Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-10
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Rev. Dr.. Elliot to Leave Dumbarton Ave-
nue. Church.
A Call to a ProIcinent Philadelphia
Canal Arrivals and Departures.

Rev. George Elliot. who for the past year
and half has been pastor of the Dunbar
ton Avenue Church. and who for five years
was In charge of Foundry Methodist Epis-
copal Church, has been invited to take
the pastorate of the Spring Garden NJ E.
Church OF Philadelphia. Pa. and the invi-
tation has been accepted. The doctor has.
therefore. notified his congregation that he
will resign his present position in next
March. Spring Garden Church is one of
the most prominent Methodist Episcopal
churches in Philadelphia. 1t is said the
Rev. DIR. Elliot will receive a salary Of 81,
900 at his new post.
Found Wandering About.
Macon b. Allen, an aged colored man,
was found wandering aimlessly about the
streets at an early hour this morning. He
was taken care of by the police, who, on
searching him at the station, found his
name written on white material and sewed
TO his inner coat. The address given was
81 DefreeS street, Washington.
The Canal.
Boats to arrive laden yesterday were as
follows: Wieland. Capt Bowers; ID. w.
Sloan, Capt Smith; Consol. No. Z, Capt
Dixon: Consol. No. 5, Capt Cross; Florence.
Capt Marconier; Four Bros, Capt. Walter;
F'laI agan. Capt. Moore; johnson, Capt.
Nose; Agnew. Capt. Myers; Ollie W, Capt.
Bowers; Sarah kroon, Capt. Knodle.
Boats tC depart yesterday were as fol-
Capt Wright; No. 49, Capt Dice: Three
Bros, Capt. Ingram; W. S. Jacques. Capt.
Bender; J. A. Garfield, Capt. Bender; Con-
sol. No. l, Capt. kretzer; No 1877, Capt.
Swain; NJ. E. Grove, Capt Dolly: Consol.
No. 1s. Capt. Snyder; J. Spencer, Capt.
knight: j. H. Mertins. Capt. Reed; NJ. IL,
Capt. Taylor; No. 127. Capt. Swain.
Boats to clear Cumberland yesterday
were as follows: j. p. Hewitt Capt.
Knight, 119 tons; No I02, Capt. Penner I2O
tons: Consol- No. 4, Capt. Leopold, 116 tons;
H. w. Bayley, Capt Best. ia tons: Benz.
Vaughn. Capt. Brown. 113 tons: w. l.. Win
ship, Capt. Wilson, n9 tons; E. w. Upton,
Capt. Riley, lis tons; No. a. Capt knight.
12o tons; No. 12S. Capt. Bowers ia tons;
Lafayette, Capt. Bowers. liz tons.
The High school.
At the Western High School, located in
the Curtis building. the number of pupils
who are this year studying French, a
saecial branch, is twenty-seven. Twenty
two are taking chemistry and forty-two
physics. In the first year academic there
are fifteen boys and thirty-seven girls. and
In the scientific class four boys and twenty
two girls. In the second year class there
are sixteen boys and seventeen girls in the
academic. In the scientific class. second year.
there are thirteen girls and one boy. In the
third year class of the academic department
there are twelve boys and sixteen girls.
while in the scientific school there are five
boys and twenty-one girls. In the fourth
or last class there are in the academic de-
partInent but one boy and one girl, and in
the scientific no boys and five girls In the
entire school there are 1S6 pupils.
Sales of Real Estate.
Georgetown property was yesterday again
in demand
Thomas c. Homiller sold to Saml. H.
Bogley parts Of lots 27S to 2s2, Beatty and
Hawkins addition. being on sd street ex-
tended near Holy Rood cemetery Guion
Miller transferred to w. H. Burrwho trans
ferred II to the Transparent Ice Manufac-
turing Company, lot 70 and part of Is also
parts of lots q and parts of lots "a, IS and
IS; also 200 inches of water and also 125
inches of water leased from the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Machinery Water Power
Company.
Had q Dangerous Knife.
For carrying long and dangerous-look
ing knife. which. it Is understood, was
drawn and fourished on the slightest pro-
vocation, John Williams was yesterday A.
rested and locked up. The immediate cause
OF the arrest was a quarrel In which Will
liams threatened to cut Geo. Thomas into
atoms. The latter ran and informed the
police.
AT the 12ith regular monthly meeting of
the stockholders of the Citizens Equitable
Building Association. held last night, 81, 49,
were sold. being thirty-two shares at an
average of sl3y per share
At the junction Of the Rockville turnpike
and Bethesda road there has recently been
made such heavy cut that only with the
greatest difficulty do Transfers avoid acct
dents.
The iron bridge across the Potomac near
Brunswick, Md, will be opened for the
passage of light teams today. but will not
be formally opened to the public until later
A public demonstration will be held by the
citizens when this takes place.
water street is talked of as the site for
the proposed new post office