The morning times., 1896-05-23
City Brevities

| ruins o W. L. Clark & Co. 'sstore on Louisi-
! ana avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Lord of Manchester, England,
| aud X. H. Brandon and wife of Paris are
at the Ebbtt House.
party of young ladies from Forest Glen
Seminary will attend the Georgetown CO.
lumbian game this afternoon.
! a handsome row of white stone houses
is being erected on East Capitol street,
near the corner of Ninth street.
The commissioners yesterday authorized
| the issuance OF a steam engineer license
OF the second class to H A. Trenbly.
Mr. stephen Janus is in the city on
short visit To his brother Mr.. Frankiand
Janus, 227 New Jersey avenue southeast.
The Treasury gold reserve at the close
OF business yesterday stood at Sill 11O,-
726. The day $ Withdrawals were 81 u.s.
700.
The Epworth League of Foundry NJ. E.
Church gave delightful musicale and
literary entertainment last night at the
church.
Many fair partisans Of both crews will
go to Annapolis today To witness the boat
race between the Columbia Athletic Club
and the Middies.
Telephone and telegraph linemen are
cut wires in an about the burned district on
Louisiana avenue.
Mr.. r. S. Barrett has rendered the use of
National Capitol Park for department
game for the benefit OF the fremen's fund
on Wednesday next.
The competitive drill of the High School
Cadets which has been postponed Cn ac-
count Of rain, will take place at National
Park this afternoon.
C. b. Proctor, who has satisfactorily
passed the probationary period, was
terday transferred to the permanent roll
OF the fire department as assistant fore
man.
Representative Elijah a. Morse from
Massachusetts will speak tomorrow evening
at the Fifteenth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. Subject, "a gospel temperance
address"
Rev Z. B. Bagby will deliver his hu-
morouS lecture Uncle Rastus of Virginia.
at the L street Baptist Church on the even
ing OF June for the benefit OF the church
building fund.
The President has granted a pardon TO
Harry Lee sentenced in February, S96, to
364 days in the United States Jail at Wash
ington, for assault committed in the Dis
trict OF Columbia.
The receipts from internal revenue yes.
terday were $439, 40; from customs, $500
104; and miscellaneous, $33,SST. The
national bank notes received for redemption
amounted TO $42l ,334.
The Commissioners yesterday ackno WI
edged receipt OF notice that the Associa-
tion OF Fire Under writer's had donated 500
TO the Immediate relief OF the families
left destitute by the death OF the fremen.
The work OF laying the conduit and track
for the Georgetown electric road IS so far
completed that the uorth-bound cars have
to run on the temporary track foronly about
! three blocks near the barns.
A. j. Dixon, twenty years old, a
drummer living at no. 316 West Washing
| ton street, slipped while walking along
The board walk at River View last night
and fell, breaking his left leg.
Thomas McMahon. nine years OF age,
living at No. 40 7 street northwest, was
run oyer by milk wagon yesterday at
the corner OF New York avenue and Fifth
street northwest and his foot seriously in
jurcd.
walter Duke, eight years OF age, walked
away from home yesterday morning and
got lost. He was found by the police of
the Second precinct and i'll the afternoon
returned 10 his home, No. HOS Q street
| northwest.
The First Battalion of the High School
| them at disadvantage, as each was al
lowed only Monday Tor final drills. The
| Second drilled the day after, but the First
! drill today after no practice for four days.
| party consisting OF j. ". Brandoo,
| David A. Correa aud DR.. Godfrey EansOerg
| is at the Arlington. These gentlemen are
from Curacao, Danish West Indies, and
are king u Social tour OF the United
States.
The Depart entail League game between
the Infantry and Treasury teams Will not
be played this afternoon as the league Of
ficials have granted the High School
Cadets the use OF the grounds for their
competitive drill.
Richard Blue, Il coIored iaborer employed
by the Washington Brick Company. corner
| Fifteenth and streets northeast. was ar
rested last evening and locked up at the
Ninth precinct station for brutally whipping
Perry H. Powell, an eight year-old school
boy.
Mr.. Hamilton P. Burney, the genial and
| popular clerk at the Arlington has taken
Nat Goodwn'S advice and has ''branclIed
out tie VIII be a cO-pIoprietOr this season
of the Marion House at Lake George; but
viii be at the Arlington again for the fall
and winter.
X. E. Cloughton. teller in the West End
| National Bank was thrown from his wheel
yesterday afternoon. sustaining several
severe bruises about his head and body.
| He was given medical attention at Emer-
gency Hospital and later sent to his home,
| No. AS g street.
Mr. Tamec Matsmoto. who is largely
| interested In railway construction in Japan,
| with headquarters at Toxic, is at the
| Shoreham, wherehe was called on last even
| ing by members of the japanese legation.
Mr.. MatsmOtO will visit the more i'm
| portant iron works of this country.
| Several attaches to the Engineer Corps,
| L. s. N, who have been to Annapolis tax
| ing final examinations, are at the Ebbitt
| House. They are Ridley Mclean, c. F.
Snow, Roscoe c. Woody and b. K NJ Nor
| ris. All have a two months leave of
| absence.
A carrier pigeon fell exhausted in the
! court of the Interior Department yesterday
! on one leg was q band OF German silver
| with the inscription, IF S. H." on the
! other leg was plain brass band. 1t was
| turned over to Mr. Acker, of the miscel-
| laneouS division, who is anxious to find
+, the owner.
| The funeral of Mrs. Mary Fullerton,
mother of Attorney James Fullerton, of
| No. 941 F street northwest, occurred yes
| terday at st. Aloysius' Church. The masses
| for the dead were read by Father Fuller
| ton, OF Baltimore. son of the deceased.
| Interment wasmadei iD Bonn Bra c Cemetery.
| Baltimore.
| Postmaster General Wilson has denied
| the privileges of the mails to the Home Art
| Picture Company, the Russell Collection
| Agency OF Chica GO ILL.,; n. T. Burbard of st.
| Paul, Mimi, for conducting lottery; d.
| Fuller of Jewell, Iowa, for selling bogus
coins, and E. c. Mason of Sedalia, Mo. who
| commenced n chain SyStem of IpttprS aslyinp