The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-03
City Brevities

100 IT. nice wide boards, 81. any length
You wish. +. Libbe ) Co, 6th& N. ave.
The Riggs House rotunda il receiving a
new frescO.
Mr.. Samuel Cook isspending few weeks
at Atlantic City.
Mr.. Henry d. Estabrook, OF Chicago, ID
stopping ut Wizards.
Policeman S. T. Herndon, of the First
precinct, is on sick leave.
Mr. Charles A. Conklin, Of Atlanta, is
stopping at the Raleigh.
Mr.. Fred W. Guild, OF Saginaw, Mich,
is here on pleasure trip.
Mr.. w Il. Seymour. the Pittsburg mil
lionaire. is here on business.
Mr.. w. W. Williams, OF Providence, Il.
l., is registered at the Raleigh.
Ar. b. Chambers OF Northumberland,
Va, is registered at III. 4 ational.
Mr.. ] r. McAllister, a prominent New
York banker, is stopping at the Metro
politan.
Mr.. f. S. Thorn, prominent in Buffalo.
n. Y, business circles, is stopping at the
Metropolitan.
Mr.. c. E. Oids of the editorial staff of
the New York Journal is registered at
the National Hotel.
Cabinet Council OF the National Union
will give day and evening excursion
TO Marshall Hall today
Policeman Lewis of the Eighth pre-
cinct is acting sergeant while Sergt. Mont
somery is off on leave.
Mr.. Robert Il NAPLES, formerly of the
National Hotel, who has been away for
some time, has returned.
Mr.. Charles Hodge, No. 2139 X street.
is spending the month with friends in
Pennsylvania and Maryland.
A bicycle was picked up in SchOtt's
alley northeast by officer Ellsworth yes
terday afternoon and the police are of
the opinion that it was stolen.
Mr.. F. G Pollard, proprietor of the
Hamilton uo,el, and lamiiy VIII leave in
a few days for soiourn at Nantucket and
other Northern watering places.
Flooring $1.5U per 100 feet, all one
width. f Libbey 4 Co., 9th & n. Y. ave.
Col. w r. Teller of Bluefields, Va, is
at the Metropolitan Hotel. Col Teller, II
is said, will soon undertake the manage
ment of the Metropolitan in conjunction
with the present manager-proprietor.
Miss Anna Grace of Baltimore stepped
Off a swiftly moving car at Ninth ana z
streets yesterday afternoon and was thrown
to the ground. She received sprained
ankle and was otherwise sli :litly bruised.
z. L. Daily, OF No. GA Twelfth street
northwest reported at police headQuar-
tiers yesterday that his bicycle had been
stolen from in front of his residence Oh
Saturday.
officer Doyle Of the Eighth precinct,
with his wife and daughter, will leave
today for Jordan, White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va, where they will spend several
weeks, returning to the city the latter
part OF August.
The Waterman at the Treasury building
leaves open every night the manhole IN the
sidewalk at the southeast corner OF the
building to allow any surplus gas which
gets into the excavations under the side
walk to es cape
During the construction OF the new Grace
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Thirteenth
and Corcoran streets, all church services
Will be held in Gunton Memorial Chapel.
Fourteenth street, above r street.
Mrs. NJ E. Dickerson, white, residing
with her da tighter at 20O3 Twelfth street
northwest, was taken suddenly i'll at the
corner of Ninth street and Florida avenue
yesterday. She was removed TO her
home in patrol wagon
Mr.. o. e. Staples, proprietor Of the Riggs
House, and owner OF Wizards Hotel prop
erty. has assumed the proprietorship OF the
National Hotel. The change went into eff.
feet the first of the month. Walter Burton.
one OF the former proprietors, has been re-
tanned as manager
Officers Williams, Carlson, n. r. Hern-
don, McCort, and Hodges, all of the First
precinct, are enjoying their annual leave
Sergeant Shilling. of the First precinct,
is on sick leave, and Officer Nelson has
been appointed acting sergeant during
the formers absence.