Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-26
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Nay Procession for Trinity Church Sunday
School
Local Notes of Interest From Across
Rock Creek Bridge
Social Events.

| Social Events.
! The annual May procession Of the chill
| dren of Trinity Church Sunday school will
| be held Sunday afternoon at o'clock. The
| procession will pass out :he west front
| gate of Trinity Church, and will pass south
| to Prospect avenue, thence east to 9th
| street. north to N street, west to 18th
| street, and thence north to r street, coun-
termarching, and coming down 35th to o
| street. thence west to 38th street, to the
| church. where special services will be held.
| The procession will be larger this year
| than ever before, and will be divided into
three divisions, the superintendent of the
Sunday school. Mr. Joseph B. McGirr, as
marshal, leading, being accompanied by
| two aids The first division will be led by
| Mr. ]. T. Finney with aids, followed by
| the standard bearers, Eugene Reynolds
| ana Ernest Dove. In this division there
| Will be nothing but boys. The guidon bear
ers will be Eddie Duvall and Donald Mil
ler, while the rosary banners will be car
ried by John GormulIy. William Lowe and
Ambrose Durkins.
The second division will be under the
| leadership of Miss Mary Heenan. with two
banner bearer. Then will come num-
| Der OF small girls with fairy wings, repre-
sentative Of angels. The speaker of the
day will be Miss Louise Lipscomb with
Misses Josephine OBrien and Virgie
| Tenant as attendants. The heart bearer
will be Miss Alice knott. attended by Miss
| es Luree Harper and Matte Sturgis. The
crown bearer or queen will be Miss Jose
| pLine Curtin. with Miss Louise Wood as
maid of honor. The second division will
| close with full representation Of the
altar boys, under Mr.. Patrick ]. Ford, four
OF whom will carry the crowned statue of
| the blessed virgin. The guidon bearers
will be James Fcnnelly and Michael Nc
| kenna The third division will be in
charge of Miss Kate Sullivan, with aids
| followed by Miss Imcgene Clements as
star dard bearer. This division will en-
| brace the large girls. The rosary banners
| VIII be carried by Misses Eta Taggart.
| Nellie Bulnes and Marie Hahn. The
guidon bearers will be George Small and
Frank Kerr. The music for the occa-
| sion will be furnished by band, which
| Will lead off the second division.
st. Albums.
The two days strawberry festival of st.
Adams Church, which was postponed
from last week, will open tonight at the
pretty grounds of the church. corner of
wisconsin avenue and Woo1ley Lane road
The committee in charge of the affair
| consists of David Weaver, chairman; Ed
ward Brooks, treasurer. and Walter T.
Weaver, secretary Among those who will
| assist at the various tables are: Mrs Ed
| ward Brooks, Mrs. Frank Middleton, Mrs
r.. II. Goldborrough, Mrs. w. T. Weaver
| Mrs. y; +. Weaver, Mrs. DR.. a. C. Mer-
| RAM, Mrs Henry Z. Weaver Misses Lena
| Weaver, Mamie and Kitty Schneider Beu-
| lah and Bessie Barnes, B. Edwards Matte
schneider, Florence Weaver, Title Falls
ana Sophia Middleton, Messrs. Louis
| Schneider. Charles Cropley. y. A Weaver
Paul Graham, Louis Weaver. S. Clinton
Cropley. Charles H. Weaver, James H.
Taylor and F. B. Weaver.
! Electric Conduit.
The work Of laying the underground cleo
! trio system has been practically completed
| In Georgetown, and in a week the horse
cars OF the Metropolitan railroad will be
running over the new tracks, while the
| finishing work of placing in position the
| electrical apparatus is going on. Mr. s. L.
Phillips contemplates having the horse cars
run by the site of the union depot Satur-
day.
This morning large gang Of laborers
| were employed in relaying the granite
| tIocks. at the crossings Of the road on 32d
street, an improvement which has long
| been needed.
Sale of Cattle.
At the Arlington stock yards yesterday n
number Of cattle were put up and sold,
bringing the following prices: Best, 81 and
| 4 cents per pound; good, and 31a cents;
medium. 2h and cents: common, and
~ cents. There were 80 sheep and lambs
| Eut up. bringing the following prices:
Sheep2 and cents per pound; lambs. 81
and cents; spring lambs, Az and 81 cents
Ihere were twenty-five cows and calves
sod from $50 to $45 per head The market
was brisk for all kinds Of stock.
An Entertainment.
At an entertainment given last Friday
| by the Ladies' Mite Society at the Tenley-
town Baptist Church a number of George
town people took part. Among those whose
names were on the program were Mrs.
Florence Leach, Mrs L. c. Handy Mrs
Jennie Gessford, Mrs. Thomas, Misses Liz
zie end Maud Drummond, Rillo Gessford,
Elsie and Lizzie Higden. Messrs. Thomas
VIM. Hopkins, Emmert Carter, James Ca
thell. James Taylor, ]. Barton Miller, Lynn
Taylor. Frank Ashford, Ross Gessford,
| Prof. Garland, Leslie Handy and the La
| fayette Mandolin Club
Swinging Wires.
Henry T. Purdy,> the superintendent of
| the Potomac Electric Light Company, was
| arrested yesterday by Policeman Ward on
a charge Of violating the police regula-
| tions in stringing overhead wires. At the
time of the arrest Mr.. Purdy was engaged
| In placing electric lights in premises 3O57
N street, leading an overhead wire to fur
nish the illuminating current for the place
| In the Police Court the case was continued