The evening times., 1896-06-12
City Brevities

The Junior Christian Endeayor Society
OF the Metropolitan Baptist Church gave
an entertainment wednesday night to raise
money for the approaching meeting.
Two civil service examinations will be
held on June 80 at the commission build
ing here. One is for an assistant horti-
cnlturist in the division OF botany, $500
a year; the other assistant in the soils di.
vision at $500 year; both in the De-
partment of Agriculture.
II street is torn up beside the Cosmos
Club for the laying of pipe. Work is also
near the Free Library.
Gen. John Hancock, a brother OF the late
Gen. ". S. Hancock, was last night mustered
in at Typographical Temple as a member OF
Eneampemnt No. 90, Union Veterans Le-
gion. He was an adiutant on his brother IS
STAFF. Many members of the Second Army
Corps, commanded by Gen. W. S. Hancock,
were present.
Col. John N. Wilson intends, as soon as
possible, to remove the pile of sand and
gravel north of the Hancockstatue at Market
Space aud have the barren parking Sod
ded.
Supt. Powell of the public schools has or
dered $65 worth OF maps, etc, for the
schools next year. He will buy much
larger lot about the time school reopens.
C. W. Whitmore and wife of Chicag are
on a bridal tour through the East. They
are stopping ut the Raleigh.
At least u score of ministers apply each
day to the clerk of the court for iDstruc-
tions concerning the new marriage law
that will go into effect tomorrow.
DR.. william Tindall, secretary of the Dis
trict Commissioners, will leave this even
ing for st. Louis, accompanied by Mrs.
Tindall. They will be absent about two
weeks.
The superintendent of parking has two
gangs of men ut work on the campaign
against the caterpillars. 1t is believed that
the pests will he less numerous this year
than in previous Seasons, but later deyel-
upments may be disappointing. There are
tO,OOV tiNts " Oc luiCu ioi-
The excise board today authorized the
issuance OF n license to the Home Club, n
social organization located at No. zoos
f street northwest.
Union Tent OF Rechabites celebrated its
seventeenth anniversary at No. 81 Eighth
street northwest last night.
Being top-heavy from an over indulgence
in strong drink, Christian Crandt. a German
veteran from the Soldiers Home, fell
through the show window of store No.
1911 Seventh street northwest last night.
He was painfully cut about the face.
The sewer at the corner Of First and Fl
streets northwest has caved in and is inn
perihng the limbs of pedestrians. The mat
ter was reported to police headquarters by
Lieut.. Kelly today.
William Harrison was found lying uncOn-
scious in the roadway at Ninth and T streets
| northwest last night. he was painfully in
jured and it is supposed he fell from a
Metropolitan electric car. The First pre-
ciuct patrol wagon conveyed him TO tbe
Emergency Hospital. Harrison lives at No.
| 922 7 street northwest
Lieut. Swindells, of the Georgetown po-
| lice precinct reports that large limb
| hanging from a tree In front of No. 1921 Q
street, is dangerous to passersby.
| Louisa Peyton. colored, was attacked by
an unknown malad $ last night at Nineteenth
and L streets northwest. She was removed
| to the Emergency Hospital in the Third pre-
| cinct patrol wagon, and afterwards to her
home, No. 914 Twenty-sixth street north
| west Today she is recovering.
Fifty-seven arrests were made by the
| police of the nine precincts during the
| twenty four hours ending at O'Clock this
morning.
Jim Dynamite was the odd name given by
| a boy WHO was arrested this morning by
Precinct Detective Hartigan OF No. on
suspicion of larceny. The youngster had
| fifty feet of garden hose and was trying
| to sell it for 5 cents, certainly suspicious
transaction, the detective thought.
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