The evening times., 1896-08-05
City Brevities

land Flats.
George W. Adams of this city win sail
for Europe on August 10, to be gone sew
eral months.
Thomas McGili, of the local firm of BIO
Gill s. Wallace, has been quite Ill, but Is 4
slightly improved.
Victor Kaufman and G. A. Coolidge
leave here Saturday for bicycle tour
along the Hudson.
Nochange wasnoticeabIein Judge shella-
bareger's condition when the physician
called this morning.
The fence around the reservation in front
OF Center Markets. being repaired, and the
weaker spots replaced.
P.J slattery, OF the Washington Gas-
light Company, will spend his vacation with
his family at Colonial Beach.
The damage done by a careless teamster
10 the fire-plug at the corner OF Fourteenth
street and Columbia road, is being Repaired.
George Nelson. colored. disiocated his
lower jaw in box king match yesterday. and
was treated at the Emergency Hospital.
Flooring S1.bo per 100 feet, all one
width. F. Libbey& Co., 9Th und ". Y. ave.
Major Crawford rested well last night
and rallied 20 much this informing that hopes
are expressed of bis speedy recovery
soc iN
Miss Van valen, WHO has hcen visiting
Mrs. Hugh T. Stevenson, ON Grant street,
ADacostia, left this morning for Ler home
in Albany, N. Y.
Policeman Salleld of the Third precinct,
who is detailed at the District building.
had his right hand badly bitten bya vicious
horse yesterday evening.
Richard Rothwell of Capitol Hill. in COM
pany with his daughter and granddaughter.
left yesterday for a weeks outing in the
vicinity of Colonial Beach.
The Mount Vernon and Falls Church Elec
trie Railway has completed its line Eearly
IA far as Falls Church. Al present the cars
ran only to Carlins Springs.
Poupdmaster E.nstein captured eleven
tayiess CANNES yesterday. They will be
executed after foTty-cieht hours un!cis their
owners pay So each for them.
But two bids were submitted yesterday
for the contract to furnish plioto-ithO-
graphic plates OF the Georgetown section OF
the city, for use of the assessor.
George Green, residing at 3l3 ID street
Northwest, broke his nose yesterday while
scufrIing with his brother, He was at
tended at the Emergency Hospital.
party OF over twenty-five bicyc!ists
| from Northeast Washington. rode out last
night to view the scene OF Marguerite
| browns murder at Seat Pleasant.
E. L. Hooper missed his footing and fell
from cable car last night al the Fifteenth
street junction. He cut his head badly.
and was treated at the Emergency Hos
pital.
Sheriff Raymond Herr OF Paris. Tex.
| reached the city yesterday with number
| OF prisoners destined FOR the Albany peni-
Tertiary He left today for New York
with the ccnvicts.
The members OF the board of assistant 49,
sessors-Messrs Bates, johnson and Nor
sell left this afternoon for Il brief river
trip. on pleasure bent. They will be alb
sent until Saturday.
Second street. at the corner OF Penn
| sylvania avenue. is being torn up for the
laying of pipes which are to supply gas to
be stored on the cars leaving the Balti-
more and Ohio depot.
Trimming OF the park trees and the tree
on the streets to remove the dead and dyin.
branches is in progress in several parts q
the city. The danger of a pest of cater
pillars Is now nearly past. .s-..-
| Arthur Burgess and Frank jackson. bott
colored, had a fight on Fourteenth street
near L, last night. during which Borgess.
was cut i'll the arm with Il penkHtfe BY
l
HF. Eeyser, clerk In the Treasur!
Department, died yesterday at Martins
1 burg, W. Va. lie was forty six years old
Mr.. Keyser was formerly in tie priRtin,
business in Martinsburg. He leaves tw'
children.
The improvements now in progress at th'
business High School. for which permit ha
been issued, will provide two new class
rooms and a large hall. the latter being IL
the contemplated top story. The addition
Is estimated to cost $4,000.
W B HaIdemaD, committeeman Of tf
Democratic gold party for Kentucky,
, at the Shoreham, He is the Oldest son Q
W N. HaldemaD, chief owner "f the Courier
Journal, and has for several years been
political leader at Louisville.
George r. Clark. private secretary to III
Second Assistant Postmaster General, an
| Daniel b. Lloyd, one of the official 5,
porters of the United States Senate. sale
today on the American line steamer fIol
New York for trip through England an
the continent.
A 7. Seaman Of the Washington Stoc
Company. who played g double role in '.Th
L 10 ;ckr Eaf' py, Mppduy W. tnt..a
sick yesterday and did not appear in Ia.
nights performance. On a few hours n,
j i.tice his characters were assumed by Ii
, Teny Cummings of this city.
John Anderson. colored. nineteen yeaI
| old living in Pleasant alley southwes
jumped from an electric car Of the Mctr,
pelitan railroad while running about twelv
miles an hour on FOur-and-a-haif stret
southwest this morning. and was badly il
, jured about the head and body.
I. The selection OF a site each for the se'
erai school buildings and engine house
slated for construction this year. is nkel
to be ma1e this week. All the bids and SUI
dry arguments In behalf Of individual !
cations offered are now in the hands
!, the Commissioners. 2iti
a slight IRE OCCURRED at O'CLOCK bh
morning in Alexander Clarke's grocer
store, corner Of Seventh street and Florit
. avenue. An alarm was sent in from hs
r No 2l4, but the blaze was extinguish.
before the arrival ofthe engines. Damag
$50: fully covered by insurance; origin II
e known.
Prof. F. w. True is going over the collie
e | ton of horns of deer, antelope, elk, ct
4 ut the National Museum, preparatory