National Republican., 1883-06-20
THE BREv1TY BAsKEr.
Filled With Brief Mention OF Many Min
Events OF YcntertIay.

| nhieu WIN brieh mentton OF Many mtnOi
Events OF Yesterday.
George wyck has been arrested for selling
bread below standard weight.
Mr. L. d. Craytor has presented box offift,
cigars for the use of the lawyers in their bas,
ball contest with the grand jury on Saturday
| next.
Arrests are made almost daily Of parties
swimming in the Potomac in violation of Law
and deccncy. The parties usually are released
on collateral, which is forfeited
Yesterday morning Mrs Jackson, widow
| with seven children, who is employed at the
/ Baltimore and Potomac depot, lost her pocket.
book containing a check for $22 and S26 in
money
Mrs 1mogene Robinson Morrell cordially
invites all lovers Of art to visit the National
Academy of Fine Arts, corner of Eighteenth
street and New York avenue, this evening nc
3 o'clock.
At the last regular meeting of Meade post,
No. 27 g. A. r., Annapolis, Nd, vote of
thanks was unanimously voted to Mrs. Mary
u. Kali for the valuable services rendered by
her upon decoration day.
The monthly meeting of the Young Mems
Christian association will bo held to-day mt
6:30 p. n in the lecture room, 1i0D Now York
avenue. A large number of names will be
presented for election to membership.
Yesterday morning about $3.50 o'clock q
young man named Eberhart employed at the
Post building, was lowering form to the
press room, when the crank Slipped striking
him ON the head, causing q painful wound,
which was dressed by DIR. Taylor of the
Emergency hospital.
Morris Wright and Thomas Harris, two
colorcd hod carriers employed ON the now
pension Office, got into a fight yesterday,
which resulted in Wright being badly rup-
turcd and Harris having his head cut with
u brick thrown by Wright. Both men were
taken to their homes and medical aid sum
moncd.
Another committee of five, withIMr. A. U
Wyman, has been appointed by the Citizens
Building company to sell the hreal property
held by the company, with the object of
bringing the concern to a close us quickly rs
possible. 1t is ojtimated that the loss to the
stockholders will amount to about two-ffths
Of their investment.
The Washington Safe Deposit company
took out permit yesterday for their build
ing, to be erected on the site of the old Chroni-
Gle building, which will cost $4,000. The di-
mensions will be 81 feet front, 9S feet deep,
and 80 feet in height The edifice will be of
brick, three stories and basement, brick and
stone front, fiat roof, concrete foundations, &c.
Early yesterday morning Officer Morgan
found white woman, about thirty years old,
named Hattie Warren, wandering in Othe
street and took her to the second precinct
station. She states that she is from King
George county, Va, and is in search of her
brother, Lawson Warren, who she says lives
in this city. She was sent to the Women's
Christian Home.
At the University of West Virginia last
week William NJ. Sprigg, of Washington, car
ried of the prize offered to the best anatomi-
cal and surgical scholar in his class. This Is
particularly gratifying to his friends when it
is known that he has only been studying
medicine nine months He took the honors
and delivered tho valedictory at Glenwood
institute last year.
Mr. NJ. M. Holland, at the instance of a
large number of influential colored citizens.
has issued call to the several legislative dis
trcts to hold an election for three delegates
n each to meet at Galiean Fishermens hall
on July 10 to select three delegates to repre-
sent the District of Columbia in the national
convention of colorcd men to be held at Louis
vile, KY, September "a.
Rev. Father Leonard, the pastor of st. Rose
church, at Gaithersburg Md, which was
burned several months since. has been in the
city to consult several contractors about build
ing a new church. While he has not yet
awarded the contract, he thinks the new
church building will cost about 81, 500, exclu-
sive of furniture and organ. The cornerstone
will be laid on July4
Mrs Mary Simmons Sprague, who was re.
Gently stricken with paralysis and fell and
broke two Of her ribs and was otherwise in
jured, is now lying ina critical condition at
her residence, AZ l street northeast. Mrs.
Sprague was one of the first to volunteer as
an army nurse at the breaking out of the
rebellion, and performed valuable service in
the hospitals at Alexandria, Va, and Wash
ington.