National Republican., 1883-01-15
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belonging to President Arthur, has been lost
The police made 20 arrests during The
twcnty-tour hours ending at : a.m yesterday
The Southern Railway aud Steamship COM
pauics hold their annual meeting at the Met
rup0litau tomorrow.
The steamer George Lcary is still Oh the
ways at William skinner q Sons, Baltimore,
completing slight repairs and ovcrhauling.
G.. Z, lipmmcr has been elected captain Of
the Washington Light Infantry cadets, and
l.. i. Collins has been chosen first lieutenant
A complimentary testimonial to little May
Cauiggn, tho child clocutionist, is coutcm-
plated to take place at the Congregational
church on the thirticth instant.
The National Academy of Fine Arts, Corco-
ran building, Fifteenth street opposite the
! treasury, will be open this evening at o'clock
10 all lovers OF ar, and clocUtiOn.
Capt l.. S. Randall, Of the steamer Mary
/, Washington, left last night for western New
lorN, being called suddenly away on account
Of the serious illness of an uncle.
] Federal City lodge, No. 90, l. O. o. +, will
give complimentary concert and lcyccin col
I CbUtiuu Of their sixth anniversary NJ Odd
Fellows hall Thursday evening next.
The designer and builder of the caricature
Of the hanson cab, which obtained the first
prize M the slcighinE carnival was Mr.
Charles d, Hood, Of 2OO3 n street, West Wash
ingtpn.
Tho regular mid-ycar convention of the
| Notioual Woman Suffrage association Will be
held in Lincoln hall Jan. %, 2l, and 20. Mrs
Amy Talbot Dunn, Of indianapolis, viii give
rs ~ prelude 70 the convention her intmitablc
comedy of " Eccklcs Wife,
THE REPUBLICAN, is in receipt of 81 from
some unknown charitable PERSON for the ben
Gift Of the destitute colOrcd woman (JOncs)
mentioned in our issue Of Saturday The
Tho amount has been forwarded TO Mr.. Me-
| Guin, Of the health department.
The uuion Veteran corps will give another
complimentary reception ut AbnCi'S hall to.
iuorrow night. The entertainments Of this
( popular organization are always enjoyable,
and the committee has bccn making extra
efforts to have this eclipse all former reccp-
lions.
William schoncld wcll.Snown character
in police circles was arrested Saturday night
by Lieut.. Arnold'on the charge Of highway
robbery, it being alleged that ON Friday night
he waylaid and robbed another man at tho
corner Of Thiserntlt and G streets. ,5fe was
loctcdIp to await Hhtariitg
Marriage liccnse5 hhSSAttn issued 10 Henry
W.Scutt, Hamilton, Ohio ald Jessie y. James,
Washington Joshua ID. Wardcld and Marga-
ret l.. Cooke, Prince Georges county, Md;
George G. May, Georgetown, and Ida V. Den
mis-, Alexandria, Va; Joseph IL. Parsons and
JIllIlc l.. Emerson, OF lnlS ClN'
About 1880 a. III. Saturday fire was dis
covered in house 0O1 Sixteenth street north
west, occupied by Mrs. Mary l.. Clenpmer,
caused by the floor taking fire from the regis
ter 1t was distinguished by fire company
No. and Officer Mcdonald without turning
in an alarm, Damage about 800.
Yesterday, ut 1880, when the City
Of Alexandria, one of the Potomac ferry
steamers, left Washington with Columbia
4 loo. t1t.. l..t.N NsHfaB
blocked up by ice near Gic,borO point ana
kept in this position until about o'clock,
when the boat came back to Washington
lIarbormlstcr Sutton has reported the fol-
lDwiugncw arrivals ut the wharvrs; schooner
Fanny, Capt. Henderson, l9O tons white sand
for new pension Office; schooner j. {. Van
name, Capt. Lawrence, 600 bushels oysters FOR
market schooner Iowa, Capt. Carlcy 1000
bushels oysters; sluop John Williams, Capt.
Green, 100 bushels oysters.
A fire was discovered in the dollhouse at
taChCd to tho government 10 pjtnl RLthSln-
sane Saturday morning. Askikta ftc " fs'sim-
mOued and the flames cNtinguishcd alter
damage to the amount Of $500 had been done
The patients in the asylum became somewhat
excited over the fire and n panic was only
avcrtcd by the prompt action Of the officers in
charge.
1t is claimed that tho new War department.
elevator when finished, will be the finest in
the world rs regards speed, safety, and gem
/ cral convenience. 1t was found, III the tests
/ that the elevator descended ut the rate Of
40 miles per hour, and was stopped by the air
cushion in Is feet When il was heaviest
loaded, 81 tons, the pressure Of the air was VI
pounds to the square inch.
W. T.. Burlord, real estate broker, has sold
for Mrs Mary L. Cavanaugh, to Mr.. Charles
i. Gray OF England part Of lots and %, OF
: John B.. EurlOn trustees, subdivision of square
, $50, fronting 10 feet on northwest corner
sixteenth and 7 streets, by 16 feet deep, Tor
, $1,000. This Is one Of the most handsome
corners in WasiingtOn and Mr.. Gray purposes
, building fine residence there,
4 s.atc council Of the Catholic Knights of
America has been formed end the following
ollicc&s elected: Rev. j. y. Waller spiritual
director; NJ. I. Weller presidents Lieut. L.
W. sturdy vice president; Frank y. Dover
cuN, Secretary and treasurer. Mr.. Frank \.
Devccuuy and j.. j. Dermoddy have been
chs scu delegates to the supreme council which
wlll meet in St. Louis in May next
In view of Il close connection with the Vir-
ginia Midland railway ut Alexandria, it is
said the Baltimore and Ohio company is con-
tcmplatiug the building Of new transfer
boat, similar to the Canton, which conveys
the New York train from Locust Point to
Canton, Baltimore, to run ON the Shcppard's
ferry route between Alexandria and the Bal
NllllOIt anu UNIV lNllllllul 'Ilo'lNu tHNl 'llS'
The secretary of the navy has requested the
Potomac steamboat company TO present. its
bill in the cusc of the steamer Excelsior, sunk
on Fortress Monroe by u government tug
boat 1t is understood that the company viii
claim In the ncighhorhoOd Of SlO,OOO, and tho
wrcckcr'S bill will probably be as much more.
twill be remembered that the government
tug was in fault, us determined By q naval
board Of inquiry.
Tho annual report of the secretary Of the
, /. q. o. +. Relief association shows the mum.
bcr Of mcmbcrs at last report sos; admitted
during the year, III suspended for nOnpay'
, neut Of assessments, q; died, O. members on
, roll ut present timc l-9, showing loss during
the year of 10. The average annual cost per
member of $3.50, or at the rate Of flI,O7 pei
$1,000 Of insurance The receipts We're S.
9ol.35, and expenditures. -, 3,Gj52s; assets, 49,
Gj2G2; liabilities SjO5.
Saturday. II OIlco Court Notes.
w. W. Mccullough and Samuel Ross were
fined $50 each for fast driving on the avenue
Appeals were noted.
AParial hearing was had in the case Of the
colorgd lawyer, r. ID, Ruilin, charged with
larceny, and Il continuance was made until to-
morrow
William A. Groves the alleged policy dealer
who forfeited $50 collateral Friday morning