Evening star., 1896-01-22
SUBURBAN NEWS
ANACOSTTA.

Some of the most enterprising OF the
citizens Of Anacostia have renewed the
tagitation, which was started about a year
ago by the Citizens Association, but which
was allowed to die out, to secure free de-
livery for the citizens of the town. On the
previous occasion the proper officials of the
Post Office Department expressed will
tngness to do all they could in that direc
ton to comply with the request of the
people of Anacostia, as expressed through
a committee of leading men VINO called
upon them, but after an additional mail
to and from the city each week day was
established by the department, no further
steps toward getting the free delivery were
taken.
been at-the head of postal affairs he has
frequently expressed the opinion that the
great majority of fourth-clasS offices, such
as AnacoStia, ought not to exist as such,
but that they should be attached to the
nearest large post office, as, for example,
Washington, and the person in charge, who
would be designated as a superintendent,
report to and transact his business through
the postmaster of the large Office instead
of the department having to deal with the
fourta-class Office. Postmaster General
Wilson's plan has recently been put in
practice at Baltimore and vicinity, where
all the post offices within radius of some
twenty miles nave been put in charge of
Postmaster Warfield. and the scheme has
sons lost their positions as postmasters.
they were in most cases at once appointed
superintendent of the stations established
in place of the offices, and the people
throughout the entire section We're i'm
mediately given the advantages coming
from free delivery.
Postmaster General Wilson is reported to
have also said that the same system ought
not only to be extended 20 Washington but
ought TO be arranged to apply TO every
large city and it's vicinity throughout the
United States, and that 1t was his inten-
ton to do all in his power to have the
plan carried out.
The store of Mr. David l. Bowen in Mary
land, few miles below the District line,
was broken into by thieves the latter part
of last week and a large quantity of goods
stolen. Mr.. Bowen carried large stock
of general merchandise, but the principal
articles stolen consisted of boots and shoes
II Is believed that entrance to the store
was effected with tools which had been Sc
cured from a blacksmith shop near by.
On the night before the robbery at MI
Bcwen'S the corn house on the farm of Mr.
Chas. H. Anderson, in the same neignbor-
hood, was forced open and several barrels
of corn carried away.
An interesting case is pending before Judge
Brooke at Upper Marlboro, and many
people are awaiting the decision with as
much patience as they possess. Mr.. Geo.
Roland, a young widower sued his father
in-law. Mr.. John ]. Solver, for the posses
sion of his three children, who have been
taken care of by their grandparents since
the death of Mrs. Roland. The evidence
was heard Monday and the children were
present. One of them caused considerable
amusement to the spectators by running
about the court room until taken away by
his grandmother.
Several prominent citizens of Prince
Georges county, living near Suitland. who
went to Baltimore to attend the annual
meeting of the Maryland Society for the
Protection of Animals, have returned home.
The reports submitted stated that the so
oil in hut hat
money could be used to excellent advan-
tage. During the past year ]. .425 cases were
investigated, of which 1863 were remedied
without prosecution, while 56 arrests were
made There were So convictions and 81
were acquitted. Eighteen animals We're hu-
NAMELY killed to put them out of misery.