The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-01
TOWN TALK.

Alex. Gibbs keeps restaurant on Twelfth
street, near Ohio avenue, that is fr@equented @ by
the place was thronged by the usual motley
gathering, among whom were Henry Jones and
Garden While standing at the bar drin king
dollar bill mysteriously disappeared, and the
proprietor accused Jones OF taxing IL: ms ne
his denial, in insulting language; Hot words
ensued, a knife was produced; and carving was
about to commence, when Gibbs produced a
pistol and commenced to fire. One of the balls
lodged in Townshend's leg and he was cared for
at the Emergency. Gibbs was arrested and in
the Police Court yesterday his case was
tinued on $1,000 bonds. owing to absence of the
injured man.
"A bill compelling street-car companies in the
District to make annual reports has passed the
House,
The st. Vincent de Paul Society, of this city,
made strenuous efforts to secure the commuta-
executive clemency, would have been hung last
Thursday.
-Seersucker coats and vests 5Oc.; Sizes 81 to
50. Elseman Bros, 9TH and Il.
Hope Lodge at its last meeting inaugurated
series of lectures, which it is proposed to give
at the regular meetings when the state of the
work will permit. brother N l. Bailey was the
first member to entertain the lodge, and this he
did in most delightful talk" as he was pleased
to term his lecture. He chose for his subject
"Liy-W ork," as being typical OF the beautiful
in nature, art, and human action.
The commencement of the college depart
ment of Howard University took place at Con-
partment graduating exercises We're held at the
same place Monday night.
The House on Monday passed the Columbus
Memorial or Rock Creek Park bill by vote of
107 TO 50.
The bill appropriatng $1,000 for the con,
struction of free bathing beach in the Monu-
ment lot as it passed the House on Monday last
simply authorizes the Commissioners to construct
the beach and does not direct them to do it. The
District pays the whole cost.
"A. C. and G. H. Demonet, grocers, of 17l2
Pennsylvania avenue, have made an assignment
to Warren &. Stone.
The appointment by the President of Messrs.
A. II. Britton and b. kurtz johnson as World s
Fair Commissioners for the District of Columbia,
with A. A. Wilson and Dorsey Claggett alter
mates, gave general satisfaction. They are rep
resentatve citizens.
The public rooms in the White House have
put on their light summer garb. Cool-looking
India mating has replaced the carpets on the
floors of the East Room and the Blue, Green, and
Red parlors, and the furniture has been swathed
in crasn.
The new chemical engine just accepted by
the District Commissioners can, with line OF
hose l5O feet long, throw stream of water 81
feet and 6inches. The engine weighs A, 800 pounds.
"A free tour of Europe! Think of it! That's
what THE SUNDAY HERALD will give the most
popular Washington school teacher this summer.
Read the conditions.
Mrs. Walton will appear as Meg Merrilies in
two scenes from Guy Mannering," on Monday,
June 2 at the National Theatre in the first of the
entertainments given by the principal of the
Martyr College to the graduating class of 1890.
-Heurlch's Extra Pale Lager Ask for it.
Lieut.. Hollingberger, of the metropolitan
Police and family have moved to Georgetown
and taken the delightful residence at the corner
of Thirtieth and o streets.
The "Grotto" is the name of the ice-cream
parlor added to the New ork Fruit Store, on
Connecticut avenue, near l. street The con.
struction of the "Grotto" is something marvel
GUS, and its artistic beauty cannot be fully sci
forth in a short notice. The proprietor has Sc
cured an immense quantity OF the maeerated
pulp from the Bureau of Engraving and Print,
ing and, with skill shown only by natural