Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-23
LOCAL NEWS.
ConIcnsefI IncnIz

condensed Locals.
nc equity court has been adjourned 10 We'd
Mr. u. L. Eaton has been elected e,sbisr ~
We Second National BanL, soon 10 b. orened
The Eastern menacerie, museum and circus
exhibits in this city or Nor,av and TnsS,IoT
next, & should &c inferred
we regret 10 learn that DR.. A. p. Pardon.
iaytaesteT Tor the board OF public works il iIi
- - Ie>l,,e1i,ee On n street, from inf animation
The reoeiPtsof TIE Chesapeake and OhiocanaI
lo1 the week enti7s Saturday. August Il. $50.
=. = II ir -oeIIe1d, Ss,OSiS IS; Georgetown,
Total, Sl1 ,9iGc3. f'''' 0''''''
tlghteen horses were reported to police head
quarters yesterday from different portions of
tbe clly' as having died from the effects of the
excessive heat, and Six more up to ? O'clock D.
ra.tO-day.
Mr.. Alexander Patterson. well known stone
tutttf @ thls cIty, who leiJ here for Europe on
TIE ltth OF July, hoping 10 regain his health by
n ocean mp IS lying very III at his former
hCIDe II Scotland.
y man named James Collins fell down the
SfeIs OF SChwIng's restaurant. on 9TH street. be-
tween and G.. yesterday afternoon. Officer
lyme took him &C the seventh precinct station.
where DR.. GaETUder found him badly injured
J.. t-c knee. and re was sent to the asylum.
Scc-e heni-ht-i correspondent of the Patriot
SNfI--S regret concerning CO0mb's lecture
I-F popular Ca1f that an address so thorough,
3. &c l.d CCU--IciT : should have been given in
the ri'ist OF AZ unusually warm summer, and,
IT. tie stSeUcc of 80 many OF our people, 10
Necessarily - al audience The Correspondent
4 faUly mistaken. for didn't the PGfTi5i say
or Tuesday g." tie address was delivered before
JcTJs csdisa-s. composed Of the most respectable
and influential citizens and taxpayers ~
DEATE OF A wELL-KEowS BASKER.-We re-
Crct 10 announce that Lewis johnson, the we'll
known head of the banking house of Lewis
.ICEr-On 81 Co, OF this city. died at his resi-
GCIcc, corner Of 18th and G streets, yesterday
az FnCon aged - years. Mr.. johnson was born
III s.. Nary's county, nd, in f1gO and in 1910
l. cane 20 this District and took a situation as
clerk Of the Union hotel, in Georgetown, which
was &C. hotel OF the national capital a. that
tine Subsequently he took position with
Parrot, Mckinney and Woodward, George
town merchants, and il lS22 established himself
in business Gs proprietor of a variety store on
the corner OF Penn-y lvania avenue aud 10Th
street, IN this city. y few years aftervard he
removed his store 10 a house on the north side
OF Pennsylvania avenue, a few doors west of
1lth street, next door west of the site now oc-
copied by Cats ie welry establishment. and re-
NAMED in business there until lSs9, when he
concluded to retire from business. a few
years later he became tired OF an inactive
life, and formed a cOpartnership with
Nicholas Call8D, ST., in the agency business
IN 1856 Mr. johnson, with Stanislsus Murray,
Idward SlmIns, ana John Purdy, entered into
Partnership and established the Washington
City Savings Bank, which proved successful
II rs that house was emerged with the present
house Of Lewis johnson & Co., which was or
ganiZed with the senior member OF the firm and
the additions OF David Walker and Lewis John
sOn Davis. The deceased was a soldier in the
war Of iei2, and served at Fort Henry, then
Fort Warburton- lie was a'member of the Wash
1ngtOn City Councils for many years, and was
the chairman Of the committee of WAYS and
means IN that body. He also represented the
city for several years as director in the Chesa-
Ieahe and Ohio Canal company. was for thirty
years q director OF the Bank of Metropolis, one
OF The original directors OF the Potomac Fire
Insurance company, of Georgetown, and latter
" director OF the Firemen's Insurance COM
Itny, OF Washington. He was one OF the first
members OF the Oldest Inhabitants Association.
MI johnson was quiet, unObtrusive gentle
man, respected and beloved by all who knew
him. He never was an aspirant for political
Irefe-ment, but several times, stated above,
he was chosen TO represent the ward in which
L. lived IN the City Councils. He was very
charitable and gave literally of his means to
the deserving poor without making parade OF
The fact to the public.
The arrangements for the funeral have been
entrusted TO Mr.. Richard Harvey, undertaken
and the funeral will take place on SUNDAY
morning next, at 10 O'Clock, from st. Patrickis
church, OF which he has for over half a century
been a communicate, at which time mass will
b sung.