The morning times., 1896-10-25
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alley This is situated In the northwest,
running from Second to Third streets, be-
tween and p. 1t was given its name
by the police and in years gone by the
houses on either side, from one end TO the
other, were occupied by disreputable class
of people, and were filthy and overrun with
cStclh bugs
In the classification of the names of al
ievs are found those which Indicate that
even i'll some instances these places are
peopled by Christian men and women
Among these names are found "Parson,'
Baptist" presbyterian" and Chris
tian." Then, again, there are the alleys Of
"St. Anne "St. Dominic "St. Eliza
BETH st. Mary and st. Paul"
The great majority Of the alleys or the
city have been named on account of some
incident, either great or small, which nap
pened there, or something peculiar 10 the
habits of the people who live in them Thus
we find Fighting alley knocks al
Iey,'' Shot alley Tiff alley, say
age alley Blood alley
TILLY, TINKER. AND TIN CUP.
Then. there is Shepherds alley, but
no sheen since the woods We're removed
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streets. Then. there is sort of poetical
Jingle and ALTERATION in the names of
Tilly. Tinker, and Tin Cup The last named
was cbri stened by the soldiers, who,
during the war, used TO trade tDeir
tin cups to the people who lived there Tor
pies and whisky. This mode of traffic
became So well know n that 1t finally got
to be a saying among the boys in blue,
Lets go down to Tin Cup alley and sc;
SOME liquor.
While all alleys are the theatcrs OF
comedies, or perhaps tragedies, there Is
an exclusive "Theater alley, which runs
from T. to F streets between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth northwest Then, there
is a Zigzag alley, So named on account OF
the many angles it makes.
Some great names are perpetuatcd in
McCiinnes' alley and Hogan alley Then.
there is a Man alley and Child alley,
but no Woman alley.
Presidents, historians, poets and states
men, and a whole host of the great and
illustrous men of the country have given
their names to these streets Ill the nation
capital Foreign countries are also repre-
sented; Germany by Linden alley, France
by French alley, Italy by Olive alley, and
Ireland by the distinguished names al
ready mentioned.
or the localities which have been nick
named. none are SO generally known to
the public and accepted by the residents
as Swampoodle and BloOdfield. The former
once Law between the two arms OF Tiber
Creek and was a damp and marshy low
land Tue march OF progress obliterated
the swamp, but alas, the name remained.
Bloodfield was baptized in blood. 1t
| includes large territory on the border line
between the southwest and southeast, and
numbers among its inhabitants many of the
| most notorious, desperate and dangerous
| characters in the whole city. Ithas become
| notorious in police circles, and whenever
crime has been committed, it IS there
| the criminal is sought.
NOW ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
Often names and places now nearly for
| gotten. ''The Siashes," a small patch
SO named because of two branches of Slash
| Creek, " which skirted it. The spot Is now
occupied by the Cairo Flats. but many
years ago it vas u marsh bottom, famous
| for its snipe shooting.
| Kalorama Heights, occupied by the
smallpox hospital during the war, Is an
other historic spot. 1t was there that
Robert Fulton lived when he was expert
mentipg With his steamboat. There also
as the homa of Mr.. Barlow, who once rep
resented this country at the court Of st.
James.
Out in the far northwest, Frog Island, OF