National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-25

weather probabilities, estimated at a. m.-Foi
the lower lakes, the Middle and Eastern States
west winds, with falling temperature, cloudy
weather and rain in the first named, and partly
cloudy, warm weather in the last two.
Thermometric readings taken October Y
ls75, at the Signal Once: a. N, 500; 7S5 a. m,
So; Il NJ, f2o; p. m. $50; Ass p. m, 20; p m,
$50; II D, m. s. Maximum. TO; minimum, ago.
Try the B. o. cigars. TheT are the best of all.
Handsome bananas for table use at Malaga
Fruit Company's 49s Ninth street.
Sherman & Grant, bankers-highest price paid
for 365 bonds and auditors certificates.
Highest price paid for left-of clothing, boots
shoes, &c, at Herzeg's, 81 D street northwest.
Several ladies who drove out in the county yes
terday came back laden with autumn leaves OF all
6ues and shapes.
H. D. Cooke, IT,, Co. street, near the the
Treasury, DO a general banking business and buy
and sell District securities &C.
DR. Blood's office for the treatment OF Catarrh,
Bronchitis, Consumption, &C, py oxygenlzeo air,
is at No. 6ls F street northwest
tits expected that the work of breaking up the
hull of the torpedo boat Piscstaqus, at the navy
yard, Will be commenced today.
Since July the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty TO Animals has successfully prosecuted
thirty.three cases of cruelty to animals.
H. Clay Preuss gave some excellent readings,
recitatiOns and music at the residence of Mrs.
Bufour, on Fourteenth street, On Friday evening.
On Friday last Carl Cluss, little son Of A.
Cluss. ESQ.,, had his leg broken while playing on
pile Of lumber at the corner Of Second street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr.. Peter McNamarS, who has the contract
for maeadamising Sixth street east, from Pennsyl-
vanIa avenue to the river, will commence to lay
the broken stone on the road bed Of the street TO-
day.
Rev, ]. G. Mason, late pastor of the North
Presbyterian church, who has Just returned from
Europe, will deliver his lecture, entitled From
Jafa to Dan" on Wednesday evening neXs, at
7:3O O'Clock, at that church.
Saturday President Gatchell, Of the Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals, had man
named Sphlen arrested for pouring oil on a rat
Justice Hall and fined so.
The alarm of fire from box ~ about IL O'Clock
Saturday morning was turned in by 0fhcer
King and occasioned by the burning OF q guam
ttty Of bed-clothes In the house OF Mrs. Julia
Walker, 474 School street. Damage about go.
Everybody in want Of Weltsn, Brussels, three
ply or ingram carpets should examine the
numerous new and choice patterns from W. and
J. SIoane's, Broadway, New York, on exhibition
At J. W. Mcknight & Co.'S, No. l427 Pennsylys-
mia avenue. ni
The following officers have been elected for tins
ensuing year in the Grand Division Sons of
Temperance: @. W. p, L H Winfield; 9. W. A.
William H. Norton; q. s., ). X. Bridge; q. T.,
Oscar Alexander; G. Cond., Thomas L. Simpson;
@. Sent, s. L. CLARK.
- saturday evening, as MI John II. Russell, of
the firm OF Russell & Leonard, was walking up
the steps OF his house. at the corner Of Ninth and
East Capitol streets, he slipped on peach stone,
fell and broke his left arm below the elbow. DR..
o. NJ. Ford was called in.
SATURDAY night, a little after II o'clock, an ex-
eitement was created on Thirteenth street, near
ID, by the repoTt.of pistol. The participants
said that the SHOT was fred BY one 81 party Of
young roughs at cOlOred man, though no harm
was done.
The friends of Mr.. T. L. Hume, who some time
ago presented him with silver punch bowl, at a
meeting Saturday evening, found that balance
Of $50 remained in their hands, which was ap-
propriated to the st. AIMS Infant Asylum aud
The Protestant Orphan Asylum-one half of he
amount to each.
Beautiful clusters OF Malaga grapes are now
offered at the Malaga Fruit COmpany's store, 40s
Ninth street. from lot just received; also, domes-
tic grapes in variety, California pairs, choice do
mestic pairs, new figs, raisins, &c. All kinds of
fruit in season. Baskets temptlngly arranged
with fruit to order.
a force Of workmen are now engaged in cutting
down the large trees on both sides of the main
Cspitol grounds. The lovers who used to fire.
quent this park O. nights during the summer feel
like exclaIning, "Ob, woodman, spare that tree ="
as the point Of the ak is buried in the trunk of
lordly elm.
About 4 O'Clock Saturday morning a man
named Q. Matthews, of Manassas, Va, died very
No. IG8 Pennsylvania avenue Coroner Patter.
son was notihed, but did not deem an inquest ne
cessary, as the man, he said had evidently died
from apopIexy. certificate OF burial was given
and the body turned over to his friends.
Quite a large temperance meeting was held
yesterday afternoon at the corner Of Pennsylvania
avenue and Seventh street, at which Mr.. George
Savage was the principal speaker. One OF the
features of the assembly was a discussion between
Mr. Savage and two or three Of the consumers OF
sthat which steals the brain" One of these was
n Hollander, who got indignant when Mr.. Savage
addressed him as MY German friend" ~ am
not q German, he said; I'm Q Dutchman."
Excuse me-" said the old apostle Of temperance,
'Ithought IwOuld insult you by calling you one"
Several years ago Mr.. Carleton wss seized with
the belief that burlesque Of the popular aims
nae, such as the "Old Farmers Almanac to
which New England pinned its meteorological
faith, would be remunerative. He suggested the
"Orpheus Q. Kerr" and next TO HDoesticks, (" but
none Of them thought favorablY Of it. An ar
rangemept was at last made with Josh BillingF,"
and 60 the "AllmInax" came about Nearly 151,-
600 copies were sold the first year, and almost as
many since, and though the retail price is only
quarter, Mr.. Shaw is said to have received s. 900
the first year,and over $4,000 in all. The new
number is almost ready, with some outrageously
absurd silhouette illustrations Of the months
NetC York Tribune.