National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

DUAL MlOOEIIAN1,
orcr he Middle States stationary or falling
bsyO1ssfer, sOutbeGstsTIy ,0iRdS, IOlger temperG-
tsTs, cloudy 10eatber and possibly light rain.
Tim Lee, ex-sheriT Of Wake county, n. C., is
in the city.
The Lord was not good to the Irish at Creed
moor on Saturday last.
Parties were at work Saturday painting the
sPire Of Epiphany church.
Yer right when you lays it down, Clarence,
thet the flesh is weak and a snare"
Numerous sewing machines are singing notes OF
preparation for Miss Sherman's wedding.
We are informed that the time for calling in
white and straw hats has been extended to the
hTEt Of October.
Eureka R. A. Chapter, No. 4, F. and A. NJ, has
SoAtTibuted the sum Of one hundred dollars TO-
wards the Washington Monument
What has become of the young man who last
summer shook up the Bald mountain, down in
North Carolina, for the benefit of the New York
HGraId9
The Kent and Carroll county fairs begin to-
morrow and continue for four days. The former
is held at Warrior station, and the other at West
minister, Nd.
Persons who have rooms to rent should adver-
Hse the fact in The REPUBLICAN. Those who
are in quest Of rooms will md them announced
or cur first page.
The champion Oyster-eater, in the person Of
Tim Lee, Of North Carolina, was in the Cheasa-
PeGke last night. He eat ten dozen hne Morris
GOveS without Winking. Next.
The Hon Thomas B. Keogh, chairman Of the
Republican State Central Committee, of North
Carolina, arrived yesterday on mis- way to Green's
hero from an extended northern summer trip.
Judge Thomas Settle, of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina, and Richard Dodgers, esq, dis
triet attorney for the eastern district of North
Carolina, are expected at the Ebbtt House to-
day.
fellow in SWanton, Vermont cuts of his
Wife's hair every in a while and sells it for
rum, and occasionally, when the crop doesn't
come on fast enough, he digs about its roots and
takes strong pull at it.
Colonel Ike Young, collector Of internal reve-
HRe, of Raleigh, n. c., is at the National. The
Colonel has been in Baltimore for few days
business. the exhaustive nature Of which required
Kim to use carriage even for a short distance.
An exchange suggests that Brooklyn be walled
in and covered over and converted into great
national high school for scandal. The bearer Of
baecalsureate letters patent from such an insti-
Triton would Immediately take rank among the
ISftisst scandal mongers of the age.
Mr.. VIM. Guinard has recently erected at his
ssal wharf. foot Of Third street, one of Hunts
automatic railways, by which vessels are I'M
loaded OF their coal, and it is screened, weighed
and emptied with remarkable celebrity.
Friday evening, while the Of1cers Of the Island
precinct were being posted on their respective
heats, Ofieer WestphRl stepped into hole in the
sidewalk and sprained his ankle so badly that it
was necessary to convey him to his home.
At 1855 O'Clock yesterday morning an alarm
n
caused by tre being discovered in the basement
Of the 81. Marc hotel. The flames were extin-
Euished with only slight damage to the prop
GFty.
The couples who have occupied the benches of
the public squares on Sunday nights with so
Rueh regularity during the summer, were in
their usual places last evening. Scott square was
particularly musical with signs and sweet Whis-
PeTings last night.
Every man who has a hobby is profoundly i'm
pressed with . conviction that he is privileged to
parade it in the columns Of the daily papers If
these dreamers would consult the publisher in
stead of the editor they would often find their
sentiments in print
An old gentleman named Smith, On Third street
southeast, and who is employed in Georgetown,
Friday evening on returning home had some
angry words with his son as to his (the sOns)
manner Of living, and during the alteration was
stricken with paralysis.
The Nationals and Eagles play this afternoon,
en- the Olympic grounds, at o'clock The Ma
fionals having won the amateur championship
and Eagles the Junior championship for the sea-
Eon Of "a, weIl-eontested game may be expected.
The tne playing Of both clubs merits large at
tendance.
The coal trade for the week past has been quite
up to the average, though dull with some OF the
Tbo Of for
the week were I6,447 tons, and l,62l tons of
YOughigheny gas coal, and the shipments $50
tons Of Cumberland, and l,62l tons Of the gas
coal, making the total receipts for the week
1905 tons, and the total shipments l6,sI tons.
The eanaI-bOsts Hattie and Bessie arrived Sat
nrday with $500 bushels wheat and 100 barrels
-four for Hartley & Bro, and the boat Seneca,
with 800 bushels wheat for H. NJ. Talbot and
800 barrels flour, 400 bushels wheat, $50 bushels
corr, and 100 bushels rye for T. c. Wheeler. The
sales we're 800 bushels wheat at SI37; 400 bushels
do. at $Ig7Jk; $500 bushels do. at $I.3O, and 500
bushels corn az q.
The FIRST race this season at the National Park,
near the Insane Asylum, takes place to-day, com
neneiDg at o'clock. There. will be a sweep
stake and purse Of 500 for a running race Of halt
mile and repeat, for which there are six entries;
a single dash Of a quarter Of a mile Tor $50, and
a wagon race for which three entries have been
EsBader There promises to be considerable sport
and amusement for these attending.
The Yale College Boat Club, at its annual
meeting last Wednesday, received report set
ting forth that the Yale boys were no more 70
blame for the quarrel at Saratoga than the Har-
wards. A committee was appointed TO express to
Capt. Cook undiminished confidence in him, and
President Ferry got vote Of thanks. q. 5.
Bushnell, Of the class Of "a was elected president
Of the club for the ensuing year.
Prof. Hubner, Of Germany, whose works are
well known TO our artists and lovers Of pictures is
expected to arrive in this city in few days, for
an extensive visit to this country. He is the
president Of the association Of artists in Dussel
dorI we'll known as the Malkasten, (paint-bOx,)
and he was the chairman Of the committee Of
Dusseldorf artists which contributed so literally
to the sanitary fair held here during the civil
war That fact alone, apart from his great pro-
fessionaI merits, will insure him cordial well
come.
Hoses Hopkins, cOlOred boy, was caught by
the sexton Of Grace church, corner and Ninth
streets northwest, throwing acOrns at the win
dOWs on last Friday. The sexton chased him
into a room in the second story OF the church,
IWhere there is a schOOl,) and locked him up.
The boy afterwards jumped from the second
story window and broke his left leg below the
knee. He was removed to his home, in an alley
between Fifth and Sixth and S and Boundary
streets northwest, by Oficer McGraw, and DR..
Glennin called, who rendered medical assistance.
CAPITOL HILL SEMINARY
FIRST MONTHLY RECEPTION OF THE
SCHOLARS.