National Republican., 1876-08-30
SESSION OF TIE HEALTH BOARD
A COL0RED PREACHER IN TROUBLE
LOCAL NOTES ABOUT Towr
Miscellaneous Paragraphs Of Interest

Weather probabilities estimated at a. m.-
For the Middle States, falling barometer
rising temperature, southwest to southeast
winds, increasing cloudiness and probably sue
eeeded by rain areas, especially in the western
portion.
Thermometric readings taken at the Signal
Office August 90, 1S76:7 q. m, 62o; 7:S5 a. m,
$40; - m, SO; p. m, $50; 4;35 p. M,
SO; Up. m, no; II p. m, 73o; maximum,
$50; minimum. SO.
Behrend's Patent Catarrah Cigar, sure cure.
Left-off clothing, watches, pistols, &C.,
bought at Herzog's, 917 D street. Orders at
tended to.
All kinds of trunks made to order, repaired
and covered at McMurray's, sos Pennsylvania
avenue, Market space.
fine orchestrion will perform every after
noon and evening at Henry Schwarzenberg's
Qrchestrien Saloon, 405 Eleventh street:
Mr.. VIM. H. Covington has been appointed
by the Commissioners market master for the
O-Etreet market, vice J. H. Stevenson, removed.
Kate Meredith, alias Harris, colored, stole a
pocket book and S21 from Ellen White, for
which offense she was arrested last evening
by Officer Smoot.
The New York State Press Association will
arrive in this city on their Centennial excur-
sion September 5. The excursion will arrive
to-day in Philadelphia.
Persons desiring appraisements for personal
tax can have the same promptly and properly
attended to upon application to Thomas Dow
ling, autiCneer, corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and Eleventh street.
Last evening, about 7:45 O'Clock, an alarm
of fire was turned in from box 1S4, caused by
the explosion of a coal oil lamp at the resi-
deDce of Mr.. John q. Dick, 917 Il street north
west. Damage slight.
For the week ending August 90, 1876, two
patents have been issued to Washingtonians,
as follows: George F. J. CoIburn, improvement
IN bird cages, (two cases;) Christian G.. Schnei-
der, improvement in baggage seals.
J. Fl. squier & Co., bankers 1416 Pennsyl-
Tania avenue, pay six per cent. interest on de-
posits, payable on demand. Special rates on
time deposits. Interest paid January and
July, or credited.
Monday evening, an old man nam?d Richard
Sebastian, employed on the farm of Thomas L.
Hume, ESQ.,, near Tennallytown, dropped sud-
denly dead, in the barn. The coroner gave a
verdict of death by apoplexy.
Insure your real estate and personal prop
erty in the Firemen's Insurance Company of
Washington and Georgetown, D. c., (office
over Bank Of Washington Prompt payment
of losses are guaranteed to all policy holders.
The District Fire Department will be repre-
Eented at the Convention of Chief Engineers,
in Philadelphia, next week, by Mr.. Thomas P
Morgan, president of the board: Mr.. VIM. r
Collins, vice president, and Chief Engineer
Martini Cronin.
About so O'Clock yesterday afternoon, one
of a crowd of boys was injured at the corner
Third street and Massachusetts, avenue, by the
explosion of gunpowder in a glass bottle,
which was ignited by cigar thrown by some
one Of the number.
The following are the bids made for furnish
ing the Agricultural Department with white
ash coal for the ensuing year: Thos. W. Riley
& Sons, $3.50; johnson Brothers, S5.17; W. Il.
Baum, $5.27; ]. Dubois, 1919; the Emery
Coal Company, 1923; W. W. Given, $500; G.
Y. Alice, $3.50.
Agreeable to the wishes of her many patrons,
Miss Susie P. Pollock will open her Kinder
garten and select school in the vicinity of
Fourteenth street circle, while Mrs. Louise
Pollock will continue the Kindergarten at TOS
Eleventh street, for the benefit Of the many
children in that neighborhood, whose parents
have learned to appreciate the system.
Detectives McElfresh and McDevitt, with
the assistance of Sergeant Arnold and Officers
Voss and Arniss, have arrested three notorious
negro thieves-Jim Semmes, Sam Stewart and
Wash. Meredith-for the robbery of clothing
from the houses of J. C. Byrnes, 141O Sixth
street, and G. K. Herrick, n street, near Sixth.
A portion Of the stolen goods were found on
the prisoners.
An excursion by moonlight will be given by
the E-street Bantist church on Friday, Sep
tember /, under the Auspices "a the Lyceum
Bureau, on the steamer Mary WashingVv-. |,
Fine singing and good time generally is an
ticipated. Boat leaves Seventh-street wharf |
at a. m. and 5:45 p. m. Tickets, SO cents: |
are requested to buy their tickets at J. c. |
Parker's bookstore; S. II. Merrill, ESQ.,, money
order Office, Post Office, or of members, that |
the church may receive the benefit. !