The evening times., 1895-08-09
Gossip Of the Dau.

OUColp VI LILO OQQs
Like the wise mcu they must NECESSARILY
be. the justices of the Court Of Appeals
were not slow in leaving the city and it,
heat a. soon a. the court adSburnsd. Noue
Of them win return until the latter part of
| September
| Chief Justice Alvey is at his summer home
in Hagerstown, Md Here, II IL soid. he
grounds. and every evening may be seen
| iu his garden taking moderate exercise
by scraping a little more DIRT AROUND Que
plant or directing another to climb Ia oer-
tain direction. The Judge takes pafticular
pride in sho wing his garden plot 10 hts visit.
! ors.
Justice Norris IL with his sisters Al Az
bury Park, where he spends the time
| quietly in light recreation and study.
Justice Shepherd and family are ut Deer
Park. Justice Shepherds favorite past-
time is horseback riding. He ID also re-
ported TO be q fisherman of more than ordi-
nary ability
THAT man did the very same foolish
trick that somebody does on an average
once q week )" sa,d Clerk Smith, as a young
man started out OF the door Of the clerks
office at the City Hail yesterday with a
marriage license in his pocket
when he came up to the desk he said:
I want a marriage license
"what is your uame, asked? He caye
1t 70 me, and 1 had written 1t down In the
record book, and was going to write It
on the license. when he said:
"'Oh. don't want 1t for myself; IL ts
Tor FREUD The day will never come
when the work Of the fool-killer Ia at an
end"
81 notice that the superintendent of
parking calls attention to the fact that the
caterpillar piusne usually comes at time
when his money is exhausted" !" said an ad-
miref OF District foliage to-day
ut is great pity that We should have
such visitation, truly, but why cannot
fund he held in reserve for that annual
emergency? II seems to me II were
the superintendent I should arrange to
try the ounce Of prevention plan II had
tn neglect some other feature Of my work.
There Is nothing that enhances the at
tractiveness of the Capital City more than
Its parks and parkings. As the superju-
teudent observes, property valuations are
Increased by the presence of the trees on
the streets. and some arrangement should
be made tn meet the caterpillar invasion
IN its Incipiency."
Policeman Flynn, the big, Jovial 800
FOUNDER who regulates the attendance mt
police court these hot days, was until a
snort time ago doing street duty I'm the
Second precinct. He ran double beat. and
his partner was comparative skeleton to
Flynn. Uncle Isaac" as Night INSPECTOR
Pearson Is called by the men, happened along
one night in jovial mood, and, sizing up
Flynn's corporosity, he said:
Flynn, what good would you be II you
ga W thief running away? You couldn't
catch him.
Flynn pointed TO his partner and said in an
impressive whisper: What do yez t'ink OF
hov me pardner for? He does tn runnin'
an OF hOuld the thafe whin he catches I'M.
washington is always having trouble
over the verdicts of her coroner's juries,
and l want TO offer a suggestion" said
prominent member OF the bar, referring to
the recent inquest over the body OF the boy
shot by Miss Elizabeth Flagler I'm many
of the large cities In the West, particularly
Chicago and St Louis, coroner's iuries are
largely made up of ne wspapcr men, and this
is a scheme should like to see adopted here
The jail warden now makes up his jury OF
ne wspaper men at an execution, and IL the
coroner would do the same II would avoid
trouble. He would secure bright, intelh-
gent men, capable OF appreciating any and
all evidence, and would have u minded
jury and no defective verdicts''
Mr.. Arthur A. Birney, the District attor-
ney, is spending his vacation at Spring
field, w. Va. Mr.. Harry Hodges, assist
ant clerk of the court OF appeals, is with |
him. Mr.. Birney is veritabIc Isaac Wal |
ton, and is said to have chosen this resort |
because of the excellent fishing it affords. |
Assistant District Attorney Jeffords
will take his time off later in the fall.
Mr.. Taggart, of the same office, takes |
his only summer recreation in riding to |
and from his office and his home in George
town. Mr.. Taggart has a rather large
family. The story is told that some
summers ago the family, with Mr.. Taggart |
in the lead, PACKED their trunks and started |
oA A>-i opii uS1 ROtten
'airiy on their way before the train was |
and their car tumbled down an
All were badly scared. Mr..
raggart and all Immediately returned
o Washington, with the resolve never
more to seek solace in the country.
1--WE get all sorts of inquiries here from
very section of the United States" re-
marked Mr.. William D. Montague, of the
district assessors office to-day. Il am
ust now answering one,' he added, as be |
oundsd up the last graceful curve of
entence.
1T is from the wild and woolly West,
nd the writer wants to know the cost of
J license for n travelling restaurant.
That is only sample OF the many letters
We receive every week. They must all be
of eourDe, and the occasion is |;
are when we hear from a correspondent
I this class a second time.
'Yes, the assessors office has a large
and We have been particu-
arly busy for the past two weeks.r
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