National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-06
LOCAL MISCELLANY.


For ne Mi1dle States and ths lake region clear
or hGzV igeofAer, gifh soutA or i0est Dfass and
rising barOuSfsr, followed eg eooier 1sethsT Fri
dag night.
ct Hempler's yesterday; 4. M 5oe; 10 a. NJ,
VS. y m, 5eoi p. N, $50; p. M. seo; p. m,
$50; ,. m. 800.
me sun rises at s:ss and sets at soL
See the curiosity, California pears weighing
nearly two pounds, at Malaga Fruit Company's,
408 Ninth street, near ID.
The attention Of the engineer Of the District 70
saisd 70 me atny condition n q tss cutters Sl0Rs
street, and also along Tenth street southeast.
At the meeting OF the Board Of Metropolitan
Police Commissioners yesterday VIM Donohue
months to duty ct the WharfOf Johnson Brothers.
At the regular meeting Of the Potomac Boat
Club Wednesday evening the vacancy Of presl-
Jones, was Allied By that gentleman being elected
again.
A. Mfltner, the young German who robbed HIS
employer and ned, but was captured, plead
guilty to the charge Of grand larceny In the Pc,
iic Court yesterday, and was committed 70 await
the action Of the grand jury.
Thirty-hve hundred bushels Of wheat were re-
eeived In Georgetown yesterday. Sales-S2o
bushels yellow corn, at S. cents; $50 bushels Of
wheat, At &2lZ; 1000 bushels at el.2O1< $50
bushels at tl20, and 100 bushels raklngs at 81.
Greatly reduced prices Of admission to the
grand art exhibition, at Lincoln hall. Only two
nights more a. present, Friday and Saturday
nights, NOVEMBER Q anu I. Admission Of adults
rs cents, children 10 cents. Programme N amuse-
ment column.
At . meeting Of the students Of the National
medical college, Columbian university, o6icers
for the ensuing year were elected as follows:
President, James B. Rankin; vice president, J.
Harrison; seeretary, r. W. Shufeldt, IT,, and
treasurer, J. o. Waldo.
One hundred boxes California pears Of differ
ent varieties, large and handsome, ripening up
and now ready for sale, Wholesale and retail, by
the Malaga Fruit Company, 4O5 Ninth street.
near D. They have Just received fine HaYana
oranges and expect to-day large lot Of bananas
from AspinwaIl.
At thu second monthly meeting Of the Second
Washington Cooperative Building Association,
held at the Board Of Trade rooms last evening,
5000 were sold at an average OF III per cent
premium. Subscription to the remaining shares
Of this association can be made at the treasurers
office, SIS Seventh street.
B. H. Warner, real estate broker and auc-
uoneer, sold yesterday afternoon at auction, for
Iettered F. In square rs fronting 10 feet inches
on Second street east, between and q streets
north, with depth Of IFS feet, and improved by q
tWo-story and Mansard-roOf pressed brick dwell
ing, to A. H. Herr, at e5,035.
The Richmond Enquirer says: "There has been
added to the collection Of reference books in the
State library copy Of the Original Lists Of
persons Of quality, emigrants, religious exiles,
political rebels, serving men sold for term Of
years, apprentices, children stolen, maidens
pressed, and others who went from Great Britain
100: The work is edited by John Camden Hol-
len.n
The receipts ct Drovers' Rest Thursday we're
SEQ beef cattle, 800 sheep and lambs, 80 cows and
calves, which were disposed Of Is follows: Sold
to District butchers 46s beef cattle, at prices
ranging from 24651z cents per pound; to farmers
IS, at 3I43A per pound; II drove to Baltimore
and 80 left over 400 old sheep were sold to
6$4.5O per head; 50 COWS and calves, at prices
ranging from t256e0 each. Market brisk.