National Republican., 1883-09-01
THE BIsEv1rY BASKET.
Filled with Brief Mention or Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.

FILLED with Brief Mention or Many minor
Events OF Yesterday.
The government bindery i5 busily at work
on the 22d volume of the Statutes at Large
and volume of the Rebellion Record.
Five employees in the bindory of the gov
meut printing Office were discharged yester-
day. The force was larger than the appro-
priation.
white boy about 12 years old fell over
board at Riley's wharf early yesterday morn
ing but was rescued by Capt. Maltby Of the
schooner May Maltby.
lecture upon art and art studies will be
given by Mrs. lmOgene r. MOrrell, the artist,
at the National Academy Of Fine Arts this
afternoon at o'clock
MI Samuel Strong has concluded his evil
dence before the board of arbitration in his
case against the district, and the latter will
now present their testimony.
Tho bridge in course of erection by the
| Baltimore and Potomac railway over Sixth
street near Maine avenue is well under way.
| The west wall has reached the height Of
! twelve feet in the center portion.
| DIR. Franz Kiesolch, young German who
| delivered one or two lectures hero last winter
| in his native language and shortly afterwards
became insane and was taken to the insane
asylum, has sufficiently recovered to be
A large number of lady and gentlemen ex-
cursionists from Charlottesville and other
| towns along the Virginia Midland railway
arrived in this city yesterday morning on
the ferry boat to view Washington. They
came by rail to Alexandria.
A horse driven by Joseph Scott, of tho
guartermaster generals office, ran away on
Pennsylvania avenue yesterday and colided
| with heavy wagon at the corner of Fifteenth
| street, breaking the shafts of the buggy. The
animal was somewhat injured.
At the entertainment shortly to bo given
by the Ladies' Sewing society, an auxiliary
to the German Orphan Asylum association,
| cOmedietta will be rendered which has been
especially translated from the French for the
occasion by Mrs. Th. Poesche, the president
of the society.
The family of the late Maj. Charles Alt
mann, whose remains were cremated at Wash
| ington, Pa, have received the ashes in a
cylindrical tin box about six or seven inches
high. They will be transferred to O hand
some ornamental urn or vase with suitable
inscription within, and carefully preserved as
a family relic
| The following appointments have been
made by the Chesapeake and Ohio railway,
taking effect Sept /: J. G. Dame, southeast
ern passenger agent with headquarters at
Richmond, Va; Frank Trigg, northeastern
passenger agent vice. j. c. Dame, transferred
to office at 513 3Pennsylvauia avenue, Washing
ton, d. G..
There has been an interesting revival 60
ing on at Union Wesley church, Twenty
third street. for the past three weeks, and it
is still in progress. Several persons have pro-
fessed to be converted, and the altar is
crowded every night with anxious inquirers
This is. the church where q portion Of the floor
gave way recently, preciptating some of the
congregation into pool of water.
Mr.. Layton, manager of the Washington
Harmonic company has received word from
Mr.. II. j. Smith at Saratoga that Miss A. L.
Tilgham, who was seriously injured by the
falling ofa brick from q building, which
struck her on the head, is steadily improv-
ing, though she is not yet wholly out of
danger. Tho remainder of the party have
arrived home well pleased with the success
of their tour