National Republican., 1883-07-02
THE BREvITY BASKET.
FILLED with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events Of Yesterday.


Events OF Yesterday.
One hundred and seventy-ive marriage
licenses were issued during the month of
June.
Mr.. Charles i. Hine, son Of t. G. lIine
esq, well known attorney, has been adj
mitted TO the bar Of the district.
George Drivers performing monky got loose
Saturday morning and did some lofty gym
nastic exercises oil the telegraph wires, at
tracing largo crowd.
The remains of Hon. T. L. Tulock wore
OH Saturday quietly removed from tho vault
at Oak Hill cemetery and deposited in the
grave prepared for them.
Charles Love and James Noyes, while
painting the outer walls Of the Lafayette
house yesterday morning, fell to the ground
and were seriously injured.
Charley Norwood Ware, a two-ycar.old
white child, living at the corner of Rhode
Island avenue and Tenth street. was severely
burned Friday by his clothes taking fire and
died Saturday morning.
1t is understood that the old Committee of
Ono Hundred will be shortly revived and re-
organized. A meeting was held for that pur-
pose at the residence of Mr.. $. G. Clarke and
another will be called shortly.
All the employees of the bindery of the
government printing OiuCo were
Saturday for few days, so AS to anablo the
room to be newly hoored. Fifty ladies from
the folding room were also furloughed.
Saturday evening an explosion of fireworks
took place in the store of Chapel & Baxter,
corner Ninth and II streets norteast running
the entire front and the interior in the front
part of the store. An alarm of fire was
struck from box 62l.
At meeting of colorod citizens of the
seventh district Gilbert L. joy, Edward
Nerves, and John IL. Bell were elected dele
gates to the district nominating convention
to choose delegates to the Louisville conven-
tion in September.
Saturday evening as the bicycle club we're
returning from the races at Athletic Park,
Il. ID. Chapman drove u horse and buggy into
the procession, knocking +. r. Lane from his
machine Fortunately Mr.. Lane was not in
jured. Chapman was arrested for careless
driving.
Mr.. ID. Il. Cahill took to police headquarters
Saturday .amily of Irish immigrants, con-
sisting Of a mother and three children, and
had an interview with Mai. Dye and Capt.
Vernon, after which half transportation was
furnished them to Cleveland, where the
childrens father lived.
The fish commission steamer Lookout, with
| Maj. Ferguson, Linden Kent, and number of
distinguished guests left Saturday to inspect
the oyster beds of Maryland aud Virginia.
After the steamer had gone about forty miles
down the river she lost her propeller, and had
to be towed back to the Washington navy
yard
AT the semi-annual meeting of Spartan
council, No s. Sons of Jonadab, held at their
hall June 80, the following officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing term: w.
G., John E. Hammond; V. g., Robert ID.
Meston, r. g., William G. Coleman +. S.,
Zabina Ellis Treasurer, John Humphrey
w. p, A. f. Brooks; Guido, &. B. Harleston
Assistant Guide, f. A. Won Tagen; l. W.,
Charles II. Lamson; o. W., A. W.. Hancock
Organist, j. w. Garland.
Hon. George B. Loring, treasurer, and NJ.
Trimble, corresponding secretary of the Gar
field National Masonic Memorial association,
acknowledge the receipt of the following ad-
ditional contributions Fraternal lodge, No.
81, Princeton, Mimi. SIS; Driftwood lodge,
of Pennsylvania, $50; Joseph G. Little, Con-
nellsville, Pa, 81 ; Elizabeth lodge, No, 27G,
| Illinois, So Ben Franklin lodge No. ia,
Minnesota, 50; Lebanon lodge, No. 191, New
York city, $13, and r. P. Owen, Bloomfield,
Mo-, 81.