Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-07
LOCAL NEWS,
Condensed Locals,

Tax YNyeTS, see notice In another Column,
workmen were engaged yesterday in clearing
the Debris made by the storm in the several
public aTks.
LieutsIan Austin, OF the eighth police pre-
einef, is seriously indisposed, and Sergeant
Jcnes Is acting in rs stead.
MT. James A. Crane. Of East Washington,
Who has been 81 tie point Of death for some
days is improving.
Benton, tie alleged safe burglar, expects 70
be brought into tie Criminal Court TO- morrow
and have his bail fixed.
George Byers, Lad, living ne ar Fort Greb!e,
beyond the Insane Asylum, WAS thrown from a
horse yesterday and lad leg broken.
By some oversight the American Il az did not
float over the Capitol on the ith OF July, as i5
customary.
The storm Saturday evening swept off the
roofs. rafters, and ch!mneys from two houses of
MI. John Mclaughlin or Virginia avenue, be-
tween 1st and % streets.
q. ". Okey has been appointed captain OF
the watch at the navy yard. Mr.. o. has teen
Tor many years detective at the yard.
During the storm Saturday night the hurri-
care deck OF the new steamer, Martha Wash
ingtoD, being built at Alexandra, was thrown
During tie storm of Saturday niyht the harm
on the premises CT Mr.. K. 7. Adams near Bar
nsby Church, On the Piscstawsy road was
struck BY lightning and entirely consumed.
l.. A. Williams and ". o. Moore, of this city,
the alleged Treasury bond robbers, are still in
jail in Philadelphia, and will come TO trial on
August 1St next.
See advertisement of ssDssirsbIe Prooertv
growing neighbOTh"Od near the city railroad
hEes and opposite the SchUefzen Park.
Mr.. George Wright. formerly tie well known
master mechinist at the Arsenal ia tails city
and for some time past occupying the same
CITY.
Messrs. F. Miller, +. Wheeler, and DIR. Y.
Shinn hare purchased Point Bluff" between
Powders wharf snd COltOn's' on the Potomac
and ere building wharf there and fitting up
the place for sumner resort.
The newly-erected Protestant Episcopal
Church, at Beitsyille, Md, was a victim to the
sthrm Saturday nj ght, and was totally DESTROYED
The congregation will rebuild the structure at
once.
The statement that the Unitarian Church
property has been sold for hotel purposes il in
correct The committee state that the church
property has not been offered for sale nor have
they received any offer for It.
The end of McCsuley's feed house on
street, near ID southwest, was not blown in by
the storm Of Saturday evening, but was stove in
by the tin roof OF Mr.. Hermsn's building being
hurled sgainstit from distance OF $50 feet or
Rev. DR.. Tiffany, pastor of Metropolitan M.
r. Church, recently received a call from Trinity
Church, Chicago, and sent the same with his
acceptance 80 far as he was cOncerned) to his
presiding elder, who yesterday declined, in
view OF the Interests Of the Metropolitan
Church, to sccede to the change.
vell-knOwn colOred thief named Harry
Ford, alias Frank Logan, was arrested yester-
day afternoon, after a chase of about mile
by Sergesnt Acton, OF the fifth precinct on
berries that have occurred among the stores on
9th and F streets OF late.
The Americus Yacht Club me, last evening
At the National hotel. and after considerable
routine business. the following named officers
were elected: William Dickson, president:
Frank II. Finley, vice PRESIDENT; George W.
Bauer, secretary; G.. Milton Jones, treasurer:
board OF C1rectOrs-,JOhn G.. Callahan, H A
Hudson, and Aug. DeGrummOnd.
Matters az the Columbian building, on AZ
street, are remarkably quiet to- day, and besides
the usualTeceipt oftaSes in Mr.. Ciephane's OF ce
there Is nothing worth recording. Lieut. Hoxte
was az the building about two hours TO-DAY
experimenting the taking Of an inventory Of
property in the building, but took no other
action.
List Of patents issued TO residents of the Dis
triet tor the week ending July Z, 1874: VIM II.
Gardner, for improvement In slop bucket; VIM
r. FRAU, for Improvement in railway gates
and signals Ralph ). l.. Walsh, for improve
ment In combined bottle syringe and stopper;
reissue TO John W. Osborne Improvement in
PhotolthOgraphy, patented June, 1861.