Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-27
ABOUT GEORGETOWN .
Activity Prevails in River and Canal Ship
ping Affairs.
Two Marriages of Weu-Known People
ness From Tearing Up a Street.

| the unloading Of the sunken schooner Ellen
Tobin. which was wrecked in the heavy
| storm Of some weeks ago. The cargo is
| stone from the Potomac quarries, which
was to have gone to Fortress Monroe.
There are $50 tons on board.
Nothing win be done with the vessel until
the responsibility for her loss is liked. The
matter is now in the courts. Those most
interested are the Potomac Stone Com
pany and the vessels owners. residents OF
New York and Jersey City. about fifteen in
number.
There Is activity on the river front as
well as on the canal. Good cargoes are
| coming in and better ones going out. The
| cities of the New England coast are the
principal destinations of the clearing craft
The w. L. Roberts sailed today from Win
ships wharf with 1000 tons Of coal for
Boston merchants. The Roberts brought
| ice to Georgetown. Her place will he taken
| by the brig Mary Gibbs.
Madeline Cooney is loading with Cumber-
| land coal at Winship's wharf, the brig
Boylston is receiving a heavy cargo at Ag
news docks and the c. L. Simmons is
| awaiting her turn nearby to be filled with
| 1000 tons.
Boats to arrive yesterday by way of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal were as follows:
r. ID. Johnson. Capt. A. Nose; No. 1885,
Capt. H. Benner: Florence. Capt. Marconier;
Dr. Knott. Capt. ]. Ewing; F. Flanagan,
Capt. j. Moore; c. F. F. Beale, Capt F.
Hon; Consol. No. IA. Capt F. Hor; No. Ia
| Florence. Capt. Marconier; E. Pratt Capt
J. Magruder; d. w. Sloan, Capt NJ. Smith,
Boats cleared Georgetown yesterday as
follows:
Consol. No. IS, Capt. G. W. Snyder; No
~. Capt T. Creamer; W. T. Couiahan.
Capt NJ. Woodland; NJ. E. Grove. Capt NJ.
Dolly; Florence. Capt. Marconier.
were as follows:
No. 125. Capt. Wolf. lie tons; Eva Cush-
wa, capt. Renner, LIS tons; j. j. Alexander.
Capt Bowers. III tons; Judge Douglass,
Capt Name. ia tons; H. Hanekamp. Capt
Banzof, LIP tons; New Alexandria, Capt
Cable, 119 tons: No 100. Capt. Williams, Ill
tons; f. NJ Zimmerman, Capt. Colbert 118
tons; Consolidation No. 3. Capt Champion.
~ tons; X. p. Reid. Capt Ingram, LII tons;
Hugh L. Bond, Capt. Champion. 113 tons;
No. 12S. Capt -: A Greeniees. Capt. -
Real Estate.
Henry Weaver and others yesterday
transferred all the interest they possessed
In the private burying ground at the east
ern end Of the distributing reservoir to c.
A Baker. This Is the city OF the dead that
Undertaken Birch depopulated a few DAYS
ago by removing all the bodies it contained
to Oak Hill. The site will be Immediately
built upon.
For $50 John p. Clark and F. 3. Cottrel
yesterday sold to T. H lowering lots "a and
Two Marriages.
No. 1220 18th street was the scene Of
| another wedding last night, Miss Lily w
Lusby, daughter of Mr.. Chas Z. Lusby Of
the Interior Department, and Mr.. William
N. Smith Of Washington being the con-
tracing parties. Rev. Waiter r. Grahani
Of the Congress Street Church officiated
Miss Rose Lusby. sister Of the BRIDE acted
as maid Of honor, and Mr.. Edward Simms
as best man. A supper followed the cere-
mony Among those who gathered about
the bridal board were Miss Newman, Miss
Gaskins, Miss Howard, Miss Roberts, Mrs
Gaskins, Mrs. Nicholson. Mr.. Starke, Mr.
Burrows: MIR. Howard. Mr.. nusby. Mr. VIII
liam s. Smith and Mr.. Lawrence Smith.
At the parsonage of the Dumbarron Ave
nue. NJ. E. Church Mr.. Charles w. Cornwell
and Miss Ada Delzell were last night united
by the Rev. George Elliott There were but
few present on the occasion. Invitations
having been extended only 10 the most i'm
mediate of the young couples friends. On
Mrs. Cornwell left for Boston and other
cities of the north.
Tearing Up a Street.
Mr.. John Mccarthy lost another child
last night. making the second within a
week. Diphtheria was the cause Of both
deaths
Ever since Valley street was torn up for
sewer purposes sickness has ragged along
its course. For years all the refuse water
the many residents threw away went In
the roadway. AS long as the earth re-
manned undisturbed by pick shovel the
health of the neighborhood remained fairly
good The very day, though, that the en-
gineer department thrw pu the earth, that
was so full Of pollution to be excessively
offensive in odor, sickness broke out, and
today there are seven eight seriously i'll
persons on one block, all of whom attribute
their confinement to the opening of the
ground and the failure of the health de-
partment to use the proper disinfectants.
Valley street has neither sidewalks nor a
paved roadway.
Social Paragraphs.
In order to prepare himself for the An
glican priesthood. Mr.. Benz. J. Darneille of
N street will enter today the Alexandria
Episcopal Theological Seminary.
Mrs. Geo. 3. Lockhart, accompanied by
her daughter, left today for Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Artz have gone to
Chicago.
Mr.. William s. Jackson is back from a
ten days trip to the fair.
Miss Lizzie z. Lowe of 3157 P street has
returned home after a years stay at Chi
cago.
Worlds Fair Excursions by the Great