Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-11
SUBURBAN NE VS.
HYATTSVILLE.


Mr.. Eugene A. Fowler and his wife, who
reside in the Shedd house. on Guy avenue,
came near being burned out Of their home
last Saturday afternoon. While they were
sitting near the fire in theiq, sitting room
Mrs. Fowler discovered spoke issuing from
beneath the hearth and called her hus-
bands attention to 1t. Mr.. Fowler quickly
removed the stone and found that the
rafters below were burning. With the as
sistance of his wife hes extinguished the
fire with buckets of water before any dam.
age was effected. g. 4
The Riverside and Evansville Social
Club held an interesting meeting at the
residence Of the Misses ,Rathbone, on Lo-
Gust avenue last Friday evening Mr..
Chas. Butterfield and Miss Nichols were
elected members. Miss Acker and Messrs
Reid and Bendz rendered musical selec-
tons.
The Rossburg Social Club of the Mary
land Agricultural College will give a hop
at that institution next Friday evening.
At a recent meeting of the Bias Bleu Lit
erary Society," held at Melrose, the follow
Ing program was rendered: Piano solo,
Miss Annie Briscoe; reading, Miss. Eva Mo-
ran: essay on Sir Walter Scott, Miss Hazel
Wallace: recitation, Miss Della Lester; es-
say on. Ambition, Miss Florence Bowen;
piano solo, Miss Josie Dent reading Miss
May Robinson; recitation, Miss Elizabeth
Hopkins. A debate took place upon the
question Resolved, That the United States
in Her Revolution" Misses Webb, Carr
and Walbridge supported the affirmative
side of the question and Misses Erwin,
Jones and Aman the negative. The ques-
ton was decided in favor Of the affirma-
tive.
A Junior League has been formed among
the members of the Methodist Church of
this place. The officers are as follows: j..
w. Smith, president: Miss Phoebe Miller,
vice president Chas. Miller secretary; Geo.
Cole, treasurer.
The Woman's Relief Corps of Warren
Post, No. 45. GAR, gave lunch at Col
lege Park last Saturday evening for the
benefit of the poor.
The citizens of this place were subjected
to considerable inconvenience during the
recent blizzard. In many houses the water
froze in the pipes well IS in the buckets
and pitchers. The snow was piled up in
drifts three and four feet in height before
the front gates and doors Of many resi-
dences. and in some places the sidewalks
were almost impossible. The morning and
evening trains to and from Washington
were several hours late, and on Friday
night the local train which usually leaves
Washington at $50 o'clock did not reach
this place until nearly o'clock, on account
of the wreck that occurred at Branchville.
Several young men who resided at Branch
vile walked to that place from Washington
rather than wait for the train. There are
large snowdrifts on the Queens Chapel
road near the old B1adensburg road and on
the Washington pike near Col. Rives'. A
farmer in attempting to drive his team
through the drift at the latter place last
Saturday upset his wagon, and another
had the tongue of the wagon pulled en-
tirely off while making similar effort.
Numerous sparrows persisted of cold and
for want of food, and several rabbits were
found dead in the neighboring fields. There
are several cases of pneumonia In this
place and Riverdale The Eastern branch
is frozen at least eight inches in thickness.
and the surrounding country presents
regular north-pole appearance.