National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-10-13
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

Specsds lrsather TSgori fer Washington, D. C.:
Rising SarOmetcr 10rfksTy i0iHds, and cold, clear
areatkST.
TIE following was theTange Of the Thermometer
at Hempler's yesterday: a. m, $50; 10 a. m,
Csc; y m, &C.; Up. n, $50; p N, go; p m,
$50; S p. m, $50
The sun rises at 6.zz and sets az 5:S3.
The Third police precinct statiOn-hOuse is AZ
Iiergoing sOIEe needed repairs.
Inspector WOlL,sf the Board of Health, ycster-
day and Saturday condemned 600 pounds Of bacon.
Officer Benton found q still-bOrn female eelOred
infant conner Of Twenty-frst and P streets, "a
Sunday
The schooner ]. R. Ruse has arrived at the
navy-yard, with oak timber for the department Of
construction and repair.
Several people visited the nayy-yardgesterday
for the purpose Of seeing the saw that Killed Mr.
Ed. p Syphey on Saturday.
Tree lecture will be given by Rev. g. I.
White, D. D., this evening at Carroll institute.
Subject: 'FTte History Of the Church"
Cards Of Invitation are out tor the wedding of
Mr.. B. Dunning, Of the Post Office Depart
naent and Miss Ida Tuttle, on the z5thinstant.
Fourteen hundred bushels of wheat and go
bushels Of corn were received in Georgetown yes
to-day. Sales, LOO bushels of wheat, at Sl-27,
and 500 Bushels do, at S1.2l.
The number of cases prosecuted in the Police
Court during the week ending October 10 was
MS, convictions lO4, scquittals and appeals.
The amount Of fines was $40; fO1feitures, S2S2;
total, SOL
The Secretary Of War, accompanied by-several
distinguished officers, left the city yesterday for
Springfield, Ill, to be present at the unwilling
of the statue Of the late President Lincoln on
Thursday next
Subscriptions to the National Monument fund
vnH Vel
ering" Lodge, No. LAG, F. A. A. NJ, of Wood
berry, Nd, $40, and $50 from Magenenu Encamp-
ment, No. !, I. o. o. F, of this city.
Mr.. Justice Miller, Of the United States Su-
PTeme Court is engaged in editing digest Of the
reports Ofthe Supreme Court from the eighteenth
Howard to the eighteenth Wallace, or from 1855,
where Curtis digest closes, to the present date.
The first volume will soon be ready.
General NJ. D. Leggett, retiring Commissioner
OfPatents, will receive his friends in informal
way at the residence Of his son, Captain W. W.
Leggett, $40 East Capitol street, this Tuesday
evening. The General expects to leave the city
this week for his new home at Cleveland, Ohio.
Special attention is called to the peremptory
sale Of splendid business property on street,
between Ninth and Tenth streets northwest, by
Messrs. Phillips and TalmadRe, trustees to be
sold this afternoon at four O'Clock, by Thomas
Bowling, auctiOneer.
1
Termed by a number of young men of East Wash
ingtOn for the purpose Of giving series of pri-
vate dancing parties during the coming season
Invitations are out for the first one, on November
3, at Washington hall.
The trim little steamer Arrow is now the only
boat making trips to Mount Vernon, as the Lady
Washington has been withdrawn from that pOr-
ton Of the line. Captain Frank HOllingshead is
in command, and displays the same interest for
Of rs bac he lie hah
since running the boat.
The Washington branch Of the AmaIgamated
Society OF Carpenters and JOiners held their reg
ular semi-mOnthly meeting last evening at Me-
chanics' hall. The monthly trade report for Sep
TENDER was submitted, and shows the number of
branches in America, Il; Canada, 4; total men,
bership, e27; on donations IS on sick benefits 3.
Mr.. Edward Hayes, the accomplished stem
Ographer, has been selected by Mr.. CreEwell as
his secretary in his capacity of counsel for the
Government in the Court Of Commissioners of
Alabama claims. Mr.. Hayes is a man Of large
experience as a shorthand writer, having been
one Of the earliest official reporters of the House
debates for the Congressional Globe.
Forty canal boats have been registered at the
canal office since Saturday. The total number of
arrivals during the month ending October II was
374 There have been 2S1s tons of coal received
since Friday. or this the Borden company re-
ceived 500 tons; the New Central, 672 tons; the
Maryland, 665 tons, and the Consolidation, 46l
TONS
At the regular annual meeting of the Laurel
Y. II. c. Association for the election Of officers
for the ensuing year, the following officers were
elected: President, Geo. N Roberts, (re-elected;)
vice presidents, Thomas d. Bond, (re-elected,)
Robert Pflls5n, J. N. Herbert; recording secre-
tary, John W. Owens; corresponding secretary,
AMI Smith; treasurer, VIM. SnoWden; librarian
Charles Pritchard.
The first hop Of the Grocery Clerks Association
will be given at Washington hall, corner of Third
street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, on
Wednesday, the 2lst instant. Professor Pistorio's
delightful music has been engaged for the occa-
sion, and very pleasant time is anticipated.
Those whe had the pleasure of attending their
excursion last August will not forget the gentle
manly way the clerks treated their friends that
occasion, and there is no doubt that all who at
tend the hop will be treated in the same man.
neT.
Officer Gore, OF Fredericksburg, Va, made ap-
plicatiOn on Sunday last to Major Richards for
assistance in the arrest Of a man named Edward
johnson, who was wanted in thet city. The case
was turned over to Detective McDeYitt who, |
with the assistance OF Officer Pfaf Of the Second |
precinct, captured johnson the same night be- /
yOnd the SchuetZen park, en- the SeVenth-strees |
Toad. He was returned to Fredericksburg yes |
terday, TO answer the charge Of perjury in q !
criminal case in the court Of that city.
The Washington Ofice Of the New York Herald |
has been removed to No. l2lS + street. The |
HerGLd was the first journal to open q regularly
organized bureau at the national capital 1t was |
opened in May, 1851. on Fourteenth street. its re-
cent locality, by Mr.. S. p. Hanscom, who was |
then in charge Of the Herald correspondence.
Shortly afterwards the late Col. L. A. Whiteley |
became one Of the corps, succeeding to the charge
Of the Office, which he retained and managed with
great success until the close Of the war. He was |
followed by Messrs. CadWallader, Glen, Connery, |
Anderson, Seilhsmer and Preston, successfully. |
There has been filed in the office Of the recorder
Of deeds a certificate Of Incorporation in the |
name Of the "AmRlgamated Society Of Carpenters
and JOiners, the objects of which are to raise
funds for the advancement and protection Of the
trade; for the mutual support Of its members in
case Of sickness, accident, approximation; for
the burial of its members; to assist members out
Of work, and also TO form a contingent and be-
neVolent fund. The following are named as in
eorpOrators, viz: D. NJ. Braard, W. H Fuss,
Thomas Williams, J. p. MeMahon, Charles W.
Linderman, G. W. COrbett, Richard Sanders, B.
Burgoyne, Henry Mills, A. J. Linton and James
p. Mackey.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
An accident happened to Mr.. and Mrs W. ].
MuTtauh last ufrht resultYno in Soma raf,r,I