National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-24
INAUGURATION ITEMS.



Treasurer c. c. Glover has received the
following contributions since the last
report: James Z. MCGUIRE $50; Simpson
g. Guy, $50; Jackson Sc SoufIorlo 800;
Woodward Il Lothrop $50; VIM. Shuster
& Sons, t25: w. A. Thompson, 50; EN-
mons, Smith q Co.. $2b; George T. Dear
ing, $50: Charles G.. Ball & son, $40; Par
ker & Townsend, S25; Michael Tally, 50;
G. G. Schneider, $40; George 9. Hcnning,
$40: Robert Callahan, $50. II. a. Lambert,
$g5; X. II. Taylor, $40; Edward w. Dunn,
$40; w. w. Burdotte, $50; H. Cohen, 50 !
John Van Riswick, S2j; George j. john
son. S25; Il. H. Spindle, s.; George NJ.
Oyster & Sons, $25; Charles Edmonston.
500; independent leo Company, $25
Charles Baum. SlO o. +. Thomson, SO
Edward J. Stollwagen, $25; Thomas VI.
Gale, S25; Ralph l.. Gait. $40; l.. DIN
Meek. $40; L. q. Davis, b25; G. w. Thorn,
$25: B. Charlton, S25; Gabriel Edmon-
ston, Sl5; Marks" 50; VIM. l.. Cowan,
S.; L. +. Casey. So; Charles @. Duncan
son. 1875; A. NJ. Tubman, S.; l.. Moxley,
IS. Total received to date. S1i,09l.
The public comfort committee has pro.
vidod accommodations for 1l,lOO people,
and still have accommodations for l6,l47
people to provide. They have rooms,
halls and hotels on their books with ca
pacity to accommodate l3,ii7 people and
vacant houses to BIO fitted up with cots
having an estimated capacity of 300
In addition to that they have on their
lists nine dining rooms capable of fur.
nshing meals for 1850 people, the prices
ranging from 40 to 20 cents a day. APP
plications arc coming in daily for quar-
ters.
Mr.. Walter L. Towers has entered the
following in the suggestion book: That
the chief of police for the next sixty days
instruct his special and his regular Off
GERS to let up on the policy men and the
Sunday rum sellers and devote their on
ergies to apprehending some of the motor
ious thieves and pickpockets that now
infest the city. If necessary let liberal
amount be set aside for tho purchase Of
spectacles or magnifyiug glasses to DO
used by said officers"
Information has reached the executive
committee that two men, calling th en-
selves ]. r. Wilson and Ii. T. Leigh, arc
going through Alexandria, Va, and the
adjacent counties pretending to repre-
sent the inauguration committee and of
fering to sell reserved seats to the in
auguration according to diagram which
they exhibit. The committee pronounce
the parties frauds.
1t will take 10000 yards Of canvas to
cover the pension building.
Mr.. i. Stein, of Philadelphia, had n
conference last evening with the subcom-
mittee on illumination in regard to put
ting the Siemen's light in the ball roo m.
The three steel hawsers have been put
in place at tho pension building, and they
are now being tautcned.
The bootblacks will be uniformed at
| the ball.
The veterans of the Baltimore volun-
teered fire department are making ar
rangements to give the New York veterans
a reception when they pass through the
Monumental city on route for the inau-
guration.
A special meeting Of the executive COM
mittee ofthe jefferson Democratic club was
held at their rooms last evening, with j.
Emner, jr., in tho chair, and VIM. j.
Butler as secretary. A committee of
three on reception were appointed to con-
fer with the civic committee. An escort
was rendered TO the Jefferson associations
of York, Pennsylvania, Newark, New
Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio. Messrs. w. o.
Bohrer and John l.. Lehman were ap-
pointed as marshals for the parade. AZ
ter little business tho meeting ad-
journed.