The morning times., 1896-11-11
City Brevities

Section ID OF tie Eastern hiSh sSuooi 10
getting up new social ctno.
new pavement is being iaid along lte
eastfront of the Botanical Gardens
The lamp pests in the northeast are all
being given new coat OF pant
Miss Hattie Donaldson of Capitol Hi
Is visiting relatives in Maryland
Miss Marie Dayton of Twenty-lhird street
northwest has returned from Boston.
Yesterday flower beds Were being laid
out i'll the grounds of the new Library.
MIR. N 7. worley of No. PIT H street
northwest returned from Indiana yester-
day.
Two new horses for Use in the fire de-
partment are quartered at No. engine
house.
Patrolman McNeely of the Third e.
turned to duty yesterday after two weeks
vacation.
Mr. L. W. Maupin of Capitol Hill has
returned from trip in Delaware and
Maryland.
A Acomplimentary ball W as given .astnight
at the Arsenal by the soldiers stati med
at the post
Mr. William Reagen of the Indian office
has returned from d visit with relatives
In Tennessee.
Work is progressing rapidly in the as
phalting of Fist street northeast, between
A and Is streets.
Mr. Momas Dorsey of Ninth street north
west, who has been visiting in Maryland,
has returned home.
The bicycle club Of the Eastern High
is growing rapidly.
Mr. Henry Konnersman and family of
Third and streets have returned from
visit in indianapolis.
South Carolina avenue southeast. be
tween seventh and Eighth, is being paved
with granolithic brick.
Tworout terra Gotta sewer mains are
being laid along Fifth street southeast, be-
tween h and NJ streets.
Repairs have been finished TO the McthO-
dist Church, corner of Virginia Avenue
and Fifth street southeast.
The meeting of the Naval Quintet was held
Monday night at the residence pf Mrs.
Boiger, No. GA l street southeast.
Pennsylvania avenue. bet tween Fifteenth
and Seventeenth streets north west. is being
treated in places to doses of asphalt.
Iinemen Were at work yesterday string
Ing Wire on the telegraph poles along l
street southeast, from Third to Fifth streets
William Keys, colored, was arrested yes
tcrday afternoon by Policeman Pearson
of No S on the charge of being suspicious
character.
A sociable will be held this evening at
the Gay Street Baptist Church, under the
auspices of the young folks of the Chris
tian Endcavcr Society.
The remains of Caroline Gurlcv who died
on Sunday last, aged seyenty-siX years
were entered yesterday from the chapel
IN Oak Hill Cemetery.
Miss Mamie Jones of Youngstown, Ohio
is visiting the family of Mr.. William A.
Orr of the police ambulance service at No.
1918 New jersey avenue northwest.
Rev. T. H. Rice, of Alexandria, officiatcd
last night at tiie special services being held
in the West End Presbyterian Church Dr.
Rice will again conduct the services this
evening.
The annual convention of the District
Epworth League will be convened at the
Metropolitan Church on Friday. The ses-
sion will last three days and will conclude
Sunday evening.
This evening the Virginia Memorial Chap
ter of st. Mary's Guild, will hold a phantom
party in Seminary Hall, corner OF Thirtieth
and y street northwest, for the benefit of
the Chldrcn's Hospital.
John Beale, q colored laborer, was taken
to the Emergency Hospital yesterday aft
einoon Suffering from fracture of the
left leg between the knee and thigh.
Beale was thrown from cart.
The Mississippi Association will hold its
regular monthly meeting this evening ut
the home of Miss Henrie Tolson, No. 1913
7 street northwest, instead Of at Mrs. Pc
grams, as originally announced.
The Kamptown SOshieI Kluh of the West
ern High school has organized and elected
the following officers. President, H. E.
Berry: vice president H. Wright; treasurer.
l. g.
a double wagon belonging 10 II. Lindsey
& Co. upset yesterday m orning atthecoracr
OF Fourth and streets southeast, dumping
several boxes of soap and few barrels Of
sugaronthe tracks ofthe Anacostia railroad
Richard Fraley, an aged colored man, re.
Siding at No. 170s l. street north west. in
attempting TO alight from Metropolitan
car on Connecticut avenue. last night, fell
and sustained Il scalp wound and many
bruises. He was able TO walk to his
home.
An Italian fruit yender Diego Sylvester
by name, pushing his cart along pcnrsyl-
wanna avenue. i'll The vicinity Of Eighteenth
street last evening, suddenly fell TO The
ground suffering will some Straag. all
meut. one that neccssitatcd his removal
10 the house of countryman nearby.
The first of series of entertainments
TO continue through the winter was held
last night i'll the lecture room of the Dunn
barton Avenue NJ. Z. Church, under the
auspices Of The Epworth League Chapter
OF the church. large audience enjoyed
an interesting and instructive talk on
''ChrOnOlogy."
The last number of the Inland Printer,
the official organ of the International Ty.
biographical Union in connection with the
proceedings or the convention held at Col
orado Springs. prints cut of Mr.. John
Mccormick Of The Times chapel, a dele
gate from Columbia Union, No. 1O1, and
his wife, who accompanied him to the
Springs.
Henry Rowe, a colored man. twenty-six
years uf age, was arrested by Patroiman
TrumbU last evening and taken to the
Fifth street station on the charge OF as
sault. The alleged victim of his attack
Is Lucy Carpenter, servant girl at No
1878 Fourteenth street. A companion with
whom he had been walking dragged him
away and kept him until the officer put
In an appearance.