The morning times., 1896-12-11
City Brevities

SlIy DlSVILI
Policeman Curry is sitting up and im-
proving rapidly
Mrs. Abbie King of Thirtieth street is
visiting friends in Rockville, Md.
The asphalt is being repaired On Fourth
street, near A street, southeast.
Several brilliant meteors We're seen TO
flash across the sky last night.
The drill of the High school Regiment
yesterday took place at the White Lot.
Maple trees have been set out on MasSa-
chusettS avenue between Ninth and Tenth.
The walks in the park between Second
and Third, II and streets, have been re
graded.
Pennsylvania avenue, between Twenty
sixth and Twenty-se zenith streets, is being
repaired.
Mr.. Levi Marsh. of No. 1916 Thirty
first street, has returned from a trip to
York, Pa.
The reconstructed molding shop at the
navy yard viii be ready for occupancy in
about month
Mr. Dudley Berdne, OF Laurel, spent last
night with ms cousin, Mr.. Ar0nur ia uIu. of
500 B street
New water mains are being laid on
Georgia avenue southeast, from Thirteenth
TO Fourteenth streets.
The Bon Ton Dancing Club held its
weekly dance last night in the Masonic
Hall in Georgetown.
bad leak in the water main at the
corner of Third and streets southeast
was repaired yesterday
Workraen were yesterday repairing the
tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad near
the navy yard tunnel.
Hope Lodge of Masons will give their
annual banquet this evening at Freunis,
No. Sl5 Tenth street.
The north side OF NJ streetin Georgetown,
between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-siXth
streets, is being repaved.
Mr. w. H. q. Simmons, Of No no NJ
street northwest, Is confined 10 his bed
with bad case of grip.
A large excdYation for the repair OF a
water main has been made in East Capito
street, near First street.
The soldiers stationed at th, Marine aar-
racks and the navy yard were at practice
yesterday at the rifle range.
Miss Blanche Cox, the Salvation Army
leader, will start for her new post in
Worcester, Mass, Sunday evening.
The few open-;lir exhibits at the east end
of the National Museum building have been
placed iii their usual winter coverings
Col Clum. of California, lectured to a
large audience last evening at Carroll In
stitute Hall on, The Glories Of America"
George L. Morris Post. 19, of the q A
r., will hold it's annual election of officers
at its headquarters, in Georgetown, next
Monday night
A shed has beencrected ut the New York
avenue terminus OF the lexington and
Soldiers Home Railway Ior the shelter
of the car horses.
night. collided With John Hurst on Q
street. near Twenty-nnth. Neither one
was seriously hurt.
Prof Egan, Of the Catholic University,
VA! deliver the next lecture IN tEc Father
Matthew course at tEe university next
Thursday afternoon.
\ lady cyClist COLI led with wagon at
Second and Massachusetts avenue yeSter-
day. She escaped uninjurcd, although her
wheel was wrecked.
Rev. Dr. John . FoS-e er Uf Ono. Il IeIe-
gate tn the Anti-Sdloon League was run
down by a cycliSt on street yesterday
and was painfully injured
Mr.. Griffin Coleman. Of Twenty-ninth
street was elected one OF the directors
OF the Metropolitan RAILROAD, at the last
meeting Of the board.
The Comptroller Of the Currency has
Weaiock receiver of the East Saginaw,
Michigan, National Bank
Miss a Agnes slack of England, the noted
temperance worker, will be the guest of
Mrs. NJ. L. WeStcoot, No. 91S Twenty
thlrd street, while in the city.
Val Austin of lO7 Fifth street northeast,
coilIded with an unknown wheelman at
Ninth and q streets northwest yeSter-
day, and badly wrecked his wheel
Mass meetings will be held in the diff
ferent churches in the City on Sunday.
December 20 to appeal to the people to
abstain from the use of intoxiCants dur
Ing the holidays.
James Freeman, a colored youth, is
locked up At the Second precinct charged
with housebreaking, and Incidentally, with
the larceny of an overcoat from 500 Sec
ond street northwest
The cable slipped the roller at the cor
ner Of Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave.
nue. last night about II O'Clock The
"hurry-up'' was called, and So on every
thing was running smoothly.
A slight blaze in the kitchen OF the home
Of Mr. j. w. Williams, No. 80 y street
southeast caused an alarm to be turned
in from box 535 yesterday afternoon. The
fire was cxtinguished with slight loss.
The fire for which the alarm was turned
in by Policeman Miller from box 131 at
IL 80 last night was caused by the spon
taHcous combustion of materials in the rear
room Of the paint shop of Dyer & Compton,
No. 515 Ninth street northwest. The dam
age is estimated at about S1o0.
Two bicycles We're reported stolen at
police headquarters yesterday. DR.. c.
NJ. Buckley told the police that he had
left his wheel in front of No. 1914
street and ii disappeared. j. d. Judson,
of No. 120 Fifth street northeast, had a
similar experience his bicycle being taken
from Thirteenth and c streets southeast
Miss Mamie Havell, of 1920 W street
north west, was thrown violently from her
wheel and seriously injured yesterday
afternoon by collision with another rider,
on Fourteenth street, near R. She was as
sisted into the house of a friend at 1929
Fourteenth street. where medical assist
ance was rendered by DR., Frank " John
son.
Three Children Burned TO Death.
Irwin. Pa, Dec 10.-Three children Of
John Palenquest, aged four months. four
and six years, were burned to death
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