Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-25
kF fNING STAR.
Local Intelligence.

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There may be a scarcity Of cattle, and this
prooaol J Is, In part, the cause of epban,ad
prices, but to no such extent as artificial al
non now enhances them. Speculation ami
forestalling, in great measure. contribute IN
ment N'P1i'
Only think, the best cuts of beef s.ll;no :,
our market at twenty five ceyts a pound
Al tne Victualiers Of Baltimore. W,shinpton
auu AIe1andrla, would follow the example of
tne Heorgotown butchers not to buy cattle
On inc nooi until the prices shall DO reduced,
consumers might soon have occasion to re-.
ji,e A ~ TO-
HORSE IN FIX Yesterday evening. at
about six o'clock, a boy carelessly drove his
morse into the opening for sewer, near the
corner of and Eighth streets The cart TO
Wnich IL was attached lodged on the sides of
the excavation, while the animal, for some
minutes hung by the gearing, which b eaking
1t was precipitated to the bottom Of the pi.-a
distance of twelve or fourteen feet from the
level Of the street. The cart was at once re-.
moved; but the horse, it was palpable To the
Plainest capacity, could not climb up the side
OF MS PRISON and the lockers on had not the
means at hanPto extricate il
=, Inis morning, however, several Iaborers dug
inc eartn, 80 as TO form an inclined plane with
numerous stepping places, and up this the
morse, with an extra effort, struggled, being
assisted In his locomo.iou by sundry rones Z; al
round his launches and kindly Invitations to
travel! Once more at liberty, he stretched
bis limbs; and Mr. Parker. the ovnsr NJ tbs
property, gave the workmen FIVE dollars as a
reward for their work of extrication, which
amount was thankfully received.
CENTRE MARKET Whatever useful mr.
pose the traps" on market space NAV serye
they are certainly not ornamental There
m ha
thrown together In confusion, but on market
days separated and spread with green
things In tho vegetable line Beside the
spectator cannot fail to notice sundry roughly
ooxed-up houses, which, on alternate DAYS of
the week, are wheeled INTO the line Of tho
iootWays, ard opened for the sale of horse
iced The city fathers of the Common Ccun-
Gil, some weeks ago made a movement toward
cIearlng the ground Of such structures but no
dehhlte action was taken, it being asserted
tnat there was already law enough to answer
mat purpose; but if so, The statute has not
been enforced. of late the erection of shan
ties On the market space has been on the in.
crease, and We shall not be surprised to see
permanent village soon established in that
locality.
PHILHARMONIC SoCIETY-The election for
officers of this society took place last evening,
at their hall, resulting in the selection of the
following gentlemen
ASeANCAes L. 'IUOO, vice PRESIDENT
J Foertsch; I'd Vice President, F. GIenroy:
Rec riding Secretary, W. Parkhurst; Cores
ponding Secretary, j. F. l. McClery; Treas
urer, H. Pugh; Librarian, f. Jones'
Board Of Directors A. Stewart H O.
Noyes. s v Moves, J. B. Dawson, G. l..
Sheriff, and - McQuad9
The reports of the officer show that the
Society IS in prosperous condition A vote
Of thaEks was rendered TO Mr. L. Club.
Tor the efficient and acceptable manner in
which be has presided over the affairs of the
Society during the past year. similar COM
Piiment was also rendered to Prof. j. c.
Foertsch, the pianist ofthe Society.
BETS.-Those who have mads bets on III.
result OF the Virginia election are neTvous!y
excited to day, concerning that importsn nj
subject. We heard one gentleman say that Ia
has IN his hands. as stakeholder. three thou.-
ana dollars, deposited with him by various
parties; ard that Of this money, the Know
NOthings had wagered two dollars TO one th at
FlOurnoy wo1ld carry the State At rough
guess, at least seveEty-fvo thousand dollars
will change hands in and about Washington
Come men were desperate, stalking all they
possessed on the issue.
BUILDING OPERATIONS Although We no.
tcs IN every direction the erection of houses
some Of them Of the larger class, the number
now in the course of construction is much
IMAM l0dl uufl6G the cOTreSDOD ding
season OF last year. This is owing to various
causes: among them, the demand for houses
Is not so pressing as heretofore; mopey is not
30 plentiful, and the continued advanced
prices Of labor and materials.
We regre. to learn, further, that many ne
chanics, connected with house-building. ara
idle; state Of things especially to be Ia
mented because of the exorbantly high prices
Of all articles which enter into the domestic
consumption. !
COUNTERFEIT The Baltimore Sun of this
morning says:
We yesterday saw a finely executed coun
terfeit bank BILL Of the denomination Of ten
dollars, upon the Farmers Bank Of Virginia |
(branch at Wincbester) J. III SheTrard
cashier; letter b, the vignette consisting of
two figures drawn by seal horses which are |
unlike the genuine. It vas received BIZ |
storekeeper On Baltimore street, in the hours
of business, and Line gold dollars given in |
change"
We republish the above paragraph, in order
tnat our citizens may be on their guard, as
such count,rfeits may be offered in Washing
ton and taken BY the unsusfecting.
STREET NUIsASCEs.-We have received nu-
merous communications requesting US to call |
attention to various nuisances in the streets.
IL would, however, be the better plan to lodge
the several complaints with the Mayor as he
has given notice, In prOcia I'm alton her etc ore
Issued, that the laws in relation to nuisances
shall be strictly enforced, although some of
the commissioners have so much other work
to do, probably, that they have overlooked
the subject.
FIRE ALARN.-Nesr 10 o'clock last night,
the Perseverance bell sounded an alarm some
body from the First Ward having stated that
Ere was raging in the First W ard The cry
was at once raised, and many hoarse voices
joined In the chorus. The machines were
drawn out, and not a few people ran to the
corners and middle Of the streets with a view
10 ascertain the locale Of the conflsgra,ion!
But the alarm was falsely instigated fact
mat our brave freemen soon ascertained
HE PARAMOUNT CLUE This club of Young
men (which was formerly known as the Night.