The Washington bee., 1886-08-21
at the residence of his parents
6l0 ST., was a severe blow.

land on the first of August.
Ste Eart. NJ. Lewis of the Go
ernment Printing Office, left Fri
day morning for n. Y, from
there to New London, Conn. for
10 days on his annual leave
The Co-workers Club of the
Plymouth Congregational Church
will give picnic at Browns P"rk
7th above Boundary, Thursday
Sept, 10th.
Mobs on excursions are not a
success, or credit to the givers.
Therefore disorderly persons of all
kinds should be made to under
stand that excursions are for pleas
ure.
Messrs. A. E. T. Draper, w.
HANDY johnson and DIR. S. J.
Nc. Farland, visited Fortress
Monroe, laid on the beach and
ate oysters, crabs and CLAIMS.
A whole house with all mod
eran improvements. The land lady
will board with the parties ifagree-
able, or 5 rooms to let at moderate
rent. Apply at 1923 Madison, st.
n. w.
The following are the elected
officers of the building committee
of the Virginia Avenue Baptist
church +: chairman, deacon Charles
Dabney Sect'y. h. S. Laws and
Treasury, Joseph Manning.
The Co-Workers club, will give
picnic at Browns Park, 7th St,
above Boundary, Thursday, Sept.
10th 1886, for the benefit ot
Plymouth Congregational Church
! Admission 25 cents.
DR.. Daniel I'll. Williams OF, Chi
cago Ill. arrived In the CITY Mon
day from Atlantic City. He is the
most popular physician in the
West. The DR.. left Wednesday for
Saratoga n. Y. where he will re
main several days.
Mr.. Thos. w. Bohannah. of N,
Z, the son-in-law of one of WASH
ington's most venerable citizens,
Mr. Edward Younger,is in the ci-
ty the guest of his father in-law. Mr.
Bohanuah is Chief Engineer in
Darlington Apartment, N. Y.
Mrs. Sidney Nc Farland and
her little daughter Susie have re.
turned home from a pleasant trip
North. They will leavein Septem-
ber.'tn spend few weeks at Pleas
ant Valley, Va, where they will he
joined by Mr.. Nc. Farland.
Cottage city or Martha Vines.
Yard, Mass, has certainly chang
ed. 1t mas not been very many
years since all colored people who
went to that place, went as helps ;
but now there are many proprie.
tors and over a hundred guests
The Union of the Bethel A. nj. E,
and the Zion A. M. Z. churches OF
America, as it seems by a cores.
pondent to the Christian Recorder,
is not dead letter i'm the main,
One of the correspondents said,
not only the M. E. and A. M. E.
churches ought to be united, but
the c. M. E. as well, into one.
The funeral of VIM. Slade took
place from the 18th st Presbyte-
rian Church Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. Slade was an old resident from
one Of the oldest and highly res.
pected families In the city. He
leaves wife and three children,
The coming picnic by the Gov.
ernment Printing Office Social
Club bids fair 10 be a asuccess. The
members are well known in this ci.
ty which is sufficient evidence OF
the clubs popularity. Dom forget
the time and place, Sept.13tb, al
Browns Park. Admission 25 Cts
Mr.. Tete Brown of the P.O
and Mrs Dodson were married in
West Washington last Wednesday
evening. Both parties are highly
respected. Mr.. Jacob Richardson
and others Were the recipients o
a piece of wedding cake. The affair
was quite ecIat.
The funeral of Mr.. VIM. James
late student and instructor In How
ard University, took place from
his home last Sunday at 8 P. NJ
The services were conducted by