National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

For Ne0 England, The AiddEe States and tn
LoBer Lake region, generally clear spsather Will
prsUGi, Icih south or tosst tOiHds, decided rise
Of temperature and fdlliIg barometer. For the
South Atldntie and Gulf States, Tennessee and
The Ohio rdlley, clear or fair Ueafhsr during the
day, Nth eaSterly or souihely tDiHds, stationary
or rising temperature and Sligh changes in the
bdrometer.
The following was the range ofthe thermom-
eter at Hempler's yesterday At q. m, $50;
at 10 q. m, no; at u m, so; at 2 p. m, SO;
at p. m, $40; at p. m, 800; at p. m;
D Only one lot Of new wheat has been received
In Georgetown this season.
The Nationals defeated the Atlantics yester-
day afternoon, on the Olympic grounds, BY a
score Of SO TO 9.
Messrs. RamsdeI, Adams and Macfarland,
leading lights Of Newspaper Row." go to
Deer Park to-day.
Nearly one thousand dogs have been slain by
tons this summer.
The Chronicle had the hydrophobia day be-
fore yesterday, and now the Star has an attack
of adams and DalZelL"
Some young infidel says that oput your arm
around girls waist, when she wants you to,
is heap better than religion.
Attention Is invited to the notice of religious
services in Lincoln hall tomorrow evening, by
the Rev. VIM. Mcclure, of the Reformed Epis-
copal church.
Yesterday evening about six O'Clock man
was taken with At in an Avenue car and re-
moved to Entwisle's drug store, where restora-
tiyes were applied after which he was removed
10 his home.
Sergeant Leach, with Officers Block. Burns
and Crook, yesterday morning made q raid on
an alleged disorderly house in Fighting alley,
kept by Mary Mullin, and captured six inmates,
and took them before Judge Smell.
Major ]. V. NJ. Vandenberg and family have
gone to Berkeley Springs for the summer. As
sistant District Attorney Richard Harrington
and wife will start for Cape May in few days.
Hon. Peter Campbell is at Saratoga.
The following changes in the guard at the
jail have been made: John C. Davis, appointed,
vice Isaac Ross, removed; VIM. McGill, vice
John Bell, removed; F. R. Winter, vice Thos.
T. johnson, removed; Robert Barron, vice
Samuel Draper, removed.
The residence of Col. Amos Webster, on
Nineteenth street, near Pennsylvania avenue,
was entered on Thursday afternoon, between
the hours of and o'clock, by & thief, who
carried of all of the clothing in the house, In
GLIDING Mrs. Webster's dresses.
The champion crab-eater-a recent importa-
ton from the classic banks of the Wissahicken,
and withal a correspondent Of THE NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN-felt little, just a little, peckish
last night. The result was that he deyoured
forty-six hard crabs. He buys them by whole
sale, and his name is Mickforland.
As the sun in all its splendor was peeping
over the eastern hills, newly-married man
exclaimed, "The glory of the world is rising !"
His wife, who happened to be getting up at that
moment, taking the compliment to herself,
simpered, "What would you think, my dear, If
had my new silk gown on" u.
In another column will be found an adver-
tisement of what purpoTts to be a sovereign
cure for the ague-that scourge which infests
the malarious regions upon our Southern riv-
ers. The Florida Ague Pills are commended
them within the reach of all, and the cure
which they guarantee. &e4.-
Yesterday m6fning, about 8 o'clock, Miss
Matthias ]. Lacey, residing at the corner Of
Eighth and streets southwest, was seriously
injured by large cake of plastering falling on
her from the ceiling while she was asleep. She
was thrown into commissions thereby, and is
now very i'll. Jane Smith, a girl of about nine
years, was very badly frightened. DR.. Ham,
NETT was called In, aud allaycd the excitement
by prompt action.
The market at the Drovers' Rest, Thursday,
was dull and prices lower. Three hundred and
ninety-three cattle were offered, and SIS sold,
at prices ranging from to cents per pound;
rs were left over. Two thousand sheep and
lambs were offered, and 500 sold, at 41k(g515
cents per pound for old sheep and 81 .509S4.5
per head for lambs; 200 were sent to Baltimore
and 800 left over. Twenty COWS and calves
were sold at S25Cgs5O per head.
We regret to hear that the gentleman who
was shot at the picnic on the 4th instant, by
John Strickland, mention of which was made
in our last issue, has since died from the effects
of his wounds. The party shot is a Mr..
Phelps, Of Washington q worthy and highly
respected gentleman. From the nature of the
wound It was supposed he might possibly re-
cover, but on Friday last, when the physician
attempted to extract the ball, a violent
hemUrrhaco set in, under which the patient
rapidly sank AMI died during the night
Marlboro Gdzcttc.