National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-10-14
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS,
RAD STREETS.

BAD STREETS.
Continued complaint Is made regarding the
streets of this city. In some places the co0ble-
stones are loose and in other places they have en-
tirely disappeared.
GRAIN TRADE,
The canal boat Hattie and Bessie arrived with
1000 bushels wheat, 800 barrels -four and 1000
bushels miIlfeed for Hartley Il Brother, and a
schooner from Baltimore with 3 500 bushels wheat
for A. H. Herr,
RIVER NEWS.
The steamer E. @. Knight hasarrived from New
York with full cargo of general merchandise for
District merchants, and the steamer Now York
cleared for Philadelphia with -four. The COlum-
bia also entered and cleared for Baltimore.
DROWNED.
About 9l6 O'Clock last evening cOlored woman,
named Mary Tucker, while crossing the bridge
over the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at Market
street, intoxicated, fell into the water ana was
drowned. Her body was soon recovered by n col
ored man named Willis, and removed % her home
amined the body this morning, but deemed an in
quest unnec1ssaryIand gave certificate q burial.
ELECTVON OF OFFICERS.
At the last meeting Of Potomac Union Lodge
Of colored Odd Fellows, No. s92 the following
Gi S TeIs installed; samuel %ost Oesse r. "a
q. G.: Peter Riley, N. g.; John W. Bell, E. S.;
Joseph Hyson: W; G.; Sandy Ben, z. g.; Theo-
VIM. Washington, Chaplain, AID Thomas Shell
ton, &C. ...
SH0wIWINDOW BROKEN.
About $50 o'clock yesterday evening consider
able excitement was created on Bridge street.
near High, by the smashing IN of portion Of the
large showRindOw of Richard Morgan's restaR-
rant. 1t seems q difficulty occurred between
ME-. Morgan, his brother John, John Lang and
Henry Benton in the restSurant, and during the
sc1fle thewindoW was broken in AID Benton cried
Murder" and ran out into the street bleeding
profusely about the head and nose, having been
severely handled by his three opponents.
INTERVIEWING PUBLIC WORSHIP.
On Sunday night last q oolored woman, named
Mary Marshall, started to leave the Mount Zion
NJ. E. colored church Just as the minister was
IabeUt to pronounce the benediction, but was in
formed by the sexton that the rules of the church
prohibited any one from entering or leaving the
church while the benediction was being pro-
nounced. She replied, with curses, that ''yOu mig
gers are entirely too smart, and commenced te
pound the sexton with her fists. She was soon
elected, but the news ran through the crowd that
there was fight at the door, and the excitement
ran high for a few minutes. Yesterday o warrant
was procured for her arrest.
THE GOAL TRADE.
During the past forty-eight hours 1875 tons Of
coal have arrived. Coal merchants complain Of
general depression in the demand for bituminous
coal, owing to the light orders which are arriving
from the Eastern cities, where many Of the manu-
The prices delivered free on board are about the
same .as last year, but the freights are said to
be much lower, that for Boston alone having been
reduced from IS and S325 last year to S175 at the
present time. Such reduction in cost TO the con-
sumer with the light orders arriving, would iRdi-
cities Of the East, where most of our bltUminous
coal Is shipped.