Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-21
GEORGEfowN.
Iatters Of Interest in That Section q the
City.

/ GEORGETOWN.
| City.
| At the residence Of Mr.. Guy Y. Collins. 341e
P street, the members Of the Georgetown Bi.
cycle Club assembled last night and elected the
following officers to serve for six months
President. Guy v. Collins; vice president, Chas.
r. Murray; secretary, Chas H. Fletcher; treas
urer. James ". Murray; captain, George ".
| Cook; first lieutenant, F. ]. wissner, and
second lieutenant, H. E. Nordsey. An execu-
tive committee composed Of T. A. Newman
| and Geo. NJ. Hunt was also elected.
-Four new men, j. j. Fister, Chas. H. Flet-
cher. J. A. Weir and C. R. Jones, whose appli-
cations for membership had been in for some
time. were, after due deliberation. declared
| Georgetown bicycists. A committee COM
posed Of Cook, Nordsey and N. Collins was
then appointed to make q selection Of a club
uniform, and another committee was directed
TO select suitable club emblem and gold CEN
fury badge. 1t was decided to give century
bars to members making 100-mile spins, the
organization to bear the expense.
The officers Of the club have extended an in
vitation to the members to meet them on April
for the purpose of enjoying the finest supper
the town affords.
A HOME WEDDING.
Mr.. Fritz Passan and Miss Kate Sebastian were
united in marriage by the Rev. Mr.. Phillips,
pastor Of Mt Tabor There was large gather
ing Of friends present at the ceremony, many Of
whom brought presents for the happy couple.
Mr. Passan is one Of the seventh precinct men.
THE CATTLE MARKET.
At the Arlington stock yards yesterday some
cattle were up and sold as follows: Best to
good, ~ to S; middling, So to ~; common,
2 to 81; sheep, 8 to S; lambs, S to 81; calves,
to 81. Ten cows and calves, s20 to e4a
Market fair.
BELIEF IN GEoRaETowN's FUTURE.
Mr.. S. c. Cropley, son Of R. L. Cropley, e1-
collector Of the port Of Georgetown, is a rep
resentative OF the younger business element Of
this section. He is unconservative on many
matters. but he follows in the footprints Of the
older generation on the subject of bridges. He
believes in the unifcation Of the District, but
thinks that Georgetown will become the bust
ness end Of it. The Potomac channel along
the Washington front is an artificial channel,
substantially basin, which can only be kept
clear by repeated dredging. The Georgetown
channel is the natural one Its current keeps
it clean. 1t is here he thinks that the COM
merce of the District will rattle and rumble.
When Georgetown becomes a railroad center
then from this hsrbor shall ships carry the re-
suits of American industry to all quarters Of
the world. These prospects must not DO
bhghted by a bridge below the aqueduct.
THE FIRST CANAL ARRIVALS.
The first canal arrivals Of the season were re-
ported yesterday afternoon. They were the
barges Consolidation No. Is and J. H. Mertins
with ia tons of coal each. They left Cumber-
land on the 18th instant and travelled both by
night and day: The crews and mules were
pretty we'll tired out. They report bad weather
at times along the line, but state that the canal
Is in excellent condition. After the long period
OF inactivity they awakened a great deal of in
terest at the locks, towns and other points on
the road down. Quite a crowd collected at
cheered the peculiar yet familiar teams as they
glided by. Today the barges are being dis
charged. One is consigned to Agnew and one
to the Winship-M Meredith Company.
PROGRESS OF THE CoLoRED PEOPLE.
Rev. DR.. d. G. Hill and Rev. DR.. Carroll held
tete-a-tete this morning at the parsonage Of
the former on Dumbarton avenue. The sub
ject of the conversation was the progress Of the
colored people of Georgetown. Each divine
took an optimistic view OF the situation and
expressed the belief that marked advance in
material and in spiritual matters had been
made by the colored people Of the city. Rev.
Hill stated that when he first came to George
town there was a razor element which inter-
rupted church services and raised an uproar
generally. These people had either reformed
or emigrated. They we're keeping very still.
Coiored people worshiped quietly and without
annoyance. The church membership had in
creased in a wonderful degree, the Sunday
schools largely attended and the parents and
children were taking hold of the subject in a
way to win. Sunday school circulating libra
ries were doing noble work and the teachers
were alert to the welfare Of coored youth.
LIVELY DOG FIGHT.
There was dog fight last night in q lonely
cabin on the Virginia side of the Potomac
Georgetown Cluffy and a Washington dog
called Tag were the contestants. There was a
| small crowd Of sports and apparently not much
interest centered in the fight. 1t was kind Of
a trial to see which dog should be pitted against
Philadelphia canine which it is proposed to
challenge. Both bulls were brindles and
weighed in at thirty-two pounds. The washing and
| tasting formalites were dispensed with, because
| it was not thought that any foul work would
be attempted by putting poison on the neck
as to obtain an advantage over the antag
onist. Cluffy is said to have forced the fight
ing from the start. The Washington dog
| fought low and reserved his energy till the
| Georgetown bull began to pout and weary Of
| Juggling his enemy around the ring. Then Tag
turned himself loose and sailed in. Raw meat
began to show and after about thirty minutes
rolling and ing the Georgetown dog refused
to scratch and lag was borne OFF as victor.
PROUD OF BATEMAN's SUCCESS.
Georgetowns champion pugilist, Jos. Bate
! man, is resting on his laurels. After his tight
with Lynch he was given quite an ovation by
| the boys of the C. A. C.-the local sports. how
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