Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27
GEORGETOWN.

SALES OF SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE AT COOP
PRICEs.-Suburbau property above George
town continues to hold its own in the real es-
tate market. Two good sales were made q day
or two ago. Mr.. VIM. Laird, cashier of the
Farmers and Mechanics National bank, dis
posed Of two hundred and seventy five acres of
his tract of three hundred acres, known as
Hayes short distance above Bethesda. to q
syndicate for $4,000. Mr.. Laird reserves
twenty acres and the old homestead. Edward
Watkins, whose place was about Six and half
miles above Georgetown on the Belt road, has
disposed of it for $4,000.
CHURCH ELEcrIoS.-At a meeting held by
the members of Congress Street M.P Church
W. E. Bell was elected delegate and J. ID. Ca
thell alternate to the Maryland annual confer
ence, to meet in Chestertown, Nd, April 2.
Jacob Young, Richard Young, VS.. Selby, T.W.
Grimes and Geo. C. Clark we're elected stew
ards. and W. E. Bell, J. d. Cathell, Geo. A.
Birch. John Z. Cox, Jas. Martin, c. A. Upper
man and j. T. Libby, trustees
BURGLARY.-Jos. A. Lee who keeps grocery
store at No. 1896 X street. was surprised this
morning when he went to his store to find
that during the night his store had been en-
tered by burglars and robbed of about SIS
worth of groceries and - in cash.
HEITMUELLER AND THE TRAMP Doc He SHOT.
No one has vet come forward to claim owner
ship of the dog that was shot by Otto Heitmuel-
Ter the other morning, but the shooting and its
sequel have caused Mr.. Heitmueller consider
aDie tf0HDie. Iouhy ne was ia IOlce court
for the third time this week, all on account Of
the dog. This time he was charged with dis
charging revolver without permission so to
do. Mr.. Darlington said he thought Mr.. Heit-
mueller had already been put to too much
trouble about the old tramp dog which he
shot to put out of its misery. The court there
upon took Mr.. Heitmueller's personal bonds.
The HERRING HILL GANG AGAIN. Book beer"
in the spring time is what the members of .'Red
Bills" Herring Hill gang enjoy. Several of them
bottles near 2Sth and o streets Monday night
gatherings and swore out warrants for several
members of the party. Geo. Smith, William
Lemons, Thos. Prior and VIM. Active were the
names on the warrants. Active had IS and he
forfeited it in the Police Court this morning.
Thomas Prior showed to the courts satisfac-
ton that he was at parlor social when his
companions were drinking beer. Smith and
Lemons were unable to prove an alibi and
were fined IS or fifteen days each.
DIED IN THE WEST.-John u. Mock, formerly
of Georgetown. recently engaged in business
in San Francisco, died at that place on the 22d
instant and was buried in the Masonic grave
yard there yesterday.
NoTEs.-The contract for the fitting up of
the gymnasium at the seventh police precinct
has been awarded to a Narragansett firm.--
The footwalks on the north side of NJ street
are being torn up preparatory to repaving.
TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF WATER AT
7A.M.-Great Falis-temperature, so; condi-
ton. 6. Receiving neutrality-suspicious.. ST.
condition at north connection, z; condition at
south connection, IL Distributing reservoir
temperature, As.