National Republican., 1878-09-18

shortly after six o'clock, and No. 3 engine
responded promptly, soon followed by No. 1
engine and the hook k-and ladder truck, aud
went manfully to work. Soon af-
ter Ithe engines got to work Assist
ant ChiefEngincer Drew ordered Il
special call for No. 2 engine aud they re-
spondCd promptly. Soon after this, Chi
Cronin. who arrived on the ground In tic
meantime, ordered n special call for No. 4
| engine, which company also responded
promptly and did good service. The fire was
| discovered In top story Of the building The
whole building was filed with waste paper,
and the top story was particularly packed. It
cannot be decided how the Are originated, but
| II Ia supposed that IL was caused by rats and
| mice exploding rarlor matches, which are
often found In the waste paper obtained from
the Government Departments.
Tho exact quantity Of paper In the warehouse
| at the time cannot be ascOitaincd neither can
Major Hill approximate his loss by fire and
| damage by water until ho has an opportunity
to examine his books, but Is under the impress.
sion that his insurance on the building and
| stock will cover the entire loss. The building
| Is one Of the oldest IN Georgetown, having
| been erected in 1893, and was first occupied by
| DIR. Bohrer, and at the time Of its erection was
considered ono of the finest residences in the
| town.
There Is an old frame dwelling In the rear
1
lily, and although the sparks fell thick and fast
upon Its old, rotten roof, the iircmen succeeded
| In preventing 1t from igniting. Tho residence
Of Officer Grafton Harper, adjoining the ware
house, was at one time In danger, but the fire.
men deluged the roof and thus prevented Its
catching fire. By the same means the build.
| ings on the east Of the warehouse were pre-.
vented from catching. The residents on Water
street, In the immediate vicinity Of the burned
building, and the merchants doing business on
that street are loud In their praise of the
prompt action and valuable services Of the
Firo Department. The members Of the police
force are also eiNtled to credit for the part
| Tho entire top story was destroyed and the
contents partially destroyed.
THE YELLOW FEWER SUFFERERS.
| The following contributions wero received
by L. Lewis, at the Baltimore and Ohio
ticket office, yesterday: Two young ladies
contributed large package of clothing
| The following named ladies, under ! the
leadership of Mrs b. Nordlingcr have made q
| very generous contribution Of bed clothing
boots and shoes, mems, boys, women's, and
children's clothing and underclothing Mes
DANES Strauss SOmmcrs, TriendliCh, Blumen-
thai, A. Baer, Rosenthal, ID. L. Young, Dry
fuss, and W. Nordlinger.
| Welded.
| The wedding Of Mr.. Benjamin Caldwell and
| 'ilsS utOlI Ittta boOh IldCt ~ tlNH'
o'clock last evening at the First Baptist
Church, aud was attended by numerous
friends and acquaintances OF tho contracting
parties. The ceremony was performed by the
Rev @. W. Bcaie, pastor Of the church. The
bride was attircd In handsome gray suite
hair dressed plain, with floral ornaments
After the ceremony the happy pair repaired to
the residence OF the groom, where a reception
was held.
| REVIVAL MEETINGS
The members and friends Of the Congress.
Street Methodist Protestant Church have been
holding a series of revival meetings during the
week past, which have proved to be quite .
success-so much so that they have concluded
to continue them during this week. The meet
ings on Monday and Tuesday night were very
interesting
A young man named James Gross, son o
| Curlcy Gross, while boarding the ferry boa
Virginia, at the foot of High street, for thu
purpose of attending the complimentary pic
mic given by Hermoine No. 12 X. of p, Mon
day evening, missed his footing and fell into
the river, and was rescued by some gentlemen
who were standing on the dock at the time
| Nothing daunted, he repaired to his home, OF
High street. changed his clothes, rcjoined tn,
lady friend who was with him at the time III
received the ducking, visited the island, ant
was one of the gsyest of the picnickers.
PARAGRAPHS.
Ezekiel E. Jones, Fairfax, Va; Maurice
Coon, Culpepper Va; James NJ. Monroe, New
Britain, Conn; George slocum, Unandilla, y
Y. Morris 7. Pearre, Buffalo, n. Y; Ellis
Doanc, Baltimore, Nd; Andrew Z. Arnold
New York city; Edgar +. Pope, Warrenton
Va; Hiram T. Dodge, Savannah, Ga, ant
Charles l.. johnson and lady Baltimore, Nd.
are among the guests at tho West End Hotel.
Mrs. L. s. Johns left this morning for a tril
TO Cincinnati Ohio.
Mr.. II. q. Wagner left last evening for tn,
North, to be gone several days.
The senior West End Baseball Club, o
Georgetown, play game of ball with tn,
Stars, of Washington. this afternoon, at fou
o'clock, on tho kalorama grounds.
Several members Of the Georgetown Masonic
choir, under the leadership ofMr E. y. Spang
gave musical entertainment last evening II
tho parlors of the West End Hotel
The canal boats which were detained q
"Big Slack Water" eighty-lve miles abov,
Georgetown, In consequence OF high water
commenced to arrive yesterday afternoon.