The morning times., 1896-12-02
City Brevities

The brick work on Trinity NJ. 4. Church
has been completed.
MIR c-eter ScniacU of % street has
returned from Europe.
There were many applicants for aid at
No 5 station yesterday.
The sailors aboard the dispatch boat Dol
phin were at drill yesterday.
A new second year club has been formed
at the Business High School.
There will be play at st. Stephens
tonight to defray church expenses.
Mr.. ]. f. wynkoop, of Northeast WASH
ington, has returned from trip to Florida.
The corridors of the Army Medical Au-
scum have been treated to q new coat of
paint.
The water main at the corner of Sixth
and l streets southeast is in a leaky con-
dition.
The Carroll Institute fair, which will
open December Is, Will be continued for
two weeks.
Hon. E. J. Phelps, member of the Vene-
Zucla boundary commission, arrived In the
city last night
Mr.. William Meyerso OF Fort Worth. Texas,
is visiting his son, Mr. Howard Meyers. OF
street northeast.
Mr.. Wilson, of the East Capitol street
Ddu ITDIll MS
bicycle last night.
Mr.. Ernest Warren of Dexter, Me-,
proprietor OF the Dexter Gazette, will
spend the winter here.
& street southeast, from Fourth to Sixth.
is being paved with cobblestones. New
curbing is also being set.
The grand officers of the Uniformed
Rank, X. of p, made their visitation
last night To Myrtn Lodge
The third volume of the messages of
Presidents is in the hands OF the printers
at the Government Printing Office.
Rev John j. Eoufherty, pastor emeritus
nf st. Stehpcn' Church, oumbia Heights,
Died at Callman, Ala, On last Saturday.
Edward Casey of Montgomery county,
Md. VINO has been WISHING Mr.. Michael
Flynn Of North Capitol street, has returned
home.
Virginia avenue southeast, betty wcen Fifth
and seventh streets, which has been in Il
filthy condition, was cleaned by hand yes
terday.
Clarence Chase, a no or.oGs character of
amp, ole, WAS locked up at the Second
precinct last night charged with disorderly
conduct.
The restoration OF the sprc of the Church
OF the Epiphany has diminished the height
pleasing.
Mr.. wilson Thompson, a clerk in the
Patent Office, has returned 10 the city
after a hunting excursion in the mountains
OF Virginia.
The tin and timbcrs torn from the roof
Of the Pension building by the late storm
are still piled Up along the south side Of
the building.
The Rev. John kincheloc, who has lately
been ordained Baptis' minister, will
occupy the Fifth Street Baptist Church
on Sunday next.
Mr.. W l.. oakrnan in the phosphate bust
ness at Port Royal. C., was at the Treas
ury building yesterday on matters relating
to that industry.
Ex-Judgc Moulton. of Ninth street north
west, who was thrown from his carriage
and seriously injured on Thanksgi wing Day.
is slowly improving.
Policeman Duvan OF The bicycle squad ar
! rested Lester W. Heath last night charged
with fast riding. Heath left S5 collateral
| ut the sixth precinct.
Rev. ID. j. Stafford will deliver lee
tire At the Columbia Theater on Ieceni-
GER Ia for the Carroll Institute. His sub
jeCt will be Macbeth
The repairs to til roof of st. Dominic S
Church, corner sixth and L streets south
west. damaged in the September storm,
| have just been completed.
Mr.. W. Clarke Taylor of the PcnS IN
| Bureau has returned from two weeks
hunting in the mountains OF West Virginia
| where he shot several deer.
Mr.. George NJ Pr. or. while attempting
| TO lo1rd 4 Metropolitan car at Indiana
avenue and Third street yesterday, fell
and suffered a severe scalp wound.
There is large depression in the side.
walk on the north side OF h street between
| Fourth and Fifth north west, where water
| remains for some time after rain.
A Christmas cantata, Santa Claus Re
| ception," is being prepared by the young
| people of Trinity NJ. +. Church, under thG
| direction of Precentor Harry F. Belt.
| There was blockade On Eleventh street
| between Z and F streets yesterday caused
| by careless driving. 1t took some time tt
clear the street so the cars could pass.
| The bronze goddess on the dome of the
| Capitol is almost covered with a green
| coating that makes her look as though a
| bucket of paint had been einptied over her
| head.
| The specifications for the plumbing, heat
| ing and gasfitting of the new postoffice
| are complete and in all probability the
contracts for this work will be let before
| January, 1897.
| A special meeting of Typographical unior
I! has been called for tomorrow evening, al
| 7:3O O'Clock, to consider proposition
In relation to unemployed members OF
the printers craft.
| The Kings Daughters chapter of st.
| Stehpen's Church are preparing for an
| entertainment to be gwen Friday evening
in the parish hall, on Thirteenth street,
| near Columbia road.
| young lady whose name could not BIT
learned slipped and fell on small sheet
| of ice On New York avenue, between Sixth
and Seventh streets, last night. Her arm
was sprained by the accident.
There lisa dangerous hole in the pavement
on the west side of Fourth street, bet,:eeI
! Massachusetts avenue and H street north
west, caused by the removal of the stumI
of tree uprooted by the storm.
Mr.. Louis Sommers, internal revenu,
, collector for Colorado with headquar ter
at Leadyille, is in the city on visit t.
his sister, Mrs. Henry Hess, 1912 G stree
northwest. He is en- route to New Yorl
on official business.
Tie executive committee of the Republi
can jubilee meeting, to be held tomorrow v
night at Center Market Hall, will endeavo
to have Hon. Mark A. Hanna make brie
address, as 1t is expected now that h will
reach the city tomorrow after noon or earl,
IN the evening.
Taking-Au the Risks.