Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-07
CScdeESed locals.


CosScpSeti local.
The impartial Starkweather is sponeinc bis
guns IoF republican Salgte over North Caro-
iIrs- fair set-Off
LTe-es aui water = re agreeable mixture at
fineE Point every n'oI ring when the ladies take
since the organiza.ion of the police court 10
TO July 18th, there have been .26O commitments
10 fte Wf~EtJv7s ~ This District.
The contracts for furnishing the Treasury De-
v-lf n ". ige. wee ye-te-.!ay awarded -
NIn- Guin2nd, Of This ci,y.
~ TIE meeting &C the North Washington
building association last evening, twenty shares
were sold a. 81 Ter cent premium.
b advertisement t'-JelCye it viii he seen
hat CSC. NJ. oyster & Son have reduced the
price Of Philadelphia butter.
HoL forge ne gl FLtH boys picnic 81 the
cf.ht-st-el asr tJ--ty eDi to morrow. : small
- eNIeI led there vii be great help u
them.
Property holder, writes 70 ns compIarpiny
a. INC condition u n street, near 18Th. The
contractor. he says, - moving very slowly, ard
needs a Ettie pushing by the z Of p. W.
MIS- 6e-fio0. Who Was 50 badly injured By fall
ing from the bank a. tie tunnel near the Navy
ard yesterday. i= i-nIrcyirg, and il is believed
The water vas let on the new 36-inch main
Do Z d. 90. .-rT- -.C fountain head, AMI the prgs-
size - nearly p a. = IL parts CT the City AM
YcTL mach -I-TtgsC1.
Yesterday, about O'clock, tie tar kettles Of
van 4 Co, corner Of I1th AID 7. streets
caught ire. and before they could be ex-
lnen'sbeC about = o worth of material was de-
5trCytG.
Yesterday Capt. George X. Sheke!l and Mr.
.'HT1es R1Tci0C caught go white perch il less
than two tCurs il the river near GITnS1t. The
nshing az his locality has never been better
ftar az present.
day afternoon was caused By the burning of an
Troccupied twO-sfory frame house on u street
corner OF q street southeast, owned BY Samuel
NcrmeDt. Damage slight.
DAY, Michael Ready and Patrick Dsilv,
drivers Of furniture wagon, were badly in
JTred ~ beng thrown out of their wagon cn
[ sbf AM lad of .IroU--
goods, &c, falling upon them.
AT meeting last right of the Ordway-
LSb.Ines general committee, resolution was
adopted recommending republicans IL the sew
eral districts 20 defer the nominations for the
House OF Delegates until later period.
The contract for furnishing 200 tons of egg
white ash coal at the Navy department has been
a"arctt 90 William GGinand at S5.S5 cents per
t0ll and The contract TO furnish loo cords OF oak
SCSS Per cord.
Second Lieutenant p. II. Hogan, of this city,
recently appointed, and now ASST ued to the Ist
cavalry, has been granted 81 days leave ami at
lie expiration Oft that time ordered to renort To
Iut eudent OF mounted recruiting service
q, . LOUIS, Mo- 10 accompany detachmen.
al recruits 70 The Pacific coast.
Last night the horse attached 10 the wa 5on of !
I " a ,Tkins, in which was a large glass case
70 night near the corner of 9Th and streets |
aiI CapSiZed the wagon and the case fell On the 4
driver, VIM. Richards. cOloTed bruising him |
cure badly. He was taken to the drug store OF \
" X = 1ne, where his wounds were dressed.
The Duprez * Benedict Minstrel Troupe at
re National are wonderfully good, giving more
Originalities and really better music than any 1
co. con Papy that has visited Washington of late
They draw the best class OF our people TO their
tire good taste. 80
" Sutton" writes that some enterprisfno ge-
Mus wants TO change the Tiber from lis pressnt
course, ZIP up the paving and parking on North
capitol street, and send that delightful stream
S G or o Gown or both making several right an
other on h, between North Capitol and LIST
sIee's east, and several more somewhere else.'
ORR FIRE DEPARTMRST-HsstiHg of tIs Cam.
FqissioHsrs.-At a meeting of the IRE Commits
si0EeTs last night the reports of the chief enyi-
:, n er ana the superintendent of fire alarm
teIesrarh were read and approved.
MI McDevitt, from the committee on sppara-
Jus, made report III relation to the cost of a |
Coal wagon for the department, which was
o.. - Ned satisfactory TO the board. The price is
The secretary was directed to send to the
ocdlu OF pubic works a copy of a resolution
passed. AZ a former meeting, in relation to the |
chaEges Tor engines for work done outside
Mr.. Smith submitted a resolution which was
! maj The chief eng neer aud secretary
De Dropped from the commIIlee "a. !
seld committee hereafter consist only of mS..
h4rs - the board; and that the chief engineer be
L tue lle exc lU>iye purchasing officer Tor sup /
lIes Tor the department, to be submitted. in
ai.-ca'e, once month TO the president who /
al Itier "a N 70 TIE appropriate committee
luton shai. y 20 Construed ss Gnnulliny the
rY,. he-"'ofore granted to the assistant chief
ana committee.
Mr. ECDeyitt moved 70 amend by adding that
10 purchase shoulI be made exceeding 5000, eS-
reTf F1r horse feed, adopted and the resolution
T9SStd.
Nj. Wallace moved tNat, as far as practicable,
s.. Supplies FOR use in the department DO pur-
4 biased in this District.
Nj NcDevitt said that when IL comes to
SpeLd-Ig a teW dollars he found disposition to !
pafrCni.l the District, but when thousands Of
dollars are 20 Re spent a majority Of the board
- tor going out OF the District.
Mr.. Baker, tie chair, objected 10 confirming
TIE purchase 20 lie District, because we paw
here 81 cents Per lUsEel for oats when the same
are quoted in Baltimore and nO1tiWard at AZ
cents.
HF. Wallace replied TO Mr.. McDevitt saving
y II IN voting the contract to the New York
- z any Tor the FIRE alarm the District got an
infinite .v superior article Tor the same amoant
- money, but this matter had been settled.
hi. " ail&Ct' :, motion was adopted.
TIE JACKSON's WOODS CAMP GEETING.-
! Ee camp meeting OF the NJ. r. churches Of
Washington district. to be Eeld at Jacks
ann alrgUr mics ~