The evening times., 1896-11-17
City Brevities

,.e nifty Club, incorporated, will meet
north west
The members OF the Washington Outing
| Club Will hold meeting at their club
o"Sr tonight to consider plans for reor-
| ganization.
-retlry Thur5er, who has been
| IL ~ d'y or two past, Is again at the
| White House.
A waiter in Il Tenth street dininc c-roum
| wears twenty-threc motto buttons on the
| front of his coat.
| DR.. Cyrus Adler of the Smithsonian In
| stitution returned to the city yesterday
| from Philadelphia.
| o. S. Clark OF the Pension Officr has
returned 10 the city from short visit to
MS home In ST. Joseph, Mo.
Religious services are being held nightly
| at uorsuch NJ T.. Church, Corner of Four
and-a- halr aud l. streets southwest.
| Col; Chaille-Long, the African explorer.
| who Is soon TO lecture here for the Ma
honal Geographic Society, is in the city.
Traffic on the Metropolitan line was de-
| layed about ten minutes last light owing
10 the burning out OF fuse in the power
| house.
the contract for the Construction of the
| school building In Clark and Hursts subdi-
| vision has been awarded to W. I. Beers
i Co.
The ladies OF the First Congrcgati onal
Church will give an old-fashioncd New
| ENGLAND dinner in The church parlors to-
morrow night.
Theofficersof the Washington. Alexandria
and Mount Vernon Railway are considering
The auNisabiiiGy OF establishing II ticket
office at Del Ray.
u. II. Nichols has obtained a permit for
the construction OF Il dwelling at No. 500
which is $4,000. " '''' '''''''''''' ''''' u
converts meeting will Dc held hv the
Central Union Mission at Foundry NJ. E.
liG streets northwest,
next Sunday evening
The massive slate roof over St Dominic's S
Crurrli. ON street suut invest. wbIcn was
injured by the hurricane, is being repaired
by Il force of skaters.
Workmen are engaged in reconstructing
on r. - , M, III pr,IPan iEIi r
teenth streets northwest.
Hon. Andrew Glceson, with large force
of men and mules, is plo wing up NJ street,
laying concrete pavement.
Dr. Robert V. Houston, whose place of
ANA streets north west. has been APP
pointed a druggist To The poor.
~, Enoch Chapman, a bricklayer, had his
at work on n housein Mount Pleasant. He
was reatcd at the Emergency.
Judge Thomas Miller, of the United States
side OF the police court, who has been at-
sent for several days on account of sickness,
yesterday returned to the bench.
Detective Clerk M Is. German returned
10 hiS duties It police headquarters tins
morning, after an absence OF several days.
owing To a severe attack Of Illness.
The seven disguised policemen doing duty
IN the marshes ami dUuuI the LaUs VIII
hereafter confiscatc the guns OF all sports
men caught violating the game laws.
Tie harbor police are keeping a sharp
lookout for Illegal Gunners. Commodore
sutton said today that only two guns were
fired on the river front last night, and they
were at Four Mile Run, on the Virginia
shore.
A rumor was current in naval circles
yesterday that United States Minister Tay-
lur had received lis passports from tue
SIP 'D'sh government and must leave that
country.
Tie Anthropological Society will meet
at the Cosmos Club at o'clock this
evening: Papers will be read by Mr..
Frank II. Gushing and DR.. John II. Nc
Cormick.
While praCtlcing bicycle riding today in
Judiciary Square James Morcley, son of
Commission Merchant Morelcy, was thrown
to the gravcled roadway and had his face
badlycut.
line Eastern Presbyterian Sunda y-school
OF sixth street, between and Maryland
avenue northeast, will give bazaar at
the church tonight, tomorrow and Thurs
day nights.
An unknown bicyclist leading a spare
wheel ran INTO m OLD man named John DiI-
lon at the corner or Seventh aud q streets
last nlrht, KNOCKING him down, but inflict-
ing no serious INJURY
About thirty pupils of the eighth grade
of IaylJr's scnoOl, or seventh auu q streets
northeast, went to AnaCostia yesterday
afternoon to hunt geological specimens
Many OF the party rode bicycles.
Mrs. Sarah W Bradley, OF this city has
purchased CranstOn's Hotel, the property Of
Cranston's West Point Hotel, in New York.
At was sold at public sale, subr-ct to mort
cages, FOR the nominal sum Of s., 40.
Constable William Swinburn attached an
audience last night. when he sang by re-
quest, at the entertainment of the MCkin-
ley and Hobart Marching Campaign Club
his specially, song OF Hot Kansas"
Policeman L. ID. Herbert OF the Sixth
precinct, has returned from a duck hunting
expedition on Blackiston's Island. in the
lower Potomac. He SAYS game in plentiful
aud brought back evidence OF his statement
Work on the union street car station in
Georgetown is progressing rapidly. The
big clock tower has reached a height OF
eight y-scven feet and the Scaffoiding is
being carried up to complete this particu-
lar feature Of the big building.
Milton Miller, coiored. was yesterday ar
raiened In tine police court on charge Of
assault with intent to kill John Tyler, Of
pleaded not guilty, but was held to the
grand jury under 81 200 bonds.
The committee on Thanksgiving dinner
for the poor met yesterday evening at the
Central Union Mission and appointed sub
committees to collect, purchase ana trans
port the necessary euiDies. Tue collectors
Will COHlflf nee WDrk immediately.
Mr. Lewis A Hines, formerly of George
otwn, now travelling salesman for me
Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Balti-
more, has been very Ill for Tie past ten
days at ms mothers residence, Mrs. II. ".
Brewer, No. 33l O street northwest.
Tie school authorities of Washington have
given a new meaning TO the word Par
lition." by substituting it as a name for
old-rashioned Long division. The recog-
nlZed standard of American leNiCography
does not permit such use of the word.
Thomas and William Murphy, aged elev-
en- and fourteen years, were yesterday COLL
mitted to the care Of the Board of Chill
dren's Guardians on petition OF their
mother, Ellen Murphy. and the recoIumenda-
ton Of Samuel Parkman, the agent Of the
board.
The second meeting Of the ,public. lit
Guild of st. Luke's Episcopal Church, will
feature will be an address by Prof Keliar
Miller, of Howard University. on Sym
metncal Education for the Negro
Speeches and feast We're the features at
the meeting OF the virginia Republicans
last night. The orators were Mcssrs: Frank
land, Rev. Rev. C. n Groudison, Rev
Henry Robinson, Rev F. d. Lee and W. H.
Nelson. The meeting. was held at No. 923
+ street northwest
police during the twenty-four hours end
ing at o'clock this morning. The degrees
OF crime charged against the prisoners
ranged from murder To plain drunk. Ten of
the persons arrested We're charged with in
toXication, for which no penalty is pro-
vided, and they were therefore released
when sober.
Officers have been elected for the Wonl-
ans Clinic, No. 1898 Fourteenth street, as
follows: Mrs. f. l.. Sherwood, president;
DR.. ID. s. Lamb, first vice president: Miss
Minnie L. White, second vice president;
Miss N. E. Heiberger, treasurer: Miss Mary
Z. Case, secretary. The clinical staff
consists OF Drs. Heiberger. X Kappelar, Smith.