The evening times., 1896-09-03
City Breyities

F. c. Daniels is spending the summer at
Colonial Beach.
F. C. Daniels is spending the summe T at
Colonial Beach.
p. Hanson has returned from his stay
| at Colonial Beach.
George Erie is the guest of joe West
bury, at Falls Church. Va.
Detective Horne, OF the central office. is
absent on a ten days leave.
j. Lollar, of West Washington. has gone
to Richmond for a few weeks.
| Over forty unfortunate CANNES were
killed atthe dog pound yesterday.
The Eastern Athletic Club today gave
its annual excursion to River View.
Tom AIlpress, OF No. Ala New York ave
nue. northwest, has gone to Atlantic City
| B. Mcdonald, OF No. 1920 Fourth street
northwest, has returned from Colonial
| Beach
L. A. Hebard. and George Wallace have
| returned from a two weeks trip through
Maryland.
Clarence G. Galley. No. s33 Fifth street.
Is Confined 10 his bed with an attack of
typhoid fever.
l.. H. Sheir left yesterday for Harris
burg, Pa, where he will participate In the
bicycle races.
| p. G. j. Trainor, OF Thirteenth street
northwest, has returned from his vacation
at Asbury Park.
| j. Frank Snyder, cx dlsbursiDg clerk OF
the House. left this morning for st. Louis on
| political business.
Complaints are frequent that many Of the
street h hydrants of the city have been robbed
| of their drinking cups.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George n. Evans. OF Pifth
street northwest, have returned from their
visit to Harper's Ferry.
| E. v. McB.,e, OF the Seabcard Air Line,
| was in the city yesterday, but left last
evening for Portsmouth.
Gen. ASles, who has been In New York
| ON business OF the War Department for
the past week, has returned home.
| The fire in the woods near Woodley,
which for a time threatened the residences
in the vicinity, has been extinguished.
| Representative Benton McMiilin since his re-
urn from Tennessee yesterday has resumed
work On the Democratic campaign hand
| book.
| The annual report of the Southern Rail-
| way is In the hands of the printer and
will be ready for distribution in a few
days.
| But one arrest was made yesterday in
| Georgetown. The residents OF Boston, and
Frog Island were on their good be-
| havior.
The Colored Nick inley and Hobart Club
| OF Georgetown will meet tonight at the
headquarter OF the club, on Dumbarton
| avenue.
Noel Mcqueen has flied n Till asking to
4 be allowed to come in for a claim OF Sd 8 in
| the admiralty suits against the steamer
John Sylvester.
Capt Edwards, OF the Corcoran cace.s,
has returned from a trip TO Colonial Bei..i..
| where he spent two weeks with his faio:,y
| at their cottage.
Col. Theodore Z. Spencer. Of the SER
| geant- alarms office, House of Repre-
sentatives, is enjoying a fifteen-days'
| leave OF absence.
The car tracks at the junction OF the Mt
ropolitan and Columbia lines, corner of
| Fourteenth street and New York avearc.
are being repaired.
Cal O'Laughlin, the newspaper CORE
| spondent, who has been suffering from ty-
| phoid fever, is convalescing, and his ulu-
mate recovery Is promised.
| The new public school building provided
| for at the last session of Congress, TO be
| located at Congress Heights, has been COIN
| pleted, and will be opened this month.
Bulletins of the indianapolis convention
| Were furnished the officials at Democratic
headquarters all day yesterday and today
| The result was watched with interest.
Senator P Pritehard. who has bcenln this city
| To consult with political leaders, for two
| days, left for North Carolina this morning
20 take The stump for the Republican ticket.
| Gordon & Gordon, the attorneys. yester-
| day got an allowance of $500 for fees from
| any money in the hands of j. j. Wilmar arth
| as receiver for the Granite State Provident
| Association.
| DIR. Edward Barstow, of Ninth and East
Capitol streets, had a good days sport
among the reed birds of the Eastern Brana h
| yesterday. lie returned with eigt. cen
dozen birds.
| The East Washington Democratic Club
| has been given 4 certificate OF member
| snip In the National ASSOCIATION, ana VIII
| be represented at the St. Louis convention
September 20.
| The Wimodaughsis Society has moved
| from it's stree; home to luxurious apart
ments at No. 1425 New York avenue. Nov
| ing day was Monday last, and the rooms
are not yet completely arranged.
Senator S. B. E1kins, OF West Virginia.
| was in the city yesterday for several hours,
| looking after the details involved in the re-
| construction of his X street residence. He
| left in the evening for New York.
The divorce suit of Catherine B. Kelley
against Charles r. Kelley has been allo wed
by Mr.. Kelley to 20 by default and a de-
| cree will probably be granted Mrs. Kelley
| in a short time. The ground is desertion.
Col. A. B. Andrews. first vice president
of the Southern Railway, registered at
| the Raleigh late last evening, but lef6
| this morning to attend the meeting of
| the Southern Freight Association in New
York
While Miss Maisie Edwards, Of No. 'i03
| / street northeast, was riding bicycle
| on II street, between Seventh and Eig;li h
| streets, her skirt caught in the sprocket
| wheel She was thrown TO the ground.
| sustaining several bruises and spfainad
| ankle.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians visited
| st. Joseph's Lawn party last night The
| champion shoe scram blers of the District
| amused the spectators with shoe scramble