National Republican., 1883-04-24
THE BREv1TY BASKET.
FILLED with Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events Of Yesterday.


Events OF Yesterday.
Work on the new pension Office building in
Judiciary square is progressing very rapidly
A skeleton of sperm whale, found on the
coast Of Florida, near Jupiter inlet, and Sc
cured for the National museum by Gen.
Babcock, is expected to arrive here in few
days.
At the Union Bethel Historic and Literary
association this evening Mrs. NJ. A. S. Carey
will present u paper on few practical
thoughts for the consideration Of the colorcd
citizen.
The Catholic Benevolent legion will meet
| at the hall of the Carroll institute, q street,
this evening q o'clock All male Catholics
are invited and will find it to their interest
to attend.
Miss Alice Lord, daughter of Mr.. William
| Lord, tho well-knOwn grocer died quite sud
denly at the family residence, corner OF Firth
| aud q streets northwest, yesterday. She was
in good health last night.
George Roth and Andrew Bender got into
| row on Pennsylvania avenue, near Ninth
| street, during which both were badly cut and
ii\ircd. Both were taken to the fifth pre-
cinct station, and Drs. Holden and Markriter
were called to attend Roth.
A minstrel entertainment will be given at
Grand Army hall, corner Seventh and IL
streets, on Thursday night for the benefit of
| Lincoln Post No. 3, q. A. Il. The troupe COM
| prises some of the best local amateurs, and
the programme is exceptionally fine.
Early yesterday morning pair of horses
| attached to hack ran away on Seventh street
road, above Boundary. The driver, Thomas
O'Donnell, was thrown from the hack and
seriously injured about the head. He was
taken to the Freedman's hospital by Officer
Jackson.
Pressmen's Union No. has elected the fol-
lowing officers, to serve the ensuing term {;
Frank Fraser, president; William ). Scott, vice
president; Henry Evans, secretary L. i,
Maher, treasurer; J. b. Clarkson, scrgeant-at-
arms A. Ii. Jones' delegate TO the lnterna-
tional Typographical Union.
The charge against Col. w. G.. Moore, of
the Washington Light Infantry, of conduct.
ing gift enterprise in connection with the
fair now in progress, was called in the pollce
court yesterday, but was continued Tor TWO
weeks, as Mr.. .Davidge, Col Moores coun-
sci, was engaged in the star route trials.
Mr.. Ed. Cash, well known in this city as a
former resident and now deputy United
States marshal of tho southern district OF
Georgia, is here for u few days visiting rela-
tives, having just returned from Albany, N.
Y, where he placed behind the bars James
G. Braswell ex-postmaster of Whighan, Ga.
for embezzement.
A number of gentlemen in South Washing
ton are seeking to organize stock company
for the purpose of erecting q suitable hall IN
that section of the city. The proposition j
to erect hall on Seventh street, somewhere
between b and + streets, thus placing it in
tho midst of the leading business houses and
residents of South Washington.
The telephone company will hereafter place
fixed rental upon the use of their telephones
3 For telephones in business houses on private
wires 500 per annum will be charged, and
y for similar wires to private houses, 500. The
rate for business houses on the general circuit
will be $50, and at private houses on the gen
/, eral circuit $iS Contracts on this basis viii
take the place of the present contracts.