National Republican., 1883-04-16
TIE nRrvrrY BASKET.
FILLED with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.

Events OF Yesterday.
The police made sixty arrests during the
twcnty-four hours ending at o. m. ycster-
day.
The work of reconstructing the model
room of the patent office has commenced.
Congress at its last session appropriated
100000 for this work.
Owners of fast horses take q daily spin on
the grounds south of the executive mansion,
where good three.quartcr mile track affords
excellent opportunity for speeding purposes
At a meeting Of the cigar makers union
Saturday night, new sctle of prices wa
adopted. The advance averages 81 per thous-
and Mcssrs. Eagleston aud Davis, from Bal
timore, made addresses.
Herr Most will arrive here this afternoon
and be received by u committee consisting OF
. Otto Heidcman and B. g. Mcdonald aud es-
cortod to Mycrs's hotel. Tonight he will
hold reception for the trades unions.
Tomorrow the Woman's National Labor
league will leave the Corcoran building and
seek quarters elsewhere. After u series Of
lawsuits the league is compelled to accept
their fato aud hunt for shelter in another
building. .... ....
small boy of this city, who possesses a
power of observation and deep laid philos.
ophy beyond his years, said to his mother q
few nights ago, when about retiring b" Ma, |
think you had better pray more and stop
drinking beer"
Mrs. Mary Ekai has sent to this Office three
! pieces OF music the words of which are from
| her pen. The titles are By and BY the
Roses Wither," ""The Hero of the Wilderness" !"
and Ring Ring the Bell" All seem destined
to become highly popular
! The class averages at the spring examina-
tions held at the National Deaf Mute college
were: Seniors, 81 Juniors, 9.6 sophomOres,
| 81 freshmen, S.S Introductory, 81 ; general
average, 81. This result is highly creditable
both to students and professors.
James 2. Horbach, whose arrest for selling
lottery tickets has been noted in THE REPUB-
| LICAN, was on Saturday fined $3.50 in the
police court, and an appeal was taken. This
was the third time Mr. HOrbach had been be-
fore the court on the same charge.
William Parks, young white man, raised
| q disturbance in the Dime museum Saturday
night, and being put under arrest by Special
officer Dcpo he resisted, and they became en-
gagged in lively tussle. officer Nicholson ar
rested Parks and locked him up in the fifth
precinct
The funeral of DR.. Noble Young took place
Saturday afternoon from Trinity p. Il church
aud was largely attended Rev. DIR. Addison
delivered touching address The pail
bearers were Chief Justice Cartier, Gen. John
S. Crocker, and Drs. johnson Elliott, ID. X.
Hagner, j. L. Morgan, Grafton Tyler, ). o.
Busey, and Flodoado Howard the body being
borne to the hearse by six young men. In
terment was at Congressional cemetery.
Many beautiful and appropriate floral offer
ings were placed upon the coffin.
The funeral of the late Hon. Seluclus Gar
fielde took place yesterday afternoon from his
late residence on Tenth street, near ID. A
handsome wreath of flowers covered the
casket in which were deposited his remains.
Rev. G. 9. Meador preached the funeral SER
mon. The remains were inferred at Glen
wood. The pail bearers were +. G. Gatchell,
George L. Harris, W. j. Orr j. f. Henning,
George johnson, and NJ. Barnet The de-
ceased was past grand master of the grand
lodge of Washington territory, and was a
thirty y-third degree Mason. The funeral was
undertaken.