National Republican., 1884-10-08
THE BREvITY BAsR EFT.
Filled With Brief Mention Of Many Mlnor
Events Of Yesterday.

1
The commissioner and employees Of the
| Washington asylum have contributed s3i 10
| the Fowler relief fund.
| citizens want more gas lamps In the north
| east section of the city, and have petilioned
| the commissioners for them
Mr.. John @. Thompson was held in $500, for
| the grand jury by Judge Smell yesterday for as
| saulting $. T. Luckctt constable.
The court in general term on meeting yester
day adjourned to Friday next in consequence
OF tho sickness of Chief Justice Cartier.
The commissioners have reapponted r. II.
| Mayer MI additional private on the police
| force without compensation from tho dis
| trlct.
Walker Tollvcr was sentenced to six mouths
| in jail by Judge Smell yesterday for assaulting
| SolQman schlombcrg by striking him with
brick.
Mr. W. ]. Walter and Miss Catherine A. DON
| nelly were married at St. Stephens church
! yesterday morning by Rev. John McNalley,
the pastor
It was Mr.. Hugh Nelson and not Hugh vii.
son, OF Maryland, as published yesterday, who
was on Monday admitted to practice at the
district bar.
Hubbard Il. Mcdonald by q chaucery suit
against Eugenia Littlciicld and others, prays
for decree Of the court for partition or sale OF
lot /, square ~.
The will Of the late Resin Cant was filed with
The tcstator leaves his property to his relatives
in small bequests
Mr.. J. Loring Wilmington, OF this city, has
been married at Gaithersburg Md. to Miss
Charlotte l.. Munro, Rev. w. A. Bartlett per-
forming the ceremony.
An unoccuplcd house on the Tunlaw road,
belonging to Mr.. Joseph Kcngla, was destroyed
by fire at an early hour yesterday morning.
The fire was supposed to be incendiary. The
damage was 81 ,OUO.
The commissioners have notified citizen
who asked for the improvement and widen
ing OF Rock Creek road, that there is at present
10 appropriation for this work and the i'm.
provemcnt of this road will depend on the
amount appropriated by congress for such
work.
officer Henry yesterday swore out war
rant against John Murray, the man who as
saultcd Ohlccr Work on Monday, charging him
with using personal violence on q police otll-
Ger. The case was continued. The officer is
stu confined to his house, and Murray Is in
the hospital.
The Master Plumbers association has elected
the iollowineA officers for the ensuing six
months: President, j.. J. Hannah; vice pres
luent, u; Il, Campbell; recording secretary, 5.
5. Shedd; treasurer, y. $. Hutchinson SER
geant-atarms w. w. Dougherty.
The new building of the National univer-
sity, at 1905 street, was opened Monday
night, when Judge Macarthur delivered
uNuTGSN, Iulpt NlllOlEnDy
one to the law students, and DR.. L. W. West
giving an introductory lecture to the medical
students.
The Grocery Clerks association has elected
the following officers for the year Lawrence
| Cole, president; j. II. lIunton and II. G. Thy
son, vice presidents J. X. Fayne (re-eected),
general secretary; L. W. Cuttings, correspond
ing secretary; W. c. Brooke, treasurer; ii. w.
lleine, sergeant-at.arms.
Mr.. william NJ. Williams, on the recon.
mendation of the examining committee was
yesterday in general term admitted to the bar
Of this district and the applications of Messrs.
VIII Haight, X. f. l.. White and George W.
Albaugh, of Baltimore, were referred 10 the
examining committee.
The Washington Cadet corps has elected the
following officers: C. A. Fleetwood. major;
Arthur Brooks, captain company A: ]. X.
Brown, captain company b; W. II. Lee, cap
tain company G.; Sergt A. l.. Alexander, lieu
tenant company A; Sergt. r. NJ. Lawes, lieu
tenant company b, and Sergt. r. w. Dayidge,
lieutenant company c.
The answer of James Walter Mitchell to the
petition of his wife, Mary c. Mitchell for
divorce has been filed. He denies all the
charges made, and says that he does not object
TO the divorce, but does object 10 paying
alimony, and he asks for the custody OF the
children, declaring that his wife is unfit to
have charge of them.
Patents have been issued to citizens of this
district as follows: A. A. Amber, for a hydro
carbon vapor generator; David L. Shoemaker,
machine for cleaning and securing rice and
other grains; EdmundW Woodruff, file holder.
Patents have been issued to James p. staber,
Sandy Springs, Md, for central Office instru.
ment. for telephone lines and for individual
call instrument for telephones.
Jc-,es II. Hitchcock, George w whoo,cr, L.
A. Douglass, N. A. Robbins, and VIM Dubois
were appointed at a meeting of church mem
bers, held last August to secure the means TO
maintain a suitable hall in which to hold
gospel meetings in that part of the city where
the immoral law-brcaking, Incorporate
classes of citizens are most abundant. They
are now soliciting contributions for that pur-
pose.