The Critic and record., 1891-04-18

hOt-hOusc.
The occasion Of this lavish display was
the banquet of the agents OF the Equita.
bic Endowment Association. Every per-
son present entered into the spirit of the
occasion and made merry through the
night.
The menu was as follows;
oysters.
Tomato soup.
Shad Roc.
Radlshce, Cucumbcrs, Olives
Tcndcroin OF Beet. Mushrooms
Green Peas, New Potatoes.
Turkey, Cranberry sauce. Lettuce. Tomatoes.
Fruit Ice Crc0m. Cakes.
COnoc. Cheese.
The following are the officers of the as
sociation:
Horace J.. Cummings, president; John
J.. Swormstedt, vce-prcsident; Allen G.
Clark, secretary and treasurer; William II.
Mattingly, attorneys William A. Bennett,
general superintendent.
The baseball fever has struck this
locality and several mines are organizing.
The boys now occupy every vacant lot in
the afternoon tossing the leather and yell
ing like mad.
The irregularity with which the Ana
costa street cars run has and is causing
trouble, The cars are supposed to be
eight minutes apart but quite frequently
person will have to wait twice that long
btlOIC u CuI VIII upltuI III slBnts
The recent good weather has been the
cause of prominent uptown persons driv-
ing down pennsylvania avenue to the
new bridge and over TO the country be-
yond. II is expected that a real estate
boom will be experienced here this spring.
Drs. l.. X. Beatty and w. p. c. Hazen
two of the most popular physicians in
this town, leave to-day for a trip to Old
Point. Both doctors are much in need of
rest having been greatly oyerworked
! while attending prip patients and being
themselves sufferers from the same mall
ady,
The Acorn Club, q social organization
Of which East Washington is proud, will
make another extended trip in q body
| this summer. They will go by steamer
| to Boston, then to Newport and the White
Mountains, returning home by way of
| New York.
ANACosTIA.
The Anacostia Citizens Association
| held their regular monthly meeting in the
| Harrison Street police station with a
small number present, but this did not
| prevent the meeting from being a rousing
| one. Vice-President W. Marden King
| called the meeting to order. The first
| thing discussed was the Anacostia and
| Potomac Railway. The wages the men
| are paid the treatment of the horses and
! the manner in which the company has
| laid the turnout switch on Nichols avenue
and the condition in which the street has
been left II was finally resolved to boycott
the road to the extent of walking to the
Navy Yard. w. j. Latimer spoke at some
| length regarding the condition of Bridge
street. II is the street which leads to the
town proper and its bad condition has
caused the wrecking of more than one
vehicle. In fact every carriage or wagon
| ,4l,s ,s,t1N oil tI, -,
met its fate, so to speak, on this street
The committee on streets will interview
the proper authorities on this matter in q
few days.
Mr. Shannon spoke at some length upon
the sewerage.
At the conclusion of the transaction OF
the regular business the death of Mr.
Thomas jenkins was announced, and
Judge Armstrong prepared the following
resolutions, which were adopted:
Whereas we, the members of the Citi
2ens' Association of Anacostia, have
learned of the demise of Joseph T. Jenkins
this morning, who was q worthy and es
teemed member of this association since
its organization; therefore,
Be HrtSolpod, That we express our sin
Cere regrets at his death, and that W.
sympathize with the family of the de
ceased; and, therefore,
BE reSolOcd, That copy of this resolu
ton be furnished the Star and CRITIC
newspapers.
w. MARDEN KING, President pro tenn.
j. NJ. MuNDELL, Secretary.
In the death of Mr.. Jenkins this section
loses one of its oldest residents one whC
has seen the town of Anacostia from it
very beginning. He was born in this 10
cahty sixty-three years ago, and when thu
town was built, something like thirty
years ago, Mr.. jenkins owned considera
BILE property here. He was at the tim
of his death the owner of magnificen
farm at Good Hope, o short distanc
above Anacostia, where he has reared
family. The funeral will take place ol
Monday or Tuesday next. The Citizens
Association will attend in body.
Mrs. Woods, q prominent temperate
worker, will give the local Band of Hop
an illustrated lecture tomorrow after
noon in the Baptist Church.
: Mineola Tribe, No. II, Improved Orde
of Red Men, met at Masonic Temple o.
the seventeenth sleep, with Sachem II
w. Emo on the stump. Degrees were cor
ferred as follows: X. Lewis, hunters an
warriors: j. NJ. Morgan, warriors; X. 1
/ | Carroll, hunters. After comforting tn
) degrees, the tribe received an applicatio
Q from a paleface named Schluter to becom
= a member of Mineola Tribe of Red Mer
G who neversleep, but are always on the hur
for palefaces. They intend giving thei
annual ball on the 4th of June.
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