The evening times., 1896-12-10
City Brevities

ffOUei heteut.
| Tie court of appeals adjourned yesterday
| until Thursday, December IL.
Representative Henry Z. brewster, OF
| Rochester. N. Y, is at the Colonial.
New mating mas b zen iaid throurlioutth the
| police court, replacing the old faded car
pets.
| Col. CecilCiay addressed the Brotherhood
| or st. ar rev last night In Grace Church,
Alexandria.
| Ex-Gov. Fletcher, OF Missouri, returned
| TO tie city yesterda 81 from avlsittoreiatNes
| in ST. LOUIS.
| Mrs. T. W. Brney OF this city yesterday
| addressed the Congress OF Mothers, now IN
| session in New York.
| Mr. Hall Collegiate. docket clerk at the
1 pulic. cpurv, confined To his HOUSE, sui
| rerng from severe cold.
The bicycle squad OF Officers are Kept
| busy now running down iast iiueFs' as
| scUTchng increases with cold weather
w X. SDelnian Il Co, have been regis
| tered and licensed as master plumbers and
| gas filters, upon the usual sDn,l:f'hs.
George Hickey, letter carrier, icl! IN
| fit yesterday ut Seventh street anu MARY
| land avenue southwest while on his ROUNDS.
Mr. A p Davis delivered the leading
address last night before the meeting OF the
| sIugie Tax Club. iii Typographical Temple
District Attorney Birney has not yet re,
| ceived request Tor an Investigation oi
| the killing OF London Snears oE foIcehidh
| Curry.
The remains of William p olllnsworth
or Alexandria, who died here Tuesday,
| were Yesterday taken to his home ior IN
termcnt.
a connective examinat on will be held
at Emergency Hospital, on Thursday, De
| ccmher II, for the | osition of assistant
| resident physician.
The scolars OF st. A!oyslns' parochial
| schc oI are rehearsing the play Chrlst Is
| Born which VIII he presented during the
| Chris tmas holidays
Hot ashes thrown into the shed in the
dcnce. No. 435 ! street northwest caused
"a $50 blaze yesterday.
| Col. ID. NJ. wisburn. United States Indian
| agent in charge of the Five Tribes, and
| Agent Doane. Of the Quapaw Indians, ar
rived III the city yesterday.
Mr. Daniel Murray, OF the Conercssional
| Library, Will read a paper In Nai 1ieon
before the meeting or the Mems Guilu, OF
| St Luke's Church. this evening
MIR. William Cocker, who has been In
| New York undergoing q difficult surgical
operation, has successfully passed the
| ordeal and VIII return home next week
Police Lieut. Kelly reports today a dan
,,,.ruus hole between the Columbia car
| tracks at North Capitol and streets, In
| front of the Government PRINTING Office
| The commissioners have iSsned orders for
! the placing OF Insurance on the ordnance
stores IN the possession or the Hlsh
| School OF the ninth, tenth and eleventh
| divisions.
The Young Peoples Society of the
| Fourth Presbyterian Church held an OBJ
| servatiun social at the residence or Dr-
| Irtci'rrd, No. el2 Tenth street orthwest,
! last night.
| George PRYOR. coIored, eighteen years Old
| was arrested yesterday by Officer Hauer
| for breaking into the store OF Angelo
J Giavanno, No. 3o4 street southwest, at
midnight Monday.
Tie funeral OF Frederick Knahc. eighty
| seven years OF ge, Will take place from the
| residence OF his son, Albert knah:. NJ.
| BIB street northeast, at $50 CLOCK
| tomorrow afternoon.
| Cora Main was fined S5 toda Y by Judge
| Miller for assaulting Mary Hlil. Both
| ate CuIored Ia Judge klmOall's court the
| Defendant and prisoner were fined 80 each
| for Gisorderiy conduct.
| Large photographs sho wing the carvings
| for the panels to DE located under the grand
| altar, soon to be erected in st. Peters
! Catholic Church, Capitol Hill, have been
| placed IN the parochial residence.
| George r Hickey, a letter carrier, fen
| from his bicycle in a fit, at the corner
OF Seventh street and Maryiand avemue
| removed to the branch postoffice IN car
rage.
Leonard Miller: the thirteen-year-o! son I,
| OF Richard b. Miller, OF the Maryland
| Produce Association, fell from horse on
| the BladenSburg road. while coming 10
| Washington this III ornng, ana was severely
| bruised.
| Thchpariug or evidence in the Cost divorce
suit viii Toe closed today, and argument by
| counsel Will commence this evening; Mrs
| Cost Is represented by Attorney +. II. ihohl-
as and MeSSrS LiDSCoIlD ana reICh appca.
| for the defendant.
| Arrangements have been made Tor the
purchase of safe for use ny the excise
board in disposins OF lts recor'iS: III was
purchased, upon appraiSeintit, rom the
Postoffice Department, the i,iNtrlct helhS
| represented in the matter by Assessor
| 1rlmble-
| Lieut. Hcffner reported today that
| water stop cock in front OF No. 81 A
street northeast projects two inchss aEove
| the side and is dangerous. Ihere Is
| mother in the same condition IN front OF
| No. 81 B street northeast, and one in
| front of No. 1913 a street northeast.
The Washington String orchestra, OF
| sixty performers, Ernest Lent, c9Iductor'
| has entered upon its third season. Two con
| certs Will be given at Universalist Church,
| corner of Thirteenth and l. streets, the FIRST
| tomorrow evening. The soloiSts are Mrs. II.
| Ciay browning and Mrs Ernest Lent, ac-
| companied by Prof. J. W. Bischoff
Rev. DR.. Pace. dean of the faculty of
| philosophy at the Catholic University, has
main some time at the church sanitarium:
| He is slowly recovering from an attack of
| typhoid fever. He was able to De present
| at a dinner given to Archbishop MartIneli
| Yesterday; but cannot yet undertake class
| room work.
| Mr. james X Sands or BriyhtTCOd Park,
| has been advised by the Communist 'ers tnat
additional street lamps cannot be furnished
| to that suburb during the present nscai
| year but that IL is in the list for tn 'Nten-
| sion OF TIE HgntlnE service uVNL s''iE. anu
| that the extra lamps Will then be -1pplied,
| provided Congress shall make the necessary
| Appropriation.
Among the delegates from Washington to
! the annual meeting OF the National Civil
| Service Reform League, which begins IN
| New York tonight, are Messrs- Francis Z.
Leupp, Hon. John K, proctor, Hon: J.
Sterling Morton, Hon. William L. Wilson,
| Col. william Il. Rice, John Joy. Edison,
| ID. &. Wolff, Alexander Wolf and Henry b.
| Macfarlane.
| Several clubs and individuals have volun'
| teered their services for the benefit musi-
| Gale at the Holy Trinity Church, Thirty
| sixth and o streets on the evening of De
| cember 16. The volunteers include the
| Georgetown University Glee, Banjo and
| Mandolin Clubs, Miss O'Connor, leading
| soprano OF the Academy of the Visitation;
| Edward Walsh, Shakesperian scholar and
| reader; Mr.. Gumprecht, the organist; Mr..
| VIII Mooney, tenor; Fran nix Rebstock, basso.
| There Will also be a grand chorus OF 200
| voices, under the direction of Prof. Scan
| Ion.