National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-22
THE BGEvITY BASKET.
Filled With Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events OF Yesterday.

Events OF Yesterday.
Grand game to-day ut Capitol park, 400.
There were177 arrests by the police Saturday
night,
=. l.. N. slocum has been granted a saloon
licepse,
Capt. Martin L. Nocrr, Of the treasury, is
laid up with paralytic stroke.
w. J. Work has been appointed on the police
force, vice q. \. Williams, dismissed.
the district buildings will remain open unit
o'clock from to-day until next summer
Mr. j. d. Free, the stationer, had George
Newman, u colored cmploye, arrested satur.
day for till tapping.
For fusilading Chinese laundrics with brick
bats Thomas Hurst was locked up at the Cen
tral guard house Saturday night
While attempting to alight from street car
by the front platform saturday, John Fowler
head.
A Joint movement Of the Episcopal clergy of
this city and Maryland Is being made to erect
u memorial church ut Bladcnsburg to the late
Bishop Pinkncy.
McsSrs. Proctor and pistorio will give grand
ball at Masonic Temple september 30, for the
benefit of Mrs Fowler An excellent pro-
gramme has been arranged and n large num-
Der Of tickets sold.
Byron Webb has been arrested by officer
Breen for perjury, in swearing when on trial
for unlicensed produce dealing that he lived
and raised the truck in Virginia, statements
now said to be false.
Bids were received Saturday ut the commits.
sioners office for the construction of g.SSs iect
of brick sewers by 6 to 10 feet In diameter.
The lowest bidders are J. L. Lyon, Thomas
McCann and Ii. l.. Crawford.
A wcll-organized gang of little colored boys,
who stole everything from ladies' pockctbOoks
TO hnll.doOr mats and loose umbrellas In vcsti.
hlles has been broken up by the police of the
fifth and sixth precincts.
Daniel Dlngney, cub driver will be tried
in the police courtto.day for driving over Mr..
luniuS simondS on May II, whereby the latter
has been confined to his room since, and is
only out now on cautches
The rtorganizcd Barrett Dramatic club will
nave n hOuse-warming at 9li + street Friday
evening. They have two new plays In re-
hedrsal for benefit to the Metropolitan Indus
tfial school ON Oct. 3 and 4 at Lincoln hall.
The dispute in the Columbia Typographical
union was ended Saturday night by vote to
drop the obnoxious resolutions censurng the
New York union for condcmning the Tribune
OF that city for employing non.union printers.
Charles p Eysmans has entered suit against
Ernest dc MCrulla, the abscOnding Italian con-
sui ut Baltimore, to recover s6il.lS. writ of
| attachment has been issued and the officer is
searching for credits on which to make levy.
The old Washington house, on the corner of
| Third street and Pennsylvania avenue which
has been remOdeled by Mr.. c. HCurich, is not,
| according TO the building inspectors judg;
ment, safe. He requires another pier to be
| added
Building Inspector Entwistlcs annual report
| shows that !i2 brick buildings were put up
| during the year. The total value of these and
several other structures is S3,S29,GS2 an in
crease OF el9IIlO over the previous years
record.
Avery fine bed of sand has been discovered
on the GlenwoOd estate and the building ill.,
! speclor has pronounced 1t to be excellent for
| building purposes. The bed was but recently
discovered, and already great quantities are
| being taken out and used.
District Chemist De Smcdt has made an
analysis OF the water of the Potomac and found
1t in pure state. There Is less of organic
matter or of Glbumcn than at any time he can
/ rCcollcct and there is no trace of anything
showing impurty. Hereafter he Will make
| TWO tests per week.
VIM Nicholson, better known as Dudney,
| who was convicted In December last on the
| charge, OF assaulting officer John p. IInkle,
| walked up to the marshars Office last Satur-
| day, having been informed that his bOndsmen
wished to be relieved, and surrendered him
| seli. lie furnished new security and was re-
| leased.
Mr. VIM. F. Mattingly rs counsel for the
Live stock Insurance company of this district,
| has filed plea to the suit brought against the
| company by Thomas Bean for damages for
| the loss OF horse The defendants say that
| Bean did not give notice within ten hours
after the animal became incapacitated that
such was the fact; that the policy was can
celled before the animals death, and that the
animal was sick when insured, which fact
| was concealed.
Burns, Harlan, by bill filed in equity last
Saturday, through his attorney, Mr.. Henry E.
Davis against Milo Sweeney Harlan and
others, prays for an injunction and reconvcy-
| nnce. The complainant states that on Aug.
Is, 1882, Henry Heart conveyed part of lot 2,
square 1853, to him In trust for his children
On Dec. 2S 1888, the two houses on the prem
ises were destroyed by fire, which the COM
| plainant rebuilt and then conveyed the same
TO his son, Milo Sweeney Harlan. There is a
balance remaining unpaid, and the complain
ant asks that his son b. enioined from dispos-
ing OF the property and be decreed TO recon
ycy the same IN him