Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-02
LOCAL NEWS
CONDENSED Locals.

The police force viii be paid on Monday at
10 O'Clock, By Chief Clerk Falls. Of the Attor-
morning contemporary that they would be paid
to-day ~ erroneous.
Two typographical errors occurred in the SEE
ond item in our notice OF Transfers Of real es-
tate" yesterday. II should have read as follows:
''Garaphelia Il. Howard to T. McCauley part
%, square 10, S9,5e9."
The Sunday Gdsette, in the capable hands OF
Col. Florence, Is increasing weekly in interest
and readableness- The number for to- morrow,
IL will be seen by the advertisement, is to have
some special featu es of attraction
-Four OF the telegraph poles on It'll street, be-
tween II and I, fell yesterday, one of them
striking car G5, breaking of the front platform
none OF the passengers were hurt. Sergeant
Clements and Officer j. G. German assisted in
clearing away the distractions.
MessTs. G.. A. Bohrer, W. NJ. Tenney, T. j.
Jones, Chas. II. Parsons, j. X. Zimmerman,
David y. MeGovan, Q. ID. Willard and T. p.
Sparks have fled in the Office of the Recorder
Of Deeds a certificate OF Incorporation as trus-
tees of the Metropolitan Presbyterian church.
The alarm Of FIRE at O'Clock last night from
boz So, was for the burning OF shavings in the
boiler room Of Draper & Co.'S planning mill,
corner 18th and g streets, which accidentally
took nre. The flames were extinguished by
Officers Sutton aud DAILY and the Waterman
before the arrival of the fiTemen, and conse-
quently but little damage was done.
The following in the New York papers Of yes
teTday created q painful sensation amongst
washingtonians who saw IL last night :-"Thos.
T.. Lloyd, a leading lawyer Of WsshlDgto died
in that city yesterday We are glad to say
that IL Il not our much esteemed tOwnsman
whose death IA recorded. We cannot spare him
for the next fifty years at least. The Thos f.
Lloyd deceased was a citizen of Savannah, and
the mistake in locality occurred through some
blnnder in telegraphing.
The Schuetzenfest next week will be, from
al appear ances, an unusually brilliant affair.
Tue Schuetzen-Verein under its present capa-
BILE management has grown within the year
from 300 members 70 80; AMI in the same time
wonderful improvements have been made in
the grounds Of the association. Among them
are the superb new hall and dining-rOOm,
erected at a cost of $40, 900 under the imms-
nouncement elsewhere of the programme for
the festival will be read with interest.
A
THE REGATTA YEsTERDAY-The Yacht race
between the boats Fannie Bell, Capt j. Z.
Bell; SPRAY, Capt. T. +. Smithson and Ger
trude, Capt. jenkins, took place Yesterday for
the champion flag, furnished by the Stamp Ill
vision, Post Slice department. Messrs. Ste
phenson and BOgue were elected judges, and
the start was made as follows: Fannie Bell,
BIB; Spray, 9:S}k and Gertrude, $50. There
was light wind, and the boats almost drifted,
but soon stronger wind sprung mp from the
south, and the Gertrude passed the Bell and
Spray, and kept the lead throughout the race.
The buoy was rounded of Fort Washington ia
the following order: Gertrude, 2.55; Bell, 2:57,
ana Spray. 2.59 p. m. the wind still holding
good from the south. On the home stretch, the
Gertrude soon widened the distance between
her and the boats following until she reached
home at SIS, the Spray following at s 513, and
the Bell coming in last, At 6.324. The tug
boat Samuel Gedney accompanied the boats
the judges. The flag will be held by the Ger
trude for thirty DAYS, and il then subject TO
challenge by the boats entering this ra.e, sub
Ject TO the same rules.