National Republican., 1883-03-24

mercidl, which is intended to be the organ Of
the colored people of the state, is shortly to
be started in Alexandria. ID. Webster Lewis
will be tho chief editor, and NJ. Lewis Robin
son his assistant. twill be published weekly.
Tho Metropoltion Presbyterian Sunday
school, corner Fourth and B streets southeast
will hold their monthly missionary meeting on
Sunday at 3 o'clock. Mrs. kirkwood, OF the
Woman's Board of Foreign missions, will adj
dress the meeting. Other interesting exor-
cises may be expected
The corridors and rooms of the city hall
arc decorated with placards bearing the ie-
gend Smoking prohibited. BY order of the
chief Justice" This reform was inaugurated
in order that the new uniforms of the mar
shal's bailifIs might not become impregnated
with the smell of tobacco
In the twentieth district division of the
emancipation day procession ID. Stillyard will
be marshal and Moses Bell and r. Richardson
aids. The members of the finance committee
arc J. w. Lomax, r. Dorsey, d. Stilyard, r.
Richardson, j. Steward, p, Steward, j. ii.
Moore, Prof, J.W. Fowler, A. Lee, 5. j. Brown,
and j. Briscoe.
The organization Of the Washing ton Sol
diers' Temperance alliance has been perfected
by the election of the following officers: Pres
ident, @. NJ. Sergt. William Allen vice pres
idents, Sergt. Kendrick, Corp. Smellie, and
Private Dietrich; treasurer, Corp. Gardner
secretary, Private Dean; executive commit
tee Messrs. Kendrick, Trainor and Patten;
chaplain, Mr.. w. Lee.
Gen. George Sheridan and Joe Rice boarded
q crowded avenue car yesterday, and after
swinging to and fro on the straps for while
Joe said
By the way, General, has your little niece
reCOved from the smallpox YETI"
No; but she's getting along right well, F"
replied the general, solcmnly. "Whcn saw
her half an hour ago she was quite cheerful p
When the car reached the next corner the
two statesmen spread themselves all over the
seats and benignly smiled.
The body of man was found yesterday
morning about o'clock at Little6eld's wharf,
brought to the surface by agitation of the water
by II steamboat The rumOr was set ailoat that
il was the body of young Herbert Collins, and
his father, Mr. Joseph L. Collins, accompanied
by II policeman, visited the place shortly
aiterward and discovered that il was the
body of a coored man, Frank Drew, aged 40
years, who has been missing since the first of
February. He formerly worked at Muirkirk,
on the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
Joshua Ellis and Ephraim Chesser were
charged with landing fish at a wharf other
than that designated by the District of CO.
lumbia. 1t is charged that they landed fish
at JohnsOn's wharf instead of Riley's wharf,
Mr.. Riley having purchased the fish wharf
privilege from the district Harbormaster
Sutton testified to the defendants landing fish
at Johnson's wharf. The defendants claimed
that they were employed by Il. A. Golden, the
fish dealer to collect fish on the river and
land them for him wherever he desires. The
cases were suspended, rs A.,
Bob Barr, of the health Office, leans toward
base ball and practical jokes. Upon leaving
the office late Wednesday evening a happy
thought struck him, and procuring an egg he
wrote Cooper McGinn's address on it and
decorated it with cancelled postage stamp
Then he unlocked the mail box put the egg
in it. and rclocked it. Yesterday morning
the colOred messenger went down rs usual To
get the mail and what was hi S surprise to sec
the egg in the box. He carefully took it ur
stairs and laid it on McGinn's desk.
Mister McGinn, ] dun found dis yer aig
in dc mail box. Kin VOW tell me how dat air
aig got inter dat air bOXW
"Oh, the postman put it in It's an Easter
| egg, you know" replied Cooper.
"Certny is strange, certny is ] aint sprised
fur to sc VOW get er yeaster aig, but how dai
man what fOtChos dc letters done squoZo da
air aig frue that leetlc crack in dc box is what
makes dis yer niggah set hisself to thinkin.'
After Il long while the matter was explained
to him and he said
Dar now. mite knowed twar some o.
Mister Barr's tricks"