National Republican., 1876-10-06

In the Middle and Eastern States rapidly fall
ing barometer, easterly to southerly winds, in
-creasipg to brisk and probably high, and
warmer, cloudy, succeeded by rainy weather.
Thermometric readings taken at the Signal
Office Oct. 5, 1876: Ia. m, 400; 7:35 q. m,
400; 12 m, SO; 2 p. m, 600; 4:35 p. m,
SO; II P. m, $50. Maximum, Go; mimi
mum, $50.
Buffers stove exchange, corner of Fifth and
Z streets northwest.
The Israelites of this city have subscribed
81 200 for the Savannah sufferers.
Left-of clothing, watches, pistols, &c.
bought at Herzog's, 915 street. Orders at
tended to.
Brad Adams has given his consent, and the
18th will stand as the District day at the Cen
tennial Exposition.
The open air concerts of the Marine band at
the Presidents and Smithsonian grounds have
been discontinued.
All kinds of trunks made to order, repaired
and covered at McMurray's, sos Pennsylvania
avenue, Market space.
The GeIman-American Savings bank, corner
Seventh and F streets, pays interest on de-
posits. Safe deposit boxes for rent.
Rev. Geo. G. Little, pastor of the Assembly
Presbyterian church, has returned to the city,
and will at once resume his pastoral duty.
Rev. Anthony BiDga, having resigned the
pastoral charge of the Nineteeuth-street Bap-
tist church, has gone to Amherstburg, Ontario,
Canada.
The Mignonette Literary and Musical Asso-
citation will meet this evening, at 7:45 O'Clock,
Of No 11U0 I ha
will be very interesting.
To mothers whose children are weeping
Sweet and balmy slumber secured for the
little ones, and coughs and colds rapidly ban
ished by the use of DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Prime to fancy New York, Pennsylvania
glades, Virginia and Western butter, strictly
fine stock, at Spicer's butter store, corner of
Ninth and Z streets northwest.
Catarrh, offensive discharges, &c. DR..
Hartley demands no fee until perfect satisfac-
tion is rendered to the patient. Office and
residence, No. 732 Tenth street n. w.
Chief Engineer Hoxie has directed that
lamp-posts be erected: One on n, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets northwest,
and one on Eighth, between K and s streets
northwest
n. squieT & Co., bankers 1416 Pennsyl
vania avenue, pay six per cent. in crest on de-
posits, payable on demand. Special rates on
time deposits. Interest paid January and
July, or credited.
William Matthews, a colored man, about
forty-fVe years old, died suddenly at 62
street northwest early yesterday mornir e.
DR.. Townsend was in attendance, and pro-
nounced the cause of death of apoplexy.
Last August Michael Kane and Mary V.
Burke were Joined in wedlock by Father
Jameson, at St. Aloysius' church. Having
taken 8 Centennial honeymoon trip, the couple
will begin the prosy part of matrimony in
this city.
Ponds hotel, new house opened to accom-
modate the Centennial travel, is centrally
located at 1000 street, corner of F and Tenth
streets. Mr.. and Mrs. Pond are New England
PEOPLE, and furnish quiet, pleasant home for
the weary traveller.
We call attention to the advertisement in
another column of Smith, Birge & Co., 1O14
Pennsylvania avenue. Their facilities for
steam and waTm-air heating, manufacturing
as they do their own apparatus, are, perhaps,
superior to those Of any other house in this
community.
Messrs. Duncanson Bros, suctioneers,
sold yesterday, for Charles T. Davis and P. F.
526, fronting II feet -! inches on Fourth
street, between X and L streets northwest,
and running back 93 feet A.! inches, i'm
proved by small brick dwelling, to n. D.
LarDer, for 81 ,7lO.
Rev. F. r. Freeman, of Illinois, will cele-
brate his "golden wedding at Mount Pleas
ant next Saturday afternoon from to e
O'Clock. His numerous acquaintances and
many warm friends will no doubt be present
on the festive occasion and wish him 'mauy
happy returns of the day."
If you desire to insure your real estate or
personal property in a reliable company, pop
ular for its efficient management and prompt
payment Of losses YOU can't 20 amiss by Sc
curing a policy of the Firemen's Insurance
Company of Washington and Georgetown, d.
{. O:Ece over Bank OF Washington.
A four -yearsold boy, whose parents reside
on Sixteenth street, was told to bring his
night-gown and prepare for bed. He brought it
10 his mamma with the words, "There mamma,
is your night-gown." ''No, dear; it is yours
said his mamma. "Well, l am yours, so my
night gown is yours too" was the reply.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Metropolitan Middlings Purifying Company,
held yesterday at the Office of the company,
the following named gentlemen were elected
trustees for the ensuing year, viz: Seth L.
Phelps, Benjamin L. Keyser, Edwin J. Sweet,
William B. Todd, William L. Bramhall, Z. c.
Ager and Samuel L. Bean.
A man named John McCarty was arrested
last night by Officer Jeffries for the petit lar
ceny of half dollar from John L. Brewer.
Brewer and McCarty both put up money on a
prospective game at cards, but the game was
not played, and Brewer charged McCarty with
aPPrOpriating the pool. Hence the arrest.
It has been common for patrons at the Wash
ington gymnasium to miss small sums of
money from their clothing left in the dressing
room, and Detectives McElfresh andMcDeyitt
have been investigating the matter. Last night
they arrested the cOlored boy, Arthur Frazier,
who takes care of the dressing -room AMI who
by means of duplicate keys, has had access to
all of the lockers, and has helped himself to
small sums of money.
Cold weather is approaching and so many
people are out of employment that it will not
be surprising if robberies of hen roosts are of
nightly occurrence. An attempt was made
upon one last night on the corner of Sixteenth
street and Rhode Island avenue, but the
thieves were fired upon by the owner of the
poultry and driven away. Let our citizens be
watchful, or they will lose their Thanksgiving
dinner.
Frank Lohman, who keeps a restaurant at
Gle corner OI seventh anu y streets nOrLn-
west, was considerably burned on Wednesday
evening while attempting to light coal-oil
lamp. The lamp was in a chandelier and had
been filled with an inferior quality of k.ro-
sene, and in attempting to light it an explosion
occurred, throwing buring oil upon the coun-
ter. The fire was sXtinguished before any
damage was done.
H. E. Ofley & Co.'s exchange and deposit |
bank, northeast corner of Fifteenth and F |
streets, deals in all classes of Government ]
securities and in District of Columbia and all /
frst-rate investment bonds and stocks; also in |
American coin and foreign money. Demand /
tifafts on Europe in any amount. Best rate /
allowed for per cent. improvement bonds. /
Orders promptly filed for the new United /
States ~ per cent. bonds.
The grand mass meeting and pole-raising |
to take place at Hyattsville and Bladensbarg, 1
appointed for Saturday last was postponed on /
account of the weather until Saturday next. |
The following distinguished speakers will GER
tainly address the meeting: John II. Sellman, /
Republican nominee for Congress; Geo. c. /
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