The evening times., 1896-12-05
City Brevities

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| Ar. Malcolm Springer mas returned from
| New York and Will winter nere
MIR. Robert Lowry, well known here. is
| dangerously Ill at his home In airIaN, ' d.
Miss Reed, for long time member OF
| the Emergency Hospital starr, mas resigheu.
Henjamn r: sparrowha,Wnk, tSe 6ierk; h;epitS pnilSa
ordinances. The complainant was Health
| Officer Bishop.
John Mack accidentally fell overheard at
the oyster wharf yesterday ,put was rescueu
| by bystanders.
| adiii' 'iii,rSitrix or the estate of lie iate
! Charles Myers.
The Marine Barracks winter concerts are
| announced To commence next MOnudy dlt-
| ernoon at O'Clock.
MIR Hall Collegiate, docket clerk OF the
police court, has just ihEorted biooded
| skye terrier with a pedigree
Lieut.. Hefrner reported today that the
. water main In front or No. S3l second
street northeast has sprung leak
| Senator Lindsay of Kentucky is expected
here within thirty-s hours. Mrs. Lihu'
| say will probably accompany him.
| New heaters have been put in the Senate
1 press gallery, and wood will be used IN
| stead OF coal in the CRATES this year.
| Police Lieut.. McCathran reported today
| that big pile or dirt at Kentucky avenue
| and L street southeast Is obstrucuhg tra'eI
| After December 80 the address or T. y.
| EastuI, ID. D., pastor OF the Eastern lres-
| Dyterian Church, viii lie No. 63T East Capi-
| tol street.
Elmer Dement,, a printer. had his right
hand crushed in press at Simm 8 print
Ing Office NO. 3O5 Seventh street, yesterday y
| afternoon.
capt q. Il. insIey or the schooner Quillln.
| who was III when ms vessel touched mere
| recently. rs improving at ms nome IN
Bethel, Del
The ladies' OF the Fifth Congregational
| Church will this evening close their faif
| which has been IN progress at No. SlS Ii
| street northeast
and hs s.e. E1fsets When was aarn.
| aged in the September storm, Is BEING re-
| paired ana reTenced.
| Martha Washington Chapter. ID. A. R..
| VIII rot hold an open air meeting this
| month on account OF the recent death OF
| Secretary Mrs. Berry.
\ NJ NJ Holland. the Colored lawyer, has
! aspirations for District Office under the the
| incoming administration, and his fiienus
| would like % see him Recorder or Deeds.
The prizes Won in the recent shoot of the
National Rifle A AssOciatlon VIII De pre-
| Sented next Monday evening. The pre-
sentation viii take p!acein the rifle gallery
The postponed relay race OF the Miles
Cycle Infantry between Frederick and
| Washington Will not come OFT tomorrow
| as was announced, but has been again post
poned.
| The workers Union OF the Central Union
Mission Will hold an important meeting on
| Tuesday evening. Rev, ID. NJ. Stearns ad
| dressed the Mission Bible class yesterday
| Afternoon.
| There was a thin sheet OF ice across the
| Eastern Branch this morning, and skaters
| are anNiousiy hoping the cold weather VIII
| continue, SO that there VIII DE sport Dy
| Christmas.
| Miss May Carr1gan, the missionary and
| evangelist. has been working this week IN
| the Maryland avenue southwest, branch
i mission. 1he structure was Tor man years
| q DarrOom.
North Carollmahs residing mere propose
| tonrganiZea social club couposcdo OF natives
| or the Tar Heel state. \ meeting VIII he
| held In Confederate Veterans Hall, on the
| l2th instant.
The plank walk to the Presidents home
| at Woodley is covered with half-fnelted
srow. and the whole country out that way
looks as dreary as a Hoosier hoop pole
| thicket in February.
| Ire police made siXty-threc arrests dur
4 ing the twent y-rour hours ending at O'Clock
| tins morning. There were thirty-fivc wnte
| prisoners AMI twcut weight colorcd, and but
| three were females.
| Une OF the Cedar dairy wagons colded
| with n cart this morning at North Capitol
| aud T. streets. The driver oI the wagon,
| Frank schuitze, was tumbied TO the road
way and painfully injured
Tie funeral OF Frames X Taylor VIII take
i pace from his parents resldencc- No :.
r. street southwest, Mt = O'Clock tomorrow
| afternoon. He was twcut y-r0ur years OF
| age and the son or Richard Taylor.
In the suit brought yesterday 10y the
| Columbia SIN oHe!eSs Furnace Company
| against the Milton Sn Okc burner Company,
| Judge Cox has isSueG a mi oTary restrain
Ing order, returnable December IL.
Irving Hines, n twelve year-old school
| hoy who esc;Iped from the Industrial
| Sthool beyond Georgetown, several days
| ago. was captured yesterday by Policeman
| C. q. Pearce and returned TO that iI!stitu-
ton.
An overheated latroDe set firc to the
4 H1rtZ'S Residence No. lkNS
| Fourteenth street last night. and resulted
IN SIS damage before the flames were ex-
| t,usuished by the fircmcn of No. engine
| company.
Two oid-timers and police court fire.
! guenters BranchP. Wright and Sadie Burke
| both white. Were locked up at No. : station
| last night. The charge was only plain
| drunk, and they were released when sober
! tEs morning.
a large number Of Washington Knights
| OF Pythias went to Baltimore yesterday
| evening. by invitation OF tfeir brethren in
the Monumental City. to attend an oyster
| roast. They We're attended by the {. u.
| Conn Drum Corps
William Carroll, n colored brickmaker
| twenty-five years OF age, While working
| y John MilIei's brick ya'd at Third and
streets southwest yesterday afternoon
| was caught IN one OF the brick machines
| aud hal MS riga hand mashed Off.
A coal cart fell into hole on u street
| near Fourteenth last night and was a
quarter of an hOuri in getting out. WorkInen
digging about the tracks left excavations
| over a foot deep, and instead of putting
| out a red light, fIlled them with ashes.
The Congressional Directory which usually
| appears in its first edition on the nrst
or second day of the session, will be delayed
| nearly week this year to allow number
| of corrections to be made for Congress
| men. 1t viii be more accurate than usual
| Col. Il. Il. Hay, attorney for Mr.. Calvin
wltner, who was recently adiudged insane.
has announced that he will oppose vigpr-
ously the efforts or Daniel Doud and A. T.
Coumbe, MIR. winners committee, who
| have brought suit to cancel the deeds of
| Mr.. witmer conveying property to his wife,
| Mrs. Marie Witmer.
The first of series OF winter assem-
| blagcs under the auspices OF the Christian
| Endcavorers OF the Metropolitan Presbyter-
ian Church, was held last evening at the
| residence OF Mrs. NJ. u. Copeland, No.
5OT street southeast. The occasion was
most pleasant one, enu tne society VIII
make another appointment at an early
day.
A memorial meeting OF the COlubmia His
toricai Society will he held on Monday even
tribute TO the memory of Dr. Joseph NJ.
| Toner, Miss Kate Field and Prof. George
Browne Goode, three deceased members.
Dr. Toner was the president or the society
at the date OF his death, and was also It's
founder.
National Council, Royal Arcanum, last
| niSni elected the following Officers for the
ensuing year: Representative to the Grand
Council, Charles II. Brown: alternate. Il. e.
Faucet; regent, b. L. Franklin: vice re-
gent. George L; Davis; orator, Z. Shafer;
| secretary. w. H. Smith; collector. j. w.
Harshaw; treasurer, Al. T.. Martin; chap.
lain. W. y. Moore: guide, George j. Nash;
sentry, n. Y. Riley; .organist, Charles W.
| Sparks; trustees. 4. l.. DeLand, +. l.. Col
Iins and /. u. Jaquett.
| A harmony meeting OF the N Morton Ca diets
which Will include the boilers. will be held
this evening at the armory to hear report
| from the auditing com mittec.
| Officers have been chosen by John r