Evening star., 1896-10-02
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Weather as Noted During the be-, Month, Of Sep
tember. sos
Aid for a Distressed FSmiIy-Local
Note. of General and ~pecial
Interest. iut

The meteorological summary for the month
of September. from observations taken at
Braces drug store, corner offs 30th and M
streets, by Prof. M. F. Burr8Hs, shows the
following: The maximum temperature was
93 degrees, occurring on the 10th instant,
while the minimum was SO degrees, occur
ring on the oath instant. The mean tenn
peraturc for the month was. 66.S degrees.
with a monthly range of 81 degrees The
total rainfall for the month was 3.26 inches.
The average daily rainfall was 11-1OO
inches, while there were twelve days upon
which 1-1OO or more Of an inch Of rain fell.
Thunderstorms occurred on the Sd. 18th,
18th and 10th. There were thirteen clear
days; seven fair ones and ten cloudy days.
The prevailing direction Of the wind was
for the month for this section OF the city
1t Is known that there was frost in the
country around the District.
Raising a Fund.
The fund for the aid of the family of
Frederick Lenz, who was killed by the col
lapse Of the Mitchell building, on M street,
has excited considerable interest among the
residents of this section OF the city. The
deceased left a family of which he was the
sole support, and left no means to keep
them In existence. A lady, whose name is
withheld. contributed 81 this morning to
the worthy project, making the fund so far
amount to 1926. Mr. Peter Rosenbush con-
tr1puted II, still further increasing the
Iund. Ihe movement started by few
georgetown citizens Is expec ted to result in
much larger sum before many days have
passed.
Patrol System.
The police patrol system of, Georgetown
Is entirely out Of repair, and from indi-
catlons 1t will be some days before it is
again In working order. The system had
just been repaired day or so before the
storm, and now its condition is worse than
ever. Most all of the wires are down, and
N many cases the boxes have been dam
aged. The telegraph pole in front of the
old station house on sd street. which held
a box, was blown down, and the box Sc
veIely damaged. The wagon service Is
consequently tied up, and the police are
forced to walk all prisoners to the station
house.
Narrow Escape.
Elmer Mckinley, young man, had a
| narrow escape from serious injury yes
terday morning, shortly before noon. He
was driving carriage belonging to Smoot,
the dairyman, which was loaded with ice.
While on 32d street, almost In front of
Weaver's hardware store, the horse became
unmanaseabie and commenced kicking
| breaking In the front dashboard and snap
ping the shafts. The driver lost his seat
| by the occurrence, and slid out in front of
| the wagon to the back of the horses hind
| legs. and landed on the ground directly
! beneath the carriage, the horse keeping
| on That the young man was not injured
seems little short OF miraculous.
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Notes. ylq'
| Messrs. James Appleby and John E. May
field returned yesterday from. a cycling
trip Of about 500 miles, through Maryland
Virginia and Pennsylvania They were
gone about eight days. and visited most
Of the prominent towns in western Mary
land, taking in York. Pa, and the famous
battlefield of Gettysburg. TO-
| Adam Smackum and Mary Anfey were
married yesterday at the>Nparsonage OF
| Trinity CT urch. F" sACT = : =
The funeral of Miss Nellie Kearney wa!
held this morning at Trinity Church with a
| solemn mass Of requiem. ~ q. -