National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-20
THE BREvITY BASKET.
Filled With Bricr Mention of Many Minor
Events of Yesterday.


CnILDnEN's clothes, Eiscman Bros, 9TH & Z.
Capt. Green has recommended the erection
OF "a additional street lamps TO cost Sl,29j.
The police made lOg arrests during the
twcnty-iour hours ending a. IN. yesterday,
A water main Is to be laid on G, between
First and Four.and.a.half streets northwest
The District wheemen's club has adopted a
resolution prohibiting its members from riding
ON the sidewalk.
Commissioner Lydecker has recommended
an increase Of the pay Of assistant water IN
spectors to 800 day
MIR. John r. Wright was accepted in the Grim.
inal court last saturday us u tncsmGn TO make
the complement of the grand jury.
John T. Pickett, Of Kentucky, grandson of
Gov. Dcshn, of Pennsylvania, an eX-cOnsui 70
Mexico aud Peru, died saturday night az MS
residence 2li2 Pennsylvania avenue
An alarm from box 10 ut 2lj o'clock ycster.
day afternoon was for fire in n woodshed in
tho rear of No Is 7 street northwest, owned
by Mr.. DIETRICH The damage was slight
The civil service commission has informed
Postmaster Couger that man who has passed
the examination for letter carrier cannot be
appointed clerk without further examination.
Thomas iinrdimnn was run over by horse
and wagon, driven by n colored man, at the
corner of y and Thirteenth sweets northwest,
Saturday morning ana severely Injured about
the head.
William Jamison, charged with shooting at
Samuel BettCrs and aSsaulting Bcttcrs,s father
Mt Uuiontown last sunday was fined so in
the police court saturday for the ASSAULT the
shooting not being proved against him.
Samuel smith the colored man who several
days ago was held for the grand jury for out
raging Ella Johnson, was on saturday sem
fenced to two months in jail for cruelty beat
ing an old coorcd woman named Sarah Boon,
over two years ago.
Mr. 5. w. Russell and several members of
Cove and Mccormick bands Of mercy gave
Illustrations of band Of mercy work NJ Union
chapel, Mount Pleasant, before a good audi.
encc last night. The exercises consisted of
briei addresses, recitations, and readings
Liquor licenses have been granted to John J..
BguChart, John Craven, Charles DciH, John T..
Elmer, John Fitzgerald Fritz llerzOg, Henri
Koch, John u. Lcune, Frank MckueW, Eu-
gene Morgan, Cornelius Murphy, Carl L. A..
leesch, Bcubcn Rowyer George schreyer, and
Henry senge.
a meeting, to which all republican clubs
and organizations are invited, will be held at
$50 o'clock tonight at the rooms of the Penn.
sylvunia republican association, lie DrOlt
building, to make arrangements for u grand
national demonstration in honor OF Benjamin
Butterworth, OF Ohio.
The October term of the circuit court begins
to-day with Justice iISgnCr presiding, and
little business will be done at the first day S
session beyond getting tho jury panels in
working order. The calendar embraces GJi
cases, including appeals and there is more
thlyl sufficient work to. keep the court run
ming during the entire term.
A brick stable owned by Mrs. Sherwood,
and occupied by William Brown, in the alley
between Twcnty-lr,t and Twenty-secnnd and
ii and | streets northwest, was damaged by
fire to the amount of 500 Saturday afternoon.
The same evening small fire, which was eX-
ttuguished without IN alarm being turned in,
damaged slightly the stock in L. ROsenthap 5
fancy goods store at No. 3l22 NJ street north
west and little later Lewis Walkers wood
shed at No. 6ls Sixth street southwest was
slightly damaged by fire.