Evening star., 1896-02-21
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Successful Entertainment Of High School
Society.
Death Of 81 WeI'-kn"wn Ci,izeu-oaheR.
Local Notes Of General and
Especial Interest.

The entertainment of the KamptoHI So.
shul klub of the Western High School
came off last evening at Curtis Han De.
spite the coldness of the weather, large
crowd was present to witness the perforn,-
al ce Of the pupils. The program was good
and rather long, being divided into tree
parts The ksmptGwn Kocns opened the
entertainment, the whole club appearing,
being greeted with applause. The Warm
Sands Quartet, composed OF Mcssrs. Sebold,
Alexander, Mckee and Roy Kirkland, ap.
peared twice in the first part, ami were Well
ccmed by the audience. The Leather Medal
Quartet, consisting of Messrs Waters Tan.
Ter, F. Le.tch and S. Kirkland, gave an ,x-
celient selection. Solos were reuGs.ed by
''Rabe" Mckee, Judge Thomson, Roy
Kirkland, b .Ily Se:bold and Loo Tanner
The second para of the program embraced
instrumental music, furnished by The Nan-
dolln Club Of the school, composed OF
MeSSrs. Roy and 5. Kirkland and x. Alex
ander. mandolins, and ". BeaI and L,
Leitch. autoharps. Al. Wright gave a
splendid banjo solo. and the shuttle exe-
cuted by Charles Wa,srs was good. The
singing of the octet was very good. The
third part included At present tion of the
Most Lamentable Comedy of Pyramus and
Thisbe.' The following cast presented the
act in manner which was well applauded.
but which would have surprised Shakes
peare had he seen ii. The cast included
Peter Ounce, a carpenter, r. Lcitch: Nick
Bottom, a weag@f. T.. SeiboId: Francis
Flute, bellows mender, Eu. Duckett: Tom
Snout, tinker, E. Tanner: Snug a joiner,
J. Wilson: Robert Starveing, tailor, E.
Perry.
Death of Dr. Reid.
News has just reached here of the death
of DIR. j. l.. Reid last Saturday while at
Nassau, IN The Ba hama Islands, whittier
he had gone in tie vain search for his
health. The remains are expected to ar.
rive in this city this evening, having been
Immediately shipped after death. DR. Reid
was "A native OF Georgetown, and had re-
sided here all his life with his parents. en-.
joying large circle of scquaintances. He
secured "A degree as dentist and had a,
good patronage, though of late years i'll
health int"rlercd with his work. He was
ahont thirtH-iiVc years OF age and unmar-
ried. In church affairs he was prominent
and ne was member of the board of
NestTymen OF the West Washington En-
slish Evangelical Lutheran Church, being
the president of the board for some years.
Railroad Tracks.
The advance work of the new electric IN.
dersround route Of the Metropolitan rail-
road has appeared in Georgetown. Under
+. Saxton, the contractor, the railroad has a
gang of men employed in running pipes on
che side OF the street, while the District
government is laying new mains on the
opposite side of the street The work has
progressed almost the entire length of p
street. The new underground route Will
embrace a larger area than the present
tracks. Instead OF turning into :Sath street,
the tracks w.li i'e continued out Il street to
:'Gth. down :iath street 10 Prospect avenue,
thence past The new union depot, in course
of construction, to :,Jih street; thence north
10 connect with the present tracks at O
street This throws out one square Of
present track and makes loop Including
seven squares.
Policeman T. w. Brown IS confined 10 Efs
home with an attack of measles
Francis y. Delaney of the class of 31 II
Georgetown University has been appolnted
editor-in-chief Of the College Journal, in
the place of Mir. Robert ID. Douglass, who
resigned on account OF press of work.
Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Candee has bought
country place Great Falls, Md, from
Orpha w. Reynolds.
Mrs. Lloyd Slack OF Leesburg Va. and
Mrs. NJ j. Nilletts and daughters Of
Brooklyn, y. y, visiting the Misses
Fowler of :ioth street
Mrs. Mary Wilson, died last night at her,
residence, 1872 ;.3d street. after long ill-
ness. The deceased suffered with a cancer
in the stomach, which slowly ended her
istence. She was about forty-five years Of
age, and leaves husband and one child.