The evening times., 1896-06-29
City Brevities

Il
| is at the Ebbitt.
Police Lieut.. Kelly hada severe attack of
vertigo yesterday. =
Detective Rhodes is off on a holiday trip
| He will return to duty next Monday.
| B. H. Warner, who is spending his va
cation in the North, is expected home in Il
| few days for brief stay.
Messrs Giles and Thad Shine. well known
Washington actors, have closed their sea-
son and returned to this city.
| Rev. H. T. Stevenson, an Anacostia ora
| tor, Will address the meeting in the Central
| Union Mission auditorium this evening.
Applicants for appointment on the police
force are being examined today at the
| rooms of the United States Civil Service
Commission.
| A large number Of local Democrats will
make up special train to go to Chicago
under tile direction of the Interstate Dem,
| ocratic Club.
4 Elsie Hagmaker, sixty-five years OF
| age, was lodged in No. police station
yesterday by Policeman Hayes, charged
with insanity.
Lieut.. Heffner of the Ninth police precinct
| went on leave this morning. Sergt. Wall
| of the same precinct returned To duty last
night after short vacation.
A delegation of fans from the lawyers
around the city hall left this afternoon
for the ball game in Baltimore to root"
for the Washington club.
Franklin Division, X. of p, will go down
the river this evening as far as Indian Head
in quest of pleasure. The c. G. Conn Drum
Corps will supply the music.
ALB. Ciar and William E. Clark, OF North
east Washington. will start for Burch's farm,
Maryland, on tbeir bicycles early on the
morning of July
Inspecto Beaumont OF the health depart
ment is making weekly trips to Hilsdale,
breaking up hog pens and ordering gen
eral cleaning up in that section.
Bernard j Wefers, who attends George
town University, ran 100 yards in ten sec
onds at the Suffolk Athletic Club games
on Saturday at Lawrence, Mass.
Judge Miller is opposed to merry CO.
rounds, such as locate in tough sections. He
said from the bench Saturday they were
responsible for considerable crime.
The Ladies' Aid Society g the North Caro-
lima Avenue Church will give lawn party
at the park corner of Eighth and streets
northeast fought in aid OF the church fund
Mr.. Thomas II Gray, the well known Ana
CO sta grocer, died of heart disease at 8
o'cock this morning at his home, No. III
Harrison street. He had beeu sick about u
week.
A fire broke out in the residence Of
Henry simms, on Stanton avenue. Hills
dale, aboutSslor30 O'Clock this morning
but was qpfay extinglished; damage
about SO.
Police Liestenant Am,ss is confined to
his homo by Gcsness. and Sergt. Anthony
Shilling is aAins lieutenant of the First
precinct. Pasfeiman Klinartin is acting
sergeant. NJ
Major j. a. Evans. OF Aberdeen, Miss .
whose arrivsfatthe Metropolitan, with Miss
Carrie EvanS4 was noted in Tie Times on
Saturday. VII attend the Confederate re-
union AT Richmond.
Miss sophstL itbicum, a trained nurse, re-
siding 4 the corner OF Second and streets
northeast, feIl down a light OF stairs at
her home Yesterday and received several
painful injuSies.
Fire did S5o worth of damage yesterda y
in tie dairy Iunch room of Philip Rider
| No. 800 Tenth street northwest. NJ. = en-
gAe eNtineuisted the blaze; cause, a pile
| of refuse gniting from The chimney.
Willihn Rome, aged fourteen years, liv-
ing at the corner OF seventh and Z streets
northeast, while playing baseball near his
home yesterday ran into another boy and
broke his right arm.
Rev. Granville williams in his sermon yes
|
them the spirit OF Christ. That was OF far
more importance tu this country. he said,
than gold or silver on the politcaip platforms.
The board of directors of the Central
Union Mission will meet at Al 5 O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon for the transaction OF
important. business connected with the
Christian Endeavor convention.
John Anderson. co!ored, living in Ana
costa, willie under the influence of liquor,
fell from wagon which he was driving at
the corner of Fifteenth nd II streets north
east this morning. and received a severe
scalp wound.
As if to warn the Commissioners of what
they will do If the effort To restrain them
on tue Fourth is persisted in, children in all
parts of the. city. in many cases aided by
their elders. have already commenced to
shoot off fireworks.
The entertainment committee of the
Christian Endeavor convention has issued
a statement requesting that people who
have vacant rooms send their names to
the chairman, i'll order that unassigned dele
gates may be provided for
There was u sudden outburst of flames
at . O'Clock this morning in the grocery
store OF Robert Gillian, No. 800 Third street
southwest. The fire was extinguished by
Nc. 4 engine after about S150 damage had
resulted; cause unknown.
W. Livingston Brown, president of the
Anti-Division League, has gone to Europe
and will he absent for several months.
During his stay in England aud on the con-
tinent he will investigate the mode of
treating vice in some OF the larger cities.
Two colored boys, about twelve years
old, stole a chicken coop, containing two
dozen chickens from in front oil +. Palmer's
grocery store, corner OF Sixth and E streets
northeast OH saturday They ran to Fifth
and F streets pursued by u crowd butthere
the chase became too hot and they dropped
the chickens and escaped.
Mr John r. Pemberlin OF Baltimore, rea
estate agent, narrowly escaped 4 serious
accident at Ivy City yesterday. In alight
ing from a south bound Baltimore and Ohio
train ut the station, he stepped across the
outgoing track, and came very ear being
struck by north bound express.
Mr.. n. T. T.fCrutchfeld. former Journal
convention as a friend of the silver cause
| He IA