National Republican., 1885-03-26
MINOR LOCAL EVENTS.



The water Is to he turned into the Aloxan-
dria cana labout April 10.
Peter =. Finncgan, of ~ Eleventh street. Is
not the Peter Finucgan who was sent to jail.
This evening will be the last upon which
the Corcoran Art Gallery viii be open to inc
public.
A pleasant sociablo Of the members of the
Ninth street Methodist Protestant Church was
held last night In the basement OF the church.
A fire occurred In the second story of William
Seitz's residence, 1924 Fourteenth street yes
turday afternoon. The cause is unknown
Damage, 500.
Mr.. q. II. Ralncy died ut his home on Royal
street Alexandria on Tuesday evening. lie
was for some time publisher of the Masonic
Eclectic Magazine.
The case uf Mortimer Pcyton, l4.ycar.old
colOred boy. charged with having stolen 81
worth of papers from Lewis Kruger on Nov.
81, lsSi, was yesterday scut to the grand jury.
a horse attached to a buggy the property Of
William i. Downcy 1922 ]. street became
frightened while In the schuetzcn .pnrk last
night aud ran away, injurlng the vehicle and
harness
There will be nm organ recital at 81. Luke, 8
L. l.. Church, corner Of Fifteenth aud Madi.
son streets, this evening ~ test the capacity OF
the new organ just erected, by several OF tho
leading organisIs OF the city
a PHEASANT hNTprlSc IliTlN WhA tCuutItu thc
Misses traig last evening by n number OF
young ladies' and gentlemen Of East Wishing
ton, at their residence Do Third street south
east. Dancing was INDUCED in until late
hour
A colorcd boy named Henry Ray who has
been for several days ,stn!ioning himself ia
the capitol grounds and taking the books ron
sChOO! children while ON their way home
was arrested last night by officer Pearson, Of
the eighth precinct.
The following were yesterday charged with
vagraucy and sent down to the farm Joseph
inc H. johnson, Charles Laugston, Henry G..
Loving Jennie Cochran, Beverly Lewis Geo.
King, and Benjamin Carson.
The commissioners will be asked shortly TO
construct sewer on Thirty-frst street, which
street will shortly be improved by concrete or
stone blocks. The appropriation Tor TINS iin-
provemcnt fniled to mention any sewerage
The employees of the barber shop Of Burgess
Il shepherd have formed II mutual relief
club. with the following.named officers John
W. Evans, prcsident; Nelson A. Wade, vice
presidents W. IL. Scott, secretary; II. l.. Bur
CESS, treasurer; dircctors-John +. Dade, q.
W. Ball, aud William j. Jones.
Four colorod boys, John Parker. Richard
Fillmore, Charles Johnson, and Charles LomaN,
were yesterday charged in the police court
with stealing twenty bugs from NJ. Mcnamara
at the reservoir Parker was sentenced to jail
for thirty days and the others dismissed.
A nolle pros. in the case of Charles Hallert,
alias "Red Heyl," alias Cincinnati Red, was
sistant District Attorney Thomas, Hallert was
charged with the grand larceny of u watch
and chain worth $50 from l.. NJ. Briggs, of
Kansas City, on the 18th instant.
John McCann, a newsboy, while on his way
home i'll South Washington, Tuesday night,
was attacked by several colored boys on Third
street, between d street and Virginia avenue.
They made Il desperate attempt to take away