National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-22
MINOR LOCAL EVENTS.
Tho Smaller happenings Of Day in and
About the City.

About the City.
XMAS banners Dc, toys. Gould. i2l, 9th st
The police made iifty.seven arrests during
the tweniy-iour hours ending at a. IN. yester-
day.
The Marine band will to-day commence
Monday morning concerts at the barracks ~
1880 o'clock.
NJ. j. Pope, tho man who was cut by a
printer named Ballingcr, is said TO be in
critical condition.
The clerks in the treasury will be given a
half days holiday on the oath, III addition
to the holidays on Christmas and New Years
day.
Judge wylie Saturday sentenced Charles Nc
| Farand previously convicted of grand lnr.
Ceny, TO three years in the Albany peniten-
| tiary.
Mr.. J. Jay Gould sends fine assortment of
cards and Christmas tree decorations, many
ofthem being unique in design and elaborate
| in construction.
spohr's oratorioo 1.-THE Last Judgment" will
be repeated ut the Epiphany church tonight.
The offerings Will go toward the Eplphany
mission In South Washington.
Louis Haas, German was arrested by De.
| tectiyos Block and RAN Saturday as suspi-
cious character He IL suspected of having
swindled several Germans in this city.
EVERY garment in our stock marked down
Eiseman Bros corner dth and L,
The Jury in the case Of william F. Hender-
son, who sued the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road company for $4,000 damages for injuries
received IN collision, have given him YER
| dict for $1,000.
George Koob, living on Ninth street extended,
| drove his horse and wagon into the open sewer
| At Boundary street and New Jersey avenue.
| Mr.. kOob was not injured aud the horse and
wagon were safely gotten out.
Charles Ruen, q young white :man, was on
| trial in the police court saturday charged with
| being a suspicious character He claimed to
be deaf mute by which he excited the sym,
pathy OF the people. He was released, and
soon LEFT the city.
A. C. Stevens, No. $40 Pennsylvania avenue,
| advertises large assortment of fancy goods
| both for ladies and gentlemen, which are
suitable for. holiday presents. He has spe,,
oial line of guns, pistols, fishing tackle, and
everything that Is desired by the sportsnen,
and all are offered at extremely low prices
CUT RATE sALE,-Eiseman Bros, corner
Seventh and L.
Fire was discovered in frame house No. 215,
| Twelfth street southwest, at an early hour yes
terday morning, caused by a defective hue.
An alarm was turned in from box Az by De-
tective Raft, and the department soon extin.
guished the flame. The house, which is owned
by Mrs; Riley, was damaged about sl0O; fully
insured.
On Saturday evening, at st. Georges hall,
Eleventh street northwest, meeting of engi'
| Heers was nelu preliminary 10 permanently
organizing an association. The object OF this
association is the elevation and maintenance
of the rights Of engineers and the recognition
of all other business matters in which the engi'
neer in his jurisdiction may be interested OF
involved. II Is expected to have the first or.
ganization OF engineers in this city perfected
by the 10th proximo.
WE shall move our immense stock of cloth
ing by the prices we shall place on them the
balance of this season. Eiseman Bros corner
9TH and L.
! An entertaining musicale was given.pt Prof
and Mrs Cabelps Norwood institute saturday
evening. A carefully arranged programme
was admirably rendered rejecting decided
credit upon the participants. Among those
present were Mrs. Judge Field, Hon. and Mrs
]. Randolph Tucker Maj. and Mrs. Plunkett
Hon. and Mrs. John S. Barbour, Miss danger
field, Hon. and Mrs. Wcllboril, Senator Gar
land, Mrs. Hubbard, Rev DR.. Elliott, Rev. DR.
and Mrs. Cuthbert Miss Phillips, Mrs. and
Miss Meyers, Miss Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Wise Garnet, Lieut. and Mrs. Seltridge, Rev
DR.. Bullock, Hon. Mr. Herbert of Alabama
Mrs. Lowndes b. jackson, Comd'r and Mrs
Silas B. Casey, Commodore, Mrs, and Mis-.
Brown, DR.. and Mrs. Addison, Prof and Mrs
Peter Collier, Miss Addison, Prof Gloetzner
Miss Simons Hiss Freyhold, Mrs. McCarta
Miss Gay, and Prof Grabrowski.
CUT RATE sALE-A special department or
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