The morning times., 1896-12-09
City Brevities

Sergt. Haney of the Seventh is on leave.
\ spike team is being tried on No. o
fire engine.
DIR. X. H. Ryan OF philadelphia was in the
City yesterday on Il brief professional call, >
Gas mains have been laid on Thirteenth
street southeast, between and j streets.
The yestbule and stairs OF Mount Yer
non NJ. +. Church have been newly car
peted.
Tie dispatch boat Dolphin is lying at
Eer dock at the Navy Yard awaiting sail
ing orders.
A new water main has been laid On
Fifth street, near the corner of l. street
northwest.
new pavement has been laid on NJ
street, between Third and Fourth streets
northeast.
Mr. j. NJ Edwards of 1880 Thirty-fourth
street has returned from hunting trip in
Maryland.
Mr. James Yates of 2611 = street, who
has been dangerously i'll with typhoid fever,
is much better.
New pavements are now being laid along
Thirteenth street southeast, from East Cap
itoI to ID streets. -f'
The return Of warm weather has caused
renewed activityin the buildingline through
out the Northeast.
Mr. w. L. Brown of the New York State
senate and Mrs. Brown are in the city
on social business.
Work on the proposed new market at
Twelfth and II streets northeast will com
mencc very shortly.
Two huge telegraph poles are in course
of erection at the corner of Eighth and
II streets northwest.
The Mozart Club gave a concert last
night at the Masonic Hall in Georgetown
fol the benefit OF Grace Church.
Mr.. Chris Cobb, who has been engaged as
Il Christian worker in this city. will leave
today for his home in Scotland.
The sidewalks on l. street north west be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets,
have been relaid and improved.
a meeting is to be held shortly by the
Columbian Historical Society in memory
of the late Prof. G. Brown Goodc.
Scrgt. Hess OF the mounted police OF
Geurgetown, WHO has been confined TO his
home by illness, is able TO resume duty.
United States Fish Commissioner Brice
is preparing for publication a history of
the fishes found in American waters.
4 classic concert will he given at North
Capitol NJ i. Church January 13, under
tie direction Of Miss Hattie NJ Richie.
nue., left yesterda morning for six weeks
Sojourn among the health resorts of the
South.
Work on the foundations OF the new
Ebenczer A. NJ. T. Church, corner Fourth
and streets southeast, has been com
menccd.
The lexington Car Company is putting
up a frame shed at New York avenue
nd First street for their relay Of horses,
OF the g street line
The Current Event Club VIII meet on Fri
/ day at p. III. at the residence OF Mrs r
II. Grant. Subject. why Should Immigra-
tion be restricted?"
on the Washington branch OF the B 4
| o. the semaphores have been painted
white to distinguish them from the red If
| the Metropolitan branch.
An all day conference between the board
of directors OF the Consumers Brewery and
a commit ~ from the Building Trades Coun-
Gil was held yesterday.
Rev. j. j. Wicker Of the iIampden Baptist
| Church Of Baltimore, is conducting a
series ofrevival meetings at the Gay Street
Baptist Church. in Georgetown.
a new sign, advising all applicants that
| the charities of the institution are for the
| deserving poor only, has been placed i'll
| tue corridor at Emergency Hospital.
| The work on the F street sewer WIN be
| discontinued attheend ofthe present week
| by which time the eXcavating will have
extended to the middle of Fourteenth
| street.
Harry Griffin, a boy of eight years, fell
| and broke his arm yesterday morning Will.
| wrestling with a number of companions on
| the terrace adjoining his home on street
! southeast.
Rev. Father Eugene A. Harmon has been
appointed by Cardinal Gibbons as assist
| ant priest to Father Mackin, rector OF st.
| Paul's Catholic Church, corner of v and
| Fifteenth streets.
The Christian Church of this city has
| UEder consideration proposition to erect
new church building, and are examiil-
| ing various plans and recently erected
| church buildings about the city in search
! of ideas.
The entertainment department of tie
| Epworth League of Trinity NJ F. Church
| will hold its monthly business meeting
| this evening at the home of its retiring
| president, Mr.. Enos r. Berkeley, 52S
| Fourth street southeast.
| Lieut.. Col James F. Randlett, Ninth
| Cavalry, was yesterday placed on the re
| tired list on account OF age. He was
born in New Hampshire and appointed tc
the Army from the volunteer service, ir
| Ht ScEN-u IEOIll loOl 10 lSbD.
Hon. John L. McLaurin of the Sixth
| South Carolina district, is at 1345
l. street northwest. Mr.. McLaUrin ha.
| been elected to Congress several times in
| succession. before his election having
| served South Carolina with distinction a:
attorney general.
James j. McEvilly, private secret ary
| for Congressman Lemuel E. Quigg of New
York, was yesterday admitted to the
! bar OF the court of appeals of the District
of Columbia. Mr.. McEvilly is a graduate
of the law school of the Columbian Uni
versity OF this city of the class of "a.
The Woman Suffrage Association of the
| District OF Columbia will assemble at tn,
| Riggs House Thursday evening, the lott
| instant, at 7:30. This will be the frs
| meeting under the new officers for tn
| ensuing year. A paper will be presented
by Mrs. Ellen Powell Thompson, who served
as president last year.
A horse attached to buggy stepped or
| d bicycle yesterday afternoon about {
O'Clock at the corner Of + and Ninth street;
northwest. Fortunately the horse was
gentle, otherwise the accident may have
resulted seriously. As 1t was the only dam
| age was the breaking of two or three
| spokes in the front wheel of the bicycle.
Building permits We're issued yesterda,
as follows: To Elbert Robertson, for 4
four-stoFy apartment house at No 1881
| Nineteenth street northwest, to cost
$4,000; Caldwell and Miller, trustees, fo
four dwellings, at Nos / 1 to II Fifteenth
| street southeast, Sc, 400; E. Cecilia Hanna
and Annie r. Forney, for two warehouses
| M POI Twelfth street mort n vvast nnf