The morning times., 1896-05-08
City Brevities


cinCt is IL.
Major william l.. Nanderlip is seriously
ill at his home.
There are eight houses under construc-
tion in lexington
II. !. Fulton and wife, of Cleveland, o.,
are at the Arlington.
Representa- tive james Ii. Outhwaite, of
Ohio, is at the Grafton.
Patrolman E. L. l.. Edeliu of No. 1 Police
precinct is on sick leave.
Police Sergt. Jordan and Patrolman
c. p. Posey of No. 3 are on the sick list.
The Hon. John NJ Fiske, collector OF
customs at Boston, is guest at the Ven
dome
The annual stag party of the W. L. 1.
Corps will be given next week at Mar
shall Hall.
Miss Lilly warfield OF Myrtle street, has
returned from Alexandria, where she was
visiting relatives.
improvements are being made to the
side walk walk on ID stree / between Eighth
and Ninth streets.
Major l.. c. Forsyth of the quartermaster
generals department, is in the city for
a short time on leave.
Col. John Ryan, on the editorial staff OF
the Richmond Dispatch, OF Richmond, Va,
spent yesterday in the city.
sergt. Perry, stationed at police head
quarters has been on leave of absence dur
ing the earlier part of the week.
The prize waltz contest held at Stewart
Music Hall on Wednesda evening was won
by Miss May Thomas and Fred Phillips.
Maj. j. B. Ezell and Mr.. T. 7. Tally,
delegates 10 the Insurance Tariff A $50
ciation convention, returned to their homes
in Columbia, S. c., last night.
John B. Simms, OF Mount Pleasant,
fell from a cable car on Fourteenth street,
near Boundary, last evening, and injured
his shoulder.
The c. q. Conn Drum Corps were APP
plauded many tirres as the parade line
passed the crowds on the ellipse yeSter-
day afternoon.
The daisy and the lilac have suppiauted
most OF the other flowers in the haGds of
the flower sellers on the coruers-especial-
iy the daisy.
Much interest is being taken in the dual
field and track contest between Coum-
ban aud Georgetown Universities which is
TO take place tomorrow.
The second mass-meeting in the interest
OF higher education Of the colored race will
be held at the Vermont Baptist Church,
in the early part Of next week.
The city expressmen report a most ex-
celient spring trade. To a Times reporter
one of the colored drivers said yesterday:
Everybody is movin for suah!"
An express wagon. loaded with sod.
broke down on the car track in Thomas
circle yesterday morning and several cars
were delayed for about ten minutes.
An Avenue cable car and an lexington
Ia st mic nj iyt
street and the Avenue. Except for the loss
of a little paint, there was no damage.
The platform which is being erected on
the north. south. and west sides of the
Hancock statue is nearly completed and
is intended 10 accommodate 800 people.
Bcui8mn + Winslow. a small hoy was
knoC ked down at the corner OF Missouri
avenue and Four-and-a-half street yes
terday by bicycle ridden by Albert Davis,
colored.
Caroline Harper, of No. 8 Burk's court,
was hit with brick thrown by william
Harrison. yesterday. She was treated at
Emergency Hospital and her ssailant
arrested.
Henry S. James, one OF the crowd who
followed walker, the man who killed
Military Jones. fell while Tuunin along
the Chevy Chase car ira ckS and SPIRAL ned his
ankle badly.
William Meade, alias william Lee. was
arrested yesterday by Policeman Creagh.
OF the Sixth precinct. on the charge of
stealing a jar of preserves from the store
of Willis Johnson.
Hon. Thomas j. shyrock. State treas
urer or Maryland. was in the city yester-
day afternoon With d party of Baltimore
ans who came over to see the grand
Knights Templar parade.
Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church, has gone
to PittsbUrg to deliver the annual address
at the commencement exercises or the
Western Theological Seminary.
Gen. Ordway has issued orders for the
assembling OF the National Guard on Tues
day. May l2. for the purpose OF participat-
ing in the ceremonies attendant upon the
unveiling OF the Hancock statue.
William Jordon. a colored boy, was cou-
viCtcd Of stealing a bicycle from Frank
c. Just. i'll Judge Biugham's court, criminal
division. No. l, yesterday, aud was SEN
tenCel TO year nd day at Albany.
william Cruikshank, whose demise was
recently noted in The Times, died at Gar
field Hospital after remaining in that in
stitution several weeks, and not at No.
1927 Thirty first street, as at first stated.
The Columbian University boys having
covered the rest of the athletic field are
now going in for tennis. 1t is proposed to
have a meeting this week of the students to
elect the best men for a representative
tennis club.
A Boston excursion party. numbering
% persons. registered at the Riggs House
last evening. Another excursion party
numbering sixty, from Massa chuse it's,
Connecticut. and Eastern New York are
stopping al the Vendome.
The new badges for the members OF the
Daughters Of the Confederacy arrived
| yesterday and are being distributed by the
secretary, Mrs. Gen Albert Akers. No.
| ! 337 L street northwest. The badges
| are round, in two sizes, and are OF beautiful
! design.
3oseph Ehrmantraut. who keeps a saloon
| at Twelfth and f streets, was arrested
| yesterday afternoon by Policeman Mellen
on complaint Of Edward Carter, who
| charges him with assault. Ehrmantraut
| left $40 collateral at the First precinct
| station.
The Commissioners yesterday sent a
communication to Senator Teller. asking
| that an item of $4,000 be added to the
| appropriation bill for completing the i'm
| provement Of Pennsylvania avenue in the
] southeast from the end of the Auacostia
river bridge to Bowen road.
| Mai. w. 6. Moore, the head OF the Met
/ TCDOjtdb Has Deeu utSiSldleu ny
| the Commissioners as the representative
of the District at the third annual con-
| ventiou OF the National Association Of
| Chiefs of Police. to be held at Atlanta,
| Ga. beginning the 9th instant
Charles Ryan, eleven years old, was
| arrested yesterday by Detective Sutton
| of the First precinct. charged with incorri-
| giDnity. The boy, who lives in Southwest
| Washington, refuses TO go to his home
| he is in a fTightful state OF uncleanliness.