National Republican., 1883-09-03
THE BREv1rY BASKET.
FILLED with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.


has FIVE Sundays.
An Italian beggar was arrested on Massa-
chusetts avenue Saturday and taken TO the
sixth precinct station, aud $40 in small
change was found upon him.
Mr. viii Newman q clerk in the War de-
partment, who left on his usual leave of abb
sence Saturday, was presented with hand
some silver headed cane by his fellow clerks.
Nearly 300 colored people from this city
attended q large and important Baptist meet
ing at Carlin Springs yesterday. The WASH
ington party returned home over the b. " L.
railroad last night.
John Frisby, who was arrested for having
cut another coOred man named George Stew
art with razor at the hod carriers picnic
week ago, was on Saturday held for the grand
jury in the sum of 81 900 bail.
A train of seven cars brought to this city
on Saturday morning 38S eXcursionists from
points ON the Maryland railway. They spent
the day in sight seeing and left ut night via
the Baltimore and Potomac railway.
/ The funeral of Maj. William shoomacksr
took place Saturday afternoon. Tho attend
ance was very large, and the floral tributes
were many and very beautiful. The inter-
ment was at Prospect Hill cemetery.
A Chinawoman, one of tho first seen hero
not connected with the legation was escorted
down the avenue by well known Chinese
laundryman Saturday. The woman at
tracted the attention Of every one on the
street.
John Morris who fell from n scaffolding
some time IN July and died from tho injuries
received then, was buried yesterday NJ Har-
mony cemetery. Tho colOred Odd Fellows
and Butler Xouavos escorted the romans To
their final resting place.
a InI thn
school telephone was on Saturday morning, it
being for fire in frame house, No. 626 Della
ware avenue southwest, owned and occupied
by Mrs. Sarah Campbell. Damage %25. No.
4 engine company responded.
w. b. Smms, q colored man employed as a
porter in DR.. +. X. Dooley's drug store, was
arrested on Saturday by Detective Edelin, on
the charge of robbing his employer of cigars.
He confessed to having taken cigars for long
time and selling them to othor people.
The modeers of the supervising architects
office are now putting the finishing touche
on four plaster bas relefs to bo placed over
the public building at Boston, Mass. They
represent spring, summer, autumn, aud win
| ter.
The past month was the coolest August
since 1915 when the average temperature was
down to 71.9o. Last month the average was
72.lo The rainfall last month footed up 80
inches, against 1.il inches in August last
year, and 10Y inches in August the year
| before.
Frank p. Smart, the artist, has presented
| to the National Rifles n life size crayon por-
trait of Lieut.. George w. Evans. 1t is ele-
gantly framed, and has been hung beside
other representative members of the Rifles in
their now and beautiful library room. 1t is
pronounced an excellent piece of.work.
The Columbia Boat club will attend the
minstrel performance at the National theater
| this evening in full dress uniform George
Wilson is an active contributing member of
the organization, and at their fair held last
year presented magnificent diamond pin,
which brought large sum of money.
| A curiosity was shown REPUBLICAN
reporter Saturday by Mr.. John L. Bridget in
the shape of u twin cantaloupe. There were
two ordinary sized nutmeg MELONS, which
were closely joined together like the ligament
of the Siamese twins 1t was grown on the
farm of Mrs. Fenwick, west of Mount Olivet
cemetery,
A colored man named Dabney was driving
on Massachusetts, avenue on Saturday night
and when near Third street the wagon turned
over and threw the occupants out. Dabney
| received n serious and dangerous cut over the
right temple, extending from the top of his
head down to the eye The women were also
injured, but not seriously. DIR. Newton at
tended them.
Saturday afternoon three young men, par
TALLY intoxicated, undertook TO occupy seats
on the grand stand at the Athletic park with
out paying tho price of admission, ten cents.
They were politely requested to vacate or
pay, but on their refusal Special Officer
Weeden put them out. When they reached
the outer gate they made an attack on the
officer, but he gave them surprise party in
the rapidity and force of his blows, and they
beat a retreat before the arrival of the police,