National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-03
THE BREVIrY BAsKBr.
FILLED WIN Hr,cT NJeptsc % Many Min
Events oil Yesterday.

FILLED WIN HricT Mepuo. % Many Minor
Events oil Yesterday.
Henry S. Dyer has been appointed a substitute
letter Catlcr By Postmaster ongnr.
For selling liuuor without license Theodore
PHI was fined 5lOj in the police court yesterday.
VIM Flammcr has been appointed Il special
policeman for duty at the Washington schuttZen
park.
Prof Do Smelt gave his views on the ndulter-
nted food question before the house committee OH
health yesterday,
Senator Edmunds has complained to the con-
miSsoners ofthe large number of loose stones Oh
Sixteenth street road, and also Of the condition Of
the bridge over Rock creek ut Pierce's mills
joseph Linden trading rs Linden d co.., Of
Baltimore, Md. yesterday entered suit OIL the law
side OF the court against August Douglass aud
Mary V. Douglass, of this city, to recover on
judgment iu the circuit court of baltimore
county Md, for siOO2, with interest on the same,
from April 2 1870.
The following parties heretofore indicted have
been notified to appear for arraignment tniS morn;
ing In the criminal court! Alb aham Page, second
houscbrcaking; Samuel s. Bond rape, and John
ID. Chonr, grand larceny.
The senate district committee held n meeting
yesterday and considered the question OF ordering
the railway tracks to be removed from tue streets
OF South Washington. special meeting oil Tue
committee viii be held on Monday, at which the
| railway question will be settled.
The residents of Park row, In the rear OF Linz
coin park, have complained OF the accumulation
of water in the vacant lots Of that section, and
~ there have been several deaths from scarlet
| fever and other diseases in that neighborhood,
| they are attributed to the bad drainage. The
health officer Is investigating the affair and has
| made some suggestions.
| Tho report of Chief Engineer Cronin for the
month OF April shows that there were eleven
alarms of fire. the estimated loss being Sl,565.
| There WAS one false alarm several tests were
| made with the apparatus in the presence of mem
beers Of the fire departments OF other cities. Fire
| Marshall Drew made several examinations of pre-
misses for combustible matter aud found 1t In
several places.
| The criminal court will be given mp next week
TO the trial of district cases. VIII ch 1t is thought,
| viii take about three days The following is the
| assignment for Monday: Allen Walker, Spencer
| Lee, Henry Boeghol2 lguatius NUhr Michael
! Li,ton, aud Mcnael OToOl unlicensed bar;
| Emanuel A. Dechard. selling liquor to minors;
| Rudolph Warrick, cruelty to animals Thomas e.
| Waggerman, unlicensed real estate agent.
| The commissioners have dismissed the charges
of cruelty AGAINST Officer Shanks, the evidence
| was conflicting and the mau arrested was intoxi-
| Gated and known to be dangerous. In comment
| ing on the case. the commissioners say that In
| arresting intoxicated men or lunntics, there must
| necessarily be some discretion lett to an officer,
and he is the best officer who can perform his
duty with greatest skill. Anything like williul
| cruelty will BIZ severely punished.
National VS.. Baltimore, Capitol park. Cham.