Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-07
GEORGETOWN.
Affair, in Gsorretoyu.

BOARD oF SCHOOL GUARDIANs.-A nesting
OF The Beard Of School Guardians was held last
sNrning; present Messrs. A. Hyde, w. &.
Magee, q. w. Bail T. A. Newman, W. l.
DOnlop, snd &. s. Ramsburg. An apple ttton
lor teachership WAS placed on file. and bulls OF
!anltor' and Palmer Il Co, were sndiied and
passed MI Newman presented plans OF Mr..
A Cluss for the proposed school-housa TO be
buiit on the corner of Prospect sRd LIngan
streets which on motion OF AIR. BesIl, were
acople d,and the secretary was ordered 10 adver-
use LOT sealed proposals for the erection OF the
ouiidlng, said proposals 10 BE- opened by the
Soih inst. THE proposed school building wiI
be a plain and heautifnl structure. and will Be
eapaclous enough 20 accommodst e four schools
IL VIII front - fset on Prospect street, " ith a
depth OF go let on Lingsn street and
viii oe built OF brick, two stores high with
slate roof. The siIls and caps will be OF
Seneca brown Stons.l
FAIRFAx AND GEoRsErowS TrRSP1Kr
CoNPAsY.-A meeting of the citizens OF Far
fax county who are interested in the protect of
building a turnpike road from Fairfax C,urt
House 10 the AQueduct Bridge at Georgetown.
about to be built, WAS held at Falls Church, ON
Saturday sfernoon, October 3D.. Mr.. John
lowell was chosen chairman, and Mr.. w. III
Daniel secretary. Colonel Nj ID Bali and w
ID. Shepherd, Esq, addressed the meeting, and
urged the necessity of AZ once adopting meas
ures looking towards the organization Of the
turnpike company. These remarks were cor
daily endorsed by the company present Mr.
W. ii. Daniel was appointed solicitor, and a
large amount Of stock was subscribed BY the
citizens on the spot. The meeting then ad-
lourned 10 await a published call for the stock
holGers 10 meet ana organic the turnpike CON-
paDy.
SIXTH BUILDISG AssoCIATIoS.-Thisa sso,i-
alton held their nineteenth monthly meeting
last eNeDt-g. and forty shares of stock were
rttlr'd q, representing SS,-g-. at an average OF
-'5.27 net TO the share. The maximum Al this
meeting. according 10 the constitution, Wa
Sl29 10 the share and as the forty shares retired
cost the assoc IatIon >95 - each, il shows that
the competition and demand tor money Is great,
and that the ASSOCIATION will likely wind up it,
business in much shorter tine than was a,
first anticipated.
CHARGED WITH PETTY LARCENY-This
morning Martha Burns, 'colored, was before
Justice Buckley, charged with stealing ~ from
the money drawer OF Sothoron's drug store. Ii
appears that DR. :. came into the store from an
adjoining room, and found Martha leaning
over that portion of the counter under which
was the morey drawer, and imme iiaiely dis
covered that the money was missing there
from. He had her arrested. but the charge not
being sustained Justice Il. dismissed the case
HEBRR TENT No. ,, INDEPENDENT ORDER
OF RECHABITES.-ThIs tent held regular
meeting last evening, and quite 4 number of
candidates tor membership were initiated.
THROWING SToNKs.-The practice so uniyer-
sally INDUCED in by the juvenile population of
washington, seems 20 prevail to a great extent
in Georgetown. On Monday evening coIored
boy threw a stone. as he says al a dog on ID
street near High, and it struck a white boy.
named wilson DAVIS, in the Eye, IN turing him
so badly that il was thought, al one time. he
would entirely lose the sight OF that organ
Under skilful treatment, however, he is recoy-
erIng.
MERCHANTS EXCHANGR-Iil bushels red
wheat Were offered this morning without any
takers. After our report closed yesterday ,. 100
bushels prime red wheat changed hands at
- 60.
THE CANAL.-Slnce the LIST instant. lbs boats
have reporte d AT the Collectors Office, most of
which passed on TO Alexandria.
RIVER FRoNT.-Entered-steam SaIvor
Hallett,New York, and George III. Stout, Ford,
Philadelphia.
AUCTION SALE OF DRY GuODs.-The great
auction sale OF dry goods AT Ross a Bicksler's
store, on High street, VIII b. discontinued this
evening, but will be resumed on Friday morn
ing.
COMMITTED FOR CoUET.-The two colored
men, " m. Brown and Simon Davis. charged
with stealing poultry from a Mrs Nurphy in
ShantyiowH, on Monday night, had a hearing
yesterday afternoon. and were committed r.
Jail for ceuTJ by JUstCh Buckley.