Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-22
Condensed locals

AHVra Doreans last night
Winter clothing is in dems
Average temperature " -ho'
Ross Raw and far,i,,- sterday 70.2
Piney Point. Of Georgetown, are at
ury building no eastern front of the Treas
s. P. Bro
gone to ,~n and his wife and daughter have
SO, . ''washington city Sensibles" is the latest
Sial organization.
The Washington sangerbund have a grand
excursion TO Marshall Hall on the 9th proximo.
Another gay Lothario has turned up, this time
in the First Ward. Whittier are we drifting?
The Board of Health contemplate moving their
headquarters from the executive building to a
house opposite the Ebbitt House, on street.
Or. Verdi has gone to Piney Point to spend a
couple Of days with his family, who are there for
the summer.
The Young Mems Christian Association intend
opening Lincoln Hall on Sunday evenings for
religious services.
In the Equity Court to- day the case of James
Is. Towies agt the Excelsior Building Association
was dismissed.
The L'overture military company (colored)
makes its first appearance September 1. The
company now numbers IS men.
The "dog-snatchers'' would have more net
profit If some of the boys who follow them and
Brighten off the game with hooting and yelling,
were 'scooped' and carted of to the pound.
The First National Territorial Guards held a
meeting last night. Guns and equipments have
been received, and liable Brothers have received
orders for the new uniforms.
The contract for furnishing the Freedman,s
Bureau with 5I5 tons of genuine Lee white ash
Goa was yesterday awarded TO Benedict Hutch
ins at $685. per ton; and for $50 cords of oak
WOOD TO Dixon q King at S6.91 per cord.
The commissioners to audit the outstanding
debt OF the District, contracted by the corpora
tons of Washington and Georgetown and the
Levy Court, met at the Aldermen's chamber
In lei l. - - A.
commission.
Last evening horse attached to buggy ran
away on Pennsylvania avenue, and the driver
andrew johnson, was thrown out, near x
up by the policemen and taken to DIR. Boyle's
ONCE, where he received surgical aid, and was
afterwards sent to his home.
The statement in a morning paper that on and
AFTER Monday next two mails per day would he
forwarded from Washington and Alexandria To
Leesburg Is Incorrect On and after the time
mentioned an extra mail will be forwarded bv
the o:4o p, m. train from Washington TO Alexan-
dria and Lynchburg, Va.
Six members OF the Expert Base Bah Climb. of
IhiiadeiPnla are charged with having destroyed,
on their late visit to this city, most of the furni
tTe IN sne room at one OF the principal hotels
spilled, two panels of the doors kicked out the
frames broken, mosquito nets cut to pieces beds
and pillows cut open, and the feathers let out on
a ny, &c, &c. Such conduct as those was foul,
and entitled these very base ballers to a sudden
home run. Don't It?
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF YoUNG MAN-A
GoOd Boy Before He Commenced Drinkfug-Last
night, a young man named James Wade, living
at al M street, attempted TO commit suicide by
taxing Iandanum, at house on 4th street. be-
tween L. aud Nj. Officer Burns was summoned
and went in and discovered Wade in a state Of
stuPefaction. He was sitting I'm chair, with
Wal partly filled with laudanum beside him
Dr. Mayor was called In, and by the use of a
stomach pump relieved him Of the poison and
be Is in fair way to recover. 1t Is said that he
has been drinking very freely of late. A letter
was found on the stand which read as follows =
Toys, don't think hard OF me; was good boy
before / commenced drinking. Clint Steele
done me more harm than any other being. /
want all L have - TO bury in my
grave"-Jas. wade" Where the dashes are the
writing was illegible.l