National Republican., 1883-01-25
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The Alexandria ferryboats did not run yes
terday.
Rev. II. Denny, S. j., will commence to-day
series of conferences before the st. Aloysius
Relief society.
Mr.. c. G. Glover was yesterday elected sec
retary Of the National Capital Telephone COM
pany, vice II. A. Willard.
Mr.. ]. w. Collins will assume charge Of the
Washington Office of the American Rapid Tel
egraph company on Feb. /.
Yesterday morning the Potomac was frozen
over solidly from bank to bank, which is the
first time in two years that this has occurred.
The tenth subdivision associated charities
has secured an office room over McCauley &
Delwig's store, 200 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast; office hours II to 10 a. m.
The Shakespeare class of ladies and gentle
men will meet for the first time tomorrow
evening, at 8 o'clock, at Mrs. Adeline Duval
Mack's, 100 Thirteenth street northwest.
Sneak thieves stole an overcoat, two double
breasted sack coats a ladies' ulster, and other
articles from the hall of 1d05 Fifth street
northwest. The police have been notified.
The Capital City guards, company b. Capt
W. p. Gray commanding will be presented
with stand Of so new Austrian rifles this
evening at No. 1115 Eleventh street at o
o'clock by the Hon. Robert Small, NJ. G.
Messrs Condor, Lehman, and BELOW, on
behalf of the aid committee of the Clan-na-
Gael, have issued o circular appealing to Irish
Americans for aid to avert the calamity Of
famine which is again impending over Ire
land.
Mr.. J. Q. Thompson, editor of the Sunday
Chronicle, has been arrested for libel by Charles
f. Rowe, an attorney, for speaking of him MS
"an alleged lawyer who, according to the
present report, is liar" Mr.. Thompson was
released on bonds.
skatorial enthusiast states that the ice on
the river affords most excellent skating. BY
taking the ice at Long bridge, the obscrva-
tory, or Potomac boathOuse persons can en-
joy an extended field for exercising their
pedal cxtremities' By this he probably
means skating.
Mr.. James d. Donnelly who keeps saloon
at the conner of Fourteenth and l streets
northwest, was before the police court yester-
day on the seventh charge of keeping an un.
| licensed bar, and was fined $3.50. An appeal
was noted, which is the sixth appeal Mr.. DON
| nelly has made.
A row in the family of John Wilson, re-
siding at 61i d street northwest caused con-
siderable excitement in that locality yester-
| day. Wilson's son-in-law chased him up and
down stairs with pistol until tho old man
| found out the weapon was no good, when he
turned upon the young fellow and fired him
out of the house.
| At the recent meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Great Falls Ice company Mr..
John ID. Bartlett, of this city, was selected as
the superintendent of that company. This
gentleman has been long and favorably known
here, and his selection for this important
trust proves that the company makes no mis-
takes in the appointment of proper persons
to conduct their business, and guarantees
that the public will have their wants prop
erly attended to in this important matter
| the coming summer.