Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-15
FOR SALE-PIANOS.
ATTORNEYS.
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.

Side of Rock Creek.
Four Of the vessels engaged in carrying
coal for Georgetown to northern ports were
destroyed during the billiards. and Ice block
AIDES of the winter. They were the Marion F.
Sprisue. the Geo. A. McFaddle, the John
c. Haynes and the A. j. Pardee. They
represented nearly two hundred thousand
| dollars. The Sprigue went to pieces off
| the Jersey coast, only few weeks ago.
She was caught in a mass of ice and
crushed. The McFaddle was caught in a
storm that tore her greatly. She is not a
| total wreck, but the winds used her bad
ly. She vas found by passing vessel
| dismantled and flying the distress signal
The Haynes was run into near Hampton
Roads. Long Island sound was the scene
Of the wreck of the Pardee. Several of the
boats lost men in their wreck. The Nc
Paddle cost nearly $4,000 to build, and was
the handsomest coal boat that came TO
Georgetown.
1t is nearly year now since the S. H.
Walker, an old trading vessel, lefc this
| port and later Baltimore. with a cargo for
destination. She went down with all on
board. A closed bottle, containing a writ
ing which stated the Walker was sinking,
| is all that pertains directly to her fate.
The destruction of these five vessels, all
In a year, means much to Georgetown.
They piled regularly between this and New
England ports, and were important factors
\ In the coal trade. Owing to the uncertain
and generally recognized dangerous chan
mel of the Potomac. coupled with the Long
bridge draw, through which vessels are
| obliged to pass in order to get here, diff
Guilty has always been experienced in in
| teresting boat owners in the Georgetown
trade Every captain. it is said. carries
his boat through a draw with apprehen-
| then Georgetown is generally ignored.
These old regulars will be missed. and
their places may not be easily filled. The
greatest drawback shippers have had to
| contend with for years has been the re-
| luctance with which vessels come 10
| Georgetown. They generally have to come
| light, ice and lumber being usually the
| only cargoes brought to the west end,
while in trading with other ports cargoes
are both brought and taken away.
Struck His Wife With a Stone.
When John Thomas, a colored laborer,
! failed to appear at the supper table last
evening his wife went in search Of him
and found him in company with colored
girl in Cherry alley. The surprised hus-
band did not desert the girl for his wife,
| but told the latter to go home and he would
follow when he got ready. A fight was
the result and the man struck his Wife
with a stone. Later in the evening he was
arrested by Policeman Fennelly and lock-
ed up. Today the case was heard in the
Police Court and Judge Miller gave him
ninety days IN Jati
Accidental Drowning.
The coroner this morning, after viewing
the body of John Jacob Frey. who was
drowned in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
Yesterday, and hearing the testimony of
| four witnesses, gave a certificate OF &C
cidental drowning.
Notes.
Barney Williams. who died early yes
afternoon by the health department. He
left neither friends nor means.
1t is definitely settled now that the Rev.
Mr. Billheimer will be installed as pastor
of the Lutheran Church here next Tues
day. All the Lutheran ministers of WASH
| ington are expected to be present. The
necessary arrangements are now being
| made.
At the Congress Street Church last night
| the Young Peoples Guild presented an ex-
tended and varied program to a large
crowd.
The Young Theatricals'' of Georgetown,
| who recently gave an entertainment at
Baer's Hall for charity. turned over to
Lieut.. Swindells yesterday SIS of the net
proceeds of the affair, to be distributed
| under the direction of the seventh precinct
| officers. Messrs. BENZ. Dreyfuss and Maui
| rice Sinscheimer represented the Young
TheatricalS."
John T. West, James J. Brereton and J.
Thomas West, jr., have decided to H. W.
Fisher, jr., lot Ii, in Leighton's subdivision
of square IS, Beatty & Hawkins addition,
being house and premises 1909 street,