Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-29
GEORGETOWN.

WORK on THE CANAL REPAIRS DELkYEp.-
The repairing of the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal has from time to time been delayed by
rain, and for the past four days. including to-
day. no work has been done. The mud in the
bed of the canal is SO deep that work to-day
was out of the question. DIR. Becker, one of
the contractors, stated this morning that no
one could tell when the Georgetown level of
the canal would be ready to receive the water,
as it depended on the weather. Should il re-
main favorable the repairs will be finished
within a short space of time. Mr.. Robert IL.
Tenney, in conversation with STAR reporter
this morning, said he was of the opinion that
there were about eight or ten days more work
yet to be done on the canal and that il can be
done IN that time if the weather is favorable.
President Gambrill and Mr.. Cissel made
another payment on Saturday for the millers
to the contractors. Should there be no rain to-
day work will be resumed tomorrow and in a
day or SO the canal will be repaired as far as
the Chain bridge. A good dealwill then remain to
be done. for there is a great break aboys of
several hundred yards.
DEATH OF WELL-KSowy YOUNG .BUsrSEss
MAN.-Harry L. Chappelear, well-known
been sick but two days. died Saturday after
noon at his residence No. 2S04 \ street. The
funeral will take place this afternoon at 5
O'Clock from his late residence.
RELEASED on HIS PROMISE To LEAVE THE
CITY.-Wm. Pope, the young colored man who
from the penitentiary last month. This morn
ing he appeared in the Police Court. being
charged with being a suspicious person. He
was arrested last night near 26th and NJ streets
by Officers Redgrave and Hicks. Pope said
that he was on his way to the house of Mrs
Parker, wife of the negro burglar who is now
serving twenty-one years for the Tyler diamond
robbery and other similar offenses. The Off
GERS were in citizens clothes when the arrest
was made. Pope said that Redgrave drew a
(Pope) ran, when Redgrave fired two shots at
him. Pope said he was willing to leave the
city next week and the court took his personal
bonds.
POLICE COURT CAsEs.-James Gaskins, COL
ored, got drunk Saturday night and Sunday
morning be was arrested by Policeman Suther-
land for making too much noise on Bridge
street. Having been locked up since that time
Judge Miller this morning released him on his
personal bonds. - Sophia Butler, colored,
charged with profanity on Frederick street;
John l.. Woods, charged with similar offense
on High street, and Theodore Curtis, charged
with disturbing the quiet of Mill street for
feited their collaterals of 50 each.-Robert
Honesty, colored. was tried for disturbing the
quiet OF East Market space. He was fined IS
or fifteen days.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER TALooTT's FUNERAL
The funeral of Assistant Engineer Charles G.
Talcott, us N, took place Saturday afternoon
from the chapel at Oak Hill cemetery and was
attended by many friends of the deceased. DIR.
Albert r. Stuart conducted the service. The
pallbearers we're Lieuts, Hodge and Mozart
ney, Engineers Moore and Norton and Assist
ant Engineers Kamming and Mcfarland, class
mates and friends of the deceased.
SAYS He THOUGHT He WAS HoME.-John
C@ser, young man. was found in James
Coles residence, on 35th street, by Mr. Cole on
Sunday morning about 1:30 o'clock He was
turned over to officer Sutherland, who placed
| the charge of HOUSEKEEPING in the night
against him. Ceser. who was under the in
fuence of liquor at the time, stated that he
thought that he was at his own home.
A BAR Room FIGRr.-Joseph Happy, the
proprietor of a bar room on SD street. and
James A. Walker had lively fight Saturday
evening in Happys place, during which Walker
got decidedly the worst of it. Both were ar
rested. In the Police Court to-day Happy
was fined SIS and Walker put under personal
bonds.
TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF WATER AT z
A. M.-Great Falls, temperature, ~; condition,
10. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 49, Con-
diton at north connection, Is; condition at south
connection, 35. Distributing reservoir, tenn
perature. 49, Condition atfniuent gate house.
sc; condition at eff1uent gate house, sc. High
tide in the river to-day at 1882 pm; low tide
at 3:51 pm.