National Republican., 1885-09-29
MINOR LOCAL EVENTS.
The Smaller Happenings of u Day II
and About tho City.

and About tho City.
T. u. Bailey has been appointed n resident
student at the Washington asylum.
Judge Smell yesterday fined Lizzie Peterson
and Martha Rapcr euch $50 for keeping biwdy
houses
Frederick Roth. white. was fined $40 or
thirty days In the police court yesterday for
beating his wife
4 new fire alarm station. tO ba known rs
box 2IO has been erected Ia the new ginc
notrc on Il street. near lOth.
The police Of the anh prcclnct, up, to the
present date of the quarter ending on the JJ.h
instant have made 1910 arrests
Judge H. o. Claughton will begin his argu.
mcut before Judge llngncr In the equity court
to-day In the Fitzgerald-Lcmon cases.
Chris. Bohlayer, of East Washington, was
yesterday fued els or sixty days IN jail by
Judge Smell for assaulting Simon Swartz
John W. Kane of 1884 + street, who died
Saturday night from injuries received by being
run over by beer wagon, was buried yesterday.
Charles II. Macaulcy was .charscd In the
police court yesterday with setting fire 10 the
lc Droit building The case was continued
until Thursday
Francis jackson pleaded guilty in the Grim;
inal court yesterday to scc)ul oI5use OF
petit larceny, and was sentenced to one year in
the Albany pcnitentiary
W. p. Norris, n grocer at 2S2s II street, ycster.
day made an assignment to owen J. Murray,
with preferences Of Mary J. Norris, for 500,
and Cropley's Sons for S2I3.32
George Chandler was yesterday fined go or
ninety days in the workhouSe for CARRYING con.
ccnlCd weapons. Tho charge against him OF
being suspicious character was suspended.
Principal L. A. Paul requests that requlsl-
ton be made upon the Secretary of War for
forty.cight Springfield cadet rifles aud neces-
sary accoutermcnts for use of the High school
Cadets.
William Kelsey, colored, was fined $50 yestcr.
day for carrying u razor; James Holmes, also
colored, was fined $50 for carrying pistol aud
Il dangerous knife. Both cases were tried in
the police court.
Herbert Lewis offers to paddle skiff race
with any inn in the District on the Eastern
Branch, for $50, and Granville Mills oilers TO
row any man In an outrigger working boat for
the same amount.
A petition signed by n number of South
Washington residents. asking that Third street
| be improved from + to NJ street. has been pre-
Scnted TO the commissioners. Water and gas
| mains are also asked for
Rev. G. W. Devine, of the cathedral at Bal
| timore, has been transferred to st. Peter s
| Church, Capitol I'M. Rev. J, i. Mackin is
assigned to st. Matthew'S, vice Rev. John
Boland, who goes to st. Patricks.
c. NJ. Matthews register of Christ Church,
| Georgetown, asks the commissioners that per-
mission be granted TO obsirgct the corners of
ceremony Of laying the cornerstone OF the
church on Thursday.
Petition has been filed In the equity court by
| Adelia Cliit for divorce from her husband,
George s. Gilt, charging him with desertion
| and failure TO support herself and child. Susie
| L. Higgins wants divorce from Lucius G. Hig-
| gins on the same ground.
The criminal court, Justice Macarthur pre-.
siding, yesterday resumed the trial of criminal
cases. Messrs. Thomas NJ. Embry, Charles T..
| Williams and Francis H. Hill were excused
as jurors, and Messrs. ]. g. Coombs aud G. s.
English accepted in their places.
The annual meeting of the woman's Christian
Temperance Union ut Wesley Chapel to-day
and tomorrow promises to be a very Interesting
OCCASION. Sessions, Du. m. and p. IN. Mrs.
J. Ellen Foster, the glGed lawyer of Tennessee,
will speak on "The QUESTION of the Hour this
evening at 7:30.
Maggie Murray and John Finnegan, OF Louis.
vile, Ky., were married yesterday afte ernoon
at st. Aloysius Church by Rev. Father Connell
in the presence of the brides family and a
large circle of friends. Mr.. and Mrs Flnnegan
later left for Louisville, KY, which will be
their future home.