Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-22
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
West Washington N E Church and Its
Troubles
Successful Benefit for Mt. Tabor Last
Ntght-An Interesting Pro-
gram-Other Notes.

The West Georgetown NJ. E. Church was
given no Independent minister this year
by the conference. The Rev. Mr.. Stitt of
Dumbarton was appointed to assume min
fsterial charge This is the church that
for some time has been struggling against
many odds to preserve its individuality,
but owing to lack of support has been
all but abolished as a church. 1t being the
property of the mother edifice here, Dunn
barton. the trustees of the latter sold the
property recently TO Mr.. Columbus Thorn
as. He has never been able to get posses
sion. however, owing to the opposition of
the very few who still cling to it. Accord
ingly Mr.. Thomas has gone into court to
legally dispossess the church people. The
Rev. Mr.. Black holds occasional services
there. MIR. Stitt has as yet never occupied
the pulpit. 1t is said that recently Mr..
Black had but one attendant at a service.
Mr.. Thomas, as soon as he can get pos
session. intends to tear down the church
and erect dwellings on the site He has
made his first payment on the property.
Twenty-four hundred dollars was the
amount gwen for 1t. The West George
town people refuse to give up the church
on the ground that the title has never been
vested in the Dumbarton Church, but Is
held by them as representatives of the con-
8regation. Not until, they say, that serv-
ices cease to be held do they lose their
title to the property.
The Dunbarton people long ago obtained
quit claim deeds from the heirs of the
original owner of the property, who con-
veyed it for church purposes.
Mt. Tabor BENEFIT.
The Mt. Tabor benefit last night at Lin
thicum Hall was striking success The
attendance was large and the program Sc
lect. There was music of many kinds, q
varied assortment Of Instruments being in
troduced. The solos were appreciated high
ly by the audience. special care having
been exercised In their selection. The
Ben Bolt of Mr.. Joseph C. Murray, Miss
Barnes number from Rob Roy" and Miss
Helen Prentiss Donohues He Told Me
So" Bischof. were received with special
favor. Miss Abbie Johnson's Natural
the evening. Master George Hunt in his
violin solo Cprayer and scene from the
opera "Freishutz'D proved himself to be a
musical prodigy with a probable future.
His execution was acknowledged to be
unusually fine and masterful for one SO
young. The comic solos of Mr.. ]. d.
Cathell, the cornet solo of Mr.. George H.
Chandlee, the vocal solo Of Miss Ruekhart,
the instrumental work of Messrs. Todd,
koehl and Werley and the the fancy dane
ing Of Miss Blanche Wise were other fea-
lures of the evening that caught easily the
appreciation of the audience Mr. Aaron
Storms comic selections were happily chos-
en- and effectively presented. His imita-
tons Of famous actors have already made
MN Wen known throughout the city. The
AFFAIR was participated in by the Lnthcum
Students. They presented one of their
latest successes, with renewed success. Mr..
Miller. Mr. Lowe, Mr.. Balinger, Miss Dono-
hue. Mr.. Fleming and Mr.. Potter assumed
the parts with their usual excellence.
where's Ny Hat" a one-act farce closed
the program. with Mr.. Will Left johnson,
Miss Abbie Johnson and Miss Marie Nc
the students managed the stage. The ar
rangement Of the program was due to the
work Of Mrs. w. F. Hunt and Mrs. Theo.
Barnes.
Real Estate.
Horace Jarboe. trustee. has decided to
David l.. Reynolds part Of lots 10 and 90
Beatty and Hawkins addition, being i'm
proved property on the south side Of Stod-
dert co. street near 32d. Percival Waters
also yesterday decided to Isabelle Weisel
an undivided one-eighth interest in parts
of lots o and "a, odd Georgetown" and
parts Of lots IS and 70. Beatty and Haw-
kins' addition.
At 10 o'clock this morning Father Barry.
who is visiting in his old parish at Tenley-
town, off1ciated in st. Annes at the funeral
of Mrs. Mary Brooks. who died at Fort
Reno. The services were unusually i'm
pressive. The interment was at Holy Rood
cemetery.
Mr.. B. T. Janney, the supervising princi-
pal of the public schools here, Is making
up a party Of twenty to take European
trip as soon as the present session is over.
1t is proposed to visit England. Scotland.
ireland. Belgium and France.
The Georgetown College base ball season
will open on the 10Th. The game will be
played on the college field, which has been
made model track on which to lay out
the diamond. A big schedule is being pre-
pared. The best college teams will be an
tagonized.
Tho Japtan eeryicaa at Trinity oro ~
more than usual interest this year. Vari-
GUS fathers are taking charge.
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.