The evening times., 1896-08-24
City Brevities

weeks vacation at Bar Harbor, Me.
Rev. Joln Gloyd. pastor of St. Fatrlcs's
Church, has returned from Atlantic City.
Flooring. S1.5O per 100 feet. all Que
width +. Libbey Il Co.. 6th and N. I. ave.
ST. Faurs Busle and Drum Corps is in
camp at Forest Glen. where it Will remain
another week.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Curtis left Saturday TO spend his vacation
at Narragansett Pier.
Laborers are at work repairing the side
walk on F street between Third and
Fourth streets southeast.
A large ever is being built along Albany
-Treet northeast, through the section which
borders on EcIinston road.
A fuse blew out on one of the street
carslus; night, and the entire trip was made
with no light save the heedlamp.
c. Frank Owen. of Harrison street.
AnacoStia, returned yesterday from u
weeks sojourn on the lower Potomac.
Rev George v. Leecb, pastor of Grace
n. L. Church, has returned from a two
weeks vacation at Mount Lake Park.
The funeral OF Mrs. John W. Koob Win be
held tomorrow at S:3O n. M. Requiem high
Mass will be said at st. Aloysius' Church.
A horse belonging to John I. Doyle. the
,ivcryman, fell dead from heat at Twelfth
street ana Pennsylvania avenue last night.
Frank A. Pettre, of this city, has been
delivering speeches in the interest OF the
single tax campai gn n Della ware during the
past week.
A lawn party for the benefit of st. AIMS
Church will. be hold on the Dumblane
grounds, Tenieytown, Wednesday aud
Thursda. next.
Harry Ulcott. formerly OF this city, has
gone to New York, where he has accepted
4 position with the Harrington Manufac-
turing Company.
rror Albert Wilkinson, n well-known
Baltimore educator. is making short
visit to the family of Mrs. W. Marden
King, of Auacosua.
The Pole electric ear used for testing has
been removed from Second and Canal streets
to The Congressional Cemetery line, where
further tests are being made.
Among the callers mt Major Moore's Of
flee this morning was Patroiman Pat Con-
his vacation in the Capital City.
Charles II. Coons, president of the new
Century Cycle Club is on a two weeks
trip North. Nest OF his tine will lie spent
ut his old hoire in Rochester, N. Y.
Loring Chapel has taken out a permit
Cor the construction of five dwellings at
Nos. 631 To 639 h street northeast, the
total estimated cost being $4,000.
The lexington Company has placed an
un used car at the intersection OF Florida
and New York avenues northeast for the
accommodation OF transfer passengers.
Ex-Attorney General W. j Hencrick of
| Kentucky is at the Raleigh. He says there
Will be lig political fight in Kentucky,
but he tiiinksthe State is safe for Bryan
The funeral OF Rufus w. Homer. auet-c Con
| federate solder, WHO ded Saturday at the
Home for Incurables. will toe held today ut
4 o'cock. Intcrment Will be at GieGwood.
Ernest A. A Dunn. of No. 500 street
| southeast, has gone on protracted vaca-
| ton through the West. He will visit
| st. Paul and return by way OF Niagara
and New York.
Work on tie new Abacostia electric Iinc
| was commenced near Congress Heights Sat
| urday, where ground was broken for the
| .a;ing of tracks and the erection of over
head wire poles.
| Prof. B sciioff, organist of the First Con
gresationai Church, is expected TO arrive
| home al oIt September l. With Mrs
| B!schoff, he has been trave.ing in the. West
| for some time past.
| Il
| .rE Il street northwest has been amended
| extending it To the territory between Sew.
erth and Twelfth streets, instead Of Ninth
and Twelfth streets, Is originally stated.
A thief entered the dresser u&ed by Fred
W Drascher, jr., No. 81 o Thirteenth street
northwest, at the bathing beach yesterday y
| and took a watch fIorn the young mans
| pocket. Tie theft was reported 10 the
| police.
There was largely attended meeting o,
the Douglass Progressive Association oi
Steam Engineers, No. l149. X. of L., Sun
day last, at No. 6O9 F street northwest
The master workman, S. j. Foreman, pre-
sided.
Albert Murray of Tenth and II street!
| northwest was bicycling on the Avenue
last night. when 1iis lamp caught fire.
burned fiercely for while, but was
finally thrown to the ground and the blaz
smothered. ,
Bishop John F. Hurst preached at FoaD
dry Church yesterday morning. His pres
ence among the congregation was notice,
oy the acting pastor, Rev. C. L. Pate, whs
invited the distinguished prelate to oc
cupy the pulpit. 81
Secretary Smith has made a reGuisitior
OH the United States Treasury for S9,015,
] 600 with which to make .he lI-rterly pa =.
nents OF pensions next month. Or thi.
amount 81. 81 5000 will be disburse6 from
The agency in this city.
| Senator EikinS. of West Virginia. re-
Gently purchased a residence on K street
northwest, between Sixteenth and Seven
teenth street. at a cost of $93 600. He i.
having IL put in order for occupancy Hit
family will take possession when Congress
reassen:blcs.
A dividend OF e per cent has been de
cIared for the creditors OF the Nationa
Hotel Company. recently assigned. A, I'ar
Of the assets remain unsold, and some
thing more viii be paid. The furniture
etc, in the hotel appraised at $50 90
was sold to o. G. Staples for Sl6.5
Rev. Alexander Kent of the People
Church preached yesterday on the moDe
question. He said it was improbable tina
anyinvariabla sta lard of values would eve
De discovered. and the final s1uto1 OF tn
problem would be the abolition OF all e,
change of commo litics among citizens, an
therefore. OF all need of money.
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