The morning times., 1896-09-28
City BrevitieS

Rev. j. T. Grove has Just returned from
his summer outing.
Mr.. A. Bauer OF No. "a II street left for
Pittsburg yesterday
A curbing has teen laid on Thirteenth
street. back OF Lincoln Park.
The chains and posts around Lincoln
Park have been newly painted.
Extensive repairs have Just been com.
pleted along Sixth street northwest.
The bicycle members of the W. A. G.
made run to BENEDICT. Nd, Saturday.
Mr.. White, residing ut the corner Oft
and Tenth streets, has gone to Richmond.
Mr.. R. g. skerrett, OF II street north-
west, has returned from his scashore trip.
Rev. j. Mcbride Sterrett has gone to
the mountains OF Virginia for the autumn.
The Haley Band held a meeting yester-
day. at Weilers Hall, Eighth and south
east.
Mr.. A. L. Green OF Fourth and East Cap
itoi streets has gone Oh u visit to Rock
vile.
Mr.. john Cunningham gave a party to
SOME friends at Cycle Cottage. Friday
night.
Mr. H. 8. Patterson of 1101 Thirteenth
street, has Just returned to Harvard Uni
versity.
fiduk W ttlidfnS has TeCuIneu tIOfn 2dsSst-
chusetts, where he has been spending his
vacation.
George Miller. bootblack, was arrested
for obstructing the sidewalk early Sunday
morning.
The cutters between Ninth aud Tenth
on street southeast are being dug up
and repaired.
Mr.. John Oehman Is erecting two brick
dwellings at the corner OF Seventh and L
streets southt ast.
The Sunday school classes OF Trinity
Episcopal Church will be resumed next Sun
day at p. N.
The Classroom. which Is being erected
next to the Twelfth Street n. E. Church,
Is nearly completed.
The high grass on the lot between K
and n Fifth and Seventh streets southeast,
has been cleared away.
Water pipes are being run into number
Of houses on I street. between Twelfth
and Thirteenth southeast.
Beginning with this week the Soldiers
Home Dramatic Club Will hold rehearsals
every Tuesday and Saturday.
Henry Jones was arrested by Officer Nc
Nance last night. on complaint Of Hattie
Jones, for destroying property.
Thomas Crafty, deposited SO collateral
ut the Ninth precinct station last night
for q charge OF indecent exposure.
A meeting Of the Mckinley and Hobart
Club will be held at 341 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest tonight at 7:3O.
large pile OF dirt. which has been
lying on the lot at the corner OF Fourth
and southeast. is being hauled away.
The walks IN FrankIyn Park are UNDER
going extensive repairs The outer edges
OF the walks are being filled in with clay.
Miss Brurf OF s45 Pennsylvania avenue.
slipped on the sewer trap in trout OF the
State Department. yesterday, and injured
her ankle.
Two street evangelists, male and fe-
male, preached to large audiences last
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. ID. NJ Edwards, Of the Associated
Press in this city, has gone to New York
to visit some relatives before their de-
parture for the West
An autumn social will be given in the
Foundry NJ. z. Church tomorrow evening
by the bIard of managers OF the Methodist
Home for the Aged.
Farming has not yet been driven from
the Capitol City. On the commons at
Fourteenth and b streets northeast a large
field OF corn is flourishiDg.
The club controlling Buena Vista char
tered a steamboat and had an excursion
down the river yesterday, winding up with
au oyster roast at Buena Vista.
A review aud general inspection Of all
soldiers stationed at the barracks and navy
yard will lie held every Monday morning
at the barracks, commencing today.
John Wilson, No. 26lS K street, was
treated at Emergency Hospital last night
by Surgeon West for liberation of the
scalp, due to a blow from a beer spigot-
Mr.. Harold Camp Of els L street, has
gone 10 Burlington, VT, where lie Will
remain for a short tine He will then
take an extended trip through New Eug-
land.
An aged white man who was looking
for a place to sleep last evening. but had
no money, was provided for by party
OF Dewspapermep aud sent on his way re-
joicing.
Edward Baum. a youth OF eighteen, was
arrested last night by First precinct po-
liceman for fast riding OIL bicycle. He
lett So as collateral for his appearance
i'll court today.
1t was reported at the Eighth precinct
yesterday that the water pipe supplying
the watering trough OH the Bunker Hill
road, near Brookland, had burst, and was
flooding the road
Frank Jones, five years old, No. S22
Twenty-second street, sustained a fracture
of the right leg by falling from a porch
yesterday. The injury was treated at
Emergency Hospital
Noble Thomas and William Carter, both
colorcd, were locked up at No. station
yesterday afternoon by Policemen Van
Horn and Gauldman for crapShOoting in
MAYORS alley northwest.
Patrick Kenney, tweuty-one years old,
was taken suddenly IL yesterday afternoon
on the Hardwood road, beyond Soldiers
Home. The police ambulance was called
and lie was removed to Frcedrnans Hos
pital.
Catharine Brown, a colored bousekeeper,
INDUCED in so much profanity yesterday
morning that Policeman Yanderschaaf
was compelled to take her into custody.
Her friends secured her release on col
lateral.
A couple OF small boys who were anus
ing themselves by throwing rocks at the
Hancock equestrian statue yesterday after
noon were chased from the square by some
gentlemen who happened to be passing
at the time.
William Barron, a ledger at the Munich
pal Lodging House, was stricken with
epilepsy last night. Supt. Cutler, after
applying household remedies, called for
Emergency ambulance. He was revived
at the hospital by Surgeon Turner.
Policemen Lightfoot and Cooper raided
a poker joint early yesterday morning at
No. 1416 Third street northwest, and in
addition to capturing a large amount of
chips and cash arrested John Ragland and
his brOtber-in-law, John Head, both colored
Thomas Lane, No. 232 street NORTH
east, employ as u switchman on tire B.
s o. Railroad, was struck on the head by
the twisting rod of a locomotive yesterday.
His wound was a trivial one aud was
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