Evening star., 1893-10-25
AT FAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
Many Large Deals in West End Real
Estate.
Canal Affairs Pick Up Agafn-Many
Arrivals-Streets Contain Cattle
and Dirt-Other News.


In the tract to the north Of Georgetown |
known as Friendship, Mary A. Harper yes |
terday sold to J. j. Cook and Horace jar |
Doe part of lot 2. The consideration was
A.O9O.
Four sales of Wesley Heights property
were also consummated yesterday. Z. Z.
Tracy bought lots Is to 10 inclusive. and lots
80 to 40 inclusive, block IL; T. s. Farrow
bought lots 26 to 81, same block; NJ Z. But
Ter had decided to him lots to IA. anu Nan
ME d. Whitman became the owner OF lots
% to &c and 81 to 35 and lot Al. block H.
In every one of the above transactions
i F. waggaman was the party Of the first
part
The very available premises site on the
south side of NJ street at the corner of
Warehouse alley has found another owner,
Mr. Perry Lowe yesterday transferring 1t
through Upton b. Mackall, real estate agent,
to P. Pollard of Washington for $4,000 1t
Is the intention of the purchaser to improve
the lot
Associated Charities.
On the return of Justice Davis the re-
organization of the Georgetown board of
the Associated Charities were begun. All
those who have been active in promoting
have signified their intention to once more
give their time, influence and cash in be-
half of the most unfortunate
The police say that from present indi-
cations more cases of destitution will de-
velop in town this winter than ever before.
The Georgetown branch of the Associated
Charities. together with the various Catholic
aid societies, during the past few years
have kept the West End almost free from
actual want This year. though they Will
have bigger job on their hands than ever
before, and will, no doubt. call often and
earnestly on the town in general for sup
port.
Driving Cattle.
The law regarding the driving Of cattle
through the streets of Georgetown Is being
often violated. and yesterday to the loss Of
Mr.. John Marbury of "the Heights" That
gentleman had just removed the railing
that surrounded his front flower garden
and resodded the lawns, when drove Of
cattle came along. became unmanageable,
crowded on the lawns and flowers and de-
stroyed their beauty.
The only thoroughfares of Georgetown
over which drovers are allowed to take
their cattle are T, p. X and High streets
and the Tenleytown and Canal roads.
To take them on any other street. Sergt
Volkman says, is a violation OF the law.
Dirty Streets.
Mr. Geo. w. King is railing against the
condition of the streets. Congress street,
he says. has not been thoroughly cleaned
for over a year. The sweepers have been
over it. In the meantime. but a passage
never meant the elimination of the dirt.
Street sweeping in Georgetown for a year
has been a farce. he says. Today the sur
face of most of the roadways cannot be
seen for dead leaves and refuse matter OF
many kinds.
Against Personalities.
Dr. Slaymaker of Tenleytown said yester-
cay, in speaking of the spirited citizens
meeting of the night before. that unless
the members of the association ceased deal
ing in personalities nothing for the genera
good would ever be accomplished He OBJ
1ectel seriously to the spats that have been
springing up at the meetings and intended
at the next one TO insist upon the strlc
observance of parliamei tary rules. The
chairman of the meeting, he safd shoulc
throw aside neutrality and side with those
who desired to maintain order and decorum
Canal News.
The canal business Is looming up after
ten days of lethargy. Refreshed by rest
II is surprising it's owners. Report comes
from the upper portion that there is a
long and continuous line of canal lader
boats making toward Georgetown. Good
progress is being made. too, by the mules
as the cool weather facilitates a rapid
movement.
There is large quantity Of hay grain
corn and other such cargoes also on tbs
way TO town. The canal banks within q
day or two will be livelier than they have
been for months. Several schooners and
various kinds of sailing craft have com,
in during the past two days TO be loaded
with coal for ports of the Atlantic coast;
Boats to arrive at Georgetown yesterday
by way of the Chesapeake and Ohio cana
were as follows: DR.. Knott Capt Ewing
No. 132. Capt. Hammond: Consolidation No
~ McIv npv
Renner; A. G. johnson, Capt. Renner: Con
solidation No. l. Capt. Eaton; Judge Cox
Capt. Kretzer: No. 40. Capt. Shaw; E. Nj
Gunnand. Capt. Shaw; d. w. Sloan, Capt
Williams' and No rs Capt. Mccarthy.
Boats to clear Georgetown yesterday 10
Cumberland laden with miscellaneous car
goes were as follows:
]. H. Mertins, Capt Reed; v. e Grove
Capt. Dolby: Consolidation No. 16. Capt
Spong; Consolidation No. 4, Capt. Leopold
W. H. Cooper, Capt Baker; Morning StaI
Capt hneberE; a. ,nt keeay. Toors capt Coo JACK
French. Capt. Sorrell; DR.. Knott, Cap'
Ewing.
Boats to leave Cumberland yesterday 70
Georgetown were as follows:
Mertinsville. Capt Parton lis tons; No. 1Gs
Capt. Bechtol. 116 tons: j. r. Mclean. Cap
Pierce. 119 tons; W. H Bailey, Capt Ban
croft.l1s tons; Judge Bailey, Capt Hammont
III tons; Ruby, Capt. Governs, SO tons; II
c. Craney. Capt Clancy. lis tons: Antero:
Capt Free, 122 tons: c. w. Ridley, Cap
Wilson, n0 tons; NO. lOS, capt. SWAN. II
tons: Consolidation No. 8, Capt. swain, II
tons: E r. White. .jrm.. Capt. Swain. II
tons; No. 10. Capt. Swain. ll9 tons.
Paragraphs.
Mendelssohn. Wagner and other Of tn
great composers were yesterday interprete
at the High School musicale. The affa
was an artistic success and called fort
nattering comments from the select fe
who had been invited to be present. Pro
Mayos executions were the jewels of tr
occasion
Judge Joseph Davis has left town fl
Jordan Springs.
Mr. Isaac Birch and family have gone
Chicago.
Mr. Joseph Clark, the NJ street confe
tdoner, is lying dangerously Ill.
Terrific Explosion of Gasoline.
At $50 last evening, there was terri
explosion in yard No. 9 Of the Mississip
Valley railroad. on Poydras street, Ne
Orleans In the yard there were thr
tanks of gasoline. and the yardmen we
loading a fourth car with barrels of gas
line and powder, when they discover