Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-01
GEORGETOWN.
Many Happenings of Interest in This Thriy-
ing Section of the District.

lanai affairs are pursuing the even tenor o
their way.
The steamer Shawmut sailed on Saturday TO
the coast with 2. 100 tons of coal. This has con
siderably relieved matters at the dump. an,
the discharge Of boats will now be pushed will
greater vigor
Boats sailing on Saturday at Cumberland fo
Georgetown with coal were follows: r,
Meredith. Winsbip 4 Co.-No. I42, Capt
j. CLANCY, 1l9 tons; No. 1873. Capt s
Atwell, lis tons; No. 129. Capt E. Bowers. IL
| tons; Consolidation No. 20, Capt. Thomas
Strives, 12l tons.
To J. p. Agnew & Co.-Boats to arrive OF
Friday were Emilio Mcrtins, Capt. S. Dodd
| III tons; Frederick Wieland. Capt. Thoma,
Bowers, llS tons: Ollie v. Capt. Bowers, III
tons.
REAL ESTATE MATTERS.
A two-story frame house located at 1922
street was Saturday sold at public auction tt
Mr.. Calvin Payne for 81 600 The house at tn,
| changed hands
The Denton place near Bethesda, containing
lsI acres, is being subdivided by Mr.. Heath
| Dodge and Others Two of the streets tina,
have been run through have width Of sixty
feet
Mr.. T. J. Stanton has about completed the
| erection OF two handsome three-story bricks
located on the north side of Prospect avenue
near Southworth cottage. The houses contain
the most modern conyeniences.
Chas. ). Domer Saturday sold to B. II.
Warder lot 1 of Peter and others addition "a
Georgetown. This is the old Taylor property
that was bought bv Mr.. Domer few weeks ago.
There are l03 houses in course Of construc-
ton in Georgetown.
plat of the proposed boulevard up Foun-
dry branch will be put on record today.
| Eighteen acres Of land near Hunters Chapel
| Alexandria Mi fhe
| Chain bridge have recently changed hands. the
former bringing $500 per acre and the latter
S222 per acre.
| GONE TO HER HOME.
Lizzie Rolf. the mulatto girl from Cumber-
| land who claimed to have been criminally
assaulted on a canal boat near Seneca by a man
named Underdonk, and who was sent to Freed
mans Hospital by the police of the seventh
precinct, has been returned to her home. The
offense alleged was committed without the
| jurisdiction Of the District authorities. 1t is
understood that the girl will bring her charges
before the Maryland ofiicers.
| LINrHICUM INSTITUTE CONFINEMENT.
The seventeenth annual commencement of
| the Linthicum Institute will be held on June
| /, and preparations for the event are new beng
made The different parts in the play to be
presented have all been assigned and, they
| are being conscientiously studied, the pre-
sentation, from an artistic standpoint, will no
doubt exceed those of previous years.
| The members of the advanced elocution
class, which recently gave a very successful en-
tertainment. will take part. and much is ex-
pected of them. As the year draws on TO Its
| close there is considerable interest manifested
as to who will capture the prizes.
There has been quite rivalry for the $50 in
gold which is annually given, and who the
| lucky student will be cannot be named until
the night Of the entertainment
LACK OF RAILROAD FACILITIES
| Merchants like to talk on the subject of the
lack of railroad facilities. They declare that
their freight occupies ten to twelve days in
getting from New York. Jersey City and
Newark and that Philadelphia stuff is often one
week on the road. This is an uncomfortable
situation they say.
SOME CURIOUS SIGNS.
Georgetown has a collection Of curious signs.
One reads: Born with brain within a brain
i can kure emmy kind of misery in a shot time
with only the best cribs to be used
Another calls attention TO Fresh saltwater
oysters, for sail by the pint, qwort or galun."
| Others are: Horse shoeing and wheel.
writing" Fresh spring eggs. meals open
at all hours Of the day and night By the week
/ or month except SUNDAYS" "Wetnurse Special
attention to children. ""Jersey milk, Connecti-
cut pies and Maryland biscuit"
FUNERALS YESTERDAY
At 2 O'Clock yesterday the remains Of the late
| Mrs Katharine c. Dorsey were escorted to
Christ Church, where services were conducted
BY Rev. Or. Walker of Virginia. Those who
acted as pallbearers were Messrs Blackboard,
| Matthews, Amber. Chew, Goode and Mason.
/ After the services the body WAS taken to Alex
andria and buried in the old Christ Church
| graveyard.
The funeral Of Mrs. ]. NJ. Waters took place
i yesterday from 1924 \ street. Rev. Charles L.
! Buck Of st. Johns conducted the service. The
palibearers were Messrs. C. W. Howard, J. E.
i Libbey. NJ. j. Adler, j. A. Lacey. W. Marden
| King, Scott Chew. I. ID. Waters and James Ii.
Taylor. The burial place was Oak Hill
| The funeral of Lazarus Wetzel took place
| yesterday from his late home, near the corner
| of the New Cut and Foxaii roads. six grand
children acting as Pallbearers. The body was
1 escorted to Trinity Church, where Father Rocco
tort spoke feelingly of the deceased. The inter
msnt was at Holy Rood.
| THAT DEAD HORSE
Col. Elliot OF the Washing ton aqueduct, in
| speaking of The STARS report OF the existencs
of a decomposing horse near the Great Fall
| feeder, on Saturday made the following state
| ment:
ION iuqiry find that about two weeks ago .
horse was buried in the ground near the cana
and about 800 yards from the river near Sandy
4
falls. and the Waterman Says the dogs may hav,
partially uncovered it. He will go there Thu,
| morning. and il the report is correct, he vii
have il thoroughly covered up
| Mr.. Fred Doerlng, who lives near the polluted
spot, informed the reporter of the presenc,
there of the carcass.
| CYCLE CLUBs RUNS.
The Georgetown Cycle Club had an excellen
run Yesterday to Occoquan Falls. One of tht
members had a mishap, his machine almos
going to pieces on the lonel:est part OF tn,
road. After a long walk the railroad wa
reached and both machine and owner wer,
| brought to town by steam
FISHING ON THE UPPER POTOMAC.
! Herring were in abundance yesterday in tn
upper Potomac, ana the dippers had no trouble
in getting large catch within short time. /
took but a brief while to fill the large batteal
which each dipper had. and in some instance
there were as high as three or four dozen takei
in one dip. The nets being small this numbe
lcompletely filed them.
/ All along the shore were the patient PEREZ
.Sshers, who succeeded in catching quite
ving of the small fish. Below the Chair
br Sdge the river Was dotted with little craft q
all kinds, and those in charge. like thei
brothers on shore, caught many representative
of the finny tribe.
| CUSTOM HOUSE ENTRIES.
The following is statement of the entrie
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