Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-02
GEORGETOWN Affairs,

GEORGETOWN Afi2irSs
IHERCULfC SCHooTS.-TaeTeguia lar NOR this
meeting OF the Board OF @ usrc iaLs Of Public
Schools wss held al the clerks offce yester-
Gay evening. there being present meSsrs.
Hyde, president Magee, Wilson aud Dunlop.
Secretary The monthly reports OF the schools
were received and examined. Mr Hyde PIE
sen'ed the bill o. Samuel Lewis fo- medals,
SIG 50 and hr. Wilson the bills CT VIM. II.
Calhonn fer services, which were ordered "a
De paid. TN motion OF Mr. Magee. Il was CT
dered that tla dis tribulIon O: cards Of merit
for the year take place, The frs: one preceding
the CHRISTMAS holidays and the second enc
preceding the Easter holidays, ard that The
third distribution. formerly hsd, he dispensed
with On motion. the list OF premiums OF toe
last year were adopted fer the present year.
with the nndeTs landing that the silver medals
be substituted for gold medals, 70 be paid tof
by Subscription II possible. The subjeet O.
writing was before the board, and was dis
cussed al some Length, when II was ordered
on motion of MI Dunlop. that half au houror
each day, except Friday, when enc hour shall
he required. be devoted to practice i'll pspmau-
ship In sll the schools. On molten, The board
40 ourneG.
CANAL RECEIPTS It Is stated that Col. al
.red Spates, rresident and general supersn-
tenoent OF the Chesapeake and Ohio canai has
directed that no wore reports or the amount OF
Tolls collected AZ the c:iice here shall be fur
nished for publication, because. among other
reasons, they do not show me total amount re-
ceIyeo. This is & trivial objection. as the re-
rorIs always specify thai thav are the coliec-
lions OF the Georgetown office. Every citizen
work, and all v ISL &c be correctly informed OF
the amount OF business IL is doing. Supp-es-
sion OF the reports Will accomplish no good.
and only lead 10 misrepresentation as 10 the
tctual amour; of business done.
SELLING EY MRAsURE.-A German farmer
rrmed Adam Foutz was this morning arrested
by orficer Warwick, charged by John Rer-
nolcs, the market master, with violating q
corporation ordir ance by selling potatoes by
measure instead CT by weight. lie came be-
fore Justice Buckley. when the charge was
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strated with the Justice against the fine. say
ing that it was more than the potatoes ca me
10.
TURNED OVER TO HER MoTHFR.-A color
e. girl II years old, named Mary Ooquise, was
this morning brou ght ont before Justice
Buckley, having been arrested last evening by
officer Cameron, charged nv Mrs. Coming
with threats OF violen &c towards her children,
and placed in the cell for the night. The Jus
tce heard the case through, and though il
pictured 10 his imagination butcher knives,
broken Jaws, &c he turned the Offender over
to her mother. saying that the law made little
provision for the punishment Of children.
DIsoRDERLY CAsEs.-Henry Dean, for in
toxication and dIsorderly conduct, was fned
S2.j0. Nancy Jimm' on and Hester Chase.
charged with the same ofense, were fined 81 SO
each, which they were unable 10 raise, and
were therefore committed to rhe work house.
Alexander Brown. colored, for disord erly con-
duet, w; fined - 30.
SHIPMENTS OF CoAL.-From the Cumber-
land Company, to-day, 400 tons; from Rays
UoCkS ls.bgV IONS from the borden COMPANY
$50 tons. and from the Con solIcatIon Company,
it3 tens.
THE CANAL Twenty four boats have came
down the canal since our last report, bringing
coal for the different coal companies. Thirty
hye boats have gone out for more coal, the
most of them light.
POLICE BusINKSs.-The police made nine
arrests yesterday, for iutoXication and disor-
Derby Conduct. for lighting in the street. and
for threats of violence. Justice Buckley I'M
posed fines amounting TO $3.50.
FIGHTING IN TIE STRERT.-Two young
urchins, school boys, named Washington
Steele, and Arthur Sheppard, the former
White and he latter unbleached, were yester-
day evening arrested by officer Boarman tor
hshting IN the street. and brought out before
Justice Buckley, who decreed that they should
Be remanded 10 the '.lock APP for three hours
SALE OF MoNEY.-At the seventh monthly
meeting OF the Skin Bulding Association, held
last evening u shares, amounting to about
S3,tiO were sold at an average of II IL.
BASE BALI o-morrow afternoon. a game
OF base bail will he played between the Alpha
Base Ball Club OF Georgetown.a and the Stone
wall Club OF GEORGETOWN College, which, no
doubt, will be an interesting one, as consider
able rivalry in such matters have always ex.
isted between the College and town boys.
THE PoRT.-The steamer Jos. S Green,
Capt lpman, with heavy cargo or freight
from New York has arrived The steamer j.
Gibson, Capt Fuller. arrived at her wharf
yesterday afternoon, with heavy cargo fr ON
New York. She was detained by adverse
winds, and was obliged TO put in at Fortress
Monroe, which accounts for her not arriving
yesterday morning. The steamer Jos. s.
Green was behind one day. having also been
detained. She was due al GEORGETOWN yes
terday morning. The steamer Columbia for
Baltimore has gone out.
CoMPLKTR.-1he warehouse for the storage
OF merchandise arriving by the steamer OF
the Merchants Line from New York, is now
complete, and the cargo OF the Glib was to.
day being slowed therein.
MERCHANTS EXCHkSGR-2s 500 busbals oe
wheat We're offered this morning, but no sales
made The following are the inspections of
hour for he month of September. City Mills
falr, 1896; extra, 7,47e; cut extra, g. super,
72s; fine, 3-3; LIST mills, 1877; I'd mills, &c., rye
u; total, 1890. Canal Flour-fair, lis; extra,
2,942: cut extra, l07; super, lit fine IS: LIST
mills, 20; broad Arrow, .: total, 3,isI. Total.
1851.
DRUNK.-Oficer Harry this m orning brought
10 the station house in wagon woman so
beastiy drunk that she had forgotten her own
name, and so helpless that she had TO be
dragged 10 the cell, where she was left to
sober Off.
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