Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-15
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
Many Items of Local and General
Interest.

Many Items of Local and General
Interest.
The following officers of George U. Nor
ris Post. No. 10, G. A. R., were installed
last night by Chief Mastering Officer John
P. Lothrop: Commander, Sam'l McMonigles
senior vice commander, James T. Clements;
junior vice commander, Chas. NJ. Robin
son; quartermaster, Rudolph Ullmer; quar-
termaster sergeant, Daniel johnson; adju-
tant, A. b. Cromwell; sergeant major, John
w. Potter; surgeon, Dr. Jas. F. r. Appleby3
chaplain, Geo. W. Fletcher; officer of the
day, W. b. Sebastian; officer of the guard,
r. E. Duvall; guard, Chas. Mccarthy; SEN
tinel, VIM. Huntington.
After the installation ceremonies spirited
addresses were made by Comrades NC
MonigIe, Janney, Lothrop and others. ".
Arnold of Washington also enliveneo tne
occasion with recitations and songs. MOTHS
Post is in a fiourishing condition, It's mem
bership being both active and enthusiastic:
The work of locating unmarked soldiers
graves in the Catholic and other cemeteries
Of this place, for the purpose OF placing
identifying headstones upon them, Is sun
going on, though in some cases the COM
mitteemen in charge are meeting Win poor
success. 1t is expected that on next Me.
mortal day most of the identidcations Will
take place, as at that time special interest
is taken in the dead and the condltfon VI
their last resting places.
Father ScanIon, the pastor OF Irlnity
Church, has become much interested In
this work of the post, and has written
letter to the effect that he will announce
from his pulpit at an appropriate time the
difficulty the q. A. X. men are having In
locating the bodies Of some Of their Ole
comrades known to be in Holy Rood. and
request that all visitors to the cemetery on
that day will lend their assistance in par
ticular cases. The post men will be on
hand to interrogate.
Real Estate.
There was a hustle in Georgetown real
estate circles yesterday, and the consumma-
ton of three deals in property was the
result Henry b. Burch sold to Mary r.
| Gordon for 81 500 lot Is, in Leighton's sub,
| in square IS, Beatty and Hawkins addi-
| ton; Martha V. Berry decided to Robert b.
| Tenny part of lot IS, and Mary A. Gordon
transferred to Annie E. Schaffer and Marie
T. Sylvester lot Is, in Leighton's sub,
square IS.
Revival Meetings.
A series of revival meetings was begun
| last night at the Gay Street Baptist Church
| under the leadership of the Rev. Percy G.
| Eslom of Fincastle. Va. He is just from
Georgia and other states of the south,
where he has been conducting several OF
| the most successful revivals that have
been known there for years.
His revival at Atlanta, Ga, particularly,
was highly successful. The attendance was
aStonlSh1nSly great REPRESENTATIVES, lIouh
all denominations nightly went to hear him.
1t is expected that his work here in George
town will meet with the most encouraging
results Last night the attendance was
Indicative of this. The Rev. Geo. E. Truetr
was the leader of the singing.
The Rev. b. Peyton Brown last night
conducted the Dumbarton Avenue revival;
He is one of this churches old pastors and
was, therefore, last night doubly appreci-
ated There will be many changes Of speak
ers during the revivals, which will be con-
tinued for at least two weeks; probably
longer. While interest is manifested DIR.
Stitt will see that there are splendid speak
ers on hand. Almost every Methodist min
lister in Washington will be heard during
the series.