National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-11
MEETING OF THE BOARD Of HEALTH
Miscellaneous Paragraphs OF Interest

Weather probabilities, estimated st g. H.
For New England and the Middle Atlantic States,
local rains and slightly cooler partly CLOUDY
weather, with light sout herly to westerly "4Is,
and stationary or slowly rising barometer. For
the South Atlantic and Gulf States, clear or lalr
weather. light sUutherly winds and sIiSht ehahSes
h temperature and barometer.
HThermometric readings taken July 10, 1876 at
she Signal Once: A. m, $50; 1855 q. m, So.5'; Ii
m, go; D. H. SO; 4S5 p. NJ, SO; Up. m, s20i
a D. H. SO. Maximum, 80; minimum, 500.
For court proceedings see third PAGE.
Bshrend's Patent Catarrh cigar surecure.
Left-of clothing watches, pistols, &c, bought
ut HerEog's, 9l7 u street. Orders attended to.
r. b. Ferguson, pharmacist, corner Second
street and Pennsylvania avenue, Capitol Hill.
Major Fred. II. Whitaker, of New Orleans
Ia.,is in the city. en- route to Cape May, Lake
George, sc.
All kinds OF trunks made to order, repaired and
covered at McNurrays' sCj. Pennsylvania avenue
Market Space.
The Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company lost horse yesterday from the exces
siye hot weather.
fine Orchestrion will perform every afternoon
and evening at Henry SchwarZenbeTg's Orches-
trion Saloon, 4O5 Eleventh street.
A family festival for the benefit of ST. Peters
church will be given at Beyer's Seventh-street
paIAp Ou the evening VI august d
At RGrlow's can be seen 4 lifc-size portrait of
ex-Treasurer New. hy Rice Bros. As faithful
likeness and artistic piece Of work it cannot be
eXcelled.
The following marriage licenses were Issued
yesterday: Nelson Irving and Rachel COuntee,
John W. Thompson and Mary j. Mullin. Thomas
A. Maxted and Dorethen CrOwser.
J.H. Squer s Co, bankers, 1916 Pennsylvania
avenue, pay per cent interest on deposits, psya-
bic on demand. Special rates on time deposits
Interest paid January and July, or credited.
The Theatre Comique continues to draw fine
audiences dc spite,thc high range of the thermome
ter. The summer garden is cool and the pro-
gramme excellent which accounts for the large
attendance.
Catarrh discharges; from the head and all
chronic diseases cured. Ir. Hartley demands no
fee until the best evidence Of success has been
realized from his treatment. Office, $40 Ninth
street northwest.
p. A. Darneille, auctiOneer, has sold for r. s.
Davis and " N. !. Miller, trustees, part of lOt32,
in square SIS, improved by two-stOry brick
house, on the southwest corner Of Seventh and G
streets southeast, TO Thomas 4. TOlsUn, for 81 no.
Messrs. DuncansOn Bros. auctionccrs. sold yes
terday afternoon by direction of Lydia Willctt
trustee, for John T. Wilett, part OF lot No Il, in
square No. sd, at % cents per square foot, sit
mated on Sixth. near NJ street southwest, to q. +.
SmithsOn, esq.
yesterday elected the following directors for the
ensuing year: Charles Knapp, George W. Riggs.
VIM. Dixon, Samuel Bacon. Marshall Brown, A.
Mylte, Richard Wallach. Nicholas Ackcr and
John T. Mitchell.
Mr. A. T. Stuart, John H. Olcutt. L. E. Sleigh.
Alfred Wood and +. W. Vaughn representatives
Of the Washington Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation and delegates to the in irrational cOnven-
ton of the Young Mems Christian Association
which meets at Toronto. Canada, the 18th ill.,
stant left the city yesterday morning to attend
the convention.
Perry Carson and his gang, numbering about
dozen, assumed to depOse Mr.. Jerome A Johnson
ircm the craftsmanship of the Republican Cen
tral Committee last Friday evening. Carson
could be more probably employed in his usual
ceupation-perturming featS of ledgerdemain
and working upon the credulity and ignorance of
mat particular class with whom he associates in
20 absence Of any visible means of support.
Suffrage would be precious boon in the hands of
Carson x 20.
Last Sunday afternoon Washington Waller was
ordained TO the work of the Gospel ministry at
the First Baptist church, South Washington. in
The presence of an immense congregation. Reys
A. Green, Of Capitol Hill: Z. Robinson Beulah
Baptist church, of Alexandria; H. BayIcy, of
Abyssinnia church; W. J. Walker of Shiloh: r.
) Laws and &. ). johnson, clerk of the church.
took part in the services. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. w. J. Walker.
About 49, o'clock yesterday morning. a horse
attached TO wagon belonging to J. {. Pearson
was standing in front of his premises, on Nine.
teenth street between 1 and X. The horse he |
ca me frightened and ran away En- route he ran
INTO and smashed John Sinclalr's buggy and Geo
NeWRins milk wagon. He upset one of Nj |
jIeasou's r,sauu sr,otio,, '--- h.r He was |
then captured and taken back over the same /
route.
Mr.. Latimcr b. Ei Young man twenty seven /
years old, died suddenly at his residence, on the
corner Of First and Fayette streets Georgetown, |
last Sunday sabout o'clock. He was reclining at |
the time bed smoking n ciFar viii n hr,t /
" no suddenly heard a gurgIng sound. and turn.
ing, found his brother Ill. Going down stairs for
. assistance, when he returned, his brother was
dead. 1t is supposed the cause was Congestion Of
the brain.