A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=34092 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Post Article Date: May 27 1878 Article Description: City News in Brief Article Text: City News in Brief A divorce suit has been entered by Alice P. Cook against her husband, Willis R. Cook. The new Recorder of Deeds is a short, fat man. His abdominal exuberance is masked by a ponderous pair of shoulders. District licenses were issued on Saturday to J. H. Gridley, notary; Lizzie Wheeler, junk dealer; and Thomas P. Gatchel, insurance returns. Some of the members of the old Columbia volunteer fire company will make their annual visit to Glenwood today for the purpose of painting the rail and doing other necessary work at the monument of their cherished comrade, Benjamin C. Greenup, who was killed in the line of duty May 6th, 1856. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com