Evening star., 1896-07-18
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
Jolly Groups Going Down the Potomac to
Camp Out.
The Clerks Assembly Attends to
Business and Pleasure-Per-
sonal Notes OF Interest.

The camping out season has commenced
In earnest, and the usual crowds from
Georgetown will turn out as heretofore.
Colonial Beach will be the objective camp
ing-out ground. and today a number of peo-
pie left for an outing Of several weeks or
more. The Salmagundi Club has disbanded.
and will not go down. Camp Georgetown
will be represented, however, by practical
ly the same crowd. and the members leave
tomorrow morning for their outing. All Of
the camp outfit has been shipped down.
ready to be put In place when the camp
ers reach their site. The party this year
will consist Of Messrs. Charles r. Murray.
B. Perley Craig. Edward R. Miller. Frank
J: Wissner. George W. Cook and Charles
Nixon.
Camp Attain went down today for a two
weeks stay. Most of the party took
morning boat. while the balance leave this
evening The camp roster is MesSrs. Jo-
seph Braitmsyer. Harry Houghton, Samuel
Darby. j. E. Hanger, Grafton DuvaIl and
Clarence Shoemaker.
Camp H. ?. and H. r. will also show up
this year. the members going down this
evening The party consists of Ernest Sell
by, George Roberts and Rosia Weich and
they have secured the entire camp outfit of
the Salmagundi Club.
Clerks Assembly InstaIs Officers.
The installation of officers Of the Clerks
Assembly. No. 1259. knights of Labor, was
held Thursday evening at the hall of the
organization. on NJ street. Past Master
Workman L. Sinsheimer officiated as install
ling officer, and the following new officers
were started upon their duties for the en-
suing term: Master workman. l. b. Nord-
linger; worthy foreman, Max Goodman;
financial secretary and treasurer, William
Sahm: corresponding and recording secre-
= tary. Nose Blumenthal; worthy guide. L.
Frankfurt.
After the ceremony the party adjourned
to the West Washington Hotel, where
banquet was enjoyed. Mr.. William Born
helm, past master workman, was master
OF ceremonies, and one of the toasts drank
was 10 the Confusion of our enemies who
will not close early" Speeches were made
by all Of the newly installed officers and
NJ H. Newmeyer. Ben Boo, Maurice Raer
Samuel Einstetn and William Schwartz
An Enjoyable Dance.
The korai Social Club gave its first dance
OF the season last evening at the boat
house of the Potomac Boat Club. at the foo,
OF 'lst street. which proved to be an ex-
tremely enjoyable affair The attendance
was limited and made a merry party
Dancing was inaugurated shortly after 8
O'Clock and continued until midnight.
among those present were Misses Louise
Gibbons, Katie Van SAINT, Fannie Sullivan,
Mamie keliher. Fannie Jones. Irene Dyer.
Katie Doyle: Margaret Knight. Maggie
Cora Van SAINT Mamie Ellis Messrs Chas
1.anman. Clarence Oliver. Eugene Dyer
Charles Ensel. William Britt, Harmon
Lunsfori. Louis Jones' Newyear. Claude
Lunsfori, Bernard Edmonston and William
O'Brien-
Narrow Escape.
William Nagle, a lineman in the employ
Of the Potomac Electric Lighting Company,
while a work yesterday afternoon, shortly
after o'clock. met with bad accident at
the junction of Wisconsin and Massachu-
setts avenues He was repairing the light
on pole at this junction. when he caught
hold of a live wire and was thrown to the
ground The distance was about twenty
feet, and the man was injured about the
back He was taken to the Emergency
Hospital in the patrol wagon, where he re-
ceIvef medical attendance. Later he was
taken 10 his home at 32l6 VI street Nagle
Is the man who succeeds the unfortunate
Miller. who only few weeks ago died
from the effects of a fall near the same
place. the result of catching hold of a live
Wire
General and Personal Notes.
Mr. Archie F. Hassan has resigned his
position at the Riggs National Bank, and
on Thursday left for Indian territory, hav-
ing accepted position on the engineering
staff employed on typographical field work
for the geological survey
Miss Annie Robey and Miss Annie Albaugh
OF Herndon. Va, who have been visiting
Miss Oracle Hays. have returned home.
Mss Sadie Reese Thomas of Baltimore La
the guest OF her cousin, Miss Oracle Hays
at 3244 Prospect avenue.
Miss Mollie Smith Of 3OO7 street has
left for Louisville. KY. where she expects
TO speEd the summer
Mrs Mary Lomax of 2S16 0 street
widow of Aaron Lomax, formerly of
Fredericksburg. Va. and for thirty years
a resident of this place. died Thursday
morning. The deceased was highly respect
ed by all who knew her. The funeral will
take place tomorrow afternoon from Shiloh
Baptist Church. on l. street, the interment
being at the Baptist cemetery.
Edward Minor, colOred, aged thirty-eight,
was arrested this morning by Detective
Burrows, on suspicion of stealing a guam
tity of harness from a place near Hyatts-
Vile. which he was trying to dispose Of In
Georgetown when arrested.