Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-05
ABOUT GEORGETOW N
Activity the Word in Canal and Shipping
Affairs.
News From the COllege-A Pleasant
Der of Interesting Topics.

There was rush yesterday on the canal
the clerical force being kept on a hustle the
entire day registering the arrivals and de-
partures. making out way-bills and trans
acting other business incidental to ship
ping.
Boats arrived from Cumberland via canal
yesterday with coal as follows:
Consolidation No. 20. Capt. T. Shives; No.
133, Capt. 8. Atwell; H. Hanecamp, Capt
j. Nave; No. 100. Capt. CIR. Castle; Consol-
idation No. 10, Capt. j. Reed; w. II. Dun
kinson. Capt j. Reed; No. 122, Capt. ]. c.
Boiler; Consolidation No. IL. Capt. L. Cart
wright: T. H. Gibbs. Capt. J. Penner; JOS
Bryan. Capt. d. Hewitt; Round Top. Capt
Thos. Hall; Florence Capt. Marconier.
Boats left Georgetown via canal as fol-
lows:
Thee. Deane. Capt d. Dreamer; No. Ill.
Capt. J. Johnson: E. Pratt. Capt J. Mas-u-
Capt J. w Collier; Wheatley Brothers,
Capt. r. Montgomery; H. L. Bond. Capt
T: Ingram; No. 1o4. Capt L. Shaw; H. d.
Capt j. Bush: New Alexandria. Capt. J.
Banghof; Eva Cushman, Capt. ]. Wolf;
No. Us. Capt. G. Zellers; C. E. K. jr.. Capt
j. Be..der; j. Leitch, Capt. j. Eaton: w.
b. Orme. Capt. j. Eaton; No. 10l, Capt. L.
Eichelberger: w. H. C. Bayley; Judge Al
vey. Capt. F.. Dreamer; Consolidation No.
l6. Capt d. Sponge: Judge Douglass. Capt.
d. Bowers.
GeorEetown College.
At Georgetown College, since the opening.
over 200 boarders have been enrolled, in
addition to the large number composing
the day class. The highest number Of
boarders last year was $50. At least fifty
more boys are expected within the month.
The members of the foot ball team are
hard at work daily. The competitive game
Slos..
and they are being gotten in trim for the
occasion. Pending these arrangements the
gymnasium building project will be allowed
to languish. but not die. New and surpris-
ing life will be pumped into 1t Immediately
thereafter.
Father Carroll, the invalid priest of The
college. who is never able to leave his chair
has been very unfavorably affected by the
wet spell
Miss Balls Dance.
There was youth, beauty. grace and rasn-
ion in profusion last night at Miss Bali
lcng-talked-of full dress dance. Some OF
those present were Miss Caldwell. Miss
ONeaI, Miss Kensinger, Miss whitticomb.
Miss Laub, Miss Latimer. Miss Brown, Miss
Mcbride, Miss Cottrell, Miss Thompson.
Miss Newcomb. Miss Rosecrans, Miss BAN.
Miss Cockerill. Miss Jones and Miss Paul.
AIr. McGuisgan, Mr.. Brainard, MIR Claude
Mr.. Thompson, Mr.. Duvall. Mr.. Waggaman,
Mr.. Lewis. Mr.. Matthews. Mr.. Sargent.
Miss Collins, Mr. Baldwin, Mr.. Osborne.
Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Gibbs. Mr.. Sargent. Wash
ington: Mr.; Douglass. Mr.. Eyerson. Mr..
Constant, Mr.. Olden, MIR. Eliason, Mr..
wissner, Mr.. Howenstein.
Told in Brief.
A white man named Geo. Chandler. and a
surveyor by profession. was arrested yes
terday on a warrant charging him with
threatening a member Of his family.
Mr.. Chas. H. Soran. a tenor. has been
selected to fill the vacancy that for some
time has existed in the regular choir of
Christ Church. Mr.. Soran was q pupil of
Herndon Morsell. DR.. Stuart now places
his choir in the front rank.
Farmers from the neighborhood Of Han
cock. on the line of the canal, report that
their section, usually prolific in the
growth of buckwheat, will this season pro-
duce only about half crop.
Or. j. A. REGISTER formerly rector of St
Johns Church. Georgetown now in charge
of the Buffalo Cathedral Church of New
York. Will be in town next Tuesday to off,
ciate at the marriage of Miss Mollie Mason
Dodge to the Rev. Mr.. Wyncoop of the
Western Presbyterian Church Of Washing
ton.
At the corner of Prospect avenue and 32d
street there is a depression in the roadway
that at all times is annoying and in rainy
weather a receptacle for slush. Pedestrians
nave entered numberless verbal complaints
about the nuisance, but Ii remains undated
past three months have been the guests of
Mrs j. W. Paxton of 1906 Indiana avenue
Chicago. have returned home.
Admiral Weaver is now on the retired
list after forty-five years of active service
DIR. Thos. j. Jones is back from Chicago
Mr.. ]. Arthur Trummell and Mr. Harry
8. Nichols left yesterday for a ten days
trip to Chicago.