Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-25
ABOUT GEORGETOW N.
Arrivals, Departures and News on the
Busy Canal
A Newspaper Man Swears Out Q War
rant for Assault-Many Personal
and General Items of Interest.

| Boats to arrive via canal yesterday were
as follows:
A. Cable. Capt A. Mills; Katie Hassett,
Capt A. Mills; Consolidation No. 4. Capt.
Consolidation No. 16. Capt. d. Spong; DR..
Knott. Capt ]. Ewing; W. r. Lewis. Capt.
G. w. Sandbower; No. 121, Capt. E. Spong
A. L. Miller. Capt c. Dean.
Boats to leave Georgetown via canal yes
| terday were as follows:
F. Flanagan, Capt. J. Moore; Detroit,
Capt. Dickerhoff; No. 134, Capt. w. Swain
Morning Star. Capt Limburg: No. 143. Capt.
r. ID. Smith; Dakota, Capt. J. johnson
No. Ill. Capt ]. Johnson; r. s. Somerville.
Capt A Peters; P. Hine, Capt r. Grooms;
Consolidation No. 9. Capt. d. Taylor; A.
Gable, Capt. A. Mills: B. r. Mayfield, Capt.
L. b. Benner: Katie Hassett. Capt A. Mills.
Boats TO sail from Cumberland August q
were as follows:
No. 1s2, Capt. w. Hammond. Is tons;
Judge Stake, Capt Mccoy, IS tons; No. lis,
Capt; j. Dish, 50 tons; G. NJ. Winship Capt.
Taylor. 81 tons Chas. Dean. Capt. Cramp-
ton, 81 tons; No. 127. Capt R. c. Swain. So
tons; d r. LadeT Capt Hath g tons
Plough Boy. Capt. W. French. S3 tons.
Linthtcum Club.
Rudyard Kiplings original poems and
Chas. II. Lummis "A Spanish Cigarette"
were the selections last night read and
discussed by the Linthicum eiocution stu
dents. after the regular rehearsals had
been conducted.
On conclusion Of the readings Mr.. r. c.
Riley.s pretty poetical stories and then a
recently published prayer from the pen
Of Whittier. Messrs. Guy V. Collins. w.
Miller were the other contributors Of verse.
Many stories, in which prominent actors
figured. were told and then the meeting
A Long Ride.
After a weeks ride through 800 miles of
mountainous country. Messrs. r. B. Cloak
ey, E. A. Pftkins. and l.. o. Slack OF the
Georgetown Cycle Club are home again.
Thirty-second and NJ streets and Luray
Cave were the termini Of the trip, and the
road leading TO the goal the one that pass
assas- Fifteen other villages were encoun-
tered on the ride. The lowest number of
miles Travelled in one day was sixty -six, and
the highest liz. The roads were miserable.
many of them having never been gone
over with a wheel. Dogs were troublesome,
and several had to be shot Many Of the
famous districts were so struck with won
der at sight of the wheelmen that they
were unable to answer questions.
Policy and Newspapers.
Mr.. Francis B. Hedgman Of the Evening
News swore out warrant today against
Edward Reynolds, charging him with as
sault and battery. The assault was in
stigated by the recent publication of sew
eral articles in which policy and the pro-
| motors were condemned. Reynolds, known
as one of the leading policy men OF Ross-
| lyn, laid in wait near the Aqueduct bridge
and struck the newspaper man from be-
mind, and, with several assistants, Indicted
other blows.
Force Reduced.
| The Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
| pany, it is reported here. have largely re-
| duced the number of their employees on &c
| coun. of the dizziness of the times. THIS
railroad is the one Georgetowners desire to
enter the District at this end above all
others
Machinists, section hands and train men
have been mostly affected by the reduction
Of the force.
shorter Notes.
st. Adams festival last evening filIed well
the churchly purse. and increased the in
terest in all It's works Those responsible
for the success Of the entertainment IRE the
Misses Falls, Miss Green, Miss Tyler. Miss
Clair, Mrs. Buckley. Mrs. Falls. Mrs. Mid
dleton. and Mrs. Edwards.
spontaneous combustion. 1t Is said by
those who have been keeping watch. has
originated all the fires on the Rock Creek
dumps which every evening throw over the
surrounding squares such an offensive odor.
sometimes four fires break out at once.
Messrs. A F. Hassan and Z. c. Colt
leave tomorrow for Chicago where ten
days will be spent.
Mr.. Bert Jackson is home from Batavia,
Onio. where ten days were spent pleas
antly.
Two very handsome and valuable LACQUER
ware ware bowls Of considerable antiquity have
been presented to Georgetown College by
Col. Chas. l.. DENLY, a graduate Of that
great house Of learning. The vases are of
chinese manufacture and were obtained
from an obscure place in central Asia
Mr.. Geo. w. King and wife are home
again after having visited Canada, fingered
at the fair, bathed in the medicinal springs
of Colorado and viewed the natural wonders
OF other far western states. Pixies Peak
was visited during binding snow storm
Rev. Father Becker, s. J., of Holy Cross
College. Worcester, Mass, has been sent
TO the Georgetown University to preside
over the class OF poetry. Father Becker is
graduate of Georgetown. a Washington
| ian by birth and a man Of wide acquaint-
ap M here n Truman .n, ..r..,, o.,o.
prominent Georgetowners left this morning
for the CHANGERS fair at Dunn-Loring Fair
fax county Va, where a grand democratic
Gubernatorial Candidate O'FerralI is ex-
pected to be present.
Chevy Hung, the Anglicised Chinese
who for some time has surprised the citi-
zens or the west end by his shrewdness
and intelligence, has departed for more
trance into the United States he secured
through the practicing of a ruse on the
ofhctais OF the California ports
Many farmers in Mon tgomery county
nave begun TO cut their corn and feed IL to
the stock, all hopes Of a successful wear
having bantshed: The yield the farmers
| say VIII be but three barrels to the acre