National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-12-07
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

For NeV England and As middle Atlantic
States, rain during the day, rifh UdFfGbRe 5fndS,
telling barometer, and no decided change IN tenn
PeTdfuTe.
Read the Star Course" advertisement.
Use Patterson s Jones' Trophy tomatoes.
Catawba Grapes at Malaga Fruit Co., 4Os 9th ct.
See Automatic advertisement in "Wantn
column.
GEORGETOWN Office of the Automatic Co., ~
Bridge street.
Within the past few days over q, OsO,OOO Of re-
deemed notes were burned In the Treasury De-
partment.
on the walls en- the south side Of the Hall Of
Representatives.
The next typographical sensation-a grand ball
FranFiinS birthday, MO6dSy SSn1a aS IS Si'sr
Washington Commandery, Knights Templar,
will be ordered out in full uniform to meet their
Eminent Commander on his return frem New
Prof John N. Langston will deliver lecture
on the life and character Of Daniel O'COnnell, at
In Lincoln hall Monday evening, December %, for
the beneht Of St Augustine's church.
Mr.. Clark, the Capitol architect, Is making
considerable headWay with the improvements in
and around the Capitol building, so as 70 make q
pleasant appearance for the meeting Of Congress-
On Friday night q number of mIsehIevous boys
set hre to the carpenter shop Of John Kaiser, on
L street. between Fourth and Filth streets north
west. The flames were extinguished by citizens
before they had made much Roadway.
Twenty words for Is cents from Georgetown to
New York.
California papers mention the departure Of Mr.
family, for the Sandwich Islands and Australia,
and that Of Mrs. Joseph O. q. Kennedy and her
daughter, Mrs. General BidHell, for Washing
ton, d. u.
Messrs Duncanson Bros, auctIoneers, sold Sat
urday Afternoon, for H. H. Dudley, trustee, part
Of lot 2, In square SIT, situated on H street. be-
tween Fourth and Filth streets northwest i'm
proved by tWo-story brick house, to Mary q.
CrOeker for sl,T15.
Saturday afternoon. about 4 o'clock, UIIrieh
Oppeman, we'll known model maker, fell dead
in a restaurant at 613 Seventh street northwest.
Cause, apoplexy. The Coroner deemed an
over to HIS relatives.
Detectives Miller and McDeyitt on Saturday
morning arrested q eOlOred man named William
johnson on charge Of drawing pension Of $40
BY falsely perSonating the legitimate pensioner.
He was carried before Judge Smell in the Police
Court, who committed him to jail for the action
Of the grand jury.
Automatic ONCE at Mr.. A. V. Grimes, N
Bridge street.
The farm Of Philip ]. Buckley. on the River
road, about three quarters Of mile from the toll
gate at Tennallytown, has been purchased by
CoVell, Green * Co., for $4,000. The purchasers
land, where 1t is supposed to abound, and in
their operations they will doubtless employ q
large number Of labOrers
The Minnesota Republican Association Satur
day night elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President Charles King; vice
president, u. T. Widstrand; secretary, ]. T.
Heck; treasurer, d. NJ. Smith; executive commit
tee, L. Twitehell, r. Goodhart and b. F. Gutter;
delegates to Central A ssOciatiOn of States, L.
Twitchell. A sociable committee, consisting Of
q. T. Widstrand, d. NJ. Smith, and R. Goodhart
was also appointed, and instructed to make ar
Of February, 1875.
Messages direct from Georgetown by Auto
matic.I