The evening times., 1896-08-17
City Brevities

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visiting relatives and friends in this city
Flooring. $3.50 per 100 feet. nli one
width. F. Libbey & Co.. 9Th and N. r ave
Mrs. Asbury Lloyd, of Laurel. Is visit:
ing her daughter. Mrs. Charles zeigier iir
| this city.
| w. c. Hibbs has returned TO The city after
a pleasant vacation spent among friend,
in Boston,,
Detective Lacey, of the central bureau. has
returned to his post after few days leave
Of ;ihsence.
The Misses MaGde and Nettie tiarner
are visiting j. w. Garner and family nj
Falls Church
Assistant District Attorney Tracy l.
Jeffords is spending a month In the West
with relatives.
Almas Temple, Mystic shriners, will hold
their annual excursion to Marshall Hall tu-
morrow evening. fsS
Air. J. Thotnas Edge, of No. so5 Eighth
street northwest, leaves today to visit his
relatives in New Jersey.
United States Marshal Charles L. Wells
OF Glover's Gap. W. Va, registered at the
National this morning.
Ar. Thomas ID. Bond. OF woodley Park,
ID. C., is visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
A N. Bond, at laurel. Nd.
Dr. Luckett. OF No. 14la Rhode island
avenue northeast. rs spending his vacation
In the mountains OF Virginia.
Rev. Oscar Fetty, who has been visit.
lug relatives at KcnSng.on. Nd, left last
week for this home in South Car dina
Sixth street south west. betweeu yirsiuIa
avenue and the Mall. is torn up by work
men, who are laying a large gas main
Albert Chapline of the United Associated
Presses win this evening Join a party
OF friends on a yachting tour of the coast.
A ce,lared boy named Alphonso Jackson
fell from his bicycle last night. fracturing
his right arm. He was treated at the Emer-.
gency Hospital.
A. ". Brinklry will preside TOMORROW
night at meeting OF the Afro-American,
Free Silver League. 60 be held at No I'll
G street northwest.
The funeral of Mrs. Hattie A. Russell.
who died on Friday mt her home No.
1514 Pierce place. was held today at
Walker Memorial Church
Julius Kicsecker, of this city. who grad
uated from Cornell this year, has been
appointed on the corps OF government nayaI
construction inspectors at Philadelpbia,
The assistant assessors began work this
morning in Anacostia, and will devote
their tine from the present until septc1n.
Der ! ON that side OF the Eastern Branch
An effort is being made 10 change Inc
form OF advertising houses for rent here.
A number OF Cards. ITO Let" have been
put up lately instead OF the usual For
Rent
Aiphonse Helm. a weli-known citizen Of
the northwest. who died yesterday after
noon. Will be buried from his late residence.
214 Twelfth street, tomorrow afternoon
at 4 O'Clock.
The Republicans OF Hyattsvile and Vi
cinity ha ve arEpnged foran open air meeting
this evening to b. held In the Spa woods.
near Biadensburg. A barbecue Will he u
feature of the gathering.
The roots of tree have showed up the
heavy ;,ranoiitbic pavement blocks al Fif
teenth aud Z streets northwest, in frcnt
of the Grand Opera House. Ii Is n serious
obstruction to passers-by.
A horse. driven by Wilson jackson nr
Suitiand, ran away on Minnesota avenue,
in Anaeostia, and collided with tree
box. upsetting the buggy and throwing
Jackson out and breaking his left wrist.
Conductor Routt OF the Metropolitan Rail
way, m stepping from the trailer to the
grip last night. in front of the Ebbitt House,
fell, iniuriBg himself painfully. He wds
carried 20 his home on Eleventh street
northeast.
Judge Cole. by an order in the Ames
divorce case. has secured to Mrs. A nnes
all rents which may hereafter become due
% Major Armes property The question
whether anything is now due, he said, he
must leave to a suit at law TO determine
Mrs. Kate Neil and her seven year old |
son. Joseph. OF No 1908 Second street
northeast, who were struck by Patti
more and Ohio engine Saturday evening
are reported SO much improved at Provi-
dence Hospital today that the recovery Of
each is probable.
Mrs Ida Lee Murphy today sued for
divorce from Joseph Murphy ON account |
OF deseriioD. They were married January
ID, 1882, by Rev. E. E. Maynadier, OF ST.
ADne's Church. at the residence OF Mr.. ]. |
Shoemaker. They have three children. |
Mary, Lizzie and George.
A large dog found his way into the fender 1
; a Ninth street electric car near the inter |
section Of New York, avenue. last eren- |
ing but was caught In q manner that re- |
suited in no Injury to him. Several laGies /
almost tainted when they heard his yelps. 1
1t TO be person.
Prayer and song services were held in 4
The free wards of Garfield Hospital yes |
terday afternoon by Some of the Christian
from Grace Church and the |
Fourth Presbyterian. Mr.. William NJ crofu
we'll was the leader It was a new de |
parture and thoroughly appreciated by the 4
sufferers
In a collision between bicycle and a
,Bggy last night on Seventeenth strce;, |
lear 6, the wheelman got maca the worst
II it, He was Joseph Thomas, colored, liv-
ag at 22i2 Champiain street. His lip was |
ut by the wheel nf the carriage, driven
" J Z. Ellington. lie was treated al the
Emergency Hospital.
great crowd gathered around man
,ole In The pavement at the corner of
Seventh and o streets about 8 o'clock
ast evening, attracted by the rurDor that
/ child had crawled under the curbsteBe aud |
rad fallen into sewer. A policeman rais-
ID the iron lid and fol,ad a large cat strug-
Cling in the waters below.
The will OF William EcldeD Noble. OF |
his city who died In the West on July
q. was filed this morning. II in dated