Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
GEORGETOWN.

WIN. Porn, THE NEGRO DEsPERApo, FNKD.-
WIN. Pope, the negro who shot Gen. Augur
night for profanity and assaulting Jas. Cooper,
q street car conductor. Pope's record 10 Wen
known in this section and to the police gener-
ally. After his return from the penitentiary
TINS summer he was arrested as suspicious
person and Judge Miller took his personal
bonds to leave the city, Saturday night he
had been drinking and when he got on street
car to go home he was smoking. The conduc-
tor called his attention to the rule against
smoking on the car, whereupon Pope became
profane and abusive and assaulted the conduc-
tor. Policeman Burrows arrested him and
took him before the Police Court yesterday.
Judge Mills fined him $40 or 80 days.
The CANAL.-In q conversation this morning
with MIR. Frank Fisher, one of the overseers
employed on the canal repairs, he stated that
in his opinion, IL the weather continued favor
able about fifteen days, there would be water
enough in the Georgetown level of the canal TO
have the mills running, but that would not
mean the completion of the work, for there
would yet be great deal to be done upon the
banks. There could possibly be about 4 feet
of water turned on in the canal about that
time. Mr.. Fisher also stated that large gang
OF laborers and number of carts and wagons
were at work this morning, the larger part OF
the force being employed upon the long wash
out, work upon which is being rapidly pushed
toward completion, the contractors remember
ing that the rains had spoiled a good portion OF
the work done on that break before. Portions
Of this damaged section have been rebuilt to
within about feet of the water mark in the
canal. Each working day finds one or more Of
the millers upon the scene Of labor anxiously
watching the progress of the work.
The ELECTRIC RALRoAD.AA gang OF labor
ers were on hand this morning ready to 60 to
work laying the ties and rails of the George
town and Tenleytown railroad, but owing to
the non-appearance of Mr.. Hodges of Johns
wi m ia To ,arip for afr
ton OF the road lwho arrived later, nothing
was done at the Georgetown end of the line.
BUILDING ASSOCIATION MEETING. At the
seventy-eighth monthly meeting Of the Citi-
zen's equitable building association held last
night at Goddard's hall, money to the amount
of sc, 200 was sold at an average of 161.
TIE REAL ESTATE CoMpANY.-The board of
directors of the Georgetown real estate COM
pany met last night and decided to build a re-
tanning wall in the rear OF the company's lots
on NJ street and Prospect avenue. The grad
ing of Bank street was also a subject of discus
sion.
INSURANCE COMPANY ELECTIoN.-The follow
ing board of directors of the Potomac insur-
ance company were elected at a recent
meeting: Messrs. NJ. J. Adler, G. A. Buckley,
". s. Cox; G. T. Dunlap, R. E. Fry, Thos.
Knowles, Philip May, DR.. L. Mackail, ]. H.
Mcdaniel, w. F. Seymour, H. NJ. Sweeney and
DR.. Peter. The following officers were also
elected: II. NJ. Sweeny, president, and May
hew Platter, secretary.
NoTEs.-There Is leaky hydrant at the cor
ner of 35th and U streets which requires the
immediate attention of the authorities, whose
attention is also called to the presence of a
large and dangerous hole near the corner of
3lst and streets.-The ladies of Mt. Tabor
MP. church will give lawn party tomorrow
evening. See advertisement elsewhere.-Al
bert Murray and Henry Stewart the colored
men arrested Saturday night for engaging in a
fight, forfeited their collateral in the Police
Court yesterday.
CATTLE MARKET.-The following sales of live
stock at Drover's Rest yesterday are reported:
los cattle up and sold. Best, 3s@c. to 4c.
good. SIC. to 315c.; medium, CSC. to &c.; COM
mon, 214c. to 25sc. 533 sheep and lambs.
Lambs, $40. to 61ac.; sheep, 21Sc. to &c.
calves, 44c. to SIC. IL cows and calves, SOS
to Gas per head. Market brisk for cattle and
lambs.
TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF WATER at
am: Great Falls, temperature, IA condition,
30 Receiving reservoir, temperature, n. Con-
dition at north connection, IL; condition at
south connection, 20. Distributing reservoir,
temperature, n. Condition at infuent gate
house, Is; condition at efiuent gate house, 18.
High tide in the river today at 9:4S pm; low
tide at 3:49 pm.