Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-30
EVANSVILLE.

HYATTSVILLE.
The enlargement of the school building
in Hyattsville is especially gratifying and
of substantial interest to the patrons of
the school in this village. Until within a
few years the children Of Hyattsville were
obliged to attend the public school in
Bladensburg, there being no public school
in Hyattsville. Finally the county school
commissioners rented some rooms over
store in Hyattsvile and instituted public
school in them. This was better than hav-
ing the children trudge to Bladensburg,
but 1t was far from satisfactory. Public
spirited citizens began to agitate the mat
ter of inducing the county authorities to
erect school building, and as an induce
ment purchased by voluntary contributions
and donated to the public school estate of
the county two eligibly located building
lots on johnson avenue as the site for
school building. The county authorities
thereupon erected one-story, two.roomed
and large-halled school house, which. how
ever, was soon found Inadequate to ac-
commodate the increase in the number of
school children. The county authorities
were again petitioned to enlarge this
building. This summer the commissioners
appropriated the necessary amount to do
this, and appointed the local school
trustees to provide the ways for doing 1t.
The trustees let the contract to Mr.. Rich
ard Seek of Montgomery county, the low
est bidder, to raise the building and insert
a story under it, This he has successfully
done, and the building will be ready for
occupancy at the beginning of the present
school year. The handsome appearance
of the reconstructed building is an agree
able surprise to the residents of the vii
lage. Today Hyattsville has large, four
roomed school building, thoroughly well
built and an ornament to the town. Every
indication points to a successful school
year.
Mr. John Miller of the county school COM
missionerS, Mr. Thcs S. Stone, secretary
to the county school board, and Mr.. Chas.
H. Welsh, president of the local trustees.
have left nothing undone to incite and
further the work. The school building will
float 1.-The stars and stripes on the open
ing day of the school year, on which &C.
casion the local trustees formally propose
to turn the Hiding over to the county
school commissioners.
A party of young men from Bladensburg
left last evening in the sail boats the
Swan" and Water Lily for lengthy
fishing trip down the Potomac to Lower
Cedar Point and other landings. They ex-
pect to camp out and have a good time.
The party consisted of Chas. Parker, cap
tain; William Lynch, Frank Gasch, Barry
Hoffman and others. They will be joined
later by a larger crew.
Mr.. Early Baxter has been appointed
teacher of the public school of Brandywine
by the trustees Of that school,
ress at T. B., and is being largely at
tended.
Several small boys. while playing in front
of the drug store of DR.. Alfred H. Wells
yesterday morning, smashed his large show
window.
Mrs. L. H. Campbell has returned from
delightful visit of several weeks to Ocean
City and Penn Mar.
The road committee will have the side
walk on Johnson avenue raised in several
places in order to make it level
The coming fall will witness one of the
liveliest and hardest fought campaigns
that was ever neld in this county. About
the middle of next month the democratic
and republican parties will both commence
to organize clubs and start the political
ball to rolling at rapid rate. There is
some dissatisfaction existing in both
parties, two candidates on the republican
county ticket being unsatisfactory to some
members of that party. and the candidate
for governor on the democratic ticket be-
ing Objectionable to some anti-Gormanites.
The democrats carried this district for their
candidates for Congress last fall by nine
majority, which was the smallest that they
ever received. Both parties now claim that
they will carry the district for the state
and county ticket.
Mr.. Andrew F'oulke of Rladensburg is
very i'll at his home in that village.
The coming of the electric railroad
through Hyattsville is now matter of
certainty. The line will follow the direc-
tion of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
the property of Capt. Bartlett and Lily
Park at Highlands and through the places
belo lging to James Mcfarland, Perkins
and Robert Callahan, on railroad, or Bowie
avenue, making a slight turn at Mr. Hab-
ercomb's after passing his place and con-
tinuing to Riverdale, where it will also
follow the line of the railI cad through that
village. A large force is now at work at
the terminus of the District line at Rhode
Island avenue extended, grading the pro-
posed route for the read. 1t Is thought
that the road will be completed and that
cars will be running in the early part of
rext spring.
Late last Wednesday night several per-
| sons residing on Maryland avenue, near
| the station, were awakened by hearing two
pistol shots and loud talking By several
| rough characters in that neighborhood.
| After the shots were fired man was heard
| to exelaim "Oh, I'm all right" and then
| groan. A few moments later two mora
pistol shots were heard, followed by more
| groans One of the persons who heard the
shooting went to his front door and stood
| there some time looking down the street,
but could only discern a few dark objects
| moving off In the distance. The crowd
| was no doubt drunk ard playing a joke,
but the affair is being quietly investi-
| gated.