Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-19
Organization oC tise- fDsssrict pev-o
CRATIC EXCtEiIire Committee

the seo ond was represented, end that they had
received petition from citizens Of the 18th
distTfct protesting against permitting Wm.
IuDe- jr., delegate elect for that district TO
take his seat, on the grouEtiE that he rec led in
the lStl district. The committee tlsyre!e<1 we're
OF the opinion that Turner was not entitled to a
seat. After considerable discussion the report
Of the-Cc nj ittee was adopted with the SXcep-
ton CT their Recommendations in REGARD 70 the
20 district, and Ar. Turner, OF the 1Itil d district
After5CTtheT discussion the ease OfYuyper was
postponed until the next meeting OF the COM
mlttre.
VS.. Dickson, j. G. Berres WmH C'agett
CaItsin Goddard and E0beTt Ball were place
ii DOmi-aatiOn tor pCTmSI,Snt president IT
the eomE-ttee, but MessTs' Goddard and Ball
declined.
The fisss ballot resulted William Dickson.
p; COieBsl d. q. BeTIStt, lsj iliiaIn Z. Cla-
gett, 5.
Mr.. ID :l.sun was declared duly elected. and
was conducted t. The chair AL ! great applause.
Mr.. iIoGGyn returned bis thanks. and said
that, born 4 democrat, the PRINCIPLES he haa
learned il a. youth were cGul,ilaed in has man
hood. To tI-oSe vino had voted ter the other
distinguished gentlemen he Slld say tlEct he
hoped to CON- lnco them that lie was verify OF
"A VOICE Let the board G public works
alone"
Air. Dickson said that to thsrnkind remark
Of the g,ptleL-2n he would say,t&st every = ote
OF his in the hnEsC OF delegates where the BOARD
o. public work was concerned, had been gwen
III the iutege-tSC . his constituents, and that tcy
ana the voters o. Georgetown am the cCGgjy
had approved G.% course IN that respect. tie
therefore considered that the reE-&rk die EJt
alcct lin
The following 1kit.onal Officers were thea
t.Ected:-RoHeIt MI, first vice president, Car
tain j. II. GGddETd, second vice president.
henry j. EbtS, secretary; II. ;. DaviE. record
ip- secretary; and ". Ii. Clagett, treasurer.
-hveTy member vas assessed two dollars for
current expenses.
= committee We az pointed to secure suit
able room for the use 81 the committee; also
COrsILittee TO contsC gith the other orrAuiI 4
uohs-tr order to insure unity OF action Ii tie
c2Dlps.gn.
TH9CUGH TRAVEL TO TIE SOUTH Tls p.
q Il. p. r; A and Z. z. w.; and tie R. F. anG =.
X. R.-Ihs morning arrangements having
been made by the Baltimore and Potomac and
Alexandria ard Fredericksburg X. K. cOnIa.
nies wiG the Richmond, Fredericksburg &Ei
Potomac soad for n through connection the tr.t
train from Weldon, n. G..to Baltimore without
change ar. we'd here AT o C.3ck a. M, and left
at ., reach ing Baltimore Ct Gij. This train
consisted o. coaches, postal ear, and bag
gage ears AID left Richmond at $40 last even
ing The sTIip south will leGge Baltimore at
3 - I. m.t-9 first being to- might, arriving here
al Ii'tJ ana leaving AT III %, reaching Richmond
AZ I'1p The gain from Bal i8isre, leaving at
5't5 L III ant arriving here a. 2 has been i =
continued, aud the other rains reslain ~ form
eTly. The coni any have not Yet received their
full conn liEe:It 81 engines and cars, and until
they do 30, IL wi be impractieabIe COR them to
run additional trains. The Off GERS are DESTROYS
to give the pub!+CsCeTy accommodation possible
aiad IT II expected thaj the running OF trains 70
acCOmodste the w0-king classes OF Washing
ton. arriving say at g n a. IN. and leaving at 81
Z. III, will aid in building up the country along
the road, as many mechanics wOuid prefer 10
have their families awGV from town during the
summer months. a portion of the mails of the
Sou b atlantic states viii hereafter come up by
this route, and this morning. Mr.. A =. Dorsey
the local agent for the Transfer OF the ~ ais.
attended 20 the transfer, and made satisfactory
arrangements with Air. Z. l.. DuBarYy, the
already popular superintendent for the future
transfer OF al mail matter arriving or leaving by
this road.
The LIVE STOCK MARKRT-Bourd of Hs1rgh
IEspections-Su gerintendent Gatche's report
of live stock on sale at DroverS Rest and else
where ior the week ending Friday, July 10, is
a follows:
At Clark's depot for the sale of swine. 655
hogs were sold Stock received from Ohio and Illi-
nois, and mostly OF superior quality. Swine are
scarce and in demand at a further advance of
cents per III. net.
At Center Market and elsewhere within the
city the transactions in live stock were very lin
tied Some ordinary and a very few good milch
COWS were offered, but scarcely any sales eff
tected. There were on sale | beef, stoekers,
- mich cows with calves and sheep. The
veal season is declining, and stock is inferior;
1i5 veal calves sold for slaughter at 3a6c aRd
few extra at &c per h
At Drovers' Rest $50 beeves, mostly OF Or
elrary quality, were offered and 3i6 sold for
slaughter at sass 20 for common and average
grades, and SGaSG.25 per cwt. tor best stock on
sale; 80 reeves remain over The market was
BRISK with quick sales at the above quotations.
j here were 10 veals sold at Sc. per Id. Mich |
COWS, dull and not in much demand. The stock
was inferior, and prices have declined heavily !
since last week. There were Is mitch COWS and |
calves selling at SI2sE1 per head.
There were ,36l sheep and lambs-279 of the /
FORMER and ,cS2 of the latter-ofered and all !,
sod; sheeg brought ia5H cents per H.; lambs |
head. Tie market for sheep and lambs was |
Disk, and the quality of the stock on sale COM |
nentably good, No coudemnations.
A
BAhrIFF REvFLs LOSES PRIsoNER.-To- |
day. about noon, Bailff Revels of the Police !
Court started tor the Jail with three DOys-Ei- |
ward kean. white and Thomas Hill and Robert |
Williams, coloTed-charged with till tapping !
and under commitment for further hearing,
but failed 10 deliver one of them. They were |
all handcUfted together, and safely reached the |
gate OF the Jail, when the last nameI-an incor-
Tigible yOung thief, who has been before the
court several times before and released on ac-
Connt OF his youth, being but 10 or IL years of |
the handcuff which bound him,
and when has two comrades passed through the
gate he started on lively run Up 4th street and
was out OF sight before the keen bailift was
aware that the yOnng bird had flown. On in
quiry of the bailif AS TO whether the report OF
the escape was true he stated that there was
nothing in il, that il was only a joke, bur, at
any rate, the prisoner is not i'll any of the Jail
cells.
FINE SUBURBAN PROPERTY TO BB SOLD
Tie public shOuld bear in mind the sale by
IroN mo, OF the estate of the late George w.
Heating, which has been subdivided into So
beautiful b6ilding sites. This property has a
con handing view Of the city and surrounding
country, and Is decidedly the most desirable
suburban property in any locality around
Washington.
LITTER FROM III. G.-To A. ". Do,reN, Esq,
81. NfchoLGs Hotel,-Dear Sir: l decline de-
c-dcdly TO AK nv friends 70 furnish money to
sustain newspaper in Washington. | DO not
consider this a legitimate political expenditure.
IL the people will not support newspapers that
favor my election, We must get on without them
a. We may. Yours, horace GREELEY.
WoMAN'S LIFE SAVED BY A DoG.-Wed-
nesday afternoon as Mrs. W. G.. Woodruff was
in her yard near the race track she saw mad
dog making toward her, ev identity DESTROYS OF
making an attack. Being some distance from
the house, too far in fact tv reach the door be-
fore the mad Cog could seize her, the affrighted
lady thou ght of her own faithful dog which she
called TO her assistance Hearing the screams
and call of her mistress, the dog with an al ac-
rity which seemed to spring from a conscious
nessof impending danger, bounded forward In
time to attack the mad dog just as the infur-
ated beast was about to seize Mrs. Woodruff.
Now ensued n conflict hetwaeu 10 tuo .loos