National Republican., 1886-08-13
THE SMALL THINGS OF A DAY.
Minor Occurrences In and About the
City Briefly Put.

WY bEAthN
Tooth filling made painless by tho use Of
cocaine by $. IT, Mason, dentist, 2lS Four and.
a-half street northwest.
Kangaroo skin shoes for gentlemen, button
lace and congress- the most comfortable shoe
made. Mrs. VIM. II. Rich, III Market space.
Cream of Anderson" Sour Mash Whisky
bottled in Anderson county, KY, 81 per bottle
Chas. Eraemer 737 7th ST, N. W., sole agent for
District of Columbia
The late Christian Engel. by his will filed
with the register yesterday, leaves his estate TO
his widow.
Edward johnson ana James Burgess have
been appointed additional privates on the
police force.
"a number of new candidates have been OK
amined blythe police surgeons for appointment
on the force.
Poundmaster Einstein reports twonty-nine
worthless and homeless ours as having been
captured yesterday.
Herzog's Opera House will be opened for the
season of 1886 on the 23d OF August with Hicks
and Sawyers minstrel combination.
The case Of CHARLES J. Foster, charged with
robbing Mr.. Allen Rutherford of $50 has been
set for hearing In the police court to-day
L. II. Beynor, 1ll2 Fourth street southeast,
has complained tothe commissioners in regard
to pond Of stagnant water at Flnh and NJ
streets southeast.
Susan Ann Taylor, by her attorneys, Messrs.
from her husband, Charles NJ. Taylor charging
him with dCsertion.
During the session OF the police court yester.
day gold charm was stolen from the desk of
the prosecuting attorney. II was to be used as
evidence In case then pending.
Coroner Patterson has asked for leave OF
absence from the 10Th TO the 25th of August,
which has been granted, and during hi, ab-
sence DR.. c. Tyler will act as coroner
Henry Palmer, known as Doc Palmer, was
arrnigned in the police court yesterday morn
ORiordan, ndjudgcd guilty, and fined $40.
The request OF Messrs. s. r. Watts and F. @.
Barbados for the use of the play grounds ad
| joining the Sumner school for the COlored peo
| pies industrial exhibition has been granted by
| the District commissioners
Albert Davis a colored boy, was fined s. In
| the police court yesterday for stealing pistol
from his employer. Mr.. Cahill appeared for
him, and said that the boy was not q bad boy,
and had taken the pistol out Of curiosity; he
then entered plea OF guilty.
Charles Dietz, who keeps Il saloon on New
Jersey avenue, does not sanction the act of his
barkccper, who last Sunday furnished man
named Brooks with liquor, and he giving II
to n small hoy. Mr.. DiGtz says if he had been
home 1t would not have happened.
Mr.. n. +. Halltr has taken out a permit to
erect two handsome residences on Thirteenth
street, between $ and I streets. They will be-
pressed brick fronts, will have a frontage of
iwenty.threc feet each on Thirteenth street
will be three stories high, and will cost $4,000.
Mary. smith young colored damsol, was
charged in the police court yesterday morning
by Otta Reinecge with having In the last
four months made of one thousand pro-
fame oaths. This Mary denied on oath, as did
| several other witnesses. The case was dis
missed.
John F. Brooks whose place OF business is on
| street, between Twelfth aud Thirteenth
| streets, and Thomas Patton. living on G street,
| between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, were
| both arrested yesterday by Lieut.. Arnold on
| the charge Of being policy writer's They were
| both released on collateral.
Mr.. Frank f. Burnside, printer, formerly
| employed on the Sunday Chronicle, has sworn
| ont a warrant against MIR. John O. Thompson,
! editor of the ChOnicte, charging him with
criminal libel. The charge is based on an ar.
| ticle published in the Chronicle on the lst Of
| August on account of the illness of Mr..
Thompson the case has been continued for two
| weeks,
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