The evening times., 1896-09-26
City Brevities

! bridge, is iD need OF repair.
The police steamer ice Blackburn is Ee-
| ing put in condition for her winters work.
Secretary Mexican, of tie National Asso-
| citation OF Democratic Clubs, lcftthis after
Uoon for st. Louis. Ff'
Col Dickson is again seen at Democratic
headquarters after suffering from few
days iudispostioD
The parking around the New Congress
sional Library is icing trimmed after the
summers wild growth. '
Capt. E. F. White, chief inspector of
steam vessels, OF Baltimore. was 10 tie city
short while yesterday.
The furnaces at the City Hall were given
general overhaulng yesterday. aud put in
condition for the winter.
The Interstate Democratic Association
will meet this evening to elect delegates
to the St Louis convention.
Clerk Smith. or the supreme court of
the District. returned yesterday after sew
eral weeks vacation spent in the North.
Henry NJ. Lingcrrelder, an attorney of
Baltimore, spent IL few hours in the city
yesterday on his way home from the South.
The Western High School has n bicycle
rack in the main hall. and more than u
dozen of the pupils come and go on wheels.
State s Attorney Posey of Charles ounty.
was at the City Hail yesterday. looking over
the papers in an equity suit in which he is
interested.
Deputy Commissioner of Pensions Bell
spoke at Newport News last night in be-
half Of Hon. ". A. Young, the Dem ccratic
nominee for Congress.
AIlthe courts will open week from Tues
day. There is much BUSINESS before the
court OF appeals and it may be there will be
u special session 10 dispose Of some OF it.
The Bryan and Sewail Club. OF Rockville,
Nd. want the proposed debate between Mr..
Siiison Hutchins and Mr.. b. II. Warner on
the money question to be held i'll that town
Cyclcrs and carriage riders are returning
from short country trips, ornamentcd with
the beautiful golden rod. Fields and fence
corners are abaze with the brilliant color
ing.
Col. Andrew Cowan, prominent leather
merchant. Of Louisville, KY, with Mrs.
Cowan. is visiting Washington. Col. Cowan
Is a Republican. and has been talked OF for
Congress.
Gen. Walker, tie press gent Of the Demo
cratic Congressional committee, las been
prominently mentioned for election to the
st. Louis convention by one of tie local
Democratic clubs.
PEiHp MillIs!I.>. Colored. had some words
with his sweetheart Ella Wheeler, last
al ght. and now he wishes that hc had not
been so haSty In using his fists. Policeman
Uendricks locked Williams up
Lieut.. McCathran reported 10 headaartcrs
this murung that the earth about IA tcle-
graph pole in the alley between Fourth aud
Finh. A and r streets sout thcast. has sun6
leaving the pole IN an unsafe condition.
Dr. Fred 81. Began. OF Il street. has re-
turned from two months trip IN Europe.
Suit for divorce was this morning fled
by Sallie \. Harris against Charles II.
Harris The papers ven PLACED in the safe.
Pobcrt Hawkins, colored. who assaulted
his wife. Alice. at the flying horses because
she refused TO give him her wages TO buy
liquor. as told in The Evening Times yester-
day, was sent 10 jail by Judge Miller for one
mouth.
Using bricks in ihe construction of n
building without wetting them is the odd
charge upon which Contractor George C.
Pumphrey was arrested yesterday by
Policeman j z Cochran. Of Lieut..
TecpI.'s station.
Detective Joe Carter is learning to ride a
bicycle. 1t is Major Moore's intention to
have all his detectives mounted on wheels.
as he believes by this mode of locornotion
then can do quicker an.l more effective work
in the detection and prevention OF crime.
Mrs. Kate Dunn fell from an electric car
ut Ninth and + Streets northwest. yestcr-
day. and was severely bruised about the
head and body. She was Renewed To htr
home. No. 501 NJ street southwest, in a
carriage 10y MT Fahcy. of No 1901 + street
northwe
The flectins vision OF scurryins bicycle
and a fluttering maze or gorgeoushucd
silk attracted many a pedestrian on Penn
Sylvania avenue about O'Clock last night.
The cause of it all WAS an athletic attacbe
of the Chinese legation in full Oriental
dress out for "A spin.
The cool wave has proved a boon to the
down -the-river oyster dredgcrs. A number
OF schooners and sluops, loaded with the
bivalves, arrived at the oyster wharf,
foot OF Eleventh street, yesterday afternoon
and last night But few watermelons are
being received now along the river front.
Warren Piummer.a snaIl bog residing on
Twenty-third street near NJ street north
west, went bird shooting on the flats yes
terday afternoon. carrying bcanshooter
as the weapon OF avian destruction. The
birds Were either scarce or wary and War
rcn yearned for n target Of some sort. Un,
wisely he chose one of a bevy OF chick
ems, the property of Mrs. Mamie Douglass,
who lives near the street bridge, and the
result of the shot caused Mrs. Douglass to
notify the police OF the incident.
Mrs. Alton Carly. of No. 229 Massachu-
seLts avenue. has in ner yard a phenomenon
ill the way of a flower. The stalk bearing
the flower is a klcdium. or, what is more
faniliarly known as elephant ears. The
largest leaf measures forty-fiye inches from
tip to tip. ana thirty inches across. The
flower did not quite reach perfection. owing
10 its being nipped by the rcccnt frost.
1t resembles in shape a Gala lily. and is
about twelve inches long. The predom-
mating colors are yellow and red. This is
the first OF the kind that has ever been
known TO bloom III this city.
Yesterday was n fine day for '.scorch-
ers." and Cycling Policeman j. A. Duvall
had his hands full in chasing down six Of
The lawbreakers before retiring for the
day. The names of his victims arc Walter
Satterfield. Frederick Smith, q. A. Breu-
ninger. Frank W. Darling, Eugene Freeman
and John Ferguson. The first three We're
followed long distance, but We're II OF cap
tured till they had reached Lincoln Park
northeast They We're taken TO the Niuth
precinct station, where the ''old, old five"