Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-02
GEORGETOWN.
Affairs I'm Geerseteun.

1 0tcrSetoNus
! DESTRUCTIVE FIRE YksrkRDAY bIORNINa
About quarter past one O'Clock on Sunda,
| morning ffre was discovered hy Dficsrs Graf
ton and Harper issaine from q frame shed or
S - Is, Dsy,asons wearf on the river front,
| was used for the temporary storage Of ner.
| cnanoise Gem ng from New York and Phiis-
oelphia by Clide's lire OF steamers. The alarm
wss quickly given from the police station 70
roiioe headquarters, and box p struck from
me nre alarm bells. The steamer Henry Ad /.
olson was soon on the spot and 81 work and
shortly afer the steamers Union Frar klin
snd Hibernian arrived and went 10 vorr on
tne nre, using the water from the river and
WITH the police rendered valuable asSfsisuce
Ine flames Quickly spread 10 the adjoining
frame W are house, owned and occupied by
Mr. Riley a. Sninn, Will b was speedily cor.
snned by the devouring element which
then communicated TO the rear portion
Mccain, and owned By M. A II PickrsII
who sustained n loss OF about Si,JOO in the
partial burning OF the building. which was
fully insured. The warehouse of Mr. Evan
Lyons, containing flour. also caught ana ths
roof sustained 8 slight damage, about sIp0
In the sheds OF Mr.. davidson was a Quantity
Of goods belonging to District merchants,
which had oeen received by the steamers from
New York and Philsdelphia, the most OF
which was saved. though 1900 feet OF baack
walnut lumber. belonging to :. y. Brown A
Church, was entirely destroyed. Ii wss val.
ued al $1,000. Mr. J. b. Davidson's loss in
the damage 10 the wharf and the appurte-
nances TO tug boats, Is estimated a. SiOO Mr.
Riley A. Shinn estimates his loss at six thou.
sand dollars, OF which there was an Insurance.
enc the frame warehouse OF SI.DO. ana
$4,000 upon the storage, consisting OF ale
cider. viIrol, vinegar, &c. thus making his
absolute loss $1,000. A lot of mahogany,
owned by the Government was also DESTROYED
The firemen, police, and others suffered much
from the eoidness OF the weather. Lieutenant
Essex, while endeayoring to save property
from the flames, was Knocked down by a
stream OF water from the hose pipes OF one of
the engines, ana so cold was the weather that
his wet Clothes Were soon frozen stiff Ser
geant Boarman was pushed by the crowd INFO
the river and received a ducking. Ii is not
known how the fire originated, though IL is
supposed TO have been the work Of an incen.
diary.
THE CANAL.-The receipts OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, at the Collectors ceice al this
nd, for the past month has been S2.2I5 81 on
boats ascendinE ana Sli,755.37 on boats de-
rivals reported At thisNoffi &c during the month
Were 606 number Of departures 57s; the receipts
at this office for last Yeek were $40 on boats
tolal, si,335. A great many of the boatmen are
making preparations n tie up for the winter
so that business on then anal until the 2Oth-
when me wsirr Is TO 1 be lesSr rePalrs.will
have come in since Saturday, beNdes The O. T.
Souffer, with -four and grain; the MARYLAND
with grain and apples; the Oapitots, with stone
liams and A. johnson, with flour asd grain:
the X. ii Casileman, with stone, and Little
Bob, with wood.
TEMPERANCE LEcTURR.-Josephus Cheaney,
the boy orator of Kentucky, VIII lecture on tenn
peIance al New Market Hall, this evening
Many OF these who heard him Cn Thanks
giving night do not hesitate to compare MIN
faVorahly with he celebrated John b. Cough
and all admit that his ease of delivery an
dramatic power are wonderful for one
young. Our citizens will do well TO be present
COMMITTED FOR NAGRAHcY.-Oficer Find
lev on Saturday arrested Thomas and Rose
Mcguire, man and wife, who had a hearing
before Justice BGckey, charged by Thomas
Hines with being vagrants. Ii having been
determined that they had no means OF subsis-
tence the Justice committed tbem to the work
house for 30 days.
DIsoRDKRLY.-J. II. Briggs was arres ted by
officer WARWICK on Saturday evening. for pc
ing drsorderiy and threatening the officer. He
had q hearing before Justice Buckley. who
fined him $3.50.
ARRESTS The police of the town made l5o
arrests during the month of November. s.
dodgers were accommodated at the station
during the month.
SHIPMENTS OF FLOUR -Messrs. Herr &
WEIGH shipped I, 100 bbls. of -four from their
mills 10 New York last week. Loo by steamer
John Gibson, and 100 bp the James :. Green.
The story about 200 bbls. of flour having been
loadted on the John Gibson. on Friday. in the
short space Of two hours, was rather exager.
ated, ike grandmother cat ana another"
CHANGING THEIR LoCATIoN.-The hucksters
and butchers in the Butchers Market are rent
ing stands in the New Market House In con-
sequence of the late decision OF the court
MEETING OF THE CoRPoRATR AUTHORITIES
The first regular meeting Of the Boards of
Aldermen and Common Ccancils, winter ses-
sion, Will be held this evening.
TEMPERANCE MERTING.-An Interesting
temperance meeting " as held al the Old Trinity
Church yesterday evening, under the auspices
of the Catholic Teetotai Beneficial abstinence
Society.
MERCHANTS EXCHANCE-There were no
sales made on Change this morning: the Offer
iDgs were $500 bushels of red wheat, 90 bushels
OF yellow corn, 50 bushels OF white corn, and
so bushels Of mill feed.