The evening times., 1896-11-04
City BreKities.


The exterior of Wizards Hotel is rcceiv-
ing fresh coat OF paint.
+. c. Gctzendanner. of this city, is Wis.
ing friends in Martinsburg, W. Va.
The Single Tax Club VIII meet this evening
in Typographical Temple. Vice President
Siddons will preside.
Edward Lemon of Tenth street northwest,
hadh foot crushed inthe crowds last night.
His injury is not serious.
fair for the benefit of St Tercsa's Cath
olic Church. in Anacostia, will be held
during the coming week.
Lieut.. Heffner of the Ninth precinct re-
ports leak in the water main in front
of No. 91l First street northeast.
Next Sunday is Luther Day" and it
will be celebrated by memorial sermons
and other rexercisesin the Lutheran churches
| here.
Resident Ph yscian West of the Emergency
Hospital was off ON a lying visit Ia New
York yesterday. He is expected back this
| evening.
S. ID. Truitt filed a motion today in the
criminal court for a new trial i'll the case
of Matthew Mcrrigan, the Knockout
drops" man.
BY falling down the marble steps on the
west Capitol approach last night, Samuel
ID. Bergin, carpenter, severely injured
his right knee.
Alexander pitmOre, an elder ana evan
gelist of the Church Of the Living GCd
| will hold services here next week He is
now preaching i'll Martinsburg, w. Va.
John Hanson, a COiored Eastler. living at
! Eleventh and II streets southeast, had his
| foot stepped on and badly crushed this morn
ing by a horse which he was harneSsing.
The forest fires in the vicinity or overlook
| Inn continued TO hurn last night. The
II ,Rf
woods. and Overlook Inn narrowly escaped
Tie Unity Literary Club, Incorporated,
! VIII meet tonight with Miss Bennett, at
| No. 2lS y street southeast. Hr Lamb VIII
| read the leading essay, on "A Study of Ill"
| Ear
Augusta Rosa. a swarthy son of Italy,
ASA auited paSquaiIn TeSta. a fellow-CUun-
tryman, last night, and was locked up ut
the U-street station by Policeman Gca-
CHAN.
Charles Cox. coiorcd. forty-two years Of
west, was taken suddenly and seriously i'll
this morning a the corner oI twenty third
and + streets northwest. lie was rrIHuved
To the Emergency Hospital.
James Cook, cuIored, twenty light wears
Old, was struck by an icebuX this morning
in wilson Rodgers meat store on Tenth
street. near street, and sustained
severe cut on his head.
Charles q. Grimes, wholiyes in Broukyillc,
Nd, got into "A difficulty last night in a
house II ill--epute here, and had his nos.
| broken. He didn't know who had hit
INN when lac was brought To the Emergency
Hospital To be treated.
horse attached to light dayton wagon
driven 10y Matthew Jones. Uf ONOn Hin ran
away III AuacU>tia yesterday, and culli,iing
| with tree, badly damaged the wagon.
Jones was thrown out and his arm broken.
Mr.. Thomas T. WaGganan las been it,
formed by the CcIumiSsi isncrS that the
present condition of the funds available
FOR street lighting VIII not perin.t the
erection of a lamp i'll Hutton court this
year
The Commissioners have refused pcrrlis-
SION 10 the UnueI states Electric Lighting
Company 10 erect three poles in the alley
| of square l59 for the strlnginG OF wires 10
connect premises No 1903 NJ street north
west.
Market Master J. L Burns. Of the Western
Market, reports that Henry Yost, "A stall
holder. refuses to pay ms rent. and yesterday
lie was supplied with an opinion Of the at
torncy for the District for his Information
and guidance.
Judge Miller this morning sentenced
Minnie Frost To pay a fine Of SO, ana
ordered her 10 return the $50 she took
from pockets of William SpraCUc while
drunk. Upon failure 10 make good The
amount she will languiSh sixty days in
Jail.
Some Of the Washiu@tnnian- who yotedin
West Virginia yesterday We're: j. W
EvcTsolc e. +. Med unald, j. VIII DcGTangc.
]. 7. Pendergast Frank Wild, Fred Bycrs
John Robinson and James AlburtiS. all Of
whom deposited Gcir ballots at Martins
burg.
An unknown white man. who had been
up town last night celebrating the election
fell into the foul waters of the James Creek
Canal, near the NJ street bridge. He va,
nshed out by william Sayles and another
Coiored man. in a Geplorable condition from
his mud bath.
The lurChing Of an Avenue cable Carthrew
Special officer Thomas ]. May To- the
roadway at Twenty first street and Penn
sylvania avenue. last night. and cut a deep
cash over his right eye. He was able tOpro-
Ceed to his home, No S25 Twcntyfirth
street northwest.
Secretary l.. z. Wild, of the Washington
Musical Assembly. filed a protest for his
organization with the CCmnisSiouerS re-
Gently against a renewal of the permit 10
an itinerant street band. not named which
has been operating in the city, and was in
formed that the permit would not he re-
issued.
The Potomac Electric Power Company
has been granted a permit to construct its
line across WUodley lane, at point about
300 feet northwest of the bridge span
ming Rock Greek. The construction is re
quired to be in accordance with the condi-
tions prescribed by the Inspector of street
lighting.
benjamin Grimes, the veteran supposed
to be from Hagerstown, Nd. who was
found wandering aimrssIy about northeast
Washington, has been adjUdgeb ingale by |
the physicians at Providence Hospital. A
passnook found in Grimes pocket shows |
that he has sum OF money on deposit ina
Hagerstown bank.
The debating society of the students IF
the Georgetown Law School has been
thoroughly organized, and the following
committee was appointed to arrange inter
collegiate debates: K. L. Merrick. from tn. |
postgraduates; J. H Roach senior and A |
+ Harlow junior. An effort Will be made |
to arrange debate with Columbia Univer- |
sity.
The police trial board. Capt. Austin, |
president, and Lieuts. SwindellS and Heff- |
ner. met this forenoon and tried minor |
charges of violation OF the manual against !
Private A B. Hunt, of the First precinct |
slight fire occurred last night in the |
hay shed in the rear of John keefe'S house. |
No. 124 = street northwest Damage |
slight.