The evening times., 1896-08-27
City Brevities

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city from 4 Northern trip.
| Judge Cole Of the District supreme court
| left yesterday for months vacation
| Dead limbs and fallen leaves Were taisn
from the Capitol grounds yesterday by cart
| loads.
Patrclman John Ponder has sent his
resignation to the Commissioners to take
effect August 81.
a new granoli;hic pavement has been
| IaiI IN trout of Convention Hall, on L
street. near Fifth.
i Capt. George Perciyal Scriven, of the
! United States embassy at Rome, is regis
tered at the Sboreham.
Corp. James Tanner, ex-Comissioner of
| Pensions, has gone 20 New Hampshire 10
| attend 4 G. A. K. encampment
\ meeting of the Short Story Literary
Club viii soon be held to outline a pro-
| gram of entertainment for the coming
! season.
! Workinen were engaged yesterday in re-
! pairing he gravel walks of Garfield Park,
/ which were BADLY washed out by the re-
| cent rains.
| y large force Of men has commenced
| work on the buildings at Glen Echo. 1t
| is proposed by next summer to again
| open the Chautauqud.
| DR.. F. j. Crease. of No col Pennsyl-
wanna avenue northwest. IS visiting bis
Old homie in Barrie. Canada. He will re-
| turn within ten days. n.t..
The funeral of Norris C. Wheeler, the
| Young man found near Great Falls. will
lake place this afternoon at o'clock at
Congressional Cemetery.
| I. Elliott Bryarly WAS today appointed
| a private of TIE 1irst-cIass in the police
| force. His residence is No. 1885 Yer
mont avenue northwest.
George Harvey, colored, an employee OF
a backyard, had his fingers crushed yes
ter,iay while unloa ding wagon. He was
| treated at the Emergency.
D. &. wolcott, Pittsburg lawyer. who
is stopping at Pages, says Bryan gave the
impression in his speech there that he is a
mau of words, rather than ideas
! Walter Payne, "A solored boy, WIS ar
rested in Anacostia Ia st night by Police
naD Stab. and charged with the Larceny
OF 81 from Harry Fro Of Jackson street.
| w - MhOit VI 10 FAS.tmS etC
family OF Henry Smith In Georgetown. Mr..
Moore is on lis way To New York city.
where he will enter Columbia University
this fan.
The Lobby of the Metropolitan Hotel is
| Undergoing extensive improvements. IL
| viii be enlarged apl adorned in - manner
Until the oifi-time guests will scarcely rec.
| ognize 1t.
The Commissioners have increased the
| number OF vehicles whic Ii ma y he permitted
20 stand At the corner OF Ninth and X
| streets. They add three To twelve and
make 1T fifteen"
Miss Nelson, living at Fourth and G
streets northeast, While learning 10 ride a
bicycle, ran into an lexington car. The
wheel vas der oIiShed, but the rider es-
caped without injury.
Judge Cox took charge of the work or
the District supreme conr I today The
first important case 10 come tefore him
Will be the electro light contest, which
is set for September 4.
The Junior Order OF Rcchahites gave a
| weil-attendcG lawn party at the corner
OF sixth street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue
| was Punch and Judy show
Joseph Shorter today brought quit against
| William b Bouiin, ard others to vacate a
deed 10 n part of square 81, Georgetown
now known as square 1887. from Mr..
Boutin and his wife TO Edwin o. Lam.
phere-
Jaiaes Batenian, a carpenter. employed
| OIL 81 rect. is.t cen Fifteenth and Sixteenth
! streets hadhs shandbadiyinjured yesterday y
| morning by the falling Of an iron giricr. The
wound was dressed at the Emergency Hospi-
| tai.
William Buc'ies was taken to the Enier-
gency Hospital yesterday morning, suffering
from u broken nose. William got into a
w-augle with an acquaintan nee, who struck
! him a tremendous blow in the face. with the
above result.
Mr.. f, H Hoskins OF the Republican
campaign committee force has tccn quite
Ill ut his home. No SO Second street
northeast He was better yesterday. and
i hopes 10 return to work in day or two.
Philadef LJcas. an Old gentleman rcsid-
| Ing ut No 3S East Capitol street, fell
| from Metropolitan Railway car AT Ninth
| and East Capitol streets last night. cutting
bis head badly. lie was removed to the
Providence Hospital.
James ". Eetidick, aged twenty-seven. q
cement worker, was overcome by heat
shortly after noon yesterday at his place
of employment. No. 231O NJ street. He wa;
removed 10 his home, No. SsI3 N street
and medical aid summoned
t;oidea CCmmaudery, No. 7I2, United
Order of the Golden Cross. will hold i
meeting tomorrow evening in the ball oi
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
No. 1907 q street northwest The Off
GERS not yet elected will tie chosen and
the installation will follow.
Policeman King arrested William Tay-
in Anacost,a.. There has teen some mys-
terious shooting recently In the town. and
last night when two pistol shots were
heard the officer investigated and chased
the young men several squares before
they were caught
An F-strce: electric car struck one of the
hill horses OF the lexington and Soldiers
Hume Railroad on the Fifth-street hill las,
evening The most serious damage was q
broken fender. The boy in charge OF the
nose was In the act of mo hitting him wher
the collision occurred. Neither horse MOI
boy were injured.
The funeral of Joseph Christian, the well
known colorcd waiter who dropped dead
Monday night last at Osborn & Hoban'.
restaurant where he was employed, tool
place today The colored llow-waiters OF
the deceased contributed beautiful flo
raj offering as a token of their esteem and
regret.