National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-02
THE BREvITY BASKET.
Filled With Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Erenta Of Yesterday.

| Events Of Yesterday.
| The record at the clerks Office shows that is2
marriage licenses were Issued for the month OF
september.
| There wero 06 deaths last week, 90 of which
| were white and 40 coored, the rate of mortal
ity being 24O6 for the total population,
| Hayward q Hutchinson have fled me:
chaiics lien against j. l.. & n. w. Fitzgerald
| upon house No. ~ Iowa circle for S2lI2i.
! Tho funeral of Mrs. Col II. +. Hawkes. from
! her residence, as IN notice, has been postponed
TO Friday instead Of Thursday, at same hour.
| The past month was the hottest and dryest
| September on record at the signal Office, the
| mean temperature being Tl.To and the rainfall
| only IL ofnn inch.
Comptroller Lawrence has decided that the
| funds for the erection OF the pension Office are
| not applicable TO the relief Of Il carpenter dis
| abled while at work there.
Jcmima Bryan, who "was years old when
| the British war was" charged her son, George
Adams, in the police court yesterday. with as
| sault. George was also charged with assault
ing Mary Thompson, and was fined So in each
| case
| The treasurer OF the United States has issued
| n statement of the funded debt of the District
| Of Columbia on Sept 30, which shows that
during the quarter ending that day the debt
was reduced from SCI 40 500 to sci 3O3, 100, the
annual interest saved being S. lI7
| At the bidding for old material at the post.
Office department yesterday L. q. Wheeler
made the highest offer for jute sacks and waste
Irvine, 5. Bensinger for leather pouches, d.
| Drcyiuss for cotton canvas pouches, John f.
Costello for scrap leather, and MIR. Ullman for
| waste paper.
| The remains Of the late Joseph l.. Savage
| were inferred at Mount Olivct cemetery yes.
terday morning. after services at 81. Aloysus
church, where Rev. Father OCOnnor paid n
warm tribute to the deceased The pallbe0r.
ers were Messrs. NJ. Murphy, W. Finn, K. O..
lolkinhorn. DIR. Evans, II. T.. Gilbert, l.. q.
Wheeler, NJ. ID. Stack, and Paul Conner. A
number OF Jonadabs and other friends at
tended.
The Homer Lee Bank Note company, of New
| York city, has received the contract for en-
craving 500, 00O,0 in securities for the PERU
Vim government. The work was formerly
! done in Eng gland and Germany. The contract
Is one of the largest ever awarded. The work
VIII be done on steam presses patented and
built by Homer Lee, Il number of which are
now used in the bureau OF engraving and
printing.
There will be three races at the Analostan
| bont club regatta to day, us follows: First race
single SOULS, George Boyd and Randall
Webb. Second race-tour.oared crews, Eek
stein, stroke; Wright, 81 +. Janus, 2; Pairo,
son, .; somers, bow. H. Mckinney, stroke; i.
| Mckinney, 3; - Adams, 2; Whiting, bow.
Junior crew, in four-oared gig, against picked
crew in the six-oared gig.
The Equitable Cooperative Building asso-
citation held its siXtieth monthly meeting last
night at Marinrs hall. After reception of dues
So, 100 was advanced at an average premium
of ~ per cent. The president announced that
the board had authorized the eighth issue OF
stock to be opened on Oct. ., the first on which
falling due Nov. 8, 1881. 1t was also announced
that hereafter funds would be put up to ad-
vance to the stockholders at s o'clock p. m,
and the meeting hour TO continue at o'clock
as usual.
The following marriage licenses have been
issued James W. Cooper, Of GOochland county,
Va, and Mary Graves, Of Green county, Va.
VIM, 7. Stack and Mary A. Madigan; Thomas
A. Darnall and Louisa Hemmersey, both o.
Charles county, Md; Beverly johnson and
Anna Roots; John L. Carter and Milwood f.
Lewis; Charles w. Robinson and Rosa b. Jett
, both of Georgetown, d. c.; Robert Nelson and
Alice Johnson; L. W. Boyd and Leila Thur
man, both of Lynchburg, Va; Vim. IL. Cartel
and Virginia Lewis; Patrick L. Mcnamara anc
Mary T. Griffin.