The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-09-27
TOWN TALK.

The Palace Car went to great trouble to
procure the pure North Carolina corn whisky,
out honey. The rock caady and whisky are
all very excellent for colds. No. lilo E
street northwest. M. Barnett.
The officers of the First precinct are now
obligedto do double duty, as their force by
changes and dismissals is short Eve men.
,-Business men throughout the city COM
plain Of the effect the warm weather OF the
past week had on their business. Everything,
they say. was at a standstill, and the clerks
had nothing to do but sit around and try to
keep cool. Another week of this kind of
weather would be disastrous to business just
at this time, the opening of the fall season.
The trustees of the Columbia Hospital have
ing q large hospital building on the lot adja-
cenTVto where the present structure stands.
They own three-fourths Of the square, and the
present building is inadequate to meet the
demands made on it. The project of some of
the trustees is to build a mammoth structure
that will H., meet all re9prements a. @ for years to
this week. when the subject will be again dis
cussed.
Assessor Trimble has prepared the follow
sonaI tax for 1892: WashingtonNAssessmSent tent
sl2,Oso,09l; tax, oS16s,o499s. Georgetown-As-
sessmen s Sa
ment, Sll, 1895 $40; total tax, S179,37236.
1t is probable that the bathing beach will
not be op ened again this season. The EnRi-
neer Dep artment made 700 soundings at the
beach and found the bottom to be compare
lively regular except in one spot, where hole
SIX rect & deep was aiscoyered me Comm is; is
meeting tomorrow morning.
At the meeting of Capital City Court
Equitable League of America. Wednesday, q
larger number of members than usual were
initiated. and several applications for men,
bership were received. This court is growing
rapidly. Its membership is now about 250.
The Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company has been granted permission to lay
temporary tracks along the west and south
structon of the cable road from New York
avenue to Pennsylvania avenue is being COM
pleted.
Mime. Harrison has returned from New
York with q full selection of the newest STYLES
in imported bonnets and hats, and will have
her fall and winter opening on Thursday and
Friday next, October and
The alarm of fire last night at 1890 o'clock
from box 40 was caused by the upsetting of a
lamp ia tI stable on Union street, between o
Southwest. The Stable was dest royeds o s'Ig With
loss of about $780,
Sergeant Montgomery and posse of officers
OF the First precinct last night raided negro
street northwest. About ten persons were
caught on the premises.
Willie White. diminutive driver of night
liner. and young man named Charles Brian
had dispute last night in Crowley's Eating
House, and Brian tried to thrash White. The
afrray attracted big crowd, and Brian, who
ran out OF the place. was chased by large
crowd and not captured until he had reached
T. and Tenth streets. Both were loc ked up,
charged with an ARRAY.
Luther Tate colored, employed at McCau-
ley's stable, had fight in the stables with an
other colored man yesterday afternoon and
mangled him about the face and body in a
| frightful manner. DR.. Atkinson, of the Emer-
| gency Hospital, had great trouble in dressing
| his wounds.
Yesterday Mr.. James w. Sweeney gave no.
tice to the Commissioners that he could not
fulfill the contract given him TO erect the fe-
male addition to the workhouse. The Com
| missioners thereupon gave the contract TO
| James X. Youngs, but the order was revoked
| later wnen clause was discovered in the reg.
| ulation providing that when one bid was re-
| jected all must be. The matter was referred
to the attorney for the District.