Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-11
ABOUT GEORGETOWN.
Business on the Canal Has Taken
Another Squirt.
LOCK TENDERS OvERwoRKED
By the Many Heavily Laden Boats Coming
Down the River-The Georgetown Bicycle
Club Meeting-From journalism to The
ology-Real Estate Mstters-Notes.

Trade on the canal yesterday took a big
squirt, the heavily laden, coal-blackened 114-ton
boats coming in SO rapidly that the lock ten
dero were nearly worked to death. Boats to
arrive at Georgetown were follows: For
Meredith, winship & Coo. E. K, jr., III
tons; G. Wagiey K, ia tons; No. 107, III tons;
No. l23, lis tons; Consolidation No. 3, lis tons;
c. r. White, lis tons; No. A3, 1l9 tons; La
fayette, liz tons; No. 12s, lis tons; No. 49, lis
tons. For ]. P. Agnew 4 Cor. L. Somer-
VILE, liz tons
Boats to leave Georgetown by way OF canal
July 10 were as follows:
Deer Park, n. c. Reed, No. 1l6, Muskingum,
Judge Bradley, No. 102, A. II. Bradt. Here
Am, Judge Stake, Seneca, No. 1856
Boats to clear Cumberland via canal with coal
July ~ were as follows: For Meredith, VIM
ship q Co., Judge Hagner, ia tons; No. 40,
ilo tons; No. iOl, us tons; Consolidation No.
~, ITO tons; No. l42, ia tons; No. 127, 113
tons; Consolidation No. 6, lis tons; No. l40,
1l5 tons; Consolidation No. Is, III tons For
Agnew Il Co., G. L. Wilson. liz tons.
THE GEORGETOWN BICYCLE CLUB
Last night the Georgetown Bicycle Club,
with splendid attendance, held business
meeting, the principal object in view being the
selection OF a committee to make final arrange
pents relative to the great anniversary celebra-
ton to be held on July % at the Glen Echo
Chautauqua. 1t was shown In the meeting
through the reports Of those who had been in
structed to look after the matter that
the building and grounds had already
been secured. arrangements entered into
with the Glen Echo company, by which their
railroad facilities would be increased, and prob
ably stage line temporarily established be-
tween the terminus OF the Washington and
Georgeto WI tracks and the objective point.
The program to be presented within the
building will be frst-class in every respect.
some Of the very best singers, recitationists,
musicians and speciality artists in the District
having volunteered to give their services for
the occasion. Those elected last night to per-
feet the program were Messrs. R. W. Cloakley,
T. ]. Wlssner, Geo. W. Cook, W. F. GUIDE and
James Murray.
WILL BECOME A CLERGYMAN.
Mr.. Angelo Hall, son of Prof. Asaph Hall Of
the United States naval observatory, and
graduate of Harvard College, after having made
creditable entry into the field of jour
nalism, has discovered that theological work
will be more congeniai, and accordingly has de-
cided to enter the ministry. Mr.. Hall has
chosen the Unitarian faith, and his talents and
energies hereafter will be exerted in Its promo
ton. About the latter part OF the present or
the first Of next month he will leave for the
New York Seminary. which will be the scene OF
his preliminary labors.
A CARPENTERS SERIOUS FALL
While engaged in constructing frame house
on Wisconsin avenue, Tenleytown, near the
Baptist Church, Mr.. J. B. Reese, q carpenter,
yesterday unconsciously let go Of a sup
porting board, which caused him to
fall to the ground, twenty or twenty-five feet
below. The fall broke both legs and otherwise
injured the man. Doctors Slaymaker and
Chappell rendered assistance. 1t was while
L.. L. g.
the same building that Robert Lester on
Saturday last fell from his vehicle and sus-
tanned painful bodily hurts by the wheels pass-
ing over him.
ACCIDENT TO A CONDUCTOR.
ID. s. Cooksey, Q conductor on one OF the Ten
leytown electric cars, while engaged in collecting
fares last night leaned too far over in the drec-
ton Of the next track and a passing car struck
him, infiicting serious injuries about the hess-
He was removed to the station and there at
tended by DR.. A. B. ShekelL
REAL ESTATE MATTERS.
W. A johnson yesterday sold to Sarah E.
Schultze for 81, s25 part OF lot 20, Bealls sddi-
ton. This is better described as being on the
south side of Bridge street near the corner Of
Washington, and is improved by q small brick
store and dwelling
Carrie Allnutt yesterday transferred to Mary
A. X. Cost one-half interest in part Of lot u,
Beatty 4 Hawkins addition to Georgetown.
CAvED-IN SEWER.
The aqueduct Office is adjacent to . nuisance,
and the officers and employees are victims
thereof Complaints have been repeatedly
made. but the stencil goes on forever. Several
cases of sickness have been attributed to this
cause. The object of complaint is a caved and
broken-in sewer with closet attachments
and which runs diagonally across the vacant
property in the Of the aqueduct Office.
The back Of the sewer is broken in two places
the spectacle presented is q horrible one and
the odors are as should be expected. Col Elliot
and his force are up in arms. The whole
neighborhood is distressed.
NOTES
At the 124th regular monthly meeting Of the
stockholders OF the Citizens Equitable Build
ing Association, held last night at their hall,
corner 31st and NJ streets, $3.50 was sold,
being thirty-fve shares at an average OF las.
and thirteen shares Of the first series were re-
tired at the stock value
The hard rain on Saturday, the farmers saw,
inflicted much injury on the crops of the sur
rounding farmers
Mrs Chas. H. Edmonston and daughter will
spend the next three weeks in Culpeper, Va