The evening times., 1896-07-13
City Brevities

| NIL o. oldfiicy fdTTlS OI LOuCOn, EuS-
land, is III the city.
Prof. Lee Davis Lodge of Columbian
University will sail this week for sum-
| mer OF study in Europe.
Decorate your bicycles for Tuesdays pa
rade by an expert decorator. Ben Dakin,
1890 New York avenue.
| sergt. Bob johnson of police headquarters
who has been ill for some time, has recov-
cred, and is again at his desk
Mr.. W. R. Omohundro, a former Washing
ton 10y, and now proniinentbusiness man
of Chicago, is at tile Arlington.
The trail cars are now running regularly
| with the electric motors on the F-street
line of the Metropolitan system
The new pole put up by the telephone
| company at Tenth AMI ID streets is u third
larger than the one it replaces, and bears
twelve cross bars, while the old one had
only ten.
Judge Kimbali's recent decision, that
man cannot lie arrested for obstructing
the street with his person, will keep great
many officers away from court, whoi in tile
past made a speciality of such cases.
The. amount OF coda water consumed in
Washington yesterday was enormous. The
local manufacturers kept open all day
TO accommodate the drug stores should they
run out OF their supply. which happened ID
several cases.
Policeman Dodge of the bicycle squad is
wearing a most remarkable kuickerbOcker
suit, which, combined with an enormous
cork helmet, and floating puggaree, causes
hSt,, tn ,I. ,utN Vs,li
Il scalping tour.
James Williams, colored nineteen years
of age, fell to the sidewalk at Eighth and
L streets southeast last night, suffering
from n mysterious malady. He was re-
moved to Providence Hospital in the Fifth
precinct police patrol.
Rev. q. W. Williams has novel idea for
his Sunday.school. 1t is that the adult de-
parJment should be rs well attended as
the chltiren's. and yesterday Supt. Sharp
directed the little ones To see if they could
not bring the old folks to school next Sun
day.
The body of james Tolls, colored, who
drowned yesterday in the Potomac, near
Island IL hein z held at tthemorgue.
Coroner Hammett viewed the remains this
morning, but decided to make no disposition
of the body until relatives or friends were
heard from.
There continues tu te much bicycle riding
faster than eight miles an hour in spite of
the law and the policemen ON wheels. II is
easy to tell when the law is violated on
Pennsylvania avenue by comparing the
speed OF the wheel with that OF the cars,
which go ten miles an hour.
A Sterling bicycle was left in front OF
W. L. Robinsou's bicycle store, No 129
Tenth street northwest by some unknown
person last Saturday night. As no one
came after the wheel, and thinking perhaps
1t had been stolen, Mr. Robinson turned it
over to the police this morning.
Charles L. Garter, living at No. 2O27
Seventh street north west, in aliShting from
Brightwood car at the corner of Florida
avenue and Seventh street fell and was
badly cut about the head and face. He
was removed 10 Frecdmans Hospital In
the Eighth precinct patrol wagon.
A small canine in the throes Of spasm
caused a mad dog scare yesterday after
noon at Third street nd Maryland avenue
southwest. When Policeman Frank Eaur
he deluged it witha bucketfulof cold water
This huInare act had the desired effect.
The mcanest sort of a theft, Inspector
Hollinbereer says, is 10 steal Old Glory.
This remark was called forth by the fact
that since the Endeavor convention has
been in session no less than six cases have
been reported where flags used S decora-
tons in front OF business houses been stol-
en-.
Some unknown colored boys attacked a
crowd OF white youths at the bathing beach
last night, and in the rough-and- tumble fight
Joseph Demma, an Italian fruitdealer, who
lives at No. 1433 Ohio avenue, was struck
in the head with brick. He received an
ugly wound in the forehead, which was
dressed at the Emergency Hospital.
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