The evening times., 1896-09-28
City Brevities

county, was q visitor To the city hall Sat
urday. q.
-Four new members were formally received
into the Metropolitan Baptist Church yes
terday.
Laborers are at work on the White Lot
oval, throwing new dirt on the road and
packing it down
Detectives Horne and Rhodes were re.
ported on the sick list by Inspector HoIlin-
beGrer this morning.
DR.. W. IL. Atkinson has been elected sec,
retary OF the North Carolina Democrats
Association OF this city.
Nearly 5000 was collected at Camp
bell A. NJ. L. Church. Hllsdale, yesterday,
TO help pay off the church debt.
Columbian University examinations CON
mence today. The total enrolment of the
school this year will he about 1 200.
Ralph Hardesty has been elected presi-
dent OF the Northeast Glee Club. vice Presi-
dent and Director Morrison, resigned
Rev. John T. Grove, pastor of the Church
OF our Savior. at Brookland. has returned
from Baltimore, much improved in health.
Walter Harris, OF Anacostia, while riding
ayouhg colt Oh Minnesota a a venue yesterday,
was thrown to the ground and badly
bruised.
A dangerous hole in the sidewalk in front
of No. 1921 d street northwest. was Ie-
ported to headquarters by Lieut.. Amiss
this mo rning.
New gravel walks have been laid in the
parking on South Carolina avenue south
EAST to replace those washed out by the
recent storm.
The dog catcbers made an early morning
raid on the vagrlnt cursin Northeast Wash
ington today and captured a number OF uu-
tagged CANNES.
Arrangements are being made by the
AnaCostia Mckinley and Hobart Club for a
trip of some of its members TO Canton next
Saturday week
Services at Trinity NJ. L. Church were
last night by sudden extin-
gushing OF the gas lights owing to water
in the pipes or meter.
Treasurer Castle and Robert Hunter, his
assistant, are in the city today, collecting
taxes from Washington owners OF Prince
George county property.
Mr.. wilkins Habensach. private secre
tary TO Representative Woomer OF Pcnnsyl-
vania, accompanied by his bride, is spend
ing few weeks in Washington.
y truck wagon on its way to market this
morning broke down at the corner of Four
and-a-!iaif and C streets southwest, scatte.
ing vegetables over the street.
There will he golden rod festival given
next Saturday afternoon for the benefit Of
the Episcopal church of BToOkIand, at the
residence OF Mrs. Charles Davis.
The deed involved in the reorganization
of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany has been put Oh record. Tue cost Of
placing it on the books is about S3 600.
Secretary Arthur Keep Of the Federation
OF Labor is arranging to soon deliver an
address in the interests OF Mr.. Mcguire,
the Socialists candidate for President.
Patrick Whitehead, a laborer, was treat
cd at the Emergency Hospital this uiorn-
ing for wound on the hand made by
chsel, which he was careleSsly handling.
Joseph johnson, colored dairy wagon
driver, was arrested yesterday afternoon
by Humane Society officer John Reiplinger
on Capitol Hill for cruelty treating his
horse.
The suburbs will take place at Bethesda.
Md, Saturday night next. The c. Il.
Conn Drum Corps has been invited to par
tiCipate.
The United States Navy Yard is in re-
ceipt of fifty tons OF forgings for thirteen
inch and eight-inch guns. The forgings
came from the Bethlehem, Pa, Iron Com
pany's works.
Rev. Dr. Kent has arranged a series OF
topics which will be discussed in the pulpit
by members Of the congregation of the Peo-
PIES Church during his campagn gning tour
for Br Jan and free silver.
Count Won Goetzen. first lieutenant OF
Uhians of the Imperial Guard and We'll
known as an African explorer, will on De-
cembcr 10 succeed the German military at
tache at the legation here.
Lieut.. McCathran reports that man
hole in the roadway on ID street, between
First and Second streets southeast, pro
iects four inches above the street level, and
IS a menace to passing horses.
Rev. James Cummings Smith, ID. D.. of
San Francisco, preached at the Eastern
Presbyterian Church yesterday. The pas-
tor OF the church, DR.. T. Chalmers Easton,
has not yet returned from California, where
he has been spending his vacation.
Charles Handler. tie colored employe of
a bicycle repair shop, while attempting TO
ride one bicycle and lead another, got his
machines tangled up and fell to the gro und.
Both machines were moro or less damaged
and Handler sustained a sprained wrist.
Edwin Geary, sixty years OF age, fell
with an epilcptic fit on N street, between
Thirtieth and Thirty first streets, George
town. last night, painfully injuring him
self. Policeman Housed and Pratt had Mr..
Geary removed to his home, No. 1923 r
street northwest.
Services were conducted yesterday after
noon at the Methodist Home for the A geIby
Vice President McCatharan and members
of the Epworth League of Trinity NJ. Z
Church. Several solos were sung by Mrs.
Sniffin and special music was rendered by
the young people.
William Dent, colorcd, sixteen years of
age, who is 4 notorious juvenile thief, on
last Friday stole the bicycle OF Albert Russ,
which had been left on l street, between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets northwest.
In the police court this morning he was sent
to the Reform School. .
The medical board of the Ailopathic Sch ool
held a meeting Saturday evening to make
for the examination of appii-
Cants. which is to take place early In Oc-
tober. The duty of the board is o pre-
pare the questions for submission to the
board of supervisors, upon which applicants
for the right to practice are to be tested.
An unknown white man W as struck on the
head with a brick by a colored youth at
the flying horses. First street and Massa