The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-05
TOWN TALK.


The Crescent Cycle Club has elected the fol-
lowing officers; President, l.. B. Taylor; Treas
Captain, Ed Terry; First fieufen9nt and Chro2,
icler, j. G. Tappan; Second Lieutenant. G. II
GGaultield. The club has rented rooms at No Az
Eighth street southeast.
Hundreds of children in the eastern section
of the city are out of school because of the lack
of room, and the citizens of that section demand
new schools.
The President on Wednesday vetoed the bill
passed by Congress prohibiting pool-selng on
races within the District of Columbia. His OBJ
lection to the pill was that 1t permitted the
Washington Jockey Club" "and any other regular
organizations owning race tracks no less than
one mile IN MI, length to sell pools during race
meetings. The President wants pool-selling pro-
hibited absolutely.
Mr.. A. j. Falls, president of the board of
trustees OF the Reform School, estimates that
for the expenses of the institution for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1892 For salaries, Sl5,5C2;
for the support of inmates S2S, ,000 for buildings
ana improvements, SlO.5O0.
Mr.. j. w. Harsha secretary of the Rochdale
Cooperative Society. calls the attention of men,
bers in possession of the trade card to April 1891,
and interested in the matter of coal and wood to
call on the members who can give the nforma-
ton, before October Z. whose names and ad-
dresses can be found in another part of this
paper.
The Union Soldiers Alliance has elected the
following officers: President. A. F. Mcmillan;
First Vice President, Charles P. Lincoln; Second
President, B. f. Janney; Secretary, John L.
Heupe: Assistant Secretary, John II. Collette;
Treasurer, Samuel c. Lovejoy Proctor, E. H.
Klemroth
The following have been elected officers of
the Virginia Democratic Association: Maj. II.
L. Biscoe, President; John A. Jones. and Maj.
Braxton Jr., Recording Secretary; Mr.. Frank
D. Syrick. Corresponding Secretary; Mr.. W. H.
Grigg, sergeant-at-A Arms. fht a executive e; com n:
mittee is composed of Messrs w. l. Tune. I. J.
Lutrell, l. X Edmunds r. N. Harper, and c. H.
Bates.
ganized under the name Of the Material Mems
Proteetiye Association, with the following Off
retary, and George w. Decker, treasurer.
The trial board which investigated the
charges against Detective Block have reported
find Block innocent, and recommend the dis
missal of the charges. This will be done.
The following have been named as the ex-
ecutive committee of the Columbia University
Alumni Association by President b. H. Warner:
The officers of the Association-B. H. Warner,
president; Rev. Julius 2. Grammer, DIR. D. x.
kins. secretary; John b. Larner, treasurer-and
the following additional members Professor A.
aTry The9 WI Sd G M the
representing the law school; DR.. ID. w. Preptiss
and Dr. William Lee, representing the medical
school.
Many residents of Mount Pleasant have
petitoned the Commissioners to embrace in
their estimates for the next fiscal year appro-
pration of $4,000 for the erection of new eight
room school-house on the site owned by the
Government on School street in that suburb.
The petitioners say that the present building is
too small and out of repair
The total funded Indebtedness of the District
September 30, 1890, was Sl9,633,l 100 This is net
reduction Of 81 ,47355O since July 1873, OF this
debt sl24TooO is registered is and s7%l6 100 coupon.
200, the legal limit being Sl5000,000.
The physicians of the Women's Clinic have
secured rooms for their operations at 1909 Four
teenth street, corner of street northwest. Here
the women physicians will treat all diseases of
women and young children. BEGINNING to.mor;
row. the 9th instant, the rooms will be opened
from to P. NJ. daily.
1t is found that the bill which recently
passed Congress increasing the wages of print
ers, book binders. and pressmen in the Govern
March 3, 1877 only refers to night workers. This
is great disappointment to the Government
Printing Office employees.
Harry Fidman was charged in the Police
Court on Thursday with sweeping dirt into the
street from his store near Ninth and streets.
Judge Miller informed Mr.. Fildman that his act
was against the law and accepted his personal
bonds not to repeat the otfense.
in the Police Court on Monday William A.
Danks. and Charles Geoghan, who claimed to be
veterans from Illinois, were given ninety days
each for vagrancy.
Judge Miller intends to hold his court at the
First and Sixth Precinct stations while the re
pairs to the Police Court building are going on
"A committee appointed at the last meeting
Of the Federation of Labor. consisting of Messrs.
Thomas S. Denham, j. X. Potter, and HI. f.
Cridde, waited on the President on Monday and
requested him to issue a proclamation enforcing
the eght-hour law in the Departments. The
President said that he had referred the matter
the Gen9ra and had not yet heard
the enforcement of the eight-hour law.
The grand jury has returned indictments
of the Virginia Republican Association, for vio-
! a N no
! ceiving money from Government employees to
aid a candidate for public office.
No one should fail to attend the auction sale
of high-cost and fashionable furniture of the
very best make by Wash b. Williams & CO..
auctioneers, at l42S Massachusetts avenue north
west, Tuesday, October 7, at 10 a. NJ.
The Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church
will open its session on Tuesday at the Memorial
Lutheran Church on Vermont avenue and Four
| teenth street. The Synod was organized in 1919
and Its juriscidtion embraces Maryland, West
Virginia, and the District of Columbia The
! Synod will be called to order by its president
Rev. DR.. Phillip Hennighausen, and will hold q
session of several days.
Where do you buy your drugs and what dc
you pay for them? See f. =. Mertz's article on
page s.
The many ladies of Washington Will well
come the, announcement Of Miss Gussie the
! fashionable milliner. at 5l1 Eleventh street
northwest, that on Wednesday and Thursday
! October and Q, she will give her fall opening,
| displaying one of the largest and most select
stocks ever exhibited by her.
The many friends and acquaintance of Miss
Gussie Will be pleased TO know that she has sufh-
! ciently recovered to be out again.
Officer Oriani arrested two parties in the
! Centre Market yesterday for larCeny-Mary
| Hutchinson, white woman, for stealing box
of grapes from Robert johnson, of the Seventh
street wing, and Henry Schools for taking three
! chickens from John w. Hill of Sandy Strings