National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-05
GENERAL CTTTNEWrS.

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sunk the track on the Cape Aun railroad.
Major J. X. Mallet, Of this city, who Is making
a tour OF Europe and the continent, aud Writing
q series OF letters for the Baltimore Mirror, was
pilgrimage TO Notre- Dame-,le- Lourties In the ex-
irene south OF France. lie will go thence to
Rome via Marsellles, and will return to this city
early next month.
Yesterday morning on,cer Daily arrested a
colored man, giving his name as VIM. II. uarll-
ner, charged with beating b0ariing-houses. lie
has been employed at the navy yard, and halls
from Pennsylvania. A few DAYS ago Detective
Coomes succeeded IN recovering TIN box con-
talnlng valuable papers belonging to Mt. ii. Y.
Sholes, on Capitol Hill, which the accused IL
charged with stealing. lie Is held for hearing.
regular monthly meeting OF the Northern
market cOmmisglo was held In the Execu-
tive once, corner OF Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, az u o'clock ~, ys nts
Hal aud Wall. No business was transacted be- |
cause Of the want Of n quorum, and the commits.
sion, on motion, adjourned to meet at the call OF
the permanent chairman.
srMMERING IN MASSACHUSETTS,
Notes from East Bridgcwatcr, Mass. one
OF the Oldest Tawns In New England.
fAsr BnipaEwArEn. Mass Ju'y ~, is71
TO NJ gii'or u n. National Republican,
SIR: suppose Boston and Eastern Massarhu-
sets are fair representatives Of Yankee land
and character. It was here In old Plymouth, or,
as II was regarded two and one half centuries
49, ~" "' ' ~" .",a.
drove dowg the hrst stake ana started business
on his own account. SINCE then he and his wife
| and Children three or ton have bcen very busy
They have managed their own Affairs, and have
| taken some interest In other communities
| enough, at least, to trafIlc with them-furnish
| them New England rum to warm them, Ice to
cool them, patent medicines TO preserve their
health aud political and religious theories to
govern and guide Ia matters temporal and spir-
itual. THIS sell. reliant and aggressive spirit
mas VI oourse' oioushs 'nc'" "'o an.ason .
aud competition with tue race, and they nave
been smart enough aud wise enough TO exam;
Inc what came before them, and adopt any real
So we mud the Yankee to-day wide awake, on
the alert, for the newest thing. On ihe rear
from the station, his last word Is, EXPECT me
when I return; Telegraph anything OF Import.
Train a sea. NEAR he enc Stner en
so as 10 he the first man that steps on at the end
Of the route.
aser he Il ,hs same he was two ' hundred Years
, ago. But my purpose was not so much TO ana
, We the Yankee character as TO lot down few
, items OF interest in Yankee land We are located
at a place called East Bridgewater, a town In
r Plymouth county, twenty-five miles south OF
, Boston, on branch OF the Old Colony and New
IN New England. The original town was BrGge.
water, afterwards divided into four parts, each
I having a township government OF It's own. II Is
4 about eighteen miles from Plymouth, Ia connect
ed with most OF the towns 10 the county by rail,
, and only one hour from Boston. There are four
J stations In the town llmlts-one on the main
local road so that frequent, rapid and cheap rail.
| road communication with Boston u provided
Many o. ine snmnns ,p,s II tSs aensra nssc
lice pfobsbly forty or ffty thousand persons
who spend their business hours In the city, go in
0 and out morning aud evening Ir9m lhelr neat anu
, modest or more pretenilous anu elegant county
Of of' The most wonderful institution. among Us
In that respect Boston Is truly the huo, anu INC
various lines OF railroad are like the spokss, ~
, steamboats, doing the work OF railroads to the
3 Islands and up and down lhe coast towns
J. This cheap travel system mas reversed the OF.
hours, seems still and quiet IKE the country, and
0 the country villages, ior twenty or thify niue,
0 AROUND, IN the evening pnt On inc ACTIVITY o.
= city life. But, aside from thls TACT almost every
4 town Is devoted 10 one or more KINDS OF manu-
9 featuring industry. Here, IN EAST B,iugewa ",
( we have an extensive cotton gin factory ina
/. have orders In advance They send 10 al point,
: south, more, perhaps, 70 New orleans than AM
otner point, Ihefe ", aso, iounuIy cnain
O cable, nall and tack manuiactory, large rolilnl
q inlll AND forge, anu very eAtenslve DriGkyAias
= Shoes are made, TOO, IN large quantities 0ut tni
o not, A. IN some oihet towns, the iealing onsl
y Navel. In, The ancient meeting housc on IN,
h hill, with It's tall, straight spire Ranked by tn
old cemetery with It's blue slate, moss,coyere'
n mann S%msS' monuments VI ''pa'''' p''J''Wc ~
,
i. Police Court-Judse Dawson Pro TEN.
e Peter Harrigan, assault and battery on L0yC
. Hicks; $40. Alexander Gardner, grand larceny
Il grand Jury. Edward Lacey, assault on Ephraln
i Barnes; 9. James Haley, assault on Mar
= Bowles; O.. Jerry Carter, assault on Clara Car
y ter, 81. Henry Sharp. petit larceny, so. Mar
4 Johnson JONI Pe,i. larceny; so' i Hen nc Is
u SAUL on Justice William Thompson; MS Mar
% smith, drunk; t5. Sarah smith, profane, $ld
Louis Colleen, dls9fuerlyi w: v. Btlne, pro
n LAM; 70 nra,an,,y amas s,sin HstnEh'n,
d the guIet Of Georgetown; $40. Sydney Mills, dis
orderly; s.. Fanny Grgsby, indecent exposure
p SO. Conrad Newman, same; $40. John Brooks
q Profanity; %. Robert Tyler, pfofane; o.. Chas
T. CONen, same, s., John Brown, dsOrierly; s.