National Republican., 1883-07-23
THE BREvITY BASKET.
Filled with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.

Events OF Yesterday.
Tho police made 80 arrests during the "a
hours ending at a. m. yesterday.
Wesley w. Levy was arrested on Saturday
charged with brutal assault upon colored
servant girl.
Messrs. John r. C. Clark ana A. S. Taylor
have been re.commissioned rs notaries public
for five years.
Mr.. c. 4. Brickhcad, of this city, has re-
ceivcd the contract for portfolio drawers for
The United States patent Office for this year.
Mrs. Sullivan, living between II and l and
Third and Fourth streets, has become tho
mother of triplets, all girls. She was yester-
day doing we'll.
Mr.. w. II. Stanford, an old citizen Of the
district, who was stricken with paralysis last
Tuesday, is still in serious condition. He
has lost the use of his voice and his right
side is paralyzed.
Two suspicious looking persons were dis
covered in the state parlor of the white house
Saturday evening after tho front door had
been closed, and were promptly elected by
Sergeant Dinsmore.
Yesterday James Williams, colored host
lcr, employed at Nailors livery stables, was
kicked in the head by horse and seriously
injured. Dr. Stanton attended him, and he
WAS lnCll uOulO.
Frank Howard found pair of shoes on the
street and took them to Daltons to have them
exchanged His movements were suspicious
und he was arrested. The shoes were dropped
from the sltchel of q Mrs. Cathwoll.
Two lawyers, named Belts and Cahill, had
a fight in front Of tho department. of Justice
about , o'clock yesterday morning. Neither
was injured, but the police dispersed the COM
batants, who fled on their approach.
A warrant has beon sworn out against Ed
ward Sellngcr for taking a silver watch aud
gold chain offered in pawn by u boy. This
will bo the first prosecution under the law
against receiving articles in pawn from
minors.
Prosecuting Attorney Moore and John A.
Moss, colorCd attorney, had little tilt in
the police court Saturday. The latter said
he had never known Mr.. Moore to recon-
mend mercy for coored boy, and Mr. Moore
said that Mr.. Moss lied.
Miss Heam, employed in room 102, Treas
ury department. dropped her pocketbook in
Fourteenth street car on Saturday and saw
u man employed in the same department pick
it up. A notice was posted in the corridor (
the department asking him to return it, but
up to yesterday he had not done SO.
Complaint has been made of woman aged
about 80, who is seen at ali hours of the day
and night in nude condition in house OH
Thirteenth street near FnOrthwest. Ycster-
day afternoon she sat at one of the rear win
dows, giving utterance to the most irightful
cries and making tho most hideous faces.
She is evidently insane, but better care should
be taken in keeping her from tho eyes OF the
public.
The work of deepening the channel of the
Eastern branch, and particularly that of re-
moving the bar between the old canal and
Buzzard point, is going ON as rapidly as pos
sible under the supervision of Civil Engineer
A. G.. MenOcal, U. ). N, about 500 yards
day being removed. 1t is intonded to make
the channel from the Anocostia bridge to the
Washington channel 200 feet wide and Is
feet deep, except in front of the navy yard
where it will bo 300 feet wide and 20 feec
deep.
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 Franklin lodge, No.
5, Port Gamble, w. r., 81; Duquesne lodge,
No. 5i6 Pittsburg, Pa, 49, Tcmpledes Ounis
dc L'Houneur Francais lodge, Paris, IL
Hope lodge, No. 20, Washington d. G., 81;
King Solomon Primitive lodge, No. o. Troy,
n. V, 81 Mountain lodge, No. 80, Frostburg
Md, SO; g. II. Titus lodge, Taunton, Mass,
So; Columbia commandery, No. 2, Washin G.
ton, ID. e., $49.14.