The morning times., 1896-06-25
City Brevities

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Mr.. B. T. Cable of Rock Island, ILL.,.
registered last night mt tie Raleigh.
Mr.. John W. Musson has been reelected
obIecommander of Goodwill Commandery.
The annual excursion of the bank clerks
will be given this evening to Marshall
Hall.
Sergt. Wall and Private Stamler of the
Ninth precinct. are at present on leave Of
absence.
Nj Harry Leonard, son of Warden Joha
X. Leonard, OF the District jail, is recov-
ering from long illness.
Many badges to be worn at the Com
feucraIe reunion at Richmond are IN eyi-
dence already in this city.
handsome portrait of DIR. c. NJ. Ham,
NETT, ex-heaith officer. has been placed
in the gallery Of the health department.
A bill TO enforce the payment OF judg-
ment creditors bill for $4,000 Was filed
yesterday afternoon by Westel Willoughby
against brooke Mackail.
The Canton Drum Corps and Field Band
was the guest of honor last night ut the
Henderson Drum Corps reunion at the
Fourteenth Street Park.
Judge Cox has signed a decree granting
Blanche Z. Wise an absolute divorce from
James ID. Wise. The papers in the case
were withheld from publication.
The Occoquan ciScuito Epworth League
held conference Tuesday which was
addressed by. Rev. j. q. Knott and Mr..
Fred E. Woodward OF this city.
A large nuinber of deaf and dumb mem-
bers of the Christian EndeavOr will be
quarterei at Gallaudet College, Ken
dall Green, during the convention.
William. II. Henson and Laura Jenifer
both colored, charged by Policeman W. E.
Owens with violating the Edmunds' act,
were each held in $500 for the grand jury.
Mrs. N Carroll Downs, wife Of the
stenographer OF the District supreme
court, who has been i'll at her home, No
IL b street northeast, is much improved.
Policeman SteaYDs of the Ma til precinct,
Is still suffering from his injured leg. The
nature of the hurt is such that he will be
unable 10 return To duty for quite while.
Andrew Speris and Pietro Tcherfas were
arrested by Policeman Holmes yesterday
afternoon for blocking travel around tn .
Street Market. Each furnished collateral.
Laura Harris, cciored. who lives in the
rear OF No. 2Ti6 X street northwest. WIS
arrested by u Third precinct policeman
last night for maliciously injuring a priv
ate building.
Senator Morgan, who has been i'll for
three or four days with stomach trouble,
recurrence OF the attack OF four months
ago, was better last evening and able to
sit up a short time.
Jesse Trusty, the colored man who fig
ured as 4 suspect in the Wesley Hall
murder mystery, was semitic ST Elizabeth's
Asylum yesterday on Complaint of his wife,
who chargesinsanity.
President Echols, and Secretary PaImer
of the American Protective Association,
are expected in Washington in a day or
two, when they will take charge of the
national headquarters.
MIR. George j. Ferguson of the Govern
meDt Printing Office, Will spend his sum
mer vacation abroad. He left the city last
night for New York and will sail this
afternoon for Liverpool.
Louisa Adams, colorcd, living at the
corner Of Delaware avenue and K street
northeast. was arrested last night by Pr
liceman Riley. on warrant charging her
with disOrderly assembly.
Policeman Robertson, of the bicycle
squad. has been temporarily put back on
patrol duty in the Fourth precinct. Po-
hccmaD Dodge, of the First precinct, has
been detailed TO duty on the wheel.
A fire plug located on Bennng Road
near Seventeenth street northeast, has
been out of order and leaking for several
days. A little river has been streaming
across the drive wa y making il very slippery
The elm beetle is very much in evidence
on Rhode Island avenue in the neighbor-
hood OF Iowa Circle. In this locality
where the shade trees are not protected
by cotton. the beetle is playing havoc with
the leaves.
An interesting game of polo will he
played on the Fort Myer grounds on Sat
urday next. The opposing teams will be
those of the Philadelphia Country Club
and Fort Myer, composed of officers OF the
Sixth Cavalry.
The case of Happy Jack" Laugbton, the
kuockout-out drops maker, has been CON !
tinued until Saturday in order TO give theS
Virginia authorities time to procure requi-
sition papers for his transfer to Alexan-
dria for trial.
john Bailey. colured, in attempting TO
get into the stable of John Cox of No. 3
Central street northwest last Monday
morning. splintered the stable door. For
this offense the owner had him arrested
and locked up at No. s station.
The Treasury gold reserve at the close
OF business yesterday stood at S102,1I5,-
407. The days Withdrawals were S151.-
.oV- rpt tlC 81 the
has lost nearly 1900 900 in gold and
since July 1, 1895, S156, 6,s15,OOO.
Charles Paxton, coIored, living in Terra
Gotta, and employed as a latorer for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, while work
ing on the tracks near Ivy City, yesterday
afternoon, fell about twenty feet down an
embaDkment and received a slight injury.
John Taylor, colored, enty years
of ge. called to see his wife. in Clicks
alley. last night, and because his mother
in-aw demonstrated with him regarding
q trivial affair lie threatened to cut her
throat with "A razor. Officer Barrett placed
Taylor under arrest.
Walter Harris, of jefferson street Ana
costa, narrowly escaped drowning Tuesday
afternoon while rowing in the Eastern
Branch, The boat Capsized and Harris
was thrown overheard. An occupant of
another boat which was near at hand
caught the boy when he came up the
second time.
The Ladies' Night, announced to be
given on last Wednesday evening by the
Washington outing Club at its clubhouse,
near lexington, and postponed then on
account of unfavorable weather, met with
q similar fate for the same reason last
night. The club hopes Some time next
week to give the entertainment to its
fair friends.