Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-28
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Building Operations Are Getting Exceed
ingly Lively.
\ Man Drops Dead - Local Notes of
General and Especial Inter-
est to Residents.

tie as she is now deluged in. The place is
| Hooded with workmen, and all the activity
| Of the District seems concentrated here
There are operations here on three rail-
roadside Metropolitan, Great Falls and
! the Baltimore and Ohio-while Just across
! the river the Pennsylvania and the Falls
! Church roads are employing large gangs.
/ Just above Georgetown the Glen Echo road
/ is reviving, and an extension is to run
| from Tenleytown to Chevy Chase.
fine contemplated, and almost assured,
! Improvement is the new 100000 Western
! High School, while il is expected that an
! other modern school building viii replace
| the frame structure at the Intersection Of
! I'D and .S:;d streets The great Methodist
University that viii probably hit the S1,en.-
| W" mark Is already an actUality. while the
| PROJECT OF the Episcopal Cathedral and
! University is being IN ecd forward 10 A
| practical realization OF the wishes Of the
! A. L. BARRIERS fine mansion viii go ND
! tins summer involving an outlay of over
AI.",th, am plans Of scores Of DWELLINGS
| are now in the hands Of architects ana
! builders. The union d-pot's force of men
| Is very considerable. ana there are nurn.r-
| Gus Worklngmcn on every important street
! of the town. The bicycle track on the
! Conduit road is employing another large
gang of mon.
Alorg the river front business is picking
| up and schooners are daily coming in.
a
up and the traffic is heavy for this season
| of the year. The new factories on Water
street are working in fun blast
Dropped Dead.
Henry Herber:, colored, aged about forty
| years, dropped dead last evening about
| II 30 o'clock on the lower Falls Church
| road, near its intersection with the ArIin--
! ton road, at Rosslyn. Earlier in the even-
ing he in company with two girls, started
to visit frienI by the name of Gibson.
VINO nN-d on the Falls church road. lie
was taken sick few hundred feet from
where he died, AMI being unable to go any
further his female companions came to
Georgetown TO get a carriage IN which o
take him home. \ couple Of men remain
ed with Herbert and attempted to walk
| MN down the road. when he died! Ipr
hunter who lives hear by. WAS summoned
and pronounced death due to heart failure
| Squire Birch, theecOr1ner, was notified ana
| this morning he held an inquest over the
remains at Ryan's store. A jury was sworn
| IN, composed of A @. Thomas. George NJ
| WClz, Willard r. Birch, Kari Kunzeg 10
seph H. ISurlass and William MOODY, and
verdict of death from heart failure was
| brought in. Later in the day the remains
| of the deceased were removed to his home
on X street between Sth and 9th streets.
Arlington Yards.
AT the Arlington stock yards yesterday
| live stock sold at the following prices: Cat
| ue-Best ard 1-2c. per pound: good
IL and 4c.; medium, l-2 and Be-; COM
| mon, ID anG &c. Two hundred sheep and
| lambs were rut up and sold as follows:
| Spring lambs, 6 ID and s lie per pound:
lambs, 3 L. and lie; sheep, ana &c.
| Fifteen cows and calves sold from SO to
| 80 per head. The state Of the market was
| fair.
| Musical Event.
DR.. Anton Gloetzner has kindly consented
to direct the program to be presented to-
| morrow evening at the Litchfeld in honor
| of Mrs. Daisy Louise Fox tie pianist. With
| such an array of musical talent as has
| been secured and under such efficient di-
rectorship, the affair canrot help hut be
| one OF the finest mUsicales of the season.
| In addition to the list of names already
| published in The Star. Miss RhiEehart and
| Miss Ratclif will assist
DfsOrderIy Conduct.
Isaac Burton, a young white man. was
| arrested last evening by Policeman Passeno
| on charge of disorderly conduct. and later
released on s. collateral. The affair for
which he was arrested occurred on the
| night of March So since which time the
| police have been looking for him. While
| drunk he entered NJ street pool room
| and created considerable excitement for
| time
Real Estate.
There were two sales of Georgetown prop
| eIts DlnSeu Oli lSCOIu N6SltTudN. Mary A.
| r. Weaver has bought of William F. Ed
| monston, trustee, lot Is OF square 1916, new
| numbering, or square 16 of Georgetown
| The price is given at s., 100.
| c. Clinton James has transferred TO NJ.
| Nelinda Chapman the title of lot 2T3 in
| Rollins subdivision of square sc. The con-
| sideration is not named.
Notes.
| Mr.. Charles Scherer has left for a pleas
| Ure trip to Boston, remaining away for Il
| few weeks
| Rev. Father ]. ]. Daugherty, pastor of
| St Stephens Catholic Church, is still very
| i'll with throat trouble
A sraphophone concert will be given this
| evening at the Peck Memorial Chapel for
the benefit of the Christian EndeaVor So
ciety mission. The entertainment will bc
unique and the program good.
| The concert and dance of the sixth L. s.
cavalry orchestra will be held this evening
| in the new administration building at Fort
| Myer. Nine. Antonio Dingler-Neneri, late
| artistic of the Eldorado at Paris, will as
SiSt.
| Change Of Day.
Judge Hagner will hold the Probate