National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-22
THE BREvITY BASKET.
Filled with Brief Mention of Many Minor
ENents of Yesterday.

Go to Capitol park to-day at 4.30.
The condition of several cutters and pumps
Is complained ofby citizens.
The improvement of Lincoln avenue, form
erly Gleenwood road, Is nearly completed.
The grand jury was yesterday discharged by
Judge Wylie until the 18th OF october next
The health officer is making an inspection Of
all the dairy farms in the county from which
milk Is brought to this city.
Henry Snowdcn, a cOlored man, died yes.
tcrday from injuries received by being kicked
by horse OF Bensingcr's bazaar.
VIM. Arnold was held in $500 bail in the
police court yesterday for assnulting NJ. II
Clarvoc, n car driver, on Saturday night.
Daniel Maloncy was painfully injured Ecs.
terday by being cut with an AK while cutting
n tree at the Howard university grounds.
James X. Prahcy has requested the com.
missoncrS to grant Mr.. s. r. Cox q permit 10
erect u flag pole in front of his residence.
Richard Ross was fined IS In the police
court yesterday for aSslulting Mr. Henry rum
phrey and was fined $40 for stealing Il whip'
Tyler Lee was identified by the size of his
mouth yesterday by IL colorcd girl as me man
who assaulted her year ago lie was ined
s..
W. 5. Roulbach, who died in Richmond last
week, was the irst secretary 81 the clIn SGT
vice commission, and was well known i'll lnls
city
Lizzie simms was sentenced to sixty days In
iail In the police court yesterday for stealing a
pair of shoes from tho feet of little child oil
Mr.. Herman SChmid.
John r. S. Croggon, with some thirty others
rs complauauts by n bill in equity against
Samuel Amcry and wife, prays for partition OF
part Of lot ., square i9i.
Mcssrs. llne and Thomas, as attorneys for
Daniel O'Leury, have filed petition in equity
praying that the suit OF Gilbert simpson against
VIM. w. Brown and Others may be revived in
the namo Of the petitioner.
Ben Barley was fined SO in the police court
yesterday for knocking two teeth from the
mouth of James De Vaughn. The assault grew
out Of dispute rs to which of the boys should
drive hill horse on the Avenue line.
The roof of the white house seems to be used
as convenience by the telegraph and tcle.
phone companies, more than sixty wires cross
ing the roof. Steps have been taken TO pre-
vent the wires from getting tangled, and they
are being fixed Systematically.
Justice Wylie holding the district court, yes
tcrday granted final discharge from bank.
ruptcy In the case of Henry Woltord and
Marks shilberg formerly dry goods merchants
doing business on Market space, under the
firm name of Wolford and Shilbcrg.
Lizzie Wright, who wrote n letter to Lewis
Wagman, u colored man. calling him her
"baby" and asking him to come to see her,
came into the police court yesterday pretty
badly beaten up, and charged Lewis with as.
sault. Lewis had come to see her and LEFT
an imprcssioil--with his shoes. lie was sen.
fenced to six months in Jail.
In the notice ofthc $50 prize offered by the
Hon. Thomas D.Worrall, Of No. 6lS + street, for
the best sermon on SANDER" II was erro.
neously stated as one of the conditions that I'LL
sermons sent to him should become Mr.. Wor.
rails property to publish if he desired. II Is
only the one receiving the prize which he will
keep and publish. The others will be
returned