National Republican., 1883-10-15
THE BREvITY BASKET.
FILLED with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events of Yesterday.

Fliieu with Brtet mention Oh NthhV IhhhpN
Events OF Yesterday.
Mr.. George f. Harbin has on exhibition in
his store a number of very fine and large
pears grown in his yard on Capitol hill.
A horse and buggy found astray Saturday
morning were turned over to Robert Richard
son, the owner, who had hired them to man
for drive on Thursday evening
George Litchfeld was held for the grand
jury Saturday in default of $1,000 on charge
Of breaking into William II, Lees store on Q
street and stealing boxes of cigars.
The bright moonlight and balmy spring
weather last night induced quite large
number of parties to take moonlight strolls F"
in the parks. The capitol parks were crowded
during the early part of the evening.
A literary club has been formed at Mount
= leasant, and the following officers elected: :
Mr.. l.. S. Lipscomb, president; Mr.. j. B. Nc
Cauley, vice president; Miss f, Harmon, Sec
retary, and Mr. w. II. Hunt, treasurer.
A fugitive from tho Maryland authorities
named Burgess was captured beyond Anacos-
tia last evening by Officer Mari, and taken to
the eighth precinct station house. Burgess
was awaiting trial and Jumped his bond"
J.W. Ashton. of Falls Church, Va, was re-
Gently robbed of three valuable horses which
he succeeded in tracing to Philadelphia
where he recovered them, and had the thieves
arrested and held for the Virginia authors
ties. Ashton returned to the city Saturday
with his horses
Among tho articles sold at the recent navy
yard auction in this city was a long hawser
over twenty years old. 1t was used during
the war by United States man Of war, and
towed one or two captured prize vessels into
harbor. The old hawser weighed over ton
and was sold to Baltimore firm.
Saturday morning Poundmaster Einstein
and his men attempted to raid some geese ut
some shanties occupied by colored people, on
Eighteenth street, but were attacked by both
the male and female deniZens of the neigh
borhood. Ono of the poundmen named
James johnson, was knocked down with a
club and his skull laid bare.
The fifth subdivision associated charities
will hold its annual meeting tomorrow night
in the parlors of the Spencerian Business
college, Lincoln hall. Mr.. George w. Adams
will deliver brief address, and remarks will
be made by several citizens Mrs Nellie
McCartee, and Prof f. G. Townsend will fur
nish musical and elocutionary numbers.
Simon's commandery, No. 1, Knights Tenn
plar, at its last meeting, elected the following
officers for the ensuing term: Eminent COM
mander, J.. II. Wayne; generaissimo, IL.
Davis; captain general, n. II. Hutchinson;
senior warden, Michael IL. Robinson junior
warden, Edwin Chase; Secretary, John W..
Washington; treasurer, John Il. c. Brown.
The officers of the grand lodge, +. A. A. NJ,
will begin the annual series of visitations to
the constituent lodges with this week, as
follows: This evening, Anacostia lodge, No.
81. Uniontown; Friday evening, Hiram lodge,
No. 10, first ward, Nineteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue. Prof. Edward Il. Fris-
toe, of Columbia college, will deliver an
address at the latter lodge.
On account Of the arrival of the remains Of
Mr.. c. ID. Fletcher yesterday afternoon, it has
been decided to hold the funeral Mt his late
residence, No. ~ | street northwest, at 3
o'clock this afternoon. There has been un-
fortunate uncertainty as to the time of the
funeral, but the above notice is definite and
final. Federal lodge, No. /, +. A. A. NJ, will
take charge of the remains.
Assistant Engineer c. NJ. Perkins, u S. N,
and Miss Anita o. Knox, of this city, were
married Saturday evening at o'clock by the
Rev. Father Chapelle, of st. Matthew's
church. They left for their home in Georgia
yesterday morning. Mr.. Perkins has just
received his commission in the navy. to date
from July l, being one oC the twenty-three
members of his class retained in the service.
The funeral of Horace Edwards took place
yesterday afternoon from his late residence,
No. 1852 Tenth street northwest, Mt 1880
o'clock. The funeral services were held at
the r Street Baptist Church. Over 500 men,
bers Of the Hod Carriers association, of which
the deceased was q member, headed by the
National brass band, followed the romans to
the Young Mems burying ground, where they
were inferred.
From White, Smith & Co., of Boston, has
been received charming song entitled
"Evangeinc," the words and music of which
are by c. A. White. 1t is dedicated to Mrs.
Josephine Logan, and is arranged both for
soprano and tenor, and for contralto and
barytone. "Evangeline is a companion song
to Marguerite" by the same author, and
will, no doubt, prove fully as popular, both
for the parlor and the concert room.