National Republican., 1883-09-05
THE BREvIrY BASKET.
FILLED with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.


Events OF Yesterday,
Three Irish emigrants, q man and two girls,
arrived at the Baltimore and Potomac depot
yesterday morning. The man will 60 to
Macon, Ca, and one girl will remain IN the
city and the other go to Richmond, Va.
Express train No 2, of the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad, due here at 7;2O q. M, was
delayed fifteen minutes at Odentown yester-
day morning by the breaking of an axle OF
the smoking car. No one was injured. The
truck tore up the car floor to slight extent.
Yesterday morning about O'Clock,
colored man known as "Whitey' Brooks,
while passing along A street, between Third
and Fourth streets southeast, was attacked
by a half dozen colored roughs, who beat and
kicked him till he was insensible and lett him
lying so on the pavement.
Lieut.. Col. Joseph c. Lee, now of Marshal
McAIichaeps Office has resigned his commits
sian as lieutenant colonel of the 9th regiment,
New Jersey National Guard after service
therein of fourteen years, much to the regret
of tho officers and men of the guard. The
colonel is now citizen of the district.
Herdic No. collided with s1hnsburgh
Brothers delivery wagon, at the corner of
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, yesterday afternoon about o'clock.
The delivery wagon lost a wheel, and was
otherwise damaged. Careless driving on the
part of tho herdic man was the cause. No
body was injured.
horse and wagon belonging to Elphonso
Youngs was straying around the neighbor-
hood of Tenth and streets northwest last
evening withouta driver. They were found
mixed up with the asphalt improvements now
| progressing on Tenth street between o and q
streets by Mr.. Johnston, the druggist, and re-
turned to their owner.
| Drof ChoIJnr Los ant;roI.y nvarhou tho
dancing academy, enlarged the hall, newly pa
pered, painted, and frescoed the entire walls,
| handsomely wainscoted from tho entrance
| door up, curtained the windows, and gener-
ally improved the place. lie will open with
q Juvenile reunion at II a. m. and an adult
reunion at 1880 p. IN. next Saturday.
During the month of August $4,000 foot
passengers, $500 two-horse teams, 1000 one
horse teams, 5000 brick carts and 1 100 head
of cattle passed over the long bridge to and
from Virginia. This traffic was in excess OF
the traffic of the preceding month but it is
probable that the amount of travel Will be
less during September and get gradually less
until the minimum of the winter months il
reached 2lS sailing vessels and 214 tugs
passed through the draw over the Washing
ton channel, and fully three times as many
through the draw over the Georgetown chan
mel.
Information comes from Newport, II. l..
that the wife of Mr.. Cornelius Ryan, clerk t.
Capt. Scully there, has presented him will
another son, his eighth child "Con was fol
many years au employe of tho gus company
in this city, and Of the quartermaster's do
partment, with which he is still connected
Like the electoral commission, he believes
that eight beats seven, and of the same ma
tionality as Bryan OLynn has equal taitl
with that worthy in odd numbers, and doubt
/ less will long contest with his double.shottet
brother Bill of the quartermaster generali
office, for the numerous family championship
The regular monthly meeting of the boart
of directors of the U. S. Electrical Lighting
company was held yesterday, and action wa
taken with reference to increasing the capac
ity of the station so as to be enabled to NEE
the demand for light during the coming fal
and winter easier. Additional power ant
, improved electrical machinery will be intro
duced The board as now reorganized is az
follows James i. Barbour. president; Col
Robert Boyd, vice president; William Dick
son, secretary and treasurer; William l.
Elkins, Stilson Hutchins, A. w. Fletcher. ]
A. Ward, George l. Mckelway, and A. M
| Henshaw.