The evening times., 1896-05-22
City Brevities

1t is announced that Senator Sherman
will address the Columbia Heights Citizens
Association at its next meeting.
Taxpayers whose semi-annual payments
are due this mouth are crowding the cor
ridors of the District Building and testing
the capacity of the clerical force to ac-
commodate. AS the month dra ws To close
the desire to avoid penalties serves as an
additional incentive to promptness.
The superintendent of Emergency Hos
pital is desirous OF receiving donations or
old linen for bandages TO be used in surgical
operations, the supply not being as liberal
this year as heretofore. Contributions
should be sent to the hospital.
Plans are being made by the Knights of
Pythias Communicates for a grand excur-
sion to Marshall Hall to secure fundsfor pays
ing off the Indebtedness on their lot, upon
which it is proposed 10 build a temple.
President Boariman has purchase d new
horse for the Emergency ambulance. The
animal is a beautiful iron gray, and has
not yet had an opportunity to make run.
Supt. Lanham, in charge of the city's
trees, has had a big job on hand cleaning
up broken trees and branches after the late
storms. Two big trees, laid flat across the
walk just east of the A rmy and Navy Club,
are Il days work by themselves.
The telephone wires connecting the Girls
Reform School above Georgetown with
police headquarters were blown down dur
ing the storm the other night and have not
yet been repaired.
The Union Republican Club banner. which,
after much controversy, was swung across
F street, was blown side ways the other
night and so remained for couple OF days.
rigger has again, however, put 1t in place.
Policeman Brown of the Eighth precinct
found dead infant yesterday i'll an alley be-
tween N aud p, Fourteenth and Portner
place northwest. 1t was carried to the
station in the patrol, and Coroner Hammett
notified.
The police telephone wire. extending from
headquarters TO The Georgetown station, has
been out OF working order for over fortya
eight hours. The wire was burned out
during the recent heavy storms, by being
crossed with live electric light wire.
Policeman B. T Henry of the Fourth pre-
cinct, South Washington, is looking for an
owner for two extensive hack sa VS., such
rs are used by railroads for cutting iron,
nne smoothing plane AMI "A curying plane.
These articles were evidently stolen. They
D. hall
a young man, who was trying Ia sell them
on L street southwest. Campbell was sent
to the chaingang this morning as a sus-
piciuus character.
During the twcnty-rour hours ending at
O'Clock this morning but two arrests
were made in Georgetown. The prisoners
were Albert johnson and Mamie Davis,
both coiorcd, and the charge III each case
was plain drunk for which there is no pen
atty.
The eight-oared shell crew of the C A.
c. will leave here tomorrow morning at
9 O'Clock over the Pennsylvania Railroad
for Annapolis. where they will row n
mile race with the Naval A cademy crew.
The event Will take place at O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon. A large number of
friends OF the c. A. c. crew will go over 10
witness the match.
Two robberies We're reported To police
headqua rters this morning. o. r.. Ma anual.
of No. 1890 Twelfth street northeast, re-
ported that croSs-cut saw. his property,
was stolen from No. I'll Ninth street north
west. yesterday. John ManGola, of No.
1918 G street northwest had black sack
suit of clothes taken from his room last
evening.
noile proscqui was entered this after
noon in the case of Edgar C. Heiphenstein.
who was arrested yesterday morning by
Detective Rhodes on a charge of forgery
preferred by James c. Tappan.
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