Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-19
FROM THE WEST,
The Doings Of Day In Georgetown and It's
Neighborhood.

The Doings Of . Day In Georgetown and It's
Neighborhood.
John W. Lee and his eight co-trussees Of Mt
Zion Methodist Church yesterday decided to
Henry ]. Goodman lot as, square IS, OF BcalTs
addition to Georgetown. This property is
located at the apex Of two convergins streets.
Mill and 26th. has frontage on the former Of
4sA feet and On the latter Of 40, with an
average depth of 100 feet The price obtained
by the church was 20 cents per square foot
The old Methodist burning ground. OF which
there has been considerable talk lately is but
. couple OF hundred feet off.
Apropos Of the graveyard. IL was learned yes
terday from the records that il extended ali the
way down to the creek. thus embracing larger
tract than the majority of the parisbioners Of
pumbarton Church were aware they owned
AN ACCIDENT.
Edward Howard, seven years old. son Of
Frank Howard. was knocked down and seri-
ously injured by an unknown bicyclist late YES
terday. The accident occurred on N street
near 2sth street The injured boy was removed
to Braces drug store and attended by DIR.
James Mackell The victim is suffering from
conclusion Of the brain
NEARLY DROWNED.
A sailboat. containing four men. capsized
yesterday near the Three Sisters. The men
chung to the keel and we're towed to the Virginia
shore by rescuing party. The accident WAS
caused by defective management Of the sail
The craft was permitted to SO too far Of the
wind with a taut sheet 1t is thought that the
men were intoxicated. as thew had been drink
ing heavily on shore and carried away several
TASKS of whisky. But for the timely appear
ance of the sober party fatalities might have
resulted.
Avrcrous HORSE
Miss Ruth Young Of Virginia was yesterday
thrown from an unruly horse and painfully in
iured- The young lady is voted as a fearless
rider. but mounted this particular horse in OPP
position 10 the advice Of friends. The animal
caught the bit in his teeth and broke
for liberty. This part OF the sport was
all right and Miss Ruth STAYED there Fences
and gullies were jumped without harm. The
animal was euraged with the stings Of the
whip and took to plunging and bucking. Miss
Ruth fell and the horse kicked her. She was
dragged a short distance and received an ugly
scalp wound. The young lady is reported as not
critically hurt.
FAR FROM THE CROWD.
There was private picnic yesterday in the
woods near Rossiyn. 1t was a delightful es-
cape from city life. The fun hunters
boiled their coffee. Toasted on sand
witches and eggs, jumped rope, shot
at marks, sang to the echoes, read
novels and had jolly time. Some OF those in
the party were Miss Cobb, Miss Woodward.
Miss Harlow, Miss Hodges, Messrs. Emerson,
James. Rollins, Bates. Simpson and Green.
Mrs. Shaw played chaperone with tact.
An INSULT AVENGED.
Two OF the colored population of George
town had bloody scrap yesterday over a point
Of honor. The belligerents were Henry CHS
wick and Samuel Naylor. and the cause was an
alleged insult offered by Naylor to
Mrs. Chiswick. Naylor visited the CHS
wick home during the absence Of the husband
and it is charged made divers unchivalrous
overtures to the wife, in which she did not
acquiesce. When the father Of the household
Naylor. was hunted up and knocked down.
Accounts differ, some have it that Chiswick
drew an Ak on his enemy and Others that q
cobblestone was the instrument employed.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
At the Western High School the students are
daily rehearsing for the artistic entertainment
that is to be given on Friday and Saturday of
this week for the purpose of raising an extra
fund for the school with which to settle some
debts that have been incurred The features
Of the evening will be the Delsartian exercises,
competitive drills and q new operetta-
NO WHEAT COMING IN.
Commission merchants here state that owing
to the fact that the farmers along the line of
the upper canal are busily engaged in planting
no wheat or other grain in quantities is coming
to the city, and as a consequence the demand 10
at present greater than the supply.
SAYS THE HOUSE Is DIsoRDERLY.
On the first floor Of house No. 1910 SD street
there is a wholesale liquor place and the upper
foor is occupied by Geo. Hilton. The visitors
to his rooms have been numerous during recent
months and on Sundays, the neighbors
complain, the large number Of persons who
visit there make SO much noise and some of
them indulge in SO much profanity that il is
not fit for children to be within hearing. The
principal person to complain was Mrs.
Ellis, and she appeared in Judge Mil
ler's court this morning as witness
The charge against Mr.. Hilton was keeping a
disorderly house. Lawyer Forest. who ap-
peared for the defendant, called several wit
nesses to contradict the statement Of Mrs.
Ellis. By them it was shown that the
West End Pleasure Club held forth in the
rooms. One man who said he was a member
was unable to tell the names OF the officers of
club. He had never heard any disorder and
the most he knew of the affair was that he made
soup for the club. There no proof to
substantiate the complaint made by Mrs. Ellis
and the charge was dismissed.
STREETS NOT SWEPT.
The police this morning reported that all the
streets west of 8 I'd were last night improperly
swept. In many cases scattered pieces of dirt
are seen several times on a square with only
the top taken off. The whole fault seems to be
with the machines.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURE.
Boats to arrive via Chesapeake and Ohio
canal yesterday were barge No. ITO, Capt c. E.
Swain; c. R. White, Jr., E. Bichtol; No. los,
E. Bichtol; Morning Star. r. Taylor; L. w.
Guinand, c. Zimmerman; No. III, Joseph Sny-
der; No. lao, b. SNYDER; J. J. Alexander, j.
Renner; s. Henry, w. II. Patton; ID. A. Love-
H. Baker: Consolidation No. 4, c. p. Linsburg;
Judge Alvey, C. p. Linsburg; T. II. Gibbs. r.
o. Crompton Seneca, T. Thrasher; r. L. SOM
erville, L. C. Meyers.
Boats to clear yesterday were: Barges G. s.
French. Il. Sorrell: F. Flanagan, J. Moore; Dr.
Knott. ]. Ewing; Salins, T. Garden; No. l22,
j. C. Boiler.
The boats to load at Cumberland yesterday
for Georgetown were: Green Ridge. S. Puffen-
burger; John II. Mertins, T. Reed; G. A. Hoff-
man, H. T. Linger.
OTHER NOTES
The fire in the woods Of Hickory Nut Hill has
not been extinguished. 1t breaks out afresh
every few hours. This trouble Was caused by
q crowd of Washington hoodlums carelessly
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