National Republican., 1874-05-20
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

,.c- 10Y S.,,ss arr. a.o,v.
town hsh wharf yesterday ct &5 per thop.lnd,
AT the sixty-Gfth meeting OF the Fifth Ward |
Baildiug AssNcia;ion twcnty-oae shares were car |
ceied by withdrawal at an account pront OF $oo.so
per share. ,r 10 s-a
TWO thousand bushels Of, wheat sold yestert ~
In Genrgetown at 81 II pet hushel, Geo bushs q 81
yellow ccrn at rs CENTS Ind 900 bushels Of shesa
ct $l.es to Sl.52 so :
The United STATES steamer Gettysbur 4 left rho
navy yard Yesterday afternoon ~ ESQ y'Siock tor
Norfolk, where sae will 20 ieto dry Iock for the
purpose Of bang repsintelead haYb q her Setssm
REV. geo. wstkins, u the African NJ E.
oAurch> has been assigned 10 u. pastorsl charge
Of the Ebesezer AFRICAN n. E harch, in George
been trazsferredt tottn Indi. ma conference :
Yessosday morning, AbouS 10 O'Clock, an alarm
was tscned in from Scx Is, caused by the burning
q ss. s,Sa Ne ss
Thsnas. sThs souss was partially destroyed;
Tho Board ID Public Works lss mad. arrange.
'Bents to keep in order all the parking now laid
or hereafter 70 be laid in the cities Of Washington
and Georgetown in front OF anoccupied lots and
such otherots as the parties irving adjacent to do
not trim and keep In order thenselyes
| Yesterday, about noon. while Sergeant Vernon,
OF the Fifth police precinct, was making his usual
| detuur OF the same, he was taken suddenly i'll at
| the corner Of Fifteenth and u streets. The
/ officers on the beat Immediately placed him In q
carriage and conveyed him to the guard-house.
| After medical attendance had been administered d
/ he was sent TO his home. .r
The studea.s Of Emerson institute are energet-
/ icaily at W1rS making Preparations for festive
journey TO GIynaoat on the 18th inst. The Pilot
all cohcernsd are looking forward for . day Of
great pleasure and enjoyment. The Emerson
Kiee clao will accompany the excursion, and give
some Of their choicest music.
| Gel. S. H. Hamil deliyercd an eloquent and in.
teresting aGtiress before ;he Pennsylvania Repub-
lican Association, ut their last meeting, entitled
| THE Development o. tho Jpniata Valley" The
4 Colouel being thoroughly acquainted with the
history Of that famous section oil country was
enabled to picture its beauties and grandeur In an
attractive and glowing manner, for which he re-
ceived the hearty thanks Of the association.
Mr.. William Luckett. who was so badly in
jured by being struck on the head by coiored
| man named Richard Williams, on the 30th of
April, at Giesboro' fshing died last night
about o'clock, after suffering intensely from his
wound: Williams is in Jail, and yesterday morn
| ing in the Police Court, Mr.. Gloss asked that no
| bail be taken for him, rs it is probable he may
/ have to be tried for the homicide Of Luekett-
| which is now the case.
A large frame house which recently became
| tired Of Its circumstances and surroundings on K
street, near Thirteenth, and started on q trip has
| halted. and now stands rlckety monument Of
improvement on Vermont avenue, scarecrou for
horses and the harbor for rats and discontented
| animalcul@ OF the bedbug persuasion. In the
stiffness Sf the night they crept forth from their
| itant Of the Eeigbborhoo knew Of their coming
| they have come, and nothing but blue lightning
| and bols can drive the away.
The Details of Q foy-hunting expedition are
being arranged by Mr. Gobright off the Associated
Press, and It is understood that several clerks at
the capital will join the large party OF news
paper men for whom the expedition Is mainly
gotten up. The exact locality OF the hunt Is not
yet disclosed, but II is supposed to be in one OF
| the Virginia forests OF the Blue Ridge. The
sportsman who secures the brush is to be rewardsd
with an elegantly bound copy Of Lalla RookBo<1
| the ground, we suppose, the ho may "rue" his
| success. 1t IL, perhaps, unnecessary to say that
the character OF hr. Gobright insures the success
OF the expedition. as that gcntlemans efforts for
| proyerbial.