The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-06-29
CITY AND SUBURBAN,

Sven subject Sunday night.
Miss Chase conducted the weekly w.
G. 4. U. meeting at the Soldiers
Home last night.
John A. Rawlin's Post, G.. A. r.,
last night elected Captain Patrick
OFaiTcll commander.
The Women's Press Association last
night presented Mr.. Staples, proprietor
of Willard's Hotel, with basket Of
fruit.
The Commissioners have invited pro-
posals for two new steam fire engines
10 be furnished in exchange for two old
engines.
Rev. George III. Smith died at his res.
idcncc on upper King street, Alexandria,
carly yesterday morning, in the seth year
OF his age.
A motion Tor new trial for Solomon
Cohen was filed in the Criminal Court
yesterday. He was convicted of keep
Ing an unlicensed junk shop.
Mr. jackson Beach, the former cap.
tain of the Alexandria baseball nine,
has organized nine TO play the teams
of the leading cities of the State.
The Philadelphia turner's, on their
way home from Cincinnati, were enter
tanned at City Park on New York ave.
nue. last night by the local German Or
carnations.
Charley Hawlctt was hurt by grape.
vine breaking out at "Edgewood, Kate
Chases place, yesterday, where the Cal
vary Baptist Sunday School had pic
mic.
A reception was rendered James M.
Townsend, the new recorder of the
General Land Office, last night, by q
number Of colored men at place on U
street.
Owing to the death of Hon. Simon
Cameron, formerly Secretary of War,
and the War Department being in
mourning, there will be no music at the
White House this evening.
The mutes' convention adjourned last
night. II was n very successful one and
more mutes were in attendance than
were ever before together in one place.
To-day they are enjoying an excursion
TO Mount Vernon.
When Rev. DIR. William Leonard Is
consccrated In the autumn as Bishop of
Ohio. he will be succeeded as rector of
st. Johns Church, in this city, by Rev.
Mr. Douglas, assistant rector of Trinity
Church, New York. Mr.. Douglas will
not assume his new duties until the Is,
of November
Last evening, after the o'clock call
the officers of the Second Precinct pre-
scented Lieutenant IIctIner with hand.
some crayon portrait Of himself. Ser
geants Connolly and Jones made thu
presentation speeches and the Lieuten
ant. thoroughly surprised, responded
gracefully.
The annual meeting of the Society o.
old students Of st. Johns Academy O
Alexandria was held In the lecture room
Of that institution last night and wa
largely attended. The fifty-sixth an
nual commencement of the academ,
took place at Lannon's Opera. Hous
this morning at 10 o'clock.
General Casey, Chief of Engineers
says regarding the complaint that tn
Government had contracted for $50 90
enamcled bricks, made in England
10 be used in building the Congressiona
Library, that, although he had advel
tised extensively, not one America
manufacturer had put in bid.
A portion of human skeleton wa
dumped ON Il vacant lot at the corner O
Third and u streets yesterday after
noon among LOT of rubbish that wa
taken from the cellar of the Freed
mans Hospital II was finally take
back to the hospital, but created cor
siderable excitement among the negroC
in the neighborhood of the station
house.
The closing exercises of the Virgini
Episcopal Seminary. near Alexandra
took place yesterday afternoon, when tn
annual ordination services were held
Bishops Whittlc of Virginia and Pete
kin of West Virginia ordained the clas
OF dcacons and Bishop Randolph of vi
giuia the priests. The ordination sermo
was preached by Rev G. II. Kinsolvin
OF Philadelphia.
The Palmetto Minstrel Club gave Il
second entertainment last night, di
porting themselves for the amusemeI
of large audience that assembled
the grounds Of Mr.. w. p. Watrous O
Seventh street road, Tho participant
were w. =. Watrous, w. L. William
Bort Galley, J. j. Edison, jr., G.
Prescott. Ii. Sterling, w. A. Galley, \
A. Joyce and Miss Mamie l.. William
lending her services as accompanis
The proceeds of the entertainment wei
donated 10 the Whitney Avenr
Chanel