The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-05
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
AUANDsoME PRESENT.
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slight testimonial OF their appreciation OF,
and respect for tho services Of the lamentcd
Irvine. After consultation, suitable dwell
ing was decided upon, and arrangements at
once made for Its purchase. When all was
the following letter was trans
mltted to Mrs. Gurley;
wAssIseToS, d. q. June a, 1870.
DshR MkpAm; JSing desirou, Of testifyiag
our esteem for the m'uory Of your revercd
is, iSn asasS,er we esoo.e decd Tor 10, H. IN
on, together with the policy oil insurance upon
1ss isI , Gs ~s sHp0 .sass II tSs
yours Ills oSoiesst biessinss.
sa.S sg 'e gs%s .si G. rs,Rs'hR s S
Joseph q. Willard, Joseph Casey, Peter Par. |
ker, William Ballsntyne, II. W. dalt, Admit |
Mclean, uhsfiss stSt., Moses Kelly, Thomss
=; Fitch, Henry pay, William Russls,, J; 2.
i I. Dodge e% q. r. Whit, Il. D. Cooke, MJsi
asner.l sllss Casey, Mrs; Gsnsrsi W. p
4. EDWARDS, 4. FIissd, j. ". Thomgson,
Thomas Wilson, Mrs. wales, Mrs. A. J. H,ss.
Ter, John MeKenney and II. o. studiey.
Mrs. Gurley thus acknowledges the tosti-
moniali ...r
| elsewhere, who have 80 kindly and generously
little daughter and myself. desire 70 return
Byy tSi. labor Of love they have proved them.
selves friends OF my lAmented husband, friends
not Ia word only, but 10 deed and 10 truth"
ccptable but most timely, for residence OF
many years In Washington, together with the
had esh sa,ted our private means. so that the
| close Of his laborious and self:sacriheing life
found his family not only desolate but desti.
'u Nay heaven. choicest blessings res. upon
the donors; may they Ind In their own ex.
perienee ut ismore blessed to give than to
| the welcome: "inasmuch ssye have done Il
unto one Of the least of these my brs,h.
rsn, ye hsye done y nuso me. Eater ye Into
Very gratefully, thouzh sorroTfully.
WAsHtSOroS, D. c., Novsmbsri.lsa.
THE LECTURE SEAsoS.-lt gives us no
little satisfaction to call attention to the
notice In another column Of the lecture by
Rev. W. II. Cadworth, Of Boston, at the
Unitarian church, corner Of Sixth and ID
streets, tomorrow evening The subject and
the very worthy and deserving object ought
to insure a full house. This school, which
has been productive Of incalculablc good and
is entirely unsectarian In Its character, Is
one OF the Oldest OF Its class In this city. We
understand II Is In pressing need OF aid to
secure place OF meeting and preserve 1t
from being broken up. Mr.. j. X. Fletcher,
for more than 1--WE years Its superintendent,
who Is we'll known to large circle OF friends
and laborers In this work as q most indie
fatigable worker, Is deserving the sympathy
and encouragement Of our citizens, and VIC
bespeak for the school cordial response TO
this call.
Attention is invited to the interesting
course Of lectures to be held at the Eighth
street synagogue, by the Rabbi Sneersohn, OF
Jerusalem, on which occasion the Hon. s. 5.
| Fisher, q. W. Samson, d. D., and Hon. j. ID.
| Cox will preside. We are quite sure that
every one present at these lectures will be
delighted. as this reverend gentleman has
invarial ly met the greatest success In the
several countries he visited. His lectures
excited the greatest interest In Sydney, Aus
tralla, where Sir John Young, now the Gov
ernor Of North British America, took the
chair, and tho Australian press published
very complimentary articles. Ii Is to be
hoped the Christian public will take an In
terest In the lectures OF the celebrated orator.
FrREs.-About 5 o'clock yesterday morn
ing Officer Hocke, of the Seventh precinct,
turned In an alarm of FIRE, caused by the
burning Of q stable belonging to @. Carter,
| and located in an alley between Z and s
streets, New Jersey avenue and First street.
| The flames extended to two djoining stables
belonging to Henry Butler and Theopholis
Steele, and the three stables were entirely
destroyed, together with two horses and a
lot of harness. The fire department and
the police rendered good service In prevent
ing the flames from extending to the sur
rounding property. The loss Is estimated at
5000, and the fire was no doubt the work Of
an incendiary.
About IL o'clock yesterday n stable be-
longing to George Bowie, located in an alley
running from II to l street, between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets, took fre, and
was entirely destroyed. Loss about S4Oa.
Another attempt was made to set fire to
, the carpenter shop of Mr.. Jordan, which
,, was saved from destruction on Wednesday
evening, rs stated In yesterdays REPCB-
LICAN. Fire was discovered In shed In the
rear of the shop about $50 o'clock last eve
ming by Officer Duvall, but fortunately the
citizens near by extlnguished the flames
without sounding an alarm. Some boys
playing In the neighborhood state that they
saw two colored men run from the shed q
few moments before the fire was discovered.
CHARGE or E,rBEzzLEMESr.-Yester
the case OF James Fletcher, charged with
converting to his own use various sums Of
money belonging to Sllas Boycc, was heard
before Justice Plant. Mr.. Fletcher was em-
ployed as a CLERK or assistant In the dining
saloon OF Mr.. Boyce. The warrant was Ia
sued under the ffth section of the act Of
Congress approved February 20, 1860, and
Is as follows;
THAT II any clerk or servant Of any private
within the sse years Any pessT
| agent, clerk or servant OF any incorporated
| company. shall emberzlc or convert to his own
secfcte with intent to embezzle, or fraudu.
lentiy convert to his own use, without the
assent OF his master or employer, any money,
| goods, rights OF action, Government bonds,
! United states Treasury notes. or Govern
msnt stamps, or other valuable security or
se',s Thst9ySr belonging TO- any Other per:
under his care by virtue OF such employment
or Office, he shall, upon conviction, be pun
feloniously stealing property Of the value u
the article or property so embezzled, taken or
seereted, or OF the value OF any sum OF money
| embeZzled."
After hearing all the evidence the Justice
held Fletcher 10 ball In the Sum Of $3.50 for
HIS appearance at court.
OLDEST ISuABIrAsTs.-At tho monthly
meeting Of the Oldest Inhabitants Associa-
ton OF the District Messrs. Zephaniah Jones,
VIM. l.. Bailey and James Kelly were elected
members, and Messrs. Arthur l.. McIntire
and George Cpperman were nominated for
! members.
uo htCIctaIy HOtlucu tue bOCleIy tnht ne
had received copy OF the "HIstory of the
Library Of Congress-" compiled and pre-.
scented by Mr.. s. T. Wyeth; and also from
Mr. Harvey Bestor, IT,, a correct record Of
the property sold by his father as collector
OF taxes (sold for taxes) In the year 1917.
A vote of thanks was rendered TO the above.
named donors by the society.
The secretary announced the death of Col.
Gardiner, who had been for many years u
member Of the association, and read series
of resolutions expressing coincidence and
sympathy with the family OF the deceased.
Messrs. +. II. Dorset, l.. johnson and DR..
j.. b. Blake made appropriate remarks on
the life and services Of the deceased; aud the
resolutions having been adopted tue asso-
citation adjourned.
FASHIONABLE WEDDISG.-The residence
OF B. 7. Brown, esq, was thronged with
! most brilliant and fashionable assemblago
last evening, to witness the marriage Of his
accomplished daughter Helen to Mr.. Elias
Thomas, ofPortland, Maine. The ceremony
was performed In a most Impressive man
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