The evening times., 1896-10-19
City Brevities

A heavy and killing frost prevailed ii
this locality ast night
The Nurtheast Glee Club is arranging t.
celebrate its second anniversary.
Bishop Hurst OF the American University
has returned from a trip to Buffalo.
| Splendid bass fishing is reported at VIII
Transport. Md, on the lower Potomac.
Mrs. Fossofthe Emergency Hospital staff
has resigned to accept a position in Phila-
| delphia.
A number Of boys on North Capitol street
have organized a ghost club" for special
duty on Halloween, October 81.
The death Of Mr.. James II. Dickey, the
| proprietor of Dickey's tavern on the Vir.
| ginia side. at Great Falls, occurred yester-
day morning.
| Harry Watson. of Congress Heights,
was thrown from his buggy yesterday
| afternoon on the Hamilton roal in n run
| away. lie was not seriously injured.
The local Socialist party is arranging for
public meeting To he addressed by Secre-
tary Keep of the Federation Of Labor in be-
| half of Presidential Candidate Mcguire.
Robert Outhwaitc, in oiling an elevator at
| the Washington Loan ana Trust Company
| Building yesterday. crushed his hand badly.
| He was treated at the Emergency Hospital
Mr.. George Sutton, who was injured
IN the falling of the Kelly building on
Pennsylvania avenue the night Of the
storm, is rapidly improving at the Homeo-
patbic Hospital
The vacancy existing at the city hall
nv of ha rpSi,rn1fian nf MT A
Y. Bradley has not yet been filed by
Chief Clerk Young. There are many ap-
piicants, however.
President John B. Miller of the Journey
men BARRIERS Unioa. reports that organiza-
tion as rapidly gaining in membership.
Several candidates will be admitted at
the next meeting.
Isaac Vampire, the old soldier stricken
with apoplcXy on the Pierce Mill road
Thursday. died at Freedman's Hospital yes
terday. He was sixty years old and had
long been an inma OF the Soldiers Home.
An effort is being made to have the jail
here adopt a modern rain bath instead Of
tubs. By the improved shower bath or
simple douche every bather is afforded
perfectly clean water and the danger Of
contamination obyiated.
William E. Hail. son OF the late Richard
Hall and Mrs. Anthony Rodier of George
| town, who died at Providence Hospital sat
| urday, will be buried from his mothers
residence this afternoon. Interment viii
be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
A branch of the Anti-Saloon League Of
this city has been organized in Baltimore
for work in the political field, outside Of
the lines of the Prohibition party. The
new society has adopted the watchword Of
the washington organization, THE saloon
must go.''
John NJ. Bundy OF No. 1872 Connecticut
avenue, an unfortunate ticyciist, collded
with II buggy IN front OF the White House
Sunday morning and was badly cut about
the head. Policeman Emmcrt carried him
totneEmergency Hospital, where his wounds
were dressed.
An ex-s;lUon keeper in South Washington
has opened a cigar. pie and soft drinks Is
tablishment not far from No. statioB.
1t is said that scrst- Daley coaXed him out
Of the liquor business and now the former
saloonist is rcaping a harvest. selling tenn
perance beverage.
The suit for $1,000 damages brought
against tHt washington anu ueOTSelDNn
Railroad Company by Francis L. McLane.
administrator OF the estate of Willie Chic.
the little neWsboy run over and killed at
the Peace Monument several years ago,
WAS continued this morning before Jdge
McComas.
Caprice Gavotte Eugene is the title of
a ghtcompoSition in two-steptime. which
has just been published by the Oliver Dit
son Company the product of \. Tregina OF
the United States Marine Eand. 1t is in
Scribed to Eugene Blair, MRS. Robert l..
Downing. 1t is particularly attracige and
will be popular wherever rendered. -
Police Sergeant Anderson, of Anacostia,
says all telephone communication between
the station and Washington has been cut
off ever since the night of the big storm
There are no fire alarm boxes in the vii
lage, and the telephone was the only IN cans
Of notifying the department of fire. AS
il is the town is without any means OF
communication except by private Wire.
Arthur Dolman, a well-dresSed man,
forty eight years of age, was charged by
Policeman Carlson in Judge Miller's court
today with Committing a criminal assault
on Arthur RitChie, sixteen years of age,
who resides on f street, between Fourth
Poole, fourteen years old, whose parents
live on California street. Judge Miller
sent Dolman to jail for one year-six months
in each case.