Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-11
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Petition for the Passage Of the Bond
Bill
Death OF q Man Well known I'm West
Washington-Other Notes OF
General Interest.

The petition being circulated through
out the city asking Congress for speedy
and favorable action on the sewerage ex-
tension bill Is being largely signed here.
Georgetown will profit well by the bills
passage. as it provides for extensive i'm
provements in this section, notably the
arching Of Foundry branch from the
Loughborough road to the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, and its use as a sewer for Ten
leytown and vicinity. Over the arch it is
proposed to build the sixty-foot Foundry
branch boulevard. sewerage system is
absolutely essential to the progress and
health of Tenleytown. Surface drainage
IS all the people have at present there.
This the physicians say, affects seriously
the well water of the place. Rock creek
improvement is also provided for In the
bill, as are also the principal suburbs OF the
section west of Rock creek
Basil Gross Dead.
Basil Gross is dead and buried. the inter-
ment taking place yesterday. Basil has
been a conspicuous figure here to three
generations He was one of those remind
ers of the days when dignity was prevalent
among colored servants. In the days be-
fore the war and for some time after 1t
no reception here was complete unless
Basil was there to govern the lower serv-
ants and assume charge of the kitchen and
the service. He was as familiar with the
culinary art as chef, and could serve
dinner with the delicacy and completeness
CT Frenchman.
Everybody knew Basil and everybody re-
spected him. He was always a prominent
member of some church choir his voice
had remarkable power and depth. NO one,
1T is said, has ever sung in Georgetown
Crooked in the Cradle of the Deep as
we'll as he. In the years before the war;
when the old English custom OF ushering
in Christmas morning with the singing OF
carols on the street was observed, Basil
Gross was the most prominent OF the sing
ers. His voice never failed to awaken the
most stubborn slumberer. While BASH
voice was extremely heavy. 1t had music IN
it, of splendid quality, too. He often sang
He died in his seventy-eighth year. His
sermon was preached yesterday at EDe-
nezer Church by the Rev. DIR. Seaton Inc
words of the minister were highly eulo-
CYSTIC. The church was crowded TO the
dCCrs, many in the aSsemblage Deing
white people of the best families here
The colored Odd Fellows of Georgetown
were present In body. Basil was one of
their brothers.
Death overlook the popular old colored
man at his home, corner of 9th and y
streets.
Down in tine Ark" a colored rookery
on SOtn street DelOW NJ, tHerc WAS d HShl
yesterday. Four men engaged in it. The
noise raised was considerable enough to
attract a big crowd. Officer Smith brought
two Of the participants to the station.
Bishop Paret visited st. Johns yester-
day at IL o'clock, preached and confirmed
tkirty-one persons.
After complete blockade lasting since
last Thursday afternoon the Georgetown
and TenleytOwn cars yesterday afternoon
began running again.
Mr. Mills, for some time superintendent
of the Georgetown and Tenleytown road,
has severed his connection with that cor
poration.
Geo. w. CASTELAR, on Saturday sold to
Geo. w. King part of lot IL, Deakin and
Bailey's addition, square 81. being p feet
on Prospect avenue by depth of TO-
The dance of the Junior Pleasure Club,
which was postponed from last Thursday,
will be given at Schlosser's Hall on Feb
ruary IA.
Aunt Louisa Mason. the last of the
colored family of Masons, who at one
time were large property holders here,
died yesterday at 1915 9th street. She
will be buried tomorrow at Mount Zion
graveyard Aunt Louisa was seventy
nine years old