The evening times., 1896-08-10
City Brevities

studio to No. 2l3 L street northwest.
Mr.. Samuel n. Pond or lexington re-
sutned Saturday from vifginia Beach.
width. +. .Lbbey & Co.. 6thandN N Y 1--we.
The fence of the White House is being
freshly painted and the gates are being
regilded. ps
A ne w nIne-inch water main Is being laid
along n street, between Thirty-second and
Thirty-third streets.
Superintend Smith OF the Botanical Gar.
| dens, returned this morning, after short
yisitto friendsin Maryland
A number Of workmen are laborins at the
police court in an effort 10 effect better
sanitary system in the old building.
Mr.. Henry xander. directorof the WASH
ington Saengerbhnd, is spending the month
OF August in the Catskill Mountains
Hon. NJ. A. Knapp, Interstate commerce
commissioner, has returned from Chicago,
whittier he went ona business trip. Heis at
the Normandie.
Rev. William II Chapman. pastor of the
Methodist Church at Brookland, is taking
his vacation. and will spend the week at
Washington Grove.
All OF the 'sdown-river resorts" were
crowded with Washinstonians yesterday
the transients going early. and sta wing late
Many went as far as Colonial Beach.
workmen are busy improving the res
ervation about the Hancock Statue. The
area is TO be leveled and soddcd and flower
beds will be added at the proper places.
John Brooks, of Prince George county,
Nd, Is lying at his home in a critical
conditl on from injuries received In q
runaway ou the Marlboro road Saturday.
Mr.. Herpdon Morsell left Saturday for
Boston. where he will be the guest OF Mr..
Myron W. Whitney. the basso, at his coun!
| try place near Plymouth. Mr.. MorseIl will
| not return before the middle OF septem-
| ber. -
Thomas A. Brown, ST., president OF
! the Master House Painters aud Deco
rators' Association OF the united states,
has gone to Chicago TO attend the meet
ing OF the executive committee OF that
| body.
Simon Harold. coIored, in stepping of a
cable car while it was in motion, last night.
fell and was badly cut about the head.
After treatment Mt the emergency Hospital
he was removed to his home, 1910 Nine
| teeDtb street.
| will have q picnic at Dumblane Grounds on
Wednesday,, August 12, ut which the pro
gram will embrace music, addresses, ath-
Ietc contests and a baseball match. Re.
freshments will be serveapr the grounds.
Ice water is now suppljcd in the main
corridor of the Capitol, between the House
and Senate chambers. Heretofore the
water in this corridor has come frcln the
| spring at the Soldiers Home. This period
of the year 1t is warm by the fine it reaches
the Capitol.
Washington singie-taxers are going to
hold an Indignation meeting ut lower Typo.
graphical Hall on Wednesday, evening. over
the action OF the Dover authorities in in
prisoning their CO. workers in the cause
Some red-hot speeches on the right OF free
speech are expected
The fender OF Metropolitan Railray car
demonstrated its ability as lifc-saver
Sunday evening. A car going east struck
a handsome collie dog crossing the tracks
on East Capitol street, near Second He
was flung high in the air and landed
| safely In the fender.
Poupdmaster Einstein's wagon was start
| ed on the rounds at O'Clock this NJ or ming
| and In few hours twenty.two dogs were
| placed In captivity. M Einsteiu sa Us the
| weather was. so hot the hOrse couldn't
stand long drive. and the catch was,
therefore. not as large as it otherwise
would have been.
Georgetown University has received from
Mr.. and Mrs. John vinton Dahigren two
marble altars for the side srrinos of
DaiIgren Chapel. The workmanship Is ol
| gothic design; the base Of the affairs being
| Of finest Carara marble and the piifars
of Mexicnn onyx. The gift Of these altar,
completed the endowment OF the chapel
which Mr.. and Mrs. Dahigren have erected
| In the university grounds In memory o1
their dead son, at a cost Of $75 900.
The regulations governing the excise
business OF the District are undergoing
| careful revision by direction OF the board
and all orders passed since the former COM
pilation. March 16. 1893. are being in
.orporated, with the view of having the
entire pamphlet reprinted No changes have
been made aside from those heretofore pub
lished, but the sections which bear upon one
| subject are being grouped and condensed
for greater convenience.
The finest, the best boards, only ST
per 100 feet. If you want common boards,
Toe. per 100 feet. Frank Libbey & Co.,
9Th and N. Y. ave.
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