The morning times., 1896-05-03
CityBrevities

Policeman fSmfth of the Ninth precinct
Is doing special duty.
| Chief Justipc Bingham has returned to
| the city after two weeks trip to Florida.
Policeman Lord of the Eighth precinct,
| who has been absent on leave has returned
| to duty. i TT
| Policeman M. a Austin, one of the de-
| tailed officers at the White House, is now
| on the sick list
The anniversary exercises of Galiaudet
| College will be held at Kendall Green on
| Wednesday next.
| Policemen Brown, Bre norman, and
| stue rnian were reported Ill at No Eoiice
station yesterday.
Mrs. Lucy Underwood McCann will give
! the first of her illustrated lectures, on
! California, tomorrow night, at All Souls
! Church.
| Mrs. Henry Stevens, wife Of Chaplain
| Stevens. OF the Department of the Potomac.
| G. A R., has left for Anderson, Ind, on
/ visit to her married daughter
! Policeman w. Cook of the Ninth pre-
! c1nct is absent on sick leave. This makes
! six men from this precinct who are confined
( to their homes on account OF illness.
! No. engine was called out last night
| for blaze in the feed store or f. u.
! EickIes No. 708 street northwest. The
| DANA ge will amount to about $500.
| Agents of the Washington aud Norfolk
Steamboat Company are selling excursion
| tickets to those attending the Northern
| Settlers convention at South Pines.
| musical and literary entertainment
| will be given by the Mozart chorus Clup
and the Ladies' Aid Society at the Ninth
| Street Christian Church on next Tuesday
| evening.
william Miske, q white lad and Joseph
| Taper, colorcd were arrested FOR dlsorderiy
| crap yesterday by Policeman Carson OF the
| Second precinct. Young Miske was released
| on So collateral.
The Mount Vernon and Marshall Han
| Steamboat Company is building at MarSiiau
Hall the largest steel toboggan shute In the
| world, which will be ready for use about
the 1st of June.
The Virginia Alumni Association has
! S2S, ,0G0 pledged to the restoration or the
| destroyed buildings of the university
Treasurer Glasebro0ke has furnished easn
TO the amount of $4,000.
A "balky'' horse attached to buggy
! created good deal OF excitement yester-
day near the west terminus of NJ street;
| Georgetown. He backed into several
| vehicles, but no damage was done.
A young lady and gentleman on wheels
Yesterday afternoon raced the Washington
and rlington electric car from Fort Myer
to the Georgetown Aqueduct Bridge. The
cyclists won and had time to burn
Policemen Dodge and MCG rath swooped
down on a crowd of disorderly newsboys
yesterday afternoon and landed James
Knight, John Lewis, James Moore and
! Frank Smith at the First precinct station
Edward Marsh of this city, is supposed
( to he the sole heir OF the late Elizabeth
Marsh, who died In Dut t2hes, county, n.
! Y. leaving an estate of S1Lu.OOn. Mr..
Marsh will leave next week to claim the
, e>saJa.
A bay horse alta ched to a surrey fell
dead at the corner OF Eighth street and
Virginia avenue southeast Friday after
noon at 2:30 O'Clock. The surrey was
driven by White man whose name was
not asCSrtaincd.
MIR. George NJ. Coffin will deliver an
address at Metzerott's Banquet Hall this
evening on The Truth About Theosophy."
Tie address is given i'll reply to the lee
ture by u Hindu gentleman last Monday
evening, attacking theosophy.
7 Isaac Johnson. one of the oldest in
halitautS and the messenger in tie Office
Oft the architect OF ehe Capitol. died suddenly
Yesterday. He was a slave i'll the District
eighty years ago. He was appointed mes
senGcr by Gen. NJ. {. Meigs IN 1850.
a colored man, unknown, was struck by
the lender OF i L EnuTIeEDlB SlIttG at
the corner of Fifteenth street and New
York avenue, at SID last night. The ill.,
jured party picked himself up and hoDbled
off nluttering vengeance against the grip
man.
The department comma nder. q. A. r.,
has accepted the invitation of Gen. Nelson
A Miles and the Department OF the Po-
tUmac will take part in tue parade and
procession on the occasion of the unveil-
ing OF the statue OF Maj. Gen. Hancock
on the 9th inst.
Policemen Flavin, Oliner. and Coo Ike raided
disorderly assembly Of coIoTed youths at
the entrance of o street alley last night
and captured four of the gang. Al the
| Second precinct station the prisoners gave
| their names as Edward Durks, Fred Tyler
William Parker, and William Carroll.
Some one stole the traces and names OF
| the harness Off Patrick O'ToOle's horse
! which was standing in front OF Hahn S shoe
| store on the Avenue Friday. Mr.. O'Toole
| who lives at 212S street northwest, says
that if the thief will call at his house he
will give him the remainder of the harness
Dr.. Stafford will deliver, tonight. a.
I Aliens Grand Opera House, his lecture
on Dickens. His Power and Pathos.
| The subject is one that appeals to very
large ma jority of the reading and thought
full uublic and is treated by the eninen
| divine wltn great lOTct anu peTSuaSiVeH
: Yesterday afternoon two wagons thai
were being driven in opposite directions
: colIided on Tenth street. between ID and T
, streets northwest. Passers-by were treated
to a right of way dispute. accompanied
{ by profane epithets that would have driver
an educated parrot several shades greenel
with envy.
The body of William A. Austen, wht
died at Emergency Hospital, on Thurs
: day, was removed to Lees undertake.
t rooms Yesterday. and prepared for burial
J post mortem examination, held at tn
= hospital, developed the fact that the MAJ
died from hemorrhage OF the brain. II
viii be buried in rlington on Monday.
Y The first half of the match game o
Y | pool PLAYED at Cahills pGol-Fooms, No
433 Eleventh street, last night, betweel
John Cahiu and Champion Stewart, wa
Y ! won by the latter by score of 800
/ 11S The match is for 800 side
Stewart to give Cahin 200 points in 500
n The second half will be played at the sam
8 place tomorrow night.
/ Michael McCaffrey treated his friend
s to a keg OF beer in Georgetown last nigh
e and thereby got himself into trouble. !
crowd of corner toughs saw the keg ant
| tried to sample it's contents. A genera
fight followed, and in the melee Nc
Caffrcy had his head and ear badly cut
DIR. McGrath sewed up his wounds u
= Emergency Hospital and he was sent
n | ward.
r The Woman sAnthropological Society wa
Incorporated Yesterday the following hein,
Y the Officers: Alice C. Fletcher, president
: Miranda Tullock and Jean NJ. Lander. vic
| sda rnrrnep and Mariaona p