Evening star., 1896-10-06
LANGDON.

The meeting OF the Northeastern Suburban Citi-
zcns' Association. which will be held in the town
hall in I.an.don tomorrow evening. PROMISES
tn he Of great interest. matters Of
much Importance to the entire community will be
presented t" the association for consideration.
on, of the leading topics will. II is expected he
the selection Of Il for the public school
building. the construction of which. it is thought,
will he begun in few days.
II is thought here that there will be unr"ccs
sarr delay "n the part OF those having the matter
in charge in commencing actual work the school
building. a. the heed of the proposed StrurthT' Is 80
apparent and thrr" Is much anxiety the part
of nearly all parents here who have children OF
srl'ol aye that the SChu"i he used AT the
earliest practicable mcm'nt.
Steps will, 1t is expected be taken ut the meet
Ing to send request 10 the receivers OF the Balti-
NOR am! ohio Railroad Company asking that The
ID m. train To WaShingt"I and the .,:lp pm.
train for baltimore he hereafter stopped at Lang
don t" take let OFF Passengers. the present
factory; and the request as outlined would If
granted. he Il considerable accommodation to
large Humber Of residents "f l=ln:'inn AMI vicinity
who employed at the government printing office
and other places in Washington
which was inrnEurntcd 10y Mr. Il. +. Edwards. will
alS" il is expected. receive the attention If the
til" tim" has arrived when the cit zens of this I"r
ti"n Of the District should receive as MANY adj
van;as"s in the way Of quick SELECTION and de,
livery Of mail pssihle consistent with regard
for the fact that Lan='irn is not as close to the
ninin Iss "iii"" as arr, for instance. Florida
Secretary Sutton Of the association is in cor
RESPONDING" with various proper officials in refer
et.e I" IL number of matters which. it is expected,
will be brought To tin" attention of the members
of the association at their next meeting.
There Is an earnest desire The part OF Il great
many I"-"rl" here that the parking commission will
take til" necessary steps t" save some Of h" large
silver lHaiI" trees which We're somewhat damaged
by the recent storm. hut w"r" not much injured
but that their lives b" saved if proper steps
speedily taken. Many "f these trees. which
Were planted unl"r the direction of the commits
sion SOM, years ago. c'~t. when set ont. from 81
L" s. apiece. il Is said
They have attained an average height Of
fifty feet anl their loss would h" regarded hv tn.
citizens of Lah-,ion with regret. especially if
by prompt attention they could. to certain
tent. he restored to the proportions they had reach
ed before the village was Visited by the of
Miss sadie Whitconb sheldon of Staunton. Va
is visiting her grandmother. Mrs II. d. Williams
Mes5rs. Frcd Eutler and Howard, Mann of North.
friends Cincinnati street.
\ special meeting of the members of Iangdon
purpS" of taking appropriate action in reference
I" H. lrath Of YRS i;aker chief Tc'nilar F.
| hy M'sSrs. Chlrles Il. Cameron. +. \. Malthy.
I Miss Anderson. Miss :. whircomh Miss Mamie
Low aad others, committee. Consisting of MrssrS.
! Watson, WAS appointed t" prepare resolutions of
r"n'i l'n'" rAprc>siv" Of the loss sustained by the
| tn" resolutions prepared by the committee We're
adopted ly the iodie and copy. after being en-
srS~'d and properly a'te>;ed, will be sent to Mr..
! The johnson Iron and Steel Company of InraIn
Ohio. and L"hnst"wn. Pa which furnished an i'm
urnSe quantity OF steel rails to the Columbia an,l
| Maryland Electric hallway Company for its tracks
! bet wcan Washington and Baltimore. has leased a
| lar-" lot a short distance from Lang,lon, which
thy have had incio,.d by high board fGnr ard
| had delivered I" the railroad company. but which
AMI Maryland went into the hands of receivers.
and have built tacre"n house for the use of the
| this have contained good many more rails tliar
1t does but for the fact that the ,canl ton pro
c"TsS at Mr Sb sn sr,u Of w the In" 'f '
officer Cleveland of the mounted police force
covered and last night returned to duty, thus par
| TALLY relieving officer kneffer. who for some dime
| however. Notwithstanding he had to perform 5,
much patrol work. accomr i>hed much good for tht
two has succeeded in having some dangerous hole,
in the streets repaired, notably one at III" corner
Mcssrs. Garner and Greer of Washington. +,
whom the contract for the erection Of the new
expected begin active operations within da,
or two. as the terms are it is understood. that tn
after the signing of the contract. and this wn
dorc, It is stated. one day last week;
don, accidentally struck In the herd Sunda.
hy the sharp IcIt of 2 h"tcnet f IT, in the haiS
and painfully. but it is believed. dangerously
injured. Mr.. America using the hatchet il
Il slipped froIn the handle nnd struck Mr.. aIatl
as stated and inflicted a. deep , and ugly y wound owe
fl scly to- time. and which stopped only afte
much ii!io ulty.
Prof H. +. Edwards lecturcd last evcnin. at tn
Methodist Episcopal Church on the advantages t
h, derived from proper knowledge of and the n.
| plicaton to practical of the principles q
| stenngranhy and typewriting. His remarks wcr
| attentirey listened to and apparently much aI
| pr, ciatcd
For some time past Mounted Officer kn,f.r h.
| been liking vigorous On the unlicensed dog
i, | of Iangi,n. Winthrop Heights and Mont. lilo. an
II result the dog catchers yesterday visited tn
| three hamlets named. and carried away niTetee
| To he
tax of 81 for the year. The repudated canine
We're taken to the pound. where. after the prope
| delay directed by law they WILL unless thri
| owners relent. he put to death