National Republican., 1873-12-27
: LOCAL MISCELLANY.

Tho Stock exchange viii mcst at their rooms
F!vs-apd.s-auar,sr per cont glscoup, y rsas
at the collectors once on tar bills for is7sh pale
before Thursday next
morning s,soys.a S ns oRpsssSs sSss
stolen on Wednesday evening last from MT. W.
TIE ,ss .ss s:s'sf s S:ssss s:ss E ss
during tho present month, amounting 70 eSia-
I: Pss.s F;Hs%:s yI.. Ss:s.. C.
tour, AND sueccoded in one dsy In bsggink twenty.
oGs Tss =: s.;Sy by ,Ss 5 ~ %,sS q
pavement pa % yssssrd.y Pps PmposnisE, But luckily W e.
capped receiving any serious injury.
Yesterday about noon an slr,m was turned IL
chimpsy ousE, between Ninth and Tsnh streets.
~, The dSpcrtpcnt responded but It's services were
Psss :s Rias sssss s s.. a'is
4 W; Hart, No, so1 p street northwest, hSeskng
hns Ss mo- %sSs srson snS n X. pSo.
A meeting Of Representative Irish Republicans
q tho District was held At the once Of John Pope
hoduelt, attorney .at.law, 60 Loulsiana svcrue,
last evening for the purpose OF discussing ma
On tho morning Of January We shall, as ssusi,
publish list Of those who receive calls asd as
Bile, We will thank those who intend to remain at
home to their friends that day TO favor us with
their address.
Henry q. Ecner, mail agent, foil from ono Of
Knol q express wagons, bn Sixth street near the
baltimore and Potomac railroad depot, on Chriet-
mc. night and sr erGnS n. rish. arm MS .ss ,s
summoned.
Tho body ot Howard t, Payne, who, ,ws.drcwned
near the Chain Bridge on Sunday last, has @ not
| elsewhere, that q reward Of two hundred dollars
Is offered Tor the recovery Of the body.
Of the We, s., ,i, % o. ~ o S
officers: N, r.. John s, yalentine; N.qs Joseph
Price V. g., John q; smith Z, g., Wallet J,
Pollen, chaplain, Charlie: Hicks. -
Eureka Lodge No. s Y. A. A. NJ, havs elected
year; Henry Piper, worshipfaI MASTER Robert
Warden; bavid Henson, Secretary, and Gharlei
| II. Twine, Treasnrer.
At the annual communication OF Dawson Lodg,
the ensuing Masonic year. i. 5. Holmes. W: NJ:
VIVIAN Al psealndery, !; W.; James +, EEL
sonic Hall Association.
Mr.. George Robinson, on behalf Of the waiter
o. willards ordinary, presented q silver pitchci
day. The prcssniNyion ceremony was decided,
hEh.toned and formal. Accompanying IN,
thc sif, with becoming dignity and inodc'ty.
Mr.. wn. Harvey, residing on Twcnty.sIxti
| street, between and streets, found dcat
white female infant on the corner Of Tifteentl
street and Massachusetts avenue northwest
! Oficcr Clawsou carried the child to the Sixth pre-
cinct station, and Coroner Patterson was notlcd
who viewed the body and deemed the holding o
an inquest unnecessary.
The reports OF tho licutenants Of the dificrcn
police stations show that seventy persons wcr
arrested on christmas day, for drunkenness; q
these seventeen were boys between tho ay' u
u and Is years Of age. II was generally re
marked by citizens that more young men wer
seen intoxicated In the city on Thursday las
than on any other previous holiday occasion.
The exercises to morrow afternoon, at the rcgu
lar sabbath afternoon services In lincoln Hal
will bo review Of tho twelve lessons Of the las
quarter. There will be short addresses, intel
spersed with singing, and very pleasant and II
tcrcsting hour Il anticipated. At no period 1
the history OF our city has Sabbath school IN
struetlon been so systematic and 50 thorough IN
80 much OF real Bible study as the last year.
During tho afternoon OF Christmas day Sci
geanf uny, OF the First precinct. arrested Pa,rc
| Lsnd for severely beating bis wifc. and carrie
7 him to the station house. Patrick had amuse
4 himself with pounding his spouse about the hca
. and face until the hitter bore u strong ress u
= blnnee to raw meat, and when tho Sergeant inic
2 | tcrcd ho hrd opened a large kniIs and lrONthl
intcndcdIo hRtsh the job, and his wife also uhg
! Smell attended TO his case yesterday.