National Republican., 1883-07-16
THE BIirxTrY BASKET.
FILLED with Brief Mention of Many Minor
Events Of Yesterday.

Events Of Yesterday.
Clarendon dining rooms, g0S + street.
Board reduced TO SlI per month % tickets,
The Corcoran Art gallery will bo closed to
the public until the fifteenth Of August on
account of improvements TO be made.
Thomas Ennis and Mary Jane johnson
wcro arrested on Saturday for policy dealing.
The cases will como up in the police court to-
day.
The Sporting World is the title of news
paper started by Mr.. Grant Parish 1t is
designed to cover every class of sports, and
TO also present attractive literary features.
At $3.50 yesterday Officer MacNcil turned
in an alarm from box ii3 for slight fire in
the Mutual telegraph Office. The lightning
came in on one of the wires and set some
paper on fire. No damage
Another burglary comes to light in the
entrance of the house of Mr.. J. l.. Vale, No.
I 2-05 Fourteenth strccn northwest, by thieves
who stole revolver, pack of cards, two
dice boxes, and II box of dominoo3.
The authorities have received notihca-
tiou of the mysterious disappearance of owen
Sccry from his home in Philadelphia. Mr..
$, cgy was travelling between Philadelphia aud
Washington when last heard from.
Sheriff Wilcox and p Driesbach of Brad
ford, Pa, have been awarded the contract for
building the new line of the Baltimore and
Ohio, which will run from Washington, ID. c.,
to Philadelphia, n distance of sixty miles.
| The contract price is 81 100000.
The Washington Times is new venture in
ncwspapordom, and commences with good
prospects Mr.. r. Humphrey Brooke, tho
! editor is well known as n brilliant writer
and in the last number presents a very read
able article on Washington journalists"
! Oliver p. Chappoll arrested as the owner
of the counterfeit so plate, which was found
| in IL box OF freight satisfied Chicf Brooks, of
! the secret service, that he used it simply in
connection with'a greenback ballad, and was
dismissed with II warning against keeping
such dangerous property in his possession.
The new music stand on the whito house
lawn was occupied FOR the first time Saturday
evening by the marine band and the differ
cncc in the sound Of tho music was very OBJ
scrvablc. Tho stand Is about thirty feet
square, made of sections resting on trc,tlos
and can be taken apart and slowed away
after II concert.
The following officers were elected at the
regular meeting Of the Lone Star Beneficial
association for the ensuing year: William
I.Oeiilcr president; Charles Keese, vice
president R. A. O'Brien, recording sec
rctary; Rudolph Giosler, financial secre-
tary VI. Il. WidmaYcr, treasurer trustees
John Kocpler and Julius Roth.
The work of dredging along the front o
the slope wall of the Potomac flats, which wa
awarded to Mr.. John Van Pattcn, as stated il
Saturday. REPUBLICAN, amounts to S27,5OO
The contra ctor agrees TO begin the work OF
the fifteenth of September, and have il com
plctGd by the thirticth of the following April
The contract for filling six acres of the Hat
near Easby's point will be awarded to iona
than Taylor at 232 cents per cubic yard.
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: Sharpsville lodge, No
5l7, Pennsylvania, So; Blue River lodge, No
80, Milford Neb, 81 James II. Plant, Valley
Stream, N. V, ST. Benjamin Durfce, Wash
ington, ID. C., 81; Harmony lodge, No. II
Washington, ID. c., So; Abbcville lodge, No
1872, Louisiana, Si; C.. T. Code, New Iberia
La, 81; Lawson consis ,ry, No. /, Seattle, w
r., "a L. G. Ames, Machias Me-, 81.
The stockholders of the Metropolitan Min
ing and Manufacturing company of the Dis
trict of Columbia, at meeting held in Phila
) delphia, have elected the following director
to serve for the ensuing year. Charles Savary
, New York city; Pennington Carson, NeN
Jersey; and Abram IL. Bockins, j. b. Moore
X. C.. Rothe, A. X. Frick, T. G.. Sanders
NJ. d.; DIR. Geo. Kerr, and A. Beelen McKen
zie, all of Philadelphia. An a meeting of tn
new board the following officers were chosen
Abram II. Bocl;ins, president DIR. Geo. Kerr
vice president; 4. X. Frick, treasurer; j. L
Moore superintendent DIR. L. G. f. Sanders
secretary.