Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-12
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Canal Movements and Social Affairs West
Of the { reek
A Mother Goose C"ntata to BE Given
by Little Ones-Sasi Death
of Mrs. DREW.

A Mother Goose cantata,e in which forty
little maids and men frpm the inff MT depart
n1ent of the Sunday sohooltpa-ticipate.w will
be given tonight at the Dunbarton Avenue
Church. The soloists and speakers of the
occasion will be Ethel Offutt, Nellie Hudson,
Mary Birch. Ida Birch, Eleanor Kirkley,
Enie Mann, Annie Donaldson, John Jones,
Farney Donaldson, Bessie Birch, Grace
Newman. Howard Darby. Guy Wilson, Ber-
tina Aftz, Walter Waugh. Roy Birch, Geo
Birch and Geo. Hunt. Miss Esther Byng of
the Western High School will give an exhi-
bition of artistic club swinging, and Mr.
Hiiderbrandt of Baltimore will entertain
with feats of ventriloquism. Mrs. Isaac
Birch has had the little ones i'm charge
largely.
Death.
Mrs. VIM. o. Drew, wife of the fire mar
shall of the District, died last night at II
O'Clock. Her death had been hourly ex-
pected for some days. Mrs. Drew was one
Of the managers Of the Aged Woman's
Home fere. and was constantly giving her
time, attention and money to worthy chari-
ties.
Annual Visit.
The grand master, accompanied by the Of
ficers of the Grand Lodge, made the an
nuai visit to Geo c. Whiting Lodge. No. q,
last night. After the usual business a feast
was enjoyed. The principal speaker of the
evening was the Rev. Mr.. Lewis pastor of
the Mt. Tabor Church. and a member OF
Whiting. His subject was Failure
A Fortune.
Geo. Seaman, whose children by his first
wife are heirs to one-fourth of an estate
said to be worth St50,OO0 or 5000 is still
in charge of his Chesapeake and Ohio canal
lock at 18th street Attorney Beale who is
looking after his interests, reports that af-
ter investigation at Chicago he has been
satisfied of the genuineness of the fortune
left by Seaman's father-in-law The value
OF the estate, though, he thinks, has been
overestimated.
Canal Affairs.
Laden boats arrived yesterday at George
town as follows: J. J. Alexander, 100 tons;
No. 13S, ll5 tons; No. ia, III tons; w. r.
Lewis, us tons; W. c. Reid 122 tons: G. L..
Nicholson, 113 tons; a. l. Miller. III tons:
Consolidation No. 4, 122 tons; Theo. Dean,
40 tons; w. l. Stephenson, 115 tons; Lib
bic 122 tons; No. 1Ol, 11s tons; II. c. Win
ship, us tons. The cargoes were consigned
to Meredith & Winship and John p. Agnew
& Co.
Boats left Cumberland on the 9th for
Georgetown as follows: No. IO5 Capt Ber-
thol; No 115. Capt. j. Dick; W. H. BayIy,
capt. Penner; Star, No. D. Capt. Davis;
c. w. Miller, Capt. Riley; No I13, Capt
Dreamer; No. 129. Capt. Bowers.
Notes. be
At the installation Of the Rev. Mr.. Bill
heimer as pastor of the Lutheran Church
here his father will offfciate in a ministerial
capacity. II
The first entertainment of the season I'M
der the auspices of the Young People $
Guild OF the Congress Street NJ. p. Church
was held last night. The program was full
of new features and new nsmes
Mary T.. Plummer was at the station all
last night on charge of petit larceny, it
being alleged that she appropriated 81 %
owned and controlled absolutely by BERTHE
Johnson. 4, -
Mr.. Leonard c. Bailey and DR.. Chas. D.
Marshall have been disputing for some time
about partition fence on p street, near
18th, and yesterday the dispute eliminated
in the arrest of Mr.. Bailey on the charge
of destroying private property.