Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-30
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
Many Little Items of Interest TO All
Readers.
canal and shipping News-A Bicycle
Lost and Fosnd-A Store Burned
Down - Other Notes.

Thomas Poland on Saturday had his sl4o
bicycle stolen from in front OF the once
OF the Connecticut Pie Company. The same
day Mr.. Geo. Hillerith of the Loughboroueh
road bought a bicycle from a colored man
answering the description of the stolen one.
paying IS for IL. 1t was slightly scratched
ana Hlilerith sent IL to Dakin's repair shop
on M street to be repainted. There the
police, who had been notified Of the theft.
recovered it
il was learned from Hillerith that the
machine had been bought by him from q
colored boy named William Mitchell.
william. though but twenty years of age.
has had vast experience with things un-
lawful and was therefore well known TO
the police.
Officers Upperman and Grant, who knew
ms haunts. captured him this morning.
Collection Of Medals.
A set Of pontifical medals. s2e IN number,
dating back TO Martin V, has been present.
ed to the Coleman Museum, attached. to
georgetown University. The collection is
looked upon as very valuable one ana
Will lend much greater attractfyeness TO
the great house of learning.
The First Meeting.
The first Of the series of meetings for men
only 10 be held during the winter under the
auspices of the Brotherhood of St Andrew
OF 81. johns Church, was held last night
Kew. DIR. Alexander Mackay-Smith OF ST
johns, Washington, delivered the address
Over l25 men were present. Music was
led by men of the veted choir Much in
terest was manifested in the exercises. and
Indications point to a large attendance or
all future occasions OF the kind
Tenleytown's Meeting.
Schools. lights Sewara ana .ks,c.
tary and unsanitary will be the subsects
discussed tonight at the mass meeting of
the citizens of Tenleytown, to be held in
the public hall. Every citizen who has the
interests OF his home place at heart is ex-
pected TO and will be present.
Mr.. Ernest McCobb will be chairman of
the meeting.
Canal News.
Boats on Saturday came to town laden
with Cumberland coal as follows:
Anteos, Capt. CLANCY; Shiftlet, Can't
Swain; w. S. Jacques, Capt. Bender: l. A.
Garfield. Capt. Bender; Judge Hagner. Cant.
Hine; r. ID. johnson, Capt Nose. Consol
No. s. Capt Fox; Consol No Is. Cant. Fox:
). X. Show, Capt. Rumple; W. II. c. Bay
ley, Capt. Becroft: DR.. Knott Can't. Ewing.
On saturday boats and masters left town
oy way Of the canal as follows: Console
| ". L.
son. Capt. keesucker; Il. r. Mayfield Capt
keesucker; No lSo. Capt Penner; No. ia2,
capt. Castle; No. l3l. Capt Boiler; No. u3.
capt Cramer; Sallie, Capt. werdebaugh:
consolidation No. 3, Capt Colbert: A. l.
Miller, Capt Haines; Anteros, Capt Cha
ney; No. LIB. Capt. Champion; d. w. Sloan.
Capt Smith: Here i Am, Capt. McAtee:
Seneca, Capt Thrasher: Edith Pratt, Capt
Magruder.
There cleared Cumberland on Saturday
the following heavily laden boats: M Il
Grove Capt Dolby, liz tons; Consolidate
No. q, Capt. Bartlett, l22 tons; Saml. Lin
kins. Capt. McCauley, ia tons; Geo French,
| capt Small, III tons; Chas. Bayley Can't
Johnson. lis tons; Eva, Can't Wolf. Ia
tons; w. H. Cooper, Capt. Baker, III tons:
z. NJ Stern. Capt. Gowans. III tons; Katie
Hasset Capt. Mills. IL tons: Alice Cable,
Capt Mills. 1l6 tons
| Short Notes.
house on the Conduit road about a half
mile above Cabin Johns bridge. burned TO
the ground on Friday morning last. de-
stroying about $500 worth Of groceries,
which were on the first floor. The loss sus-
tanned by the burning of the building was
the same. J. E. Dyer was the owner of the
house and AZ J. jackson the owner Of the
groceries. The origin of the fire Is un-
known.
| ]. ID. Masterson has sold to J. ]. Waters
for 500 one-half an acre of land on the
Murdoch mill road above Georgetown