The evening times., 1896-10-29
City Brevities

-Four cOttdSeS nave TtCeHtis pcch ciS>eSN
on Avalon Heights.
DIR. G. T. Gehring of street, Is visiting
his old home in Philadelphia.
The teachers of the public schools Will
be paid their salaries tomorrow.
Secretary of Treasury Elkins and Mrs.
Elkins are guests aJ the Shoreiiaih
Magistrate s. C. Bundy has Just re-
turned from spellbinding tour through Vir-
ginia.
Wallace Hanger. of Staunton, Va, ex-
consul to Bermuda, is registered at the
Metropolitan.
The stcamfitters' will scon be through
laying pipes IN the basement OF the Ma
uunal Hotel.
Charges against Policeman Michael Lynch
for conduct unbecoming AN officer have
been dismissed.
Tie ladies OF the First Congregational
Church viii mold social at the church par
lors tomorrow night.
Lieut.. Kelly reported today that the
pavemen IN lIunt uI " os. 80 ana 81 jackson
street northeast has caVed in.
Charles Ii. Adams, who represents the
colony of Liberia in the United states, Is
at present stopping at the Ebbitt.
\ gasoline s.Ove exploded yesterday in
the housc OF AHurcw afcuer No-iol' new
Jersey avenue northwest, ami $40 damage
was done.
Net an arrest was made in the Fifth po-
lice pIecinc., Southeast Washington, dut-
ing ne tw cnty-four hours eraing at 8 O'Clock
this morning.
I'M. commissioners today issued a per
nit To the metropolitan Railway Compahyto
Law a tcInpurary track on street To
CONNECT WIN tBeir car barn AT No. 24il
street.
Lieut. j. L. Heffner reported TO police
headquarters touay that me sewer at the
corner of bladensDurg rodu ana Lewis street
northeast is ohokeu up and requires iihnie-
dIate attention.
a live crawfish, about two and one-half
inches ill length, came through the waller
pipe and landed i'll a pitcher yesterday at
No. "a ID street northeast.
Special Policemen We're appointed today
as follows: james Thompson, at Bowen
school building, and William =. Herbert,
for Washington anu ureaJ faiis Railway
Judge Hagner yesterday passed on the
account OF A. b Sciu1leid, the guardian of
Miss Mamie Russell, and ordered the pay
uleut OF 81 3 per month back board oT his
ward.
In the hall Of the Cosmos Club tomorrow
night, Mr.. f. V Coyiile. Of the department
of Agriculture, VIII deliver an Illustrated
iec;ure ON Oregon, before the Geographic
Society.
Samuel Bctters was convicted yesterday
of breuk king into the house OF Francis Waller
on the Wheeler Toad. near Anacustia- He
was sentenced by Judge Cole 10 three years
at Albany.
Judge Cox has appointed f. Is. Hay and
Charles l.. Frailey receivers Tor The piuino-
in. iirm of DeyereuN * Gagnan, winch
| yesterday filed friendly sui, for dissoiu-
| ton OF partnership.
| The viii OF JOHN +. Ennis was filed FOR
i probate today IL is dated July "A, 1850,
| and hcuucaJnes the entire estate to his
| sister. Mrs Mary Ann Ellis. Gregory j.
| brother, is executor.
Policeman c. c Smith, of the Fourth pre-
| cipc,. WHO was dismissed from the police
| force Yesterday 10 take effect on Saturday,
| is al uis home in Virginia on q twenty
| DAYS leave OF absence
Joseph A. Fink, twenty nine years OF
| age. a contractor, was arrested about IL D
| o'clock this morning 10y Policeman Edward
| C Goss for creating street scene IN the
| seutrai portion u the city.
| Compliant has been made to the police
| about gaug OF haif-grown hoodiums VINO
| prowI in the vicinity lust north OF the
| Government Printing Office, and commit
| all manner o. dcpredalions.
| Thecase uf ex- Policeman Duvall, who was
| charged with making threats against MIS-.
| Bell Jnhusun has been dropped. The eN-
| ustceIusu wrote letter ol &poicSN 10
| Mrs johnson and the latter accepted 1t
Assistant Foreman Thomas Inseon, OF the
| fire department. was fined SO today for
reckless driving. Foreman j. u VIII
son was warned to pay more attention to
| thcrules urhe would be reduced To the ranks
| Tie students Of the medical department
| Il Georgetown University have organized 4
foo,halI team. The post graduates and
| seui,,rs Of the law department Will also
| organize cIevens and Interesting games VIII
| be pla yed.
Two unknown ladies' narrowly escaped
| being struck by an electric car yester-
| day afternoon on PENNSYLVANIA avenue
| near the Capitol. The quickness OF the
! brakeman in stopping the car aveTted an
! iccident.
| Bishop NcCabe, who was in Washington
| attending the laying Of the cornerstone
| Of the Hall Of History of the American
| University. has gone To Pittsburg to be
| present at the annual meeting Of the board
| of Methodist bishops.
| George Smith colored. twenty-five years
| of,age who was stabbed in the left temple
| with a pocket knife yesterday afternoon by
! Linculn McQ uade, also colored. is still con-
/ fined 10 FTeedman's Hospital. McQ
| has not been captured.
| legged Knockout drops man, who is
| charged with drugginE and rubbing Farmer
| Burris some time ago, was set Tor trial
| Yesterday, but owing to the absence OF an
| iuportant witness il was continued for i
| hearing until next Monday
/, A vicious hillhorSe OF the lexington
| and Soldiers Home Railroad Comnany
kicked its boy driver. Harry Coombs, yes
| terday afternoon at New York avenue and
| Fourth streets northwest. The injured
| lad was removed To his home
! Howard Burnett and Harry Courtney,
| colored. yesterday pleaded guilty to the
| larceny OF lead pipe. and Judge Cole, in
| criminal court, No. l. sentenced them to
| two months on one case, suspending SEN
| tence in two other cases against them.
| Tie students OF Howar University who
| favor the election of Bryan and Sewall held
| a mass meeting at noon today on tie campus
| in front of tie college. The speakers Were
! f. B Branch. K. j. Jones, Of Maine; W. X.
NJ Fuller, of Idaho, and A b. Graves. of
| Kentucky.
william Jackson, coIored, arrested IN
Georgetown last night by Policeman Hess,
had a loaded revolver and fifty cartridges
on him. He thought i, necessary to carry
| the pistol for protection. as he works in
| RoSsiyn- Jackson's good reputation caused
| the case to be continued.
The Commissioners today approved ap-
| pointments by the trustees of the Girls
| Reform School, as follows: William 4 .
| Tubbs engineer, vice Ray Galpiu resigned;
/ to take effect October l 1S96, $3.50: John
| T. West, laborer. vice Minor Jacobs, re-
| signed. to take effect September IA, $500.
| Benjamin withers. colored boy, was
fined SO by Judge Miller today for strik-