The national Republican., 1867-10-31
GEORGETOWN NEWS.

| SOME DECKS. Shoemaker 4 Bro. were the pos
every nb.rty, they habituatsd themselves 70 frs.
placid waters Of tbs Pot mae in front Of the mills,
particularly to pick up such ~ bits that are nvara-
ply ionsd floating on the surface o. river that esa
boast Of "fr., nee trade asd sailors rights" II 80
usually strong. owing to the heavy rains in the mp
eoantry, and our "qu1ek" fraternity, not having
W: S sy y,,sS SSps s,n
and before they were we'll aware Of the situAtion'
or had time to change bate, fund tao onrrsnt GID
men took sd1.ntsss d mu.eo1ss situation S On 4.
| deep blue sea, and without much ado, 'let
loose the dogs Of war; which resulted in the
on the part Of the 'spors" did not appear 10 have
| originated from malicious intent or q desire to
covert, but to arrest the vi gsd progeny in their
wave" Some twelve or ntteen ducks were .ssured
and Sergeant Boarman beipg noinei Of the fact
Informed the owners that they might rc,aim their
property.
being stormy day, a: our readers are aware, II
could hardly be expected thai cur citizens generally
on that occasion did not more or less Paraks Of the
same innuence. nervous friend Of ours, to seek
sheter from the storm, pAtrouiIed street car, and
erter,d at the junetion of Seventh street and Penn
1ss' u. , anu An oS :S sSs s'
The car In motion, the old lady became hdgetty dc.
elsring the car would run of the track and request
ibE tne CohductOr 10 STOP ana et ner en- Tbe Tell
was pulled, the horses rsigned up, bat the old lady
remained In her seat. A few steps further, and
like summons was given the Conductor, when he
gain stopped tho car, but still the lady maintained
The conductor, who is 10th efi,isn, and polite,
signallet the driver TO 80 on, when screeeh from
stand. .tll. Ths ancient lady tGisfsd arounJ, ad.
ussed heI dress, and began !, look sui.ble, whom
,Ss eSnS,e'UT politely 1;ssd her 4 .h, dia no. wish
desired to stop at George own. at the corner Of
Twelfth street al old gentleman g / aboard, and
eonvsr,atIoa was iuSuiSoa IN. SSI:h ,pns.Iss ~
be pleasant until the car approached willArd's
hotel, when the old man bawisd out "eoaduetor,
requesting to be put out at ths Metro opOitsn, and
eur friend desiring to be set In frcnt Of Jay
Cookies Banking House"
and, approaching the trio, he demanded explana:
ton Of treir conduct when gentleman present stated
that not one Of the party bad spoken above whisper
since they enteyed the and accounted for the con-
fusion by pointfng to John wymA-, the miseheyious
yentriloquist who occupied seat In far of corner.
The explanation being satisfactory. the horses were
schedule time.
WANT OF eEwERAGE.-As an evidence Of dsncisn-
ey In the sewerage Of 0sorgstJwn, We were present
At masi.trstss trial vest rday. whore party was
nned for using the premises Of his neishbor Ia drain
ing his lot Of rain and hydtant water. The evidence
went to thow that the defend ant had asked aud OBJ
tsinsd permission Of plsint'a to the right Of way
through his lot for the above purpose tbs defendant
paying all expenses. The pla nuf, however. denied
that he had given such content, whersppon the
sum Of ii. 90. exception. were taken to tie dsei
sion Of the Justics, and It Is said defendant will
carry the case to higher eolrt Our city father,
disiusge, and the above case surely shows the ne.
eessity Of thorough aud complete facilities being af
forded our citizens In that direction.
GEoEoErowS AND TIE LorDouS RAILRoAD At the
M william n. Tsnnsy. rsque,tDg the corporation to
subscribe 30 900 toward the construction Of the lat
era branch Of the LOudoun road to TIL. District was
laid over until this morning, when the resolution
viii bs brought up, and considered In . modified
form. We uadsrsiand ihst the sorporstios o.
p z ~ sss
eusrantss $500 900 10 the same object As this sub.
lions Is sap.etsa eSst lssss 20 so.s sOrPG % o.
on Change this morning to discass tse matter.
MERcHAsrs' ExcHAS0R.-The market for wheat
continues exceedingly active, and holders remain
Arm, with further advancing views. There were
1000 bushels OF wheat offered yesterday, and good
red sold at o. s3a2 81, prime % 95, and fair red
brought " 70 per bushel Corn was tribe better
sI. Of the sSc TssSSipts Of 100 bushels the reported
els yellow at N.35 per bushel. Rye was inactive,
and the Offering: Of iso bn,hsl, remained un.Oid q.
also with oats OF which % bushels were offered We
have sales Of -four to report but prices are fully
% cents better than Monday last.
oFPICERs ILLcrED. AT q msot,ng OF Friendship |
Lodge Of Good remp!ars, the following oicers were
sd p.ss.i 'Sg 'Ss :P'u,ns W. adsI,sr R,. W o.
Geo. W. B.alli W. AS. Mrs. Reehor; WI g., II.
q. Diyinsi Tisa,ursI. VIM. Mcdonald Chaplain, |
Miss Maggie Slater; W. M, W. L. Fletcher; w. D.
n, Mrs WIN. Mcdonald l.. O., Miss Mary Good.
man o, o., James v. Collins; R. II. g., Kate 9.
Fletcher; II. 8: Elirabeth n. fletcher; p W. Q.
T., Capt. WIN. shanks.
FUxERAL-Ysstsrday afternoon n the funeral OF Can.
tain William Mastn was largely attended from his
late residence Prospect street friendship Lodge
Of which deceased was member. and Mechanics
aod CoyenaIt Lodges Of odd Fellows turning out in
large numbers The interment took place at the old
Methodist buIyinE ground, asd the services at the
grave were Of an Impressive character.
HIsESIAL-On Tuesday evening last Nj. John L. |
Booker was united In the holy bonds Of wedlook
to Miss Caroline Reese, BY the Rev Father Bsrly.
The ceremonies took place at the residence Of Mr.
John =. Winkel, on High street, and large party
present congratulated the bride and groom.
The RoPE FERRT.-Ths excessively strong current
In the Potomac yesterday, Afforded an opportunity
TO Mr. A. Rod!er TO make pesdet repairs to his ferry
boat, an this morning she will run ls Usual.