The morning times., 1896-11-29
City Brevities

A building Is being erected at the navy
| yard for use as shooting gallery.
Mr.. Walter Simpson, of Fifteenth stree
northwest, has gone to st. Paul, MINI.
| Rev. David Wells, ID. D., of Philadelphia
is visiting friends at No. 2S05 0 street.
Mr. VIII Kirk, OF street northeast, il
seriously i'll in Prince George county, Nd
Mallard, blackhead and butterball ducks
| are reported to be cnumerousdownt the river
Protracted revival services will be inaugu
! rated this evening at the Gay Street Baptist
| Church. Georgetown.
| Mr. j II Keyes of Winchester, KY, is
visiting Judge Chester +. Rees of the
| Treasury Department.
Workmen are engaged in Filling UP the
| canal that runs from Third and streets
| southeast to the river.
Mr.. Howard Oakes, who has been doing
Maryland and Virginia on ms wheel, rested
over yesterday in the city.
Capt. f. Guy jenkins, of the Fifth Bat
| talon, who has been out of town for q
| month, has returned home.
| Mrs. Fiossie Smith of New York has
| returned home after a long visit with Mrs.
L. T. Woods of Quincy street.
The chain gang We're at work yesterday
| on Second street southeast, between l
and Ii streets, digging tree holes.
Work was yesterday begun on the laying
| of gas mains along Second street south
| east, between NJ and streets.
Mrs. Burnett. the novelist, who has been
| in England fol- several months, returned
| to her noma in Washington yesterday.
William Barry, white timer, was
| locked up III The Georgetown station house
last night u suspicious character
IA r,lp Il,
stIinging wires OH the poles along street
southeast, from First TO Third streets.
c.. Lowry, an apprentice in the machine
shop at the navy yard, had his hand badly
lacerated Oil IA lathe few days ago.
Graduates of Columbian law school at
the last session will be formally admitted
to the bar tomorrow morning IN the circuit
court.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Society OF Cal
vary Baptist Church is organizing bazaar
of the seasons to be opened next Tuesday
evening.
The thrce-mastcd schooner Mayflow.r,
from Baltimore, is lying M anchor at Will
iiams' wharf, ut the foot OF Third street
southeast.
Mrs L. c. Williams of 11O1 Thirteenth
street viii he visited shortly by her son,
who attends the University OF Michigan at
Ann Arbor.
AT st Marks Parish Hall a reception
was tenderedlast night to Bishop Satterlec,
mis- wife and Rev. +. c. De Frecsc, the
new pastor.
Muster Randolph Sweet. who sang last
season with st. Johns Episcopal choir. is
one of the soloists this season at Trinity
Episcopal Church.
Mr. Frank Bruhhcad Whitaker. Of the
bureau Of construction and repair. sta
toned ut Newport News, is spending the
Thanksgiving huiIdayS IN tne coy.
Yesterday Miss Drooney, while endcavor-
ing TO catch her horse, which WIS grazing
on ii lot near Seventh street and Florida
avenue, was kicked by the animal.
The District Suffrage Association is ne
pairing a new hill to te submitted to on
gress at the next session asking for SUI
fraee for residents of the District.
The entire illuminating force OF thr new
electric lighting circuit recently constructed
about the Capitol grounds. was in opera
ton all last evening for the first time.
The annual meeting Of the Civic Ccutcr
will be held on December IA. The organ
iZation is just now giving special atten-
ton TO the formation Of home libraries.
on Monday the steam heating apparatus
of the new Trinity NJ L. Church will be
placed in position in the base OF the tower
on tie northeast corner OF the builGing.
Col j. W. Barlow, U. S. A. submitted to
Secretary Olney yesterday the first re-
pert on the boundary between Mexico and
the United states west of the Rio Grande.
Mr. f. W Williams. of GA o Streetnorth-
west graduate of the Columbian Uni
versity Law Department, will leave for
New York tomorrow morning To enter u
law firm of that city.
, r h,, t,, .f
managers of the WorSingman's Library
Association this evening at which the COM
mi;tec in charge of the entertainments given
last Monday viii report.
The gasoline engine and ear which was
tried on the tracks Of the Anacostia line
recently. without success. is now lying
on the tracks Of the "Gravcyard Line" in
an almost demolished condition.
The paper for discussion before the
lyceum of the Second Baptist Church at
$50 o'clock this afterr Don will Re presented
by Mr.. Thomas l.. Jones. Subject, Has
the Negro Been Emancipated YETI"
A beer wagon driven by John Fcrbcr
collded with electric car No. 20 of the
Metropolitan line at Four-and-a half and G
streets southwest last night. The wagon
was demolished and the driver slightly in
jured.
william Hayward had his bicycle slip
from under him on PENNSYLVANIA avenue,
near Third street, yesterday, while he was
attempting to cross the car tracks. He re-
ceived IA bad fall, but escaped serious
injury.
Patrolman Lee brought to the Third
precinct station-house bay horse at
tached to n top buggy, yesterday the out
fit having been found astray on Penn
sylvania avenue, near Eighteenth street
northwest.
Mr. william +. Reed of Mount Vernon
A ssembly of Painters. X of L., is OF the
william Reed, painter, who was recently
arrested and convicted of stealing n dia-
mond ring from a fouse in which he was
working
The Galvanized Iron Cornice Workers
held q short session last night, at which
only routine business was transacted, the
session being short in order to attend a
supper given by the organization at Boyce's
dining rooms. The president of the organi-
Zation presided at the banquet, which was
an all-round enjoyable affair.
An adjourned meeting of the States
auxiliary committee appointed BY Coiunl-
hia Typographical Union No. 101 10 assist
the International committee On govern
mental ownership of telegraph, will be
held at Typographical Temple al o'c!ock
this afternoon to instruct the members in
their work before the next Congress.
Mr. C. A Maidens, manager and Sec
retary of the Workingman's Library AS
sociation, and Mrs. Jennie L. Munroe,
chairman of the committee on talent for
the entertainment given for the assCcia-
ton, yesterday sent letters of thanks to
the organizations and individuals who had
so kindly assisted to make the affair a
success.
Robert B. Stewart, newsboy, was ar
rested yesterday by Policeman Gouldman
of the Second precinct, charged with throw
ing missiles on the street. Stewart, it seems
is sort of butt for the jcsts of his COM
panions, who take advantage of his gen