National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-16
THE BREvITY BASKET.


Events OF Yesterday.
John l.. shedd has been appointed assistant
plumbing inspector
Mr.. II. z. A. Brodo has been appointed cor
poral of Co. b, G. c. q.
John Mulhull has been appointed private
| in the fire department.
l.. F. Wright has been awarded thc'contract
for cleaning the streets for year longer.
Michael shorter was fined S. In the police
| court yesterday for selling frecrackers to a
boy
a diamond ring was stolen from the house
Of Or. schccliing, No. 1913 Nineteenth street,
| July4.
The President yesterday reappointed Capt.
o. 5. b. Wall notary public for the District of
| Columbia.
The body of dead female infant was found
| In sewer at the corner of Fifth and q streets
northwest on Monday.
A fire in the workshop of Thomas T.. Young,
| ut i26 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, yester-
day morning, did 500 damage.
The fish commission steamer Fish Hawk,
| Lieut. WIN. Maxwell Wood, u. 5. ~, lcft yes
terdny morning for Woods Holl for the sum-
| mcr work.
The commissioners have promoted Joseph
| Allen from 500 to $1,000 In the engineer de-
| parlmCnt, and appointed j. w. Keene clerk IN
| the engineers office ut 5000.
| A. j. Harmon, of Maryland, has claimed the
| two checks aud pistol which were found on II
| they were stolen nom his house in Baltimore
q. f. Chauncey. who was arrested for OBJ
| tanning money under false pretenses was held
| for the grand Jury IN 81 600 yesterday. Chaun
| coy unsucccssiully attempted suicide after his
| arrest.
The number of deaths occurring last week
| were o. of which 10 were white and rs col
ruf ~ nj Nfng . IA f,rf ha
| total population. one mixed marriage was
reported.
The Despatch will leave the navy yard here
next Tuesday or Wednesday for New York.
where the President will Join her and proceed
| 10 Bar llarbOr. Maine, and thence to Newport
where the North Atlantic fleet is to rendezvous
soon for exercise.
certificate of the incorporation of the
Washington Mill; association has been filed
with the recorder. The capital stock is $500,
divided into ten shares. McSSrs. Robert \.
Pagke, W. T.. Perkins, and John a. Carr are
the incorporators
Mr.. Augustus Burgdorf, who was recently
indicted in three additional cases of present
ing false vouchers TO the navy department,
appeared III the criminal court yesterday and
entered plea of not guilty and gave bond in
the sum of $500.
The fish commission steamer Albatross. Lieut.
Comdr. Xera l.. Tanner, L. S. LEFT here Satur-
day last for Baltimore, where she Is now hauled
up on SINNERS marine railway having her bot
tom scrapcd and reprinted. She Will 20 to
Woods lloll In about ten days.
Several of the cx-fircmen of this city are in
reduced circumstances. This fact caused II
number of their friends to meet yesterday and
form temporary relief association The asSo.
citation Will give picnic ut Juencmann's
garden Aug. I for the benefit OF the former
''lire laddies."
The charge against William Bromnrd. Rich
ard HurriS. and Thomas RprrN far lsnu
gaming house ut No. 12OS Pennsylvania avenue
was dismissed in the police court yesterday.
Detectiys Block sworc out another warrant
against Harris, charging him with Keeping a
gambling house.
Emmclla X. Benson, nee Davis, has peti.
toned for divorce fom her husband, John W.
Benson, charging him with cruelty and intem-
pernnce. She also asks for the custody and
control of their two children, and that he be
restrained from selling or disposing of the
household furniture.
The Tallapoosa left the navy yard here YES.
terday ut $50 p. m. for Norfolk, League Island.
New York, Newport, Boston, and Portsmouth
with supplies for the navy, yards at those
points, portion of her freight is iiity tons of
sheet lead which was manufactured at tie
rolling mill at the yard.
The torpedo vessel Alarm, Commander
William starr Dana, will leave the navy ward
today or tomorrow for Long Island sound,
going by way of New York. After n short
iu'e III wv ophiNi experimenting, she VIII go
to Newport aud await the arrival of the north
Atlantic fleet and participate In fleet drill in
Vineyard sound.
Mai. John c. Scantling, lieutenant second
artillery, Is in command OF the guard left at the
arsenal here to look after the public property.
The men now here numbers thirty-eight, in
elusive OF the men of the regiment team who
are practicing for the rifle contest at Crcedmoor
IN the fall. The medical officer ofthc post Is
Capt Timothy L. Wilcox, assistant Rrgcon.
Francis Prot, who was committed to Jail last
week In 1tialilt ofJpayfhent OF dobt upon
writs of capias ad satisiacicndum, yesterday
pctitioned, TOR u writ oirbabeas corpus through
his attorney, Mr.. Leon Tobriner. lie denies
the allegation that he has been guilty of any
fraud or removed his properly with intent to
delay the payment of his debts and claims
that he is illegally held in jail. Justice Hagiier
directed the writ TO issue, and made the same
rcturnable before him at 10 o'clock this morn
ing.