Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-28
Condensed Locals.

Average temperature yesterday, SIS degrees.
The Creightons beat the Stars in game of
base ball yesterday; score 81 to Is.
Cars will run on the Columbia street-railroad
on and after the LIST proximo. The fare will be
The Board of Health has recommended the
removal of DIR. G. n. Hine, physician to the
poor for the first ward, for inattention to duty.
Geo. A. Shekell has received the balance of
the stake in the coming race between the yachts
Curlew and Witch of the Wave.
The big eagle in the show window of Ellis
music store will be shot at during the three days
fest OF the Schuetzen Verein Germania at Ger
mania Park next week.
streets, is being enlarged by an addition OF
ninety feet front on 10Th street. and a wing ex-
tending back to an alley about the same space.
Application was made to Register j. f. Cook
under the name of Lydia Thomson; and it's
color was entered as blonde.
Yesterday, the ninth day of the Hebrew month
OF Alb, the anniversary Of the destruction of the
temple AT Jerusalem, was celebrated as fast by
the orthodox Israelites of our city.
A match game of croquet for the champion
snip OF TINS city Is to be played this evening on
the grounds Of B; F. Clark, No; 46s south NJ
Elliot, and f. Thomas and T. l.. Lightner.
A snip and tuck" race between Officer Madi-
gan and young thief NAMED Roy Carter, took
place last night on ID street. between 9th and
loth streets. The rogue was finally overtaken
and locked up.
Gen. Balloch has directed the removal of the
temporary sheds for the accommodation of
market-men on X street, between 9Th and 7th
streets, in accordance with a resolution of the
Legislative Assembly.
At about O'Clock last night an alarm of fire
was turned in from box 81, caused by the burn
ing of bedin the house of Thomas Mcnamara,
IN jackson alley, near the Government Printing
Once. The fire which was caused by the over
turning OF candle, was extinguished with the aid
of the Fire Department; loss slight.
Company ID, Washington Light Infantry re-
Gently organized in the Northern Liberties has
already been recruited nearly to the maximum
and large room on 9TH street, above Liberty
Hall, has been fitted up an armory, and the
racks are up and arms in place.
MIR. York, of Mt. Pleasant has met with n
severe accident. While assisting his laborer in
driving very stubborn mule, which had be-
come almost unmanageable, he caught his foot
under root, and was thrown violently to the
ground, breaking his leg just above the ankle,
and dislocating the ankle joint.
Messrs. T.. g. w heller Capt. Geo. Miller of
the Capital, and few others, returned this
morning from weeks trip to the mouth of the
Potomac, where they luxuriated on sheephead
and other choice fish. They brought up with
the IN large sea turtle, which was captured with
much trouble, requiring three men to get it into
the boat, and to-day 1T was presented to Mr.. VIM.
Dickson.
A merchant in New York says that the leading
firms in every line OF business, who have hith-
erto maintained a dozen or more of drummers,
securing the country, have begun to grow yery
tired of IL, and are rapidly returning to a iu-
dicious system OF advertising. Those who have
tried the two systems loud in their praises of
and in the end more agreeable to buyers and sell-