The evening times., 1896-09-08
City Brevities

is visiting friends in the city.
Albert Provost of Harrison street, Ana
costa, has gone to Baltimore on business.
The IIillsdale Pleasure Cub gave its an
nual Labor Day lawn social last night at
Eureka Park.
Poundmaster Einstein continues tocapture
stray CANNES at the rate OF from twenty
| to thirty day.
Mr.. H. McConas Watts, of Baltimore,
IS visiting his cousin, Mrs. Robert E.
| Constant, of Kensington.
Robert s. Crawford of Capitol Hill has
returned to the city after vacation spent
i in the mountain resorts.
| B. H. warner has returned from his va
cation and yesterday addressed the Re-
| publican rally at Falls Church.
The West Street Presbyterian Church,
| of Georgetown, will hold a lawn party
soon for the benefit of church finances.
The Israel Colored Baptist Church, cor
/ ner of Third and b streets southwest,
will hold a picnic shortly at Glyniont.
The vacant house orr. W. Coumbe, at No.
1904 9th street northwest, was entered
last night and robbed of all the gas pipes
| and fixtures.
Two young gentlemen of ''Ne wspapcr
! Row" are smiling With j F. Sutcr, jr..
| tits girl. In the case of Fred F schrader
| it Is a boy.
Mr.. Andrew Cockrell, chief inspector OF
the Washington Gaslight Company, has re-
| turned from visit to relatives at Mar
ragaDsett Pier.
Work un the new Virginia brewery, on
the Virginia shore, above Rosslyn, is
rapidly progressing and the roof will
soon be put in place.
E. G. TerriH, boilcr-maker was treated
at the Emergency Hospital last night Tot =
badly mashed hand, which was crushed be-
tween two iron plates.
A. B. Griffith OF the Patent Office re-
| turned this morning from bicycle tour
through Virginia to warrenton and the
White Sulphur Springs.
The State Department has issued re-
port giving very fully the details and
methods OF n cooperative loan business
among farmers in Germany.
Judge Cox today rendered decree di-
vorciDg Albert A. Foskey from Mamie +.
Foskey. Tie husband was also given the
custody of his son, Henry S. Foskey.
Word haa been received from Commits
siouer Ross to the effect that he win not
return to the oity before next Monday.
He is still at his old bone in Illinois.
The police boat j oe Blackburn was plough
ing the waters yesterday In a brand new
coat Of paint. The crew patroiled the
coast ali day on the lookout for casualties
and lavbreakers.
t,Es of A,.tfa COLL tn.I
with a hack at Thirteenth and Pennsyl-
vana avenue and was throwntothe ground.
His right leg was injured. He was taken
home in carriage.
John Harrison, canal eniploye, slipped
from the towpatb into the canal yester-
day while intoxicated. By the help of a
friend he escaped with nothing more than
thorough drenching.
Ernest Kaiser, sixteen years old, mar
rowly escaped a serious accident last night
in being run down by Ninth street car
near the boundary. He was struck by the
fender, but was not injured.
Two or three da VS. will be required to dis
pose ot the extra work accumulated in the
mailing rooms OF the Republican Congress
sional Committee, owing to the holiday
given the employees yesterday.
Ex-Gov. Black OF Pennsylvania, who has
been at local Democratic headquarters Tor
two ays, went to New York today, where
he will complete hiscxposure OF an alleged
gold plot" among railway employees.
The bond furnished by Dan Williams,
the defaultng collector OF fines at the
police court. was not secured by Masons
and Il. A. X. men, as reported, but by
e IA,
Representative NJ. II. Kulp, OF Penn
sylvania. is at the Shoreham. lie is a
gold Republican. and sa ys the morespeeches
Tiliman makes in his district the more
votes he tKulpD will poll in the election
this fall.
Tracey L. Jefforis. assistant district
attorney, has returned to the city after Il
months vacation spent in travel. Mfr.
Jeffords' journey covered a distance of
10000 miles, and lie visited twenty three
different States.
Mary Jones who lives In Herbert's court,
had row with her daughter. A lberta, last
night over some money The quarrel cul-
minated when the mother hit the daughter
with an ak, inflicting some slight wounds,
which were treated ut Free dman's Hos
pital.
The Populist national Committee has re-
ceived a large supply of the political
tract, ''The wage-earner and Free Silver"
1t is considered by the party managers as
one OF the most valuable pamphlets of the
campaign, and will be sent out in large
numbers.
Pedestrians on Ninth street yesterday
afternoon were amused by the antics of a
drunken man who pedaled up the thor
oughfsre on a bicycle. His exhibition
was made doubly interesting by the hair
breadth escapes he made from the wheels
of the electric cars.
As the steamer Samuel J. Pentz was
leaving her wharf yesterday afternoon
the breaking df a bolt In one of her pad
die wheels caused the destruction of four
of the buckets of the wheel. Although
the boat was crowded, no alarm was felt,
and after a short delay the Pentz pro-
ceeded to River View
Golden Commander, No 712, U. o. G. c.,
lately organized, will install its officers
elect on Friday evening of this week at
the hall. No. 80 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest. The meetings OF the
commander will be held there In the fu-
ture on the second and fourth Friday even
ings Of each month.
A rally of the Mckinley and Hobart
Sound Money Club OF West Washington wip
be held at No. 3210 street northwest,
tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock p. m
Hon. P. H. McCaull, OF Virginia; Hon. ].
Hale Sypher, of Louisiana; Col. H. E. Bur-
ton of New York and r. H Warner and