National Republican., 1884-09-15
THE BREYITY BASKET.
Filled With Brief Mention OF Many Minor
Events of Yestrrday

VI hNHN'IhNls
Ladies' day at Capitol park to-day.
A rifle, valued at s35. was stolen from W. G.
shalert. 5i3M street, few days ago.
Joseph. Carroll, the colored confidence sharp
ana Voodoo doctor, was arrested Saturday.
Edward Turner, who assaulted his father,
was fined $40 in the police court Saturday
The police madc 1l1 arrests during the
tWenty.iour hours ending at q. M. yesterday
A gold watch, valued at s9j, was stolen from
!; ). Graham, at the Central hotel, corner of
Eighth and d streets, few days ago.
Charles white jr., of 500 Fourth street north.
west, has reported that his watch, valued Mt
$40, was stolen from his house on Friday last.
Cunning on tho flats near Easby's Point hae
been ordered discontinued because of tho peril
TO workmcn on the Patomac fats improvement.
Fred Devcers, n small coored boy, was sent
to the reform school by Judge Mills on Satur-
day for stealing countrynan's horse and
wagon
c. II. Grimes, OF Oxen Hill, Nd, reported
few days ago that SlS6 in money was stolen
from him. He reported yesterday that he had
found the money In his wagon.
At m early hour yesterday morning a colored
woman named Martha Collins living at 1l3I
Twenty-iirst street northwest, was found dead
in her bed. The coronerwas notified.
A large and select party Of ladies and gentle.
men attended the opening soirec of Prof Shell
don's dancing academy saturday night, and
INDUCED in choice programme of dances.
Carrie Stewart, who assaulted Caroline
shivcr with Il knife Mt n church fair In August,
was sentenced TO three months in jail and to
pay fine ofS2j In the police court Saturday.
william Nelson was charged by man
named GOss, who keeps restaurant on Four
and.a.half street, with stealing n box of cigars
and was assaulted by him. Both We're ar
rested.
An alarm Of fire was turned in from box lS1
yesterday morning for fire in n shed in the
rear of house No. 1909 q street northwest,
owned by J. IL. Hilton. The fire department
soon eNtinguished the flames. The damage
known.
The tin store offs. @. Bouls & Co., 1iO3 Sew
enth street northwest, was damaged to the ex-
tent OF $500 Saturday afternoon by u fire
caused by the escape of gas from a gasoline
tank. Naus restaurant, next door, was dam
aged by water about slOO. The places were
fully insured.
Charles f. Pearson and Messrs Harrison and
Purcell, three respectable gentlemen of the
northwest quarter, were set upon bya crowd of
roughs at the corner of Seventh and l. streets
az 10 o'clock on Saturday night roughly
handlcd, and chased for several blocks. The
assallants were not recognized, and no arrests
were made.
Sir William Thompson, D. c. L., F. r. s. L.
and f., &c, professor of physics in the uni.
Verslty OF Glasgow, will deliver next months
beginning october |, course of eighteen
lectures at Johns Hopkins university, Balti-
more, on molecular dynamics Arrangements
will be made so that Washington people can
attend, II ten or twelve of them desire to do so,
and signify their intention, without remaining
Ill baltimore over night.
The delegates elected by the Odd Fellows of
this city TO attend the grand session of the
united order at Cincinnati are as follows: Most
venerable patriarch-W. c. Bostin Green
Mountain lodge, LIT; Charles +. Murray,
Union Friendship, sgl; John 4. n. Wilkerson,
Eastern Star, 1,02S. Past grand masters
Shoperd A. Harris, Mount Olive /. 1888; John
w. Hunter, Eastern Star. 1O2s; Joseph c.
Beckett, Columbia (Georgetown), 1876; Charles
IL. i. over Rising Sun, 1866.
In the case of Davis against Patch, the latter
on Saturday last applied to the equity court to
have Fred w. Jones, trustee, enjoined from
making sale of his property on the 10th instant.
II appearing that the court appointed Mr..
Jones TO make the sale Judge James declined
TO grant the application. In the same case a
rule was issued by Judge James against H.
Clay Stewart and Bushrod Robinson to show
cause why they should not be punished for
contempt in attempting to mako sale of prop
erty which had been ordered by the court to
be sold by its trustee, The latter advertised
that he would sell the property on the 10th,
and the other parties that they would sell 1t on
the 10th.