Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-09
GEORGETOWN.
WORK ON THE CANAL,

In about fou. more weeks if the weather re-
mains good, the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
will be improved throughout its entire length
of 1874 miles. and once more will be heard along
the line of the old water way the neiChing of
the mules and the loud yells of the profane
driver rs bushel after bushel of wheat and tons
upon tons Of Cumberland coal are slowly
brought into town to be loaded on vessels and
shipped to other points. As soon as the canal
company makes the necessary arrangements
with the wharf and coal dock owners about the
shipments to be made the reconstruction of
these necessities will commence and hundreds
OF negroes who lounge about these places and
have been idle since the shutting down of the
canal will be employed. The steam dredge.
which for some weeks has been removing the
heavy accumulations at the mouth of the canal
and piling the sides high with the black mud. is
now slowly moving toward the first gate
There is no doubt in the contractors minds
that the canal will be dredged in the specified
time. After the passing of this first gate the
work will be comparatively easy and more
rapidly done, as from this point TO the first
break the accumulations are very slight
KINDERoARTEN CLOSING.
The Georgetown Kindergarten School, under
the charge of Miss Isabella Jewett Paul as prin-
cipal, gave its annual entertainment last even
ing at the school building on P street The
rooms were crowded by the relatives and
cises refreshments we're served. The program
included singing by the whole school, recita-
tions by David Cowles, Frank McDermott,
Annie Gill, Mary Tickling, Maud Tickling,
Alexander Maish, Franklin Conger, Ashley
Conger, Robin Gill, Fannie Herr. Marie Will
Jams, Ruth Stauffer and Kate Cooley, a reading
by Harry Gill. exercise with singing by Emily
Fitch, Ruth Stauffer, Fannie Herr, Wilbur Gill;
Harry Gill, Marie Williams and Ashley Conger.
NOTES.
The Potomac Electric Light Company yester-
day placed their poles on High street from
Bridge to Sd. A large force of men was en-
ployed and the poles speedily erected.
Ensign Cleland Offley of the Naval Academy
is on visit to his mother at her new home.
$3.50 Q street.
At the ninety ninth monthly meeting Of the
Citizens Equitable Building Association. held
last night at Cropley's Hail. thirty-one shares
Of stock were sold at an average Of SLIT per
share.
Several large parties from town went down
The largest load Of hay that for several years
has been in town was weighed this morning by
Mr.. A. L. Ofutt, the load tipping the scales at
9, $50 pounds, of which I, 900 was the net weight
Fined for Their Fun.
Hense Herbert, Amos Brown and G. WASH
ington, colored men. were in South Washington
last night where there Is q drinking saloon,
and one Of the boys said he would entertain
the party as best he could by giving an exhi-
bition Of fancy dancing He tried to do the
skirt dance" without skirts, and when he
made misstsp the other boys laughed. Their
laughing was the starting OF what ended In a
row, during which Herbert drew revolver
and amused himself by using language winch
II carried into effect would have caused serious
trouble. But Hense was only fooling for there
Was not Q single bullet in the weapon.
Policeman Sontag heard Of the affair and he
arrested the party. They were tried in the
Police Court today for disorderly conduct and
fined % EACH. Hense was fined go for carry
ing the pistol.