Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-25
SUBURBAN NEWS
ANACOSTIA.

Miss Ellen Ramsey Is the guest of Mrs.
William N. Fisher on Washington street.
Miss Maggie Lewis of Camden Springs
Pa. IS visiting Mrs. DIR. Fisher on Jack
son street.
Charles Hamilton, son Of r. B. Hamilton.
Is Ill at his home on Minnesota avenue.
Misses Truwit of Mobile are the guests
Of their cousin. Miss Wilbern, on Jefferson
street.
A. NJ Green & Co. have sold to Daniel
ID. Davis lots % and -, block 8. Buena
Vista, for 500.
Officer Reagan discovered fire this
morning at the carriage works Of ]. Edwin
Minnix, Harrison and Fillmore streets. 1t
was about 1 O'Clock and he aroused the
proprietor and entered the building, where
small flame was rapidly eating it's way
along some frame work around the forge
In the blacksmith department. A cinder
had dropped upon the wood work early in
the evening and investigation showed it
had snoldered all night. Had 1t not been
Tor brick partition. the blaze would have
resulted in a disastrous fire. as that alone
prevented 1t from spreading to the wood
work department Officer Reagan and Mr..
Mlnnix soon extinguished the flames.
Rebecca Johnson Is in trouble. Satur-
day Anna Berry, colored. who lives in
Hillsdale, received word that her spouse.
Robert, was not conducting himself as he
should. and, after a little effort on her part,
she found him with Rebecca, at Colman's
on Sheridan avenue. She made break for
Rebecca, who was ready for a fistic en-
counter. end soon badly damaged the face
OF the irate wife. The Berry woman stated
her case to Justice Carol Smith, who Is
sued a warrant for the arrest of Rebecca,
charging her with assault and battery.
Officer Anderson arrested the Johnson wo-
man yesterday.
William Harris a colored boy, was ar
rested yesterday by Officer Anderson. and
CHARGED with the theft Of lot of chick
ems from James w. Simpson.
Officers Hagan and Allen made a raid on
q tramp's rendezvous near the Anacostia
stock yards at Benning last night and sue
ceeded in pulling four knights Of the road.
Hayward Howell, colored, was the first one
captured. and he was not only charged with
yagrancy, but with having about him dan
gerous concealed weapons. Henry Taylor.
another one. had in his possession a valise
and a large gold watch and chain. which
was hid in an inner pocket of his vest. The
other men arrested gave the names Of STAN
ley Bodie and Philip Roark.
John A Darling, who resides on the Ana
costa fats, reports to the police the theft
of boat painted green, valued at So
James Harris. colored, aged eighty-eight,
was buried In HillsdaIe cemetery today. af-
ter funeral services at his home In Hills
dale. He died yesterday.
Mrs. Henry Langley. who Is Ill on Har-
rfson street, Is reported no better.
There Is considerable complaint made re-
garding an old sewer, which empties from
under Harrison street. This sewer was at
one time N use. but since the opening of
the Fillmore street sewer. with exit through
the Christy property. has been abandoned
and the drainage from two or three houses
TN the vicinity, which flows into the old
sewer main and empties in a gully across
Harrison street. Nearly the entire family
of James Feddon, who resides on Harrison
street, is ILL., and he attributes their illness
to the unhealthy condition of this sewer
main. A party of citizens Will call tomor-
row TO see the Commissioners regarding
this nuisance. and endeavor to get 1t rem
edied. by running a branch main down
Harrison street to the Fillmore street main.
Among those making the complaint are
Mrs Bergman, James Feddon and Jacob
Appich.