National Republican., 1874-07-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

For Ye,o EaqIand and the Middle States, IN
crossing eloudiness and rain triH preUGil, Icith
southeast to southwest tCidS, stationary or rising
temperature and falling barometer.
Hon. c. P. Ramsdeu, United States marshal
of Virginia, was in the city yesterday.
Colonel John R. Popham, clerk of the United
States District Court of Virginia, is in town.
Lieutenant Austin, of the Eighth police pre-
cinct, is seriously indisposed aud Sergeant Jones
is acting in his stead.
Benton, the alleged safe burglar, expects to
be brought into the CRIMINAL Court to-day and
have his bail fixed.
George Byers, a lad living near Fort Greble,
beyond the insane asylum, was thrown from q
horse Monday and had his leg broken.
Hon. John Amber Smith, of Richmond, Va,
still keeps his residence In the National Capt.
tai. He contemplates leaving for Europe in a
few days.
Mr.. James Eslin was thrown from his buggy
near the corner of Twelfth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue, Saturday evening, and seri-
ously injured.
W.s. Cox, BENJAMIN Miller, VIM. Laird, Jr.,
c. NJ. Matthews and NJ. J. Adler have been
appointed trustees of Christ Episcopal church,
in Georgetown.
Judge Robert ". Hughes, Of the Eastern
district Of Virginia, who is holding term oi
the United States court at Alexandria this
week, was in town last evening.
Twelve hundred bushels of wheat were re-
ceiyed in Georgetowp yesterday. Sales, ,75C
bushels of white corn, at IS cents, and l ,75C
bushels Of yellow corn, at so cents.
The closing exercises Of the academy o.
music of this city, under the dictatorship o.
| J. Remington Fairlamb, will be held at the
| Assembly church tomorrow evening.
Of E1FeI
| Cooperative building Association Monday
night, at Potomac hall, South Washington
! 81 100 was sold at an average premium OF .;
per cent.
At the twenty-seventh monthly meeting o
| the Republic Building and Savings Association
Monday evening advances were sold on twelVI
and tWo-fifth shares at an average premium
log per cent
IThe third game of base ball for the JUNO
| Championship, between the Rosedales, JUNO
champions, and the Junior Creightons, will b
played on Thursday, on the White lot. Boil
clubs will appear in new uniforms.
The officers of the Amercus Yacht Club 70
the ensuing year will be VIM. Dickson, presi
dent; Frank II. Finley, vice president; Georg
| W. Bauer, secretary; g. Miltop Jones, treas
urer; board of directors, John c. Callahan,
A. Hudson and Aug. DeGrummond.
A suit in the name of the United States ha
been entered by Mr.. A. X. Browne for the us
of TobinsOn & Heilbrun Us. A. ]. Thomas,
county constable, and the sureties on his bond
F. Prott and NJ. Thompson, to recover tn
amount of $50, which they claim he collects
under an execution on q judgment and refuse
to pay over.
Mrs. DR.. Walker didn't take her last defea
before the War Claims Committee, in Wash
ington, rcsignedly. Her male costume did nc
seem to inspire her. with masculine fortitude
and she leaned up against doorway in tn
lobby and gave way To- her grief in true fem
nine style. The tears trickled down on be
4 shirt bosom and her coat-tails shook with th
force of her emotions, while she received th
coincidence Of her friends.-St. Louis Dam
II frdt.