The evening times., 1896-07-20
City Brevities


is at Wizards Hotel.
Dr.H .Howlines and family have gone
to The country for two weeks rest.
Mr.. Hugh 7. Taggart, the lawyer, is alb
sent from his office on account of Illness.
The entrance to the National Museum has
again been transferred TO the east side of The
building.
Lieut.. John A. Rogers, of South Eethle-
hem, Pa, is registered ut the Army and
Navy Club.
Col. John r. Fellows, one of the Demo
cratic leaders in New York, is registered
at the Shoreham.
MI John l.. Larkey, of the District
attorneys office, is enjoying a vacation
at virginia Beach.
Mr.. John c. Cox, OF the Surgeon Gen
erals ofiice, expects to leave town shortly
ON his annual outing.
Chief Clerk j. NJ. Mccoy, Of the Pension
Office, and his little son, Jack" are Wis.,
Iting in West Virginia.
Mr.. Z. P. Buckmaster, prominent Buff
falo lawyer, is the guest OF Conrad Ellis, of
Northeast Washin eton.
Mr.. William Towner, OF the New York
World. is spending bis vacation with his
parents, on Capitol Hill.
Frederick W. Swift, of the Capital Trac-
ton Company, is visiting his aunt, Miss II.
j. Swift, in New York.
Rev. William o. Campbell, of Pittsburg,
is at the Riggs. This is his first visit to
Washington since the war.
\. Carroll Downs, clerk of criminal
court, No. 2, is spending portion OF
his vacation at Ocean Grove.
DIR. West, OF the Emergency Hospital house
staff, has returned from a two weeks trip
TO his old home at Gloversyile, N. Y.
A public hydrant has been erected on
the south side Of Seaton street, tetwecn
Twentieth and Twenty-first streets.
Mr.. Robert Hunter, of the treasurer's Of
flee. Marlboro. Prince George county, Nd,
visited friends in Washington Saturday.
A number of local wheelmen, including
Frank Towner, Abbott H. Bowman and
John Reese, rode 10 Baltimore yesterday.
The Young Peoples Society of the Peo-
| Pies Church will give a social Friday even
Ing a the home of Mrs. Kent, Takomn Park.
II. c. Jordan obtained a permit today to
construct a dwelling at No. 1887 Tenth
street northwest, the building TO cost
| $4,000.
Forty-one applicants for the police force
Will take the civil service examination next
Friday. There are sixteen vacancies to
be filled. -.
jackson II. Ralston is spending a two
weeks vacation ut Quincy, H., and will
attend the lawyers convention at Omaha
before his return.
This is the last day of grace given own
ers of dogs 10 procure tags for their pets.
| Tomorrow the poundmaster will begin his
work of netting tagiess CANNES.
Rev. g. S. Williams expects to spend his
vacation at Martha's Vineyard. HIS wife
| will accompany him. They will leave the
! city about August 1.
| By orderof the Commissioners 44O feet of
| six inch water main is 10 lie laid in Thir-
teenth street southeast, between L street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
Judge Hagner spent Saturday, Sunday
and today at Canandaigua, n. Y, He will
return and preside over the summer session
of the city hall courts tomorrow.
Mr.. John Findlay, of the National Theater
Stock Company, Saturday MS sht accepted an
| engagement to play an Old man partin' The
Prisoner of Zenda" this coming season.
A certified copy of the will of the late
William Il. Lock wood, from Fairfield
county, Conn, was filed for probate here
| today. 1t bore date of January 8, 1894.
The Single Takers held an enthusiastic
open-aIr meeting ON Peunsy ylvania avenue,
near the Rawlins statue, yesterday after
noon. There were number OF interesting
| spea keTs.
Edgar Keyser, 4 siX-months'- old colored
infant, died suddenly without medical at
tenticn about o'clock this N orHing at No.
1913 K street northwest. The Coroner was
notified.
The Washington Free Library is steadily
growing in usefulness. y number of books
have been added, and additional shelving
wilimake the collection more easily accessi-
ble to the public.
Miss Hattie Schell, No. 1913 G stree;
northwest while riding a bicycle neal
Thomas circle last evening, ran into q
horse and buggy, and narrowly escaped
serious injury.
The allotment Of SO, ,OC0 from the water
fund, for use in the current fiscal year in
continuing the extension OF the high serv.
ice system OF water distribution, was ap
proved by the District Commissioners today
A meeting of the Young Mems League
Of the Street Baptist Church will be held
tonight at the residence of Thomas W. Nc.
Gregor, No. % l street northeast. The
semi-annual election of officers will take
place.
The Commissioners have accepted the pro-
posals, respectively, Of John u. Lord. fol
furnishing paving and concrete sand, and OF
Columbia National Sand Dredging ON
pany, for supplying screened pebbles ant
building sand.
John Garrison, colored. nineteen years
Old, living in Jackson alley, jumped from
Metropolitan electric car while in motion
near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad this
morning, and received a severe cut on
the back of his head.
In alishting from car No. 20, of the Ninth
street line, at the corner Of Ninth and {
streets this morning, Jacob Loefler, OF
No. 1928 Fifth street, fell against a cal
going in the opposite direction and mar
| rowly escaped serious injury.
Private F. P. Skipper, who is stationed
at Fort Myer, had a narrow escape from
being run over by a cable car yesterda.
while riding on his bicycle on Pennsylvania
avenue. Mr.. skinner as knocked do wn ant
dragged fully ten feet before the car stop
ped.
Col. William Greene Sterret still ba
hopes of recovering the watch stolen from
him In Chicago. The timepiece was pre-
sented to him by Dan Stuart, the Texa
sporting man, and Robert Pinkerton has as