Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-29
ABOUT GEORGETOW N.
The Storm Plays Havoc With Shipping
and Roofs.
News From the West Washington
Churches-Along the Canal-The
Need of . Flagman shown.

Churches-Along the Canal-The
Need of . Flagman shown.
Boats to arrive at Georgetown with coal
on August % were as follows;
For Meredith. Winship & Co.-H L.
Bond. 90 tons; w. c. Read. 81 tons: No.
11s. 80 tons; No. 10. 102 tons; No. 123 81
tons: No. lis. IS tons; No. al. SO tons: W.
A Leitch. SO tons; c. r. White. ss tons:
Jas. Goddard, 81 tons; c. X. Cowen. 81
tons: Marshall Wise. 101 tons; No. 1O6.
81 tons.
For John p. Agnew & Co. there came the
Judge Douglass. 81 tons; c. W. Miller. 81
tons; Charles E. K. jr., 50 tons; Amelia
Mayer. 90 tons; Ollie T.. SO tons, and An
teas, 81 tons.
Boats to clear Cumberland for George
town on August Is were as follows:
Judge Boyd. Capt spons. 90 tons; g. F.
Snyder. Capt Spong. s2 tons: @. A. Nell
haney. Capt. Penner. 50 tons: No. 127. Capt.
Bowers. s. tons; Lafayette. Capt. Bowers.
81 tons; No. Ills, 80 tons; W. ]. Jacques,
Capt. Bender. 81 tons: John Haneway, Capt.
tons Eva 'S Gashws CAPT ca %olf se q IONS
Geo. L. French. Capt. Sewell. 50 tons.
Two Boats Sink.
At o'clock this morning canal boat Deer
Park. In charge Of Capt. Champion. while
lying at Winship's wharf. laden with IS
tons Of Cumberland coal went down. car
rying valuable mule with her. No men,
bers of the captains family were on board
at the time Of the sinking. all having got
ten on at the rising of the storm. The old
boat stood the wind for long time and
succumbinS until a two-master had nearly
gone to pieces. The latter. which was
owned oVn,s =, and din, in command Of Capt. Dent. had
which she had about half discarged. When
the wind was at its height the masts were
in their fall the breaiabie things about
the decks Then they were swept of. all
but the ends. The schooner then began to
carrying everything with her that was on
board, with the exception Of the captain
ana ana hands they luckily having escaped
be swallowed up.
The Winds Work.
A part Of the roof was blown OF the
Potomac Boat Clubs house. the end Of
Lloyds blacksmith shop. corner 3Oth and X
streets. knocked out. and the chimney Of
Mr.. Payne's house on Water street sent to
the ground The roof Of Mr. George w.
Rays 34th street house was seriously in
1ured, the addition to the CASTELAR, fats on
SD street near the canal demolished and
other wrecks made. Scores Of trees and
telegraph poles were also feiied by the
wind Winship's derricks on the wharf suf-
fered almost total destruction.
Apiarfsts Suffer.
Apiarists in the counties about George
town have lost considerably by the drought
just broken. Not only has the honey crop
been small but what has been gathered has
candied in the comb, thereby rendering 1t
unfit for extraction. The honey men say
that this state of things not only exists
about here. but throughout the whole coun-
try. Candied honey being comparatively
dry. 1t is not even good winter food for the
h<ea and To
hard winter, unless the fall Ia favorable
to the production. The largest apiaries in
this vicinity are near Falls Church. Manas-
sas and Sandy Springs.
Peck Memorial.
Rev. W. Alvin Smith Of Peck Memorial
Church. corner Of 18th and NJ streets. who
has been away for a couple of weeks on a
well-earned vacation. Is expected to return
in time to conduct next Sundays services
Mr.. Smith is at present in Newark. N. J..
Librarian Schan Of Peck has begun the &C.
lection of 800 worth Of new books for the
mems free reading room attached to the
church. The money was the gift Of Mr..
John e. Beall.
st. Johns Church.
1t is announced that renovated St. John's
Episcopal Church will be opened for divine
service on the second Sunday in September
There has been some delay in the placing in
Of the apparatus to run the organ by. ow-
ing. it is said. to the inability Of those hav-
from the water department 1t being con-
templated to once more make an expert
mental change in the towns water service.
To Prevent Dumping.
An officer Is now daily stationed on the
dumps along Rock creek between the NJ
and P street bridges to prevent the further
deposit of refuse matter. As these are the
only dumps in town the Inconvenience
to excavators will be great
The stationing Of the officer Is in pur-
suance of order that was issued by the
Commissioners last Friday.
FLaRman Needed.
That fiagman is badly needed at the
corner Of 32d and NJ streets to prevent
street car collisions was evidenced again
yesterday. An electric car smashed into
the grip Of a cable train and injured the
latter SO much that 1t was found neces-
sary to push IL into the car house. 32d and
Nj streets is the only corner in Washington,
1t is said where cable trains have the right
of way over cars running north and south.
Paragraphs.
At $50 last evening No. engine respond
ed to a local alarm for an alleged fire in
house No. 1893 33d street. occupied by VIM
Alexander Bean. The fire in that house,
though. was only built for cooking A
smoky chimney instigated the turning In
| of the alarm.
Mr.. Horace Jarboe. who, for some time
| has been i'll, is now in the mountains Of
Pennsylvania endeavoring to restore him
self to health, but reports Of his condition
are not favorable.
The Capitol Centennial Celebration.
At a meeting of the general committee on
| Capitol centennial celebration Yesterday
| Chairman Gardner reported all that had
! been accomplished and planned up to the
present time, and the report was unani-
/ mously adopted. Tomorrow the citizens
| committee of fourteen will meet the Joint
| congressional committee in one Of the Sem
| ate committee rooms. when Ii Ia expected
| that the official program will be arranged
| and adopted.
| Yesterday Secretary e. d. Hay was In
Philadelphia arranging for the attendance
Of another lodge of Elks and the Philadel-
/ phia Association of Volunteer F1remen.
Heber Tent. No. 1873, /. o. Rechabites. last