The Washington critic., 1886-05-24
CITY NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

The bell in the tower OF Christ Church,
Georgetown has been made q fire alarm
bell.
The 1litz-Prentiss case comes up on Fri
| day for argument on the motion for new
trial.
summer trips down the Potomac are
now attracting considerable crowds to ell.
| Joy the river.
The revivallst, "Sam" Jones, will
probably preach on Sunday, June 6, at the
Mount Vernon Place Church.
-Cowetamlcco, one of the delegates OF
the Creek Indian Nation, died suddenly In
this city last week OF typhoid dpneumonia.
The Indies Of the city are urging upon
the Commissioners the necessity of estab-
fishing free bath-house for newsboys and
others.
Reverend George c. Necdham the
Irish evangelist, arrived In this city Satur-
day and held meeting at the First Baptist
Church.
The Mount Vernon Regents will hold
their annual council on Wednesday. Rep
resentatlves from Florida and Alabama
will be chosen TO fill vacancies.
--.Messrs. NJ. f. Hobbs and L. III. Patter.
son, representatives Of the District OF Co
lumbia in the General Assembly OF the
Knights of Labor, have left for Cleveland.
The Good Templars held meetings yes
terday at Wesley Chapel, Waugh Chapel
and Ryland Chapel. The Dashaway Club
held meeting at Hilton's Hall at Seventh
and ID streets.
The Philonomosian Society of George
town College will hold prize medal debate
tomorrow afternoon at the College. The
question is: "Ought Chinese immigration to
be ProhibtedY"
DIR. Merriam yesterday extracted a
needle from the leg of l3.months'-od
daughter OF Lieutenant Of Police Kelly,
which the child is supp osed to have swal-
lowed some months ago.
in the plate printers regatta on Satur-
day, j. Martie and w. Gascoigne won the
first race. The four -oared shell race was
won by the crew Of the Sappho barge,
Messrs. Somers, Baker, Nordzy aud Bode.
The st. Georges Society will give It's
annual banquet this evening at o'clock at
the Cosmopolitan Club House, at Mount
Pleasant. Herdics will run from the
Fourteenth street railway terminus to the
club house.
"A band made up OF veterans who
served IN the military bands during the war,
has been organized at the Soldiers Home
under the leadership of Professor Piedford,
and will furnish music Mt the Decoration
Day obseraDces.
The warden OF the Jail will begin to-day
to make arrangements for the execution of
Antonio Nardello. The setting of the
death watch and the testing Of the rope are
now all that is necessary to be done before
next Friday, the day of execution.
"A young man giving his name as Luclan
W.Clarke OF Atlanta, Ga, was found perchod
on a dorman window of his boarding
house, opposite. the National Hotel, early
Yesterday morning. He was coaXed down
and his friends telegraphed for. He seems
to be demented.
Owing to the impression that position
on the jury to condemn the Congressional
Library site will be desirable, many appl.
cations have been made. But the law
makes the placing OF any person on the
jury list at his own request a misdemeanor,
punishable by fine.
The funeral Of Mr.. Richard Middleton,
who died on Saturday morning In the fifty
first year of his age, takes place at $3.50
o'clock to-day. He entered the three
teers at the outbreak of the war. His death
was due to injuries received while In the
service.
The law department Of Georgetown
University will hold its commencement
exercises at the National Theatre on Mon
day evening next. Addresses will be de.
livered by Judge Merrick and Pensions
commissioner Black, and Rev. Father
Doonan, s. j., president Of the University,
will deliver the awards.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union held largely attended meeting at
Congregational Church yesterday to cele-
brate the passage of the bill requiring
scientific Temperance instruction to be made
one OF the studies In the public schools OF
the District Senator Blair presided. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Senator Blair,
Representatives Brown, johnson and
O'Donnell, Mrs. A. F. Newman and Mrs.
Mary Ii. Hunt.
The city has not experienced thun-
derstorm for years that can compete with
Saturday nights storm in severity. A tel
ephone wire in the Fourth Precinct Sta
tion-House was melted. An old colored
woman named Washington was badly in
jured by shock that smashed the stove in
her house, near Twentieth street and New
York avenue. On the O-Street Market the
flag staff was split aud knocked into the
street. A number of houses were struck
and slightly damaged.