National Republican., 1885-08-05
MINOR LOCAL EVENTS,

AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The Carroll Institute gives one of its
enjoyable excursions tomorrow.
Percy b. Israel has been appointed
temporary clerk in the auditors Office,
District of Columbia.
VIM. Reynolds, arrested for embezzle.
ment, waived examination yesterday aud
the case was sent to the grand jury.
DR.. II. W. King, for fifteen years a
clerk in the Navy Department. died at
his residence on o street yesterday.
Thomas Jacobs, James White, Ennis
& Pullin we're yesterday granted
liquor licenses by the commissioners.
The charge against Moy Henry and
Charlie Sing, Chinese laundrymen, Of
being disorderly, was dismissed in the
police court yesterday.
A large number of the bankers of this
city have agreed to close their banks on
| Saturday in order to show respect to the
memory of Gen. Grant.
The residents of New Jersey avenue,
between NJ and p streets, petition for the
/ lhllUB vi an ubIudib ptlNthtIbi III DluGC
Of gravel surface, as intended.
/ L. NJ. Saunders calls the commits
sioners' attention to the bad condition Of
the Seventh street road near Irving street,
and asks that pipe sewer be laid.
VIM. Cook, Bladensburg road, reports
that about 1870 o'clock Monday after
noon there was stolen from the stable q
coat and white shirt; value, $3.50.
Another petition will be sent the com
missioners by the residents in the vicinity
of Sixth and Il streets southeast, urging
the repair Of the pump at that corner.
The counsel for the complainant in the
equity cause of Mrs. Eliza NJ. Hutchin.
son VS.. Middleton & Co. and others has
dismissed the bill as to James Ii. Nc.
Kenney.
John Lee, colored, pleaded guilty in
the police court yesterday to assaulting
Monroe Grimes, another colored man,
by attempting to cut Grimess throat
with knife. The case was sent to the
grand jury.
The commissioners have granted per.
mission to the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals to erect watering
basins in front of premises corner oil
Fourth and o streets, p and North Capi.
tol streets.
Young Griffith, who was supposed .tc
be suffering from an attack Of hydropho
bia, is now convalescent. Drs. Rogers
and McKim, the physicians in attend
auce, believe that his illness was an af
Fiction Of the nerves.
The new waste.weir made by the gov
ernment at Great Falls is nearly com
pleted, after which the lands between
the canal and tow path will be fenced in
and parked to prevent the pollution o
the water supply of Washington.
Mr.. De Smedt has been ordered to in
spect the chemicals in the laboratory o
the high school, and report the bes
means of storing them away to preven
further fire and damage from them, a'
occurred recently at that building.
Mr.. A. B. Cropley, OF S. Cropley'i
poor farm few years since in Mont
gomery county, Nd. This year he ha
cut and housed nearly one hundred tom
of good hay, besides his other crops.
The case against VIM. McLane, the
driver of car 121 of the Washington anC
Georgetown Railroad Company, for run
ming over Frank Smith, small boy
Monday evening, was continued in tn,
police court yesterday for one week.
Mrs. VIM. johnson, daughter of Capt
: Geo. X. Head, Of Leesburg, Va diet
there Monday evening from the effect
of bathing while in an overheated con
diton. The deceased left q husband ant
three young children, the youngest
weeks old.
James Thomas and George Hawkins
boys, for breaking off the tops of pea
tree on which were twelve pears in tht
yard Of Wm. II. Wilson, lS13 Massachu
sets avenue, Monday, were sent to jai
yesterday for thirty days by Judge Smell
for malicious trespass.
Mr.. Benjamin Vandenbergh, of North
east Washington, where for six years h
was in the grocery business, died at hi
parental home at Hightown, n. j., o
consumption, Saturday. He was
brotherin.law of Nelson Brumagin, o
the St. Marc Hotel. The funeral tool
place yesterday at Hightown.
Charles Werman was charged in thC
police court with assaulting Watchmar
John Feely, Of the Metropolitan Hotel
The watchman claimed that Weirmal
went to sleep in the hotel, but this wa
denied. The watchman called Weirmar
liar and after some words Weirmal
was arrested by the watchman. Tn
case was dismissed.
The following managers have beel
elected for the Jackson Grove camp
meeting, Maryland: w. j. q. Du
lany, Baltimore; II. Burrough, Balti
more; S. Linthicum, Anne Arunde
county; II. j. Zolicoffer, Baltimore
Rev. W. j. Floyd, Fnksburg; DR.. L. j
Drinkhouse, Baltimore; Rev. J.B.Jones
S. S. Tracy and Rev. c. N. Robinson
Anne Arundel county; j. D. Cathell
Georgetown; Rev. j. d. Kinzer, West
minister; Rev. s. b. TreGdway, Wash
ington.
Persons desiring the General Grant memo
rial number of THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAS
t obe issued Sunday, will please leave order
at the bus iness office. corner Of Tenth and
streets, or by mail.
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