National Republican., 1883-02-07

Mr. Samuel A. Stafford, ir., business manager
of tho SUiddy Gd.ciic, is suffering from hem'
orrhage OF the lungs.
The Third Co.opcratiyc building association
at its last meeting sold $4,000 at an average
premium 0f 81 per cent
The programme of the Bischofr concert, the
third in the course, is TO be the best yet OF the
season. See Udvcrtiscmct.
NEcssrs. Simon Wolf, Henry Adler, and
Henry King have gone to Wilmington, n C.'
to attend the convention of the Bnai Birth.
The door of tho equity chamber Of tho
clerks Office bears upon IL new legend
Gently close the door-don't bang it--itdis
/ turbs the court
| An alarm of fire was turned in from the box
at the Riggs House yesterday morning, but
| the fire department found nothing buta Smok-
ing chimney ut 1ill street.
! The G. S. $. club has elected officers for the
/ ensuing year as follows: J. a. Glccson, lresi-
dent; p. IL. Miller, vice president; NJ. FAR
/ rngton, treasurer; NJ, j. Cunningham, secre-
| tary, and NJ Fritz, sergeant Ht-arms.
Rev. DR.. Chapellc pastor Of st. Matthew's
church, proposes to deliver II series of Monday
evening lectures in French during Lent in
the church, upon appropriate subjects. The
first one will be given next Monday night.
A lively runaway took place on street.
near Fifteenth northwest, yesterday alter
noon. In turning the corner of Fifteenth
street the horse fell and slid quite distance,
scraping the skin from his right side and
/ legs.
Mrs. II. NJ. Teller, Mrs. II. A. Willard, and
Mrs w. w. Curtis have been appointed
committee to CndcavOr to obtain additional
aid from congress for the Industrial Home
school. The resignation of Mr. Brown, teacher
of shoomaking in the institution has been
accepted.
The lecture of Mr.. Jacob Kemplc on the
"TTibulations of an Office Seeker " announced
for last night at LincohS hall. was postponed
on account Of the extreme inclcmency OF the
weather and at the request of many of his
friends The lecture will be delivered next
Tuesday evening at the same hall,
The IIibornia Building association is con-
sidcring the proper disposition Of over $4,000,
which has come to it through n recent de-
cision in its favor by the courts. The asso-
citation after q successful career, virtually
closed up about SIX months ago, although
there were some claims which had not been
adjusted.
The following patents TO Washingtonians
were issued yesterday: Edward &. Dean, as
signor of the National Secret Telephone com
pany, New York, circuit closer for telephone
receivers; William $. Mitchell, mechanism
for prOpcling vehicles; James A. MalOney,
assignor to 5. III. Carney trustee, New York,
secondary battery.
Yesterday morning as some workmen were
engaged at IIcurich's brewery, on Twentieth
street between NJ and n streets, in loading II
large cask into n wagon the Cask rolled of
the plane on which il was being elevated and
crushed Mr.. Hugo Hcurch against the wall,
innicting serious and, it is feared, fatal in
juries DIR. Laucr attended the injured man.
Will DIR. Rankin go? is a Conundrum that is
propounded by hundreds, and the answer is
made the moro difficult because the reverend
doctor has gone to spy out the land in the
Forest City. The interest in the question is
growing more and more intense, and the
action to be taken by the mass meeting to be
held this evening in the Congregational
church will doubtless have much to do in
helping DR.. Rankin to decide the question OF
accepting or declining the call Every friend
of the PASTOR and of the church, both male
and female, will no doubt be present and the
church be hacked,