The evening times., 1896-06-09

of the Invalid Pensions Committee of the
House, will leave for their home at Pierre,
d.. tomorrow Mr.. Bailey may be de-
tanned fe W days to wind up the business OF
his committee.
Mr. Nat Crutchfield, ex-Journal clerk OF
the House, has returned from the Kentucky
campaign, where he was one of Senator
Mackburu's lieutenants in the successfal
campaign Just ended in n victory for the
silver wing of the Democratic party.
The latest bulletin, No. 4, OF the De
partmentof Labor, re ecently issued. gives
number of de ecisions regarding the liability
of employers that are of interest both to
employers aud wOrkingmen.
Mr. W. j. Sharp has been chosen super
.ntendent of the Metropolitan Baptist Sun
day-school aud took charge at the close OF
the exercises last Sunday.
George McCauley, the thief, who tried to
shoot Detective Sutton, has peculiar
mania for files. He has been known to go
into hardware store aud steal lot OF
files, leaving the money dra wer untouched.
says McCauiey is half crazy. from using
opium.
In the last reappraisemeut made by the
Treasury Department the duty has bcenin-
creased on diamonds in the rough, very few
of which enter this country in that condi-
ton. Most OF them are cut in Amsterdam
Judge Kimball has lately stopped his
practice of putting defendants under per-
sonal bonds, and is dismissing them out
right.
Judge Miller expressed his opinion yester-
day OF bringing family quarrels into court.
He said the officers should use discretion in
such matters, and dismissed several cases
where husbands and wives had petty diff
| ferences with each other.
The Georgetown Auxiliary of the W. g.
T. L. will hold their last meeting of his
season in the parlors of the Dumbar:on
II. f. Church on Thursday at p. M.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the North
| Cap,tol NJ L. Church will give n sh!al
| in the pariors of the church tomorrow
evening. A musical and literary program
| will be presented.
Mischievous boys threw quantity of
| broken glass upon the street pavement
| on New Jersey avenue between q and
streets yesterday Several bicycle tires
were punctured as result.
Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe. pastor of
| New York Avenue Church, will conduct
services and speak from the gospel mission
wagon tonight.
Many of the Epworth League societies
will meet tonight for the purpose of se-
| Letting delegates to the coming Harris
! burg convention. {.
The most polite street railway conductor
| in this city is employed on the Columbia
cable line. He tips his hat with Chesterfield
| ian grace every time he collects a fare from
a lady passenger.
A pedestrian on Pennsylvania avenue
attracted much attention. His open UNI
| brella was held aloft by one of the recently
| patented umbrella supporters, rigged to
his waist and left shoulder and which gave
| him the free use of both hands and arms.
| Farmers from the surrounding country
| state that the cherry crop in this vicinity is
| practically q failure this season. Trees
which were heavily laden with the fruit
| last year, they say, now give promise of
/ quarts where they formerly bore bushels
Cherry pies will, therefore, be almost as
| expe usive luxury as terrapin stew.
Mr.. A. H. Mcknight of No. 140 + street
northeast. an employe of the Government
Printing Office. has been informed OF the
killing of his sister, Miss Alice Mcknight
u an accident near Charlottesville, Va.
William Digges, colored, furnished $40
collateral at No 2 station for indulgiDg in
a game OF dsOrderly crap. Policeman Hoag
| land made the arrest
John L. Cassiu, a schoolboy aged sixteen
years, was arrested last night by Policeman
]. A. Duvall and escorted to No. station
for fast riding on bicycle. The victim
eft $5 collateral and was released.
The excise board this morning author
lied the transfer of a bar license from
Thomas H. Brush to Robert P. Murphy
at Hotel Regent, corner of Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania avenue.
Five saloon keepers were before the
| excise board this morning, cited for omit
ting 10 keep their bars exposed to public
view on Sunday last They were admoB-
ished to be more particular in futcre.
The violation of the regulat ton was ex
cused by the statement that the police
had only to open the fancy swinging doors
in front to obtain view of the int terror,
but this is held to be non coDformance
Catherine Sheares, colOred, twenty live
years of age, of No. 406 Oak street north
west. was seriously injured by beingsta bbcd
by Frank Brown, also colored, during a
quarrel on Fourteenth street between U
and streets about O'Clock this morning.
The woman was treated at Freedman's g
Hospital.
George W. Acorn, of No. 923 Twelfth
street northwest, reported TO police head
quarters this morning that thieves stole
from him several carpenters tools.
The District Grand Lodge OF Good TEN
plars will meet at 10 a. m. tomorrow at
No. 623 Louisiana avenue northwest.
The rainfall last night interrupted the
upen-air festival announced by the Tenley y.
town NJ. E. Church ladies', and it became
, necessary to transfer the festivities to the
residence OF Rev. Mr. Cannon, pastor OF
the chu rch.
The Good Templars Of the District are
! arranging for an all day outing, to be given
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