The evening times., 1896-12-07
City Brevities


| chosen o. +. johnson as its manager.
The New York street railway magnate
Ionn -. Crimmins, Is registered at tne Ar
lington.
The Court of Appeals viii convene to-
murI ow Several important decisions are
expected.
The jury is called for tomorrow in the
police court, and several continued cases
will he heard.
An Insa ne man who imagines he is po-
Hccman has been annoying the citizens OF
the northeast section.
Digby +. Fcuikes was today appointed
an additional private on the police forcefor
duty at the Raleigh Hotel.
A trained skye terrier was stolen ycster-
day from the residence of James A Hart
man. No. 6I7 Ninth street.
The BOARD OF directors Of the Central
union Mission Will meet tomorrow after
noon at the mission building.
Seventeen persons, were admitted l,o,, to
gregationai Church yesterday.
+. NJ. Cornweli, OF the fire department,
has been promoted to be assist ant foreman,
vice l.. A. Weaver, dismissed.
Arthur Keep. secretary of the Federation
OF Labor. addressed meeting or social
lists in Bunch's Hall last evening.
The East Washington Bicycle Club made
n run TO Marlboro yesterday. in which fif-
tee N of its members participated.
The volunteer unions OF the various city
churches Will hold Their annual election
OF officers oh Wednesday evening.
The Catholic University will confer the
degree OF bachelor IN the social sciences
IN Mcalahon Hall at O'Clock today.
John ID. Nauck has been appointed a sta
tionkeeper m the police department. to sue
ceed II l.. James, who recently resigned.
A total of 1874 applicants for relief were
registered at the Municipal Lodging House.
an Increase of 30 over the preceding week
Congressman and Mrs. Henry r. Gibson,
OF Tennessee, have arrived and are now at
their reside nee, No. 215 East Capitol
street.
An unofficial list of the members OF the
next House. issued by the clerks office.
is being put in the ha nds OF Congressman
as they come in.
The travel CLUB will meet this evening
at StrathInore Arms, No. l1O1 street
northwest IL is the first this season and
DR.. Gregory will speak.
Gen. W. l.. Heath, OF Grand Rapids,
litical prominence, is well-known as
whist expert. is in he city.
It has been unoffcially announced that
Judge Cox VIII after retirement devote
himself to the Codiiication of the rules Of
the District Supreme Court.
During Police Sergeant W T. Anderson's
recent trip to Maryland on hunting eXcur-
sion he and two companions brought down
thirty rabbits and six squirrels.
new and much handsomer card OF ad-
cured by Chairman Dunnell Of the stand
ing committee OF correspondents.
The floating society OF the Y. +. c. f.
Will hold meeting to decide upon the
new Gospel boat purchase tomorrow even
ing at the Sixth Presbyterian Church.
DR. and Mrs Samuel c. Lconhardt OF
Juneau, Alaska, who have been visiting
DR.. and Mrs. North, OF Minnesota avenue,
Aracostia, have departed for their dis
tant home.
Mrs. A. NJ. Williams. OF No. 72l Eighth
street southwest, was painfully injured
while washing windows on Saturday. She
fell and ran her hand and arm through a
pane or glass.
The Sons OF Confederate Veterans will
give their first social entertainment on
Thursday evening next at the new COnfed-
crate Veterans headquarters, on Eleventh
street northwest.
rated, VIII give house warming at their
handsome parlors. on PENNSYLVANIA ave
nue., between Ninth and Tenth streets,
"Wednesday night.
the auspices of st. Cyprian's Catholic Church.
at the corner OF Thirteenth and streets
southeast, were announced yesterday to
have been 81 ,S14.9o.
Joseph Meyer, residing a No. SO4 Seventh
street northwest, fractured his lert leg
while Jumping from a bicycle on New York
avenue Yesterday. Policeman Cowne sent
him TO the Emergency Hospital.
"Guilty,' sang out David Mason. in Judge
Miilcr's police court this morning when
charged with stealing a bushcl OF coal,
valued at 70 cents, from John Lord. Six
ty days In jail, re-echOed his honor.
The semi-annual election OF officers of
the Christian Endcavor Society OF Garden
Memorial Presbyterian Church ,ot Ana
costa, was held Friday last. Miss f.
Doughty was chosen president and Miss
Theda North, secretary.
The use Of the Washington Free Library,
at ii street and Vermont avenue, cOntin-
ues to Increase rapidly. and the November
figures show that the present quarters
have been greatly overtaxed.
Lawyers 4 Y Bradley and Thomas c.
counsel for Lum Pearson, Convicted
Of the murder of John /. Ford, say that 4
J udee Cole refuses new trial the case viii
he taken To the Court OF Appeals.
The funeral OF Miss Annie Engel. who
was suffocated by gas Friday night at No.
81 : NJ street northwest, was held today
at = O'Clock from the home of her mother
No. 3l2 Fifteenth street southeast.
Mr. Charles Burdette Hart. editor of the
W. Sa., IntelligenCer, and
candidate for tie United States
Senate to succeed Mr.. Faulkner two years
hence, is in the city, a guest at Wizards
Hotel.
The East Washington Gazette, n weekly
paper, devoted to the social and mercantile
interests OF the east end, made its first ap-
is proprietor and Edwin Robb business
manager
Levin Ward, sixty years of age who
was run over by an electric car of the
Georgetown and Tcnleytown railroad, sew
eral days ago, and had both legs cut off,
died yesterday a the Emergency Hospital.
His funeral took place at 3 O'Clock this
afternoon from his SiSter-in-law's resi-
tencc, No. 625 street northwest.
Albert Madison. colored, was hel dior the
grand jury in $500 bonds today by Judge
Miller ON the charge OF second offcDSe.
petit larceny. His latest offenSe was the
Nta "A ..f lrnf Isr..a
Hal. Several months ago he was convict
ed on the evidence of Policeman Thomas
Lynch of stealing lot of furniture.
Samuel Robinson was charged in Judge
as J: Howell. by springing on his back and
striking him on the jaw. Prisoner and
,onipiainant We're Intelligent white boys.
The father OF Thomas said he did not want
Saiauel fined, and his honor gave him a
ecture and accepted personal bonds.
Commissioner OF Pensions d 1. Murphy
will deliver an address on the evening OF
he 1Ith instant at an entertainment
10 he given for the benefit of charity by
the Society of st. Vincent de Paul OF st.
Aioysius Church. The program OF the
given under the ma nagem ent of Madame j.
Esputa- DAILY.
Policemen Thomas McNamce and D. J.
lynch had James Lamb, a veteran before
ng his Iandlady, Mrs. Sarah Zimmerman,
II No. rs DefreeS street When the pris-
,ner Was arraigned in court today his land
ady told of the assault, but declined to
prosecute a boarder. as, she stated, he was
raZy drunk at the time. The case was dis
missed.
Victor Zimmerman, hoteI employe, liv-
ing at No. 7S Defrees street, took cents
worth of morphine yesterday afternoon to
,ase the pain in his left side from which he
was suffering. Fearing that he had taken
an overdosec and that it might prove fatal
le wentto a physicianon Ii street, who sent
him to the Emergency Hospital, where
emctics were administered and Zimmer-
nan was relieved OF tie drug, and this
morning was none the worse for having
aiken the poison.