National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-20
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

Over Ns1 Englaad dasd the Middle Stofss IogsT
barometer, Ttsfng temperature, bfRds vtsrtng 10
and opsr he Torfhs%n portionI Of he yormsr and
Est0 York possibly occasional TatnS.
The following was the range Of the therpometeT
At HsmpleE,s yesterday; = NJ So le a n,
$50; p. m, $50.
Three thousand bushels Of wheat were received
IN Georgetown yesterday. Sales, 800 bushels at
Ohicer FIIher, OF the Third police precinct, shot
. mad dog yesterday morning on Third street,
Georgetown.
The number Of claims presented to the Board
Hsn5a rGT q9r1g me Sm is.;
than IS 900 IN amount. -
Letters Of sdrainiStrstion were granted yester.
day by the Probate Court to EliIabeth Kelley
on the estate Of her late son, John 8. Kelley.
The slarm Of IRE sounded this morning ct one
O'Clock from box 70 was occasional BY the burning
Of q stable on Fifteenth, near Boundary street,
belonging 70 Mr.. Casey.
Mr.. Judson O. Addison, son Of the late Mayor
Addison, died Tuesday afternoon at his residence,
on Dunbsrton street, from whence his funeral
Will take place this afternoon.
During . heavy thunder storm which passed
over Minnesota last Sunday night, o. r. Foster,
Eon Of Dr. Thomas FosesT Of the indian bureau
In this city, was drowned near Duluth.
small boy, aged ten years, Oissel Grimes, the
bis fathers residences, No. s. High street. Tues.
day, while endsaYoring to- NJ bis kite, and was
seriously injured.
Msssrs. CoughIin, Jones, McBlair and Truax
will probably be the crew Of the Potomac In the
lour-oared race to take place in October, and
Messrs Prescott, Showers, White and Brown the
crew Of the AnslOetans.
On Monday, at picnic Of colored folks ct Co
occurred, In which Pete Ford was cut in the
back with razor. Dr.. Leach was called for and
dressed the wound, which e not dangerous.
A contract has been entered into with MessFs.
White Bro, iron founders, for an iron stairway,
to be substituted for the one in the Masonic Tenn
pie, partially destroyed BY IRE. The other neees-
once.
John Martin, Q colored boy, was arrested yes
terdsy by Sergeant Leach, OF the First precinct
having, On the night Of the 1fth, set Are to the
stable OF VIM. COLLINS, between Sixth and Seventh
and H and streets southwest, and he was CON-
mitted for hearing In the Police court.
Now that the position Of executive of1oef ct the
navy yard has been abolished, what does our
morning contemporary propose to do with the sex
SSv SSs GstR en- % ZAP aGO0t
still retain them In ''ofaeial" capacity under
some new title7
At smeeting Of the Corcoran ZouEves, held last
were made: Lieutenant A. w. R.ilsyP DrO@osed
to first lieutsnHnt, vice Frey, resignedj Orderly
Sergeant John Rodgers Promoted to second
NOTED 70 brevst second lIeutenant. The company
will make parade on the 18th under the COM
mand Of their new officers.
Joseph Fields, Q carpenter, and VIM. Saunders,
huckster, met on street, near Seventh north
west, at . late hour on Tuesday evening, and en-
gagged in quiet bet-t9. During the combst SG1n-
ders, applied Q heavy club 10 The head Of Mr..
Fields, which application knocked him down,
strdoE SEa Il tie KSs We bssfSs SEicE, I'D
then run TO get rid Of SEEING him carried Into an
adjoining drug Itors for medical sttsndGpes. Dr..
Latimer dressed the injured mans Wounds, and
then he was sent to his home at De. HoHsrd's, on
Pennsylvania avenue.