National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-12
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

Or the Middle Sass and lopsr lake rsoio,
Souh TO brsst WiHd', tight chugs Of baromlt r
htgh temperature, partly cloudy Veatl.sr, and ovs
ne tdttsr oecISIonal rain areas.
The following was the range ofthe thermom
eter at Hempler's yesterday At s a. m, 40
at 10 q. N, = 100, ct IL m, $50; at Q D. m, $50
a. p. m, $50; at 8 p. m, $50; at s p. m.
There was not memoriallst In sight of Co
lumbia buildings yesterday.
At the 5sth meeting Of the Peoples Build
Ing Association ten shares were redeemed al
par.
Brilliant metsors are plentiful now. But fol
all thst you might sit up all night and not gel
q sight Of one.
George NJ. Lanckton has sold to Mrs. Godfry
Rosewag the new six-roorl cottage, No. 10S
Kendall street, Ivy City.
Anxiety to hear from the Collyer- Edwards
fight yesterday took the place Of the Tiltor
scandal and the Ross abduction.
The unlooked-for delay Of another week in
Mr.. JEWELS expected arrival Is no small dis
appointment to his friends in this city.
A pair Of horses attached to hack No. 142
ran away on Monday on New York avenue,
but were captured before they did any harm.
The continuation Of the officers and members
Of the fire department will give satisfaction to
all, except q few who are anxious to fill their
places.
At the SGD meeting of the Franklin Co-ope-
rative Building Association three shares
5000 were sold at an average of 12S per
cent. premium.
The reporter who stated, in an account of a
recent regatta, that "the crews contested every
foot Of ground nobly," has had row himself,
and retired to private life.
NFf ha - r.
ernment printing Office yesterday during lunch
hour, and realized quite a handsome amount
in telling the fortunes of the young ladies.
In Philadelphia, the opinion rapidly gains
ground that Charley Ross never went far
enough away from home to be out of the sound
of his mothers voice. But we know some boys
who might do that, and yet go two miles away.
Cornelius Offutt, who fell from the monu-
ment at Baltimore, some time since, and again
from the new building Of the Academy Of Visi-
tation, Georgetown, fell again on Sunday
at about o'clock from the market house, q
distance of about thirty feet, and is doing well
Mr.. Edward Wheeler, the printer who was
injured so severely 10 the head and side at
Gaithersburg, Nd, last Sunday, by falling under
the express train of the Metropolitan railroad,
died at No. 8 H street northwest about 8
o'clock on Monday, and was buried yesterday
morning.
Chas. Bowman yesterday morning left a
two-horse team standing near Pennsylvania
avenue, between Seventh and Eighth streets,
and went INTO q store. While gone the team
fan away, dashed into a buggy belonging to
DR.. Leach, and made wreck of 1t. Bowman
was afterwards arrested on charge of leaving
bis team standing alone in the street.
Detective Miller yesterday arrested, in the
market, Frank Foreman, colored, who is sus-
pected of having robbed Senator Morrill's
residence of different articles a short time ago.
He was taken to police headquarters and held
to await an examination. There is also q
bench warrant for him, and the Marshal de-
sires his presence in court to answer another
charge.
Sufficient funds have been subscribed for the
support of the general hospital Of the District
of Columbia, to be located in Georgetown, to
justify the purchase of property, and q COM
mittee has been appointed 10 select building
for dispensary, which the trustees hope to
open next week. The building at the corner of
Third and High streets, belonging to DR..
Richie, is spoken of.
The schooner Ella Trego has arrived from
Baltimore with 1000 bushels Of wheat, and the
Kitty Ann, from Alexandria, with $50 bush
els of wheat, all for Hartley & Bro. Canal
boats W. H. Billmyer, with $500 bushels of
wheat, and the J. n. Thomas, with 800 bush
els Of wheat, 1900 bushels Of corn, 40 barrels
Of -four and 5 tons millfeed, have arrived to j.
g. & J. NJ. Waters. The sales yesterday were
|, 40 bushels Of wheat at Sl.421I, and $500
bushels at Al 4OL