National Republican., 1883-01-29
JocnI Items.

! Yesterday morning about o'clock Edward
I Brian undertook to make things lively on
| Pennsylvania avenue, near Fourland-a- hal [
| street, by practicing with British bulldog
pistol. This little game was interrupted by
| Officers Middleton and McMahon of the Scy-
onthIprccinct. He was located IN cell at tho
| station until this morning, when he will visit
| Judge Smell. .n .trHt nr
| Oscar Abncr will interview Judge Smell
| this morning ON the charge of collecting and
rcccipting bill amounting to 500 and
neglected to turn over.tlie cash by Mr. George
| Breitbarth, the Seventh street furniture
dealer. officer Otlut, of the Seventh precinct,
arrested young Abner ON Ninth street Satur-
day night. l1'a fIH Us
During theplay of the "White Slave at the
National Saturday night a lady in the dress
circle became frightened at the sudden out
burst of flames on the burning Mississippi
steamer and made sudden dive for the exit
door of the theater, thinking that the house
was on fire. A good deal of merriment was
caused by her eagerness to reach place of
safety. i.t g... .....
The Classical society will open Miss Ran
soms new studio, 9l5 f street, this evening.
President John M. Gregory will be the
essayist. -
The dinner to be given Gen, Sherman by
Col. COrkhill on the eighth proximo in
honor of his sixty-thrd birthday, will he a
graceful compliment to the veteran soldier,
and it is understood Gen. Grant, Gen Sheri-
dan, Justices Waite, Miller and Harlan, as
we'll as other distinguished personages will be
among the guests. Tho occasion will be a
brilliant one.
The police made fifty-one arrests during
the twenty-four hours ending at a. IN.
yesterday morning.
officer Harlow reports that during Satur-
day night some thief entered the fancy store
of w. o. Douglas, 522 Ninth street northwest,
and carried OIL Si,5S from the cash drawer
The library of the Bar association of this
district was removed Saturday from the old
quarters in the west wing of the City hall to
the large center room on the second floor of
the new wing.
Rev. II. IL. Williams, of Annapolis, will de-
liver tonight the third lecture in the free
course to young men given by the Young
Mems Christian association at 1409 New York
avenue. The subject, Reading as an Ac-
compishnefit, "@will be made interesting to
all who attend, as Mr.. Williams is II pleasant
speaker. I...
The special attention of the residents Of
South Washington is called to public meet.
ing advertised ia take place this evening at
the Presbyterian church, on Seventh street
near u southwest, for the purpose of institui-
ing more active measures for the relief of the
suffering and dcstitutiOn existing in that
portion of the city at the present time.
About 2:30 o'clock Sunday morning Officers
Blenford and Barnes discovered smoke issr-
ing from the store of McCauley & Dclwig, on
Pennsylvania avenue, between Second and
Third streets southeast and upon examina-
tiOn it was discovered that the office was on
fire. The officers eXtinguishcd the fire with
out turning in an alarm. The damage was
about 50.
The third of the series of Masonic sociables
will take place ON Wednesday night. The
programme will embrace instrumental sclec-
tions by Douch's orchestra Prof. Waldecker,
Messrs. Blout and Eberbach recitations by
Mr.. L. b. Hay, glees by the High school club,
and Ohenbach's oporetta, the Barber of
Butte in which Mrs. McCarhee, Messrs. John
o. Pugh, Il. b. Hay, and w. II. Daniel will
appear. ,... ...