The morning times., 1896-06-03
City Brevities

Eddie Blake was painfully hurt at ball
| game on last Saturday.
Col. and Mrs. Robert Henders rson OF Brook
! Ign, n. Y, are at the Riggs House.
| DR.. j. A. Gregorowitsch, lately arrived
| from Moscow, is stopping at the Raleigh.
| Ex-Cougressman ] NJ Clancy OF Brc ok
| Iyn. y. Y, is registered at the Riggs
| House.
Commodore Sicard OF the United States
| Navy, cOmnlaudant at the Brooklyn yard,
| Is at the Ebbitt.
The meeting OF the East Washington
| Cltizens' Association, which was to have
Leen held last evening, did not take place.
| Mr. X. y. Wells general ticket agent Of
| the South Carolina and Georgia Railway, at
| Columbia. s. G.. is the Metropolitan Hotel.
The annual prize drill of the GonZaga
| College cadets will be held on the college
! parade grounds this afternoon at $40
O'Clock.
The Times has received S266 as a con
tribut.un to the firemen's fund, the pro
ceeds cr lawn party given by several
| children.
Col. w b Ryder, division supernteDd
OF the Southern Railway for the district
| Of North Carolina, is registered at the
Metropolitan.
Chemical analysis having shown that the
water IN the public well at the corner of
Fourth and Nj streets northwest is i'm
pure, the authorities have ordered il to
be filled up.
The receipts from internal revenue yes
terday were $167 448; from customs $340.
PA; and miscellaneous S1o9, ,325. The ma.
tonal bank notes received for redemption
amounted To $3.50 ,954.
Mr.. ". NJ. Collins. No 1904 o street
northwest, states that ID. S. PickrelI, an
account of whose strange death appeared
| in yeSte rday'S Evening Times, has 10 rela
tives living al that number.
new hydrant is to be erected near the
corner Of Twelfth AM Q streets northwest
TO take the place of the old one on the
| east side Of Twelfth street, between Q
and K streets, which Is to be removed
A pump on the east side of Seventh street
| between L and NJ streets northwest. has
been out of order for number of days
The citizens in that neighborhood are spe-
Cally anxious that the difficulty be soon
renedied.
Alfred Barnes. fifteen year-old colore,i
hoy, examined a Flobert rifle yesterday
which was not loaded, but a few moments
Later the surgeons at Emergency Hospital
were sewing up bullet wound in his
hand.
George CliRton. colured, drove his team
wildly along Park place yesterday af-
ternonn, creating great excitement. Po-
liceman Gee placed the man under arrest
apd locked him up at No. 9 station for reck
less driving.
Judge L. ID. Yarrell, delceate-at-large
from ''reenvil!e county, Va, lett for tie
stanton convention last night. The del
egatiGn he heads goes uninstructed but are
for free silver aud favor Stevenson and
! Daniel ior President ard Vice President
Lieut. Vernon, OF the Fourth precinct
reports TO police headquarters that The
rails Of the Belt Line street railway al
IhIsd street and Maryland avenue south
west, near the old stables, are loose, above
! 5Fade and dangerous tn travel.
officer Cleveland of tie Second precinct
| IS suffering considerably with "A lame leg
! The right limb rs supposed 10 be injured
! in some way internally, and the police
! surgeons are 10 make an examination
| in order 10 locate the trouble.
I William Johnson, colorcd. eighteen years
| Old, was yesterday conveyed IN the police
| ambulance from Garfield Hospital TO the
! Insane Asylum. He had been patient at
/ The hospital for several days, but his
/ actions neceSstated his removal to ST
| EllZabeths.
! Howard Bookings, colorel, seventeen
! years old, was seen acting in a strange
! manner near lexington BY Mounted OF
/
! officer took him into custody and locked
| hitn up at No. 3 station house as a .'s,Is-
! piciUus' character.
! Humane Agents J r. Rabbit and J.
! Reiplinger caused several arrests yester
! day for cruelty to animals. The victims
| were John McKeever and Eliza Burs
| Both were locked up at No. station and
! later released on collateral for their ap-
| pearanct IN court today.
| Churcil, has accepted an invitation to ad-
| dress the convention of Progressive Friends
! which will convene at Longwood Pa, on
| Sunday next. During his absence Mrs
| Kent viii care for the spiritual interests or
| his congregation in. this city.
! Henry Queens, cighty-two years old, IN
! aShman. fell from his cart yesterday and
| received several bad scalp wounds He
| vas treated at Emergency Hospital, where
| it was said he was suffering from shock,
| and that on account of his age his con.
ditl0n was serious
George Johnson. colored, twentv-siy wears
| OF age was run into yesterday by horse
! attached to carriage, driven by an IN.
| known man, in Georgetown. His left leg
was badly injured. The Seventh precinc.
| patrol wagon removed johnson to his home
| No. 2lo3 I street northwest
A special meeting of the Master Horse
| No 81, was held last eve ming President
| Fitzgerald IN tine Chair. The greater part
| OF the evening was consumed III discusS-lg
matters OF local interest and fer the better
| advancement of the organization.
All Of the police ambulances which have
| been in the repair shop at different times
during the past six weeks, are at last in
| their quarters at the ambulance stables.
| Ihey have been thoroughly renovated and
! newly DdIntpI and ont
striking appearance. The third wa gon was
| returned TO the department yesterday
Mr.. F. /. Moore. the delegate from the
| board of trade to the charity conference at
Grand Rapids, Mich. left Washington last
night for that city. Col. Tracy. superin-
tendent OF District charities; Mr.. n. l..
Lewis, OF the board OF chidrens guardians.
| ana MI. Lawrence Gardner will also attend
| this conference.
The first anniversary Of the Emmanuel
presbyterian Mission, located on Ninth
! street. between and II streets northeast
was celebrated last night. large num-
Der We're present and the evening was
pleasantly spent. An entertainments, fol-
lowed by appropriate speeches from mem
bers of the church. contributed to the sue
| cess of the occasion.
The Commissioners have ordered the Law.
! ing OF 105 feet Of twelye-inch sewer in the
west side of Eleventh street northeast.
between F and G streets, under permit
system, and 290 feet of twenty-one inch
ana fifteen-inch sewer in south side of G.
street northeast, between Tenth and
| Eleventh streets, cost chargeable to cur
rent appropriat
THE INDEPENDENT ICE
co. IS yellow wagons deliver daily
| to all parts of the CITY and Mouut