years has been renewed by the present
lessee.
The space allotted for the new desks in the
house of representatives has been marked
out, and the desks will be placed in position
as soon as they are furnished by the con-
tractors.
The pretty and talented young leading lady
of Philadelphia, Miss Lilly Hinton, has been
engaged to support Mr.. r. l.. Downing for the
Potomac Boat club benefit at the National
theater May IL, 49, and 49,
Col. J. w. Drew of the Postofice depart
ment, who was paymaster during the war,
was stricken with apoplexy Monday morn
ing at his residence, 1905 Ninth street. and
was still unconscious last evening.
Thieves made raid on the clothes lines in
the rear of William Ballantyne's residence,
No. 1923 Vermont avenue, and stole guam
tity of clothing. officer Jefiries pursued the
thieves and they dropped their plumber, but
escaped
To-day's reception at the National Academy
Of Fine Arts will be the last held by MIS-
Imogene X. Morrell preparatory to her re-
moval from the COrcOran building to the
"Octagon," corner of Eighteenth street ana
new 4 Ork avenue northwest
Mr.. Brad. Adams is confined to his home
from injuries received from an accident when
occurred last Friday. While ascending the
steps of his house his ankle turned and he re.
ceived severe injury, breaking the bone OF
his left arm just below the shoulder joint.
Montgomery Vance, young stone mason,
living at Hyattsville, and recently employed
in this city, has been missing for some days.
dispatch from the Kentucky authorities,
received yesterday, stated that the young
mans body had been found in Silver creek,
near Berea, in that state, and awaits inteili-
gence from his friends here or at Hyattsville.
United States patents were yesterday issued
to the following Washingtonians: DAVID
Crowley, assignor of thrce-fourths interest to
Edward w. Creecy and Ralph Walsh, fire es-
cape; Joseph G. Hester, assignor TO julius
Lansburgh, pen holder William X. Stevens,
mechanical. toy (reissue) Edgar j. Stocking,
making cell cases. and Thomas Taylor, pro-
cess of and apparatus for treating cotton seed
The Young Mems Christian association has
elected the following delegates to the national
convention to be held in Milwaukee, Wis, on
May 10: John G. Ames, president; Theodore
A. Harding, general secretary; Charles Il.
Foster, b. II. Warner, L. +. Simpson, Howard
o. Emmons. Altcrnates, II. B. +. Mcfarland,
j. b. Wright, JOS Bowes, j. s. Beard, f. w.
Vaughn, G. w. Bushnell Mr.. Emmons was
elected to represent East Washington.
The Inland and Scabord Coasting company's
elegant iron steamer Lady of the Lake, hav-
ing just been thoroughly overhauled, newly
painted, and carpeted at avery great expense,
never looked better than now in her new
spring dress. She has just been put on the
Norfolk route and steamer Jane Mosely taken
Off to be put in first class order preparatory for
the summer business, which bids fair to be
lively between thiscity and Norfolk, ifrcports
are true.