National Republican., 1883-08-29
THE BREvITY BASKET.
Filled with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.

Events OF Yesterday.
dead colored infant was bund at Boun-
| dary and w streets by Officer 1ladigan-hon-
day night.
An excursion Of colored people from Rich
mond numbering about LOO people, arrived
here at the Baltimore and Iotomac depot yes
terday morning and spent the day in sight
seeing. They returned last night.
William II. Thomas, of Caroline county, Va,
and Della Haywood were married in the cir
cult court room at the city hall by the Rev.
DIR. Addison. large number OF lawyers,
employees, and reporters witnessed the cere-
mony.
George Stuart, who was severely cut with
n razor by John Firstly at the picnic of the
hod carriers at Germania park on Monday
night, was unable TO appear as witness
against his assaiant yesterday, and the case
went over.
Mr.. Charles Lemon, tho well-known brick
layer, who on the sixteenth of May last, by the
breaking of swinging scafold, had leg,
an arm, and his jawbone broken and was
| otherwise injured, has recovered aud will
soon be at work again.
Lieut.. Hartel, Surgeon Donohue, Sergts.
Nelson, Gordon and Smith, and Corporals
| Borojee, skinner and Bollinger, of the Union
Veteran Corps Rifle team, will shoot in rifle
match at BayIidge Sept. by invitation of
Gen. L. w. Ross, of Baltimore
Mr. Samuel Il. Stratton, chief Of the regis
tration divisi ion of the PostOilice department,
states that he and not Mr.. Moses conceived
and put in shape the original design for the
new form OF card receipts for registered pack
ages, a description of which was published in
yesterdays REPUBLICAN,.
James Ii. McGill, dealer in building sup
plies, will on Sept. 1 movo from his present
| I.lN
to his new and extensive offices and ware
house, Nos. 9oS, $40, 912, and Old q street,
three doors west of tho patent office and i'm
mediatcly adjoining the National Rifles new
armory.
Fraak Springman, son of Mr.: J. II. SPRING
man, who on the 18th of July last was run
over by an engine on the Baltimore and POto-
mac railroad, on Sixth street. near b, and
| both feet so mangled as to render amputation
necessary, has been pronounced out of danger
by DIR. Townshend, aud he is now in fair
way to recover.
Tho members of the New York City
| Schuetzen society to tho number of twenty
seven, who have been attending the Balti-
more Schuetzenfest, visited this city yester-
| day, and were received by n delegation from
| the Washington Scheutzen Verein and shown
the many points of interest. Many ladies ac-
companied the visitors.
\ Tho annual retreat of tho Catholic clergy of
Maryland and the District of Columbia is
now being held at st. Mary's seminary in
Baltimore, and is being conducted by Rev.
Mr.. Walsh, S. j., of Boston. Archbishop Glib
bons and about ninety priests were present at
the commencement of the retreat, which will
continue until Saturday morning
Miss Amelia l.. Tilghman, who has long
been known as a leading colored vocalist of
this city, was seriously injured at Saratoga
last Saturday by the falling Of brick from
an unfinished building, which struck her on
the head. she, with others of the choir of
st. Augustine's church, were giving a series
of concerts for the benefit of that church.
The management of the Eagle Publishing
company that proposed to start newspaper
in the interest of the Independent Order of
Freemen on the first proXimo as was stated
! in The REPUBLICAN, at Alexandria, Va. has
abandoned the object for the present and re-
ferred the whole matter to the grand council
Mr.. Magnus l.. Robinson, late editor of the
Virginia Post, who was engaged to edit the
new paper, has released the managers from all
obligations, and the matter is to rest until
the meeting Of the grand council next jan
uary.