Evening star., 1870-02-08
GEORGETOWN.

PRIMARY ELrcrroSs-The Republican voters
Of this town met last night at the following
places: Kings band room, first precinct, Good
Samaritan hall, second; Browns hall, Market
space, third; and Dodsons hall, fourth; 20 elect
dele gates Give from each precinct) 70 meet in
general convention on Thursday evening for the
purpose oil nominating candidates for the Board
OF Aldermen and Board Of Common Council at
the municipal election on the fourth Monday in
this month. The meetings were orderly, but 10
was quite late before the result Of the election
was made known. The following are the dele
gates IS elected: First precinct:-Albert Brown,
Gassaway Waters, Fenton Wilson, Geo. Wake
wright, w. r. Brown. Second precinct-John
A. Butler. Albert Butler, A. =. Rose. A. =. Lud-
gage. VIM. NJ. Smith. Third precinct-Phihp
T.. Coakley, AL Grimes. Thomas Page, Alfred
Thomas, Robert Kidd. Fourth precinct--Heller
Chandler, Alfred Pope, Adolphus Hale, j. W.
Bronaugh, l.. l.. Clements.
GEoRGKTowN LINTHICuM ISsrTruTE-Mr
Stone. of Maryland. introduced i'm the House Of
Representatives yesterday bill 10 incorporate
"1he Linthicum Institute of Georgetown.r' The
nature Of the bill is fully explained in the pre-
amble which Is as follows:-'Whereas Edward
Magruder Linthieum, late of Geogetown, i'm the
District of Columbia, deceased, did, by his last
Riley. Josiah Dent. William Laird, Jr., William
L. Dunlop and William A. Gordon. Jr., and to
their survivors and forever, the sum of so, ,1o0.
in trust, to found, establish, aud maintain in
said Georgetown free school for the education
and instruction Of INDECENT white boys and
youths OF said Georgetown i'm useful learning
and Christian virtue, and did also, in his said
VIII, request the said trustees might be legally
Incorporated with all needful power and iu-
munlties tor the purpose of said trust" The
bill incorporates the above-named trustees
under the corporate title OF 1.-The Lnthicum In
stitute of Georgetown" with provisions that the
property OF the institute shall be EXEMPT from
taxation except such special assessment as NAV
be levied by proper authority for the improve
ment of streets and alleys in front OF any real
estate owned by said institute.
FlRE.-About three O'Clock this morning. fire
broke out i'm the shoe store of Thomas j. Bicks-
Ter, on Bridge street, near High, which was un-
doubtedly the work of an incendiary; but for
what cause il is variously conicctured. Mr.
Bicksler is absent i'm Baltimore: but last night
the keys of the store were left with his family,
as usual When the alarm was given this morn
ing the fire men were promptly on hand, and
after subduing the flames returned to their
quarters, but were soon called out again to at
isn ssnd to re in the RSrSn Of the hoase over
ties took charge of the premises. and found out
that whoever fired the store intended 10 make
sure work, as every drawer was halt open. and
contained quantity of fkIndling wood, while all
of them was connected with a string of lamp
wicks, saturated with coal oil, for the purpose
Of more easy ignition. A coal oil jug still re-
mains i'm the corner of the store and the satu-
Tatd lamp-wick is not confined to the store
itself, but extends To the upper rooms of the
house. In the back door a hole is cut, as if an
entrance was forced, but, strange TO say, the
aperture will not admit the smallest hand. Mr..
Bickler's stock was insured for Sl,S00 and the
house is also insured, but is pretty well fettered
as security to building associations. All the
stock has, by fire or water, been rendered
worthless, and the house Is damaged to the
amount OF about 500.
STAMPEDE OF STEERs--Quite an excitement
was caused yesterday afternoon about O'Clock,
by the furious rawlings of some steers belonging
to herd which was being drivon through the
town. The herd. it appears, had just reached
the neighbcrhood of High, between Bridge and
Prospect streets, when from some cause n gem
eral stampede ensued, and as about that time
the private and public schools had just been
dismissed, the scene among the children (many
of whom were red heads) can better be ina
gined than described. Not only children but
men and women sought protection pOrches
and in stores, and il will not be probably till
some city father has one OF his family injured by
this nuisance that a corporation ordinance will
COMPEL dr0vers TO take Road street for their
travel instead of the crowded streets Of the
town.