National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-21
CONDENSED LOCALS.

The members of Carroll Institute will attend
st. Patrick's fair in body this evening
Saturday Joseph Harbour was sentenced to
thirty days in Jail in each Of two cases, in
which he was charged with receiving stolen
goods.
Mr.. William Brewer, of 1906 Thirty-second
street, has reported to police headquarters
that 500 was either lost or stolen from him
on Saturday.
A temperance meeting was held last even
ing in Fourth Street NJ. j. church, at which
Rev. DIR. France and others made addresses.
The meeting was largely attended.
The cases of William Pitt Kellogg, receiv-
ing bribe while United States senator, and
Charles Butler, grand larceny, will be called
for trial in the criminal court to-day.
Meetings of the colored journalists, which
have been interrupted by the republican con-
vention and emancipation celebration, will be
resumed next Wednesday evening.
Mr.. w. A. Stewart. the colored broker, was
accidentally thrown from his buggg on Satur-
day, and coming in contact with the curb
stone received bad cash over his right eye.
A dead female white infant wrapped up in
Il newspaper was picked up yesterday by Ofl-
Ger Janifer in a vacant lot near Sixteenth and
| L streets. 1t was taken to the station house
and the coroner notified.
The commissioners have notified w. T.
Oke that it is impossible to take 1925 from
the limited balance of appropriations for i'm
provement of country Toads, to make road
from Pattison to Ivy City.
Two youthful chicken thieves scaled the
/ back fence of Mrs. Keefer's residence, 1902
| Twentieth street, at an early hour yesterday
morning and succeeded In getting away with
fve chickens and one turkey.
Quarterly meeting was held yesterday at
Fletcher NJ. f. chapel Tho sermon was
preached by the Rev. DR., Laney, On Thurs
day next quarterly conference and a love
feast will be held at the chapel.
The "plug-uglies" of Georgetown must
have been on pugilistic raid last Saturday
night. Lieut.. Kelly's meu will have two
ARRAYS and the Same number of assault cases
| to present in the police court to-day.
William l.. Bramhall and Frank B. Baker
/ yesterday filed q suit IN equity against John
Walter, sr,, William Mclean, James W. Pat
terson, Asa Whitehead, and John III, Kotchun
| to quiet title and remove tax title and claims
| Hereunder, and for injunction on original
lots and 5, in square 9i0 situated at Ninth
and b streets northeast.
Tho following cases will bs called for ar,
raignment in tho criminal court, Judge
Wylie, to-day Thomas II. Etchinson, forgery
George Taylor, grand larceny; William Day
highway robbery; Alexander Clark, alias
Sandy Clark, second offense Of petit larceny
Edward Carroll sodomyj Thomas u. Hoover
false pretonses; Sidney Smith and Albert
Dodson, alias Lewis Robinson grand larceny
John ID. Chollar and Edwin O. Mason, grand
larceny; Thomas u. Lazenby, violating sec
tion 5l79, revised statutes.
The work on tho tunnols for the new water
works is progressing very rapidly as tho torce
of miners have been increased at zach shaft
and are divided up into night and day force
At the shaft in the rear Of Oak Hill cemetery
the mon have penetrated a distance Of nearly
200 feet, while at one on the New Cut road
almost as much has been accomplished. Al
mouth Of the tunnels by means of trucks OF
iron ties, The pipes that are TO curry th'
compressed air are nearly all laid.