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

c. B. Reed. assistant physicist of Johns
Hopkins University. spent the day in the
city yesterday.
MIS-. s. X. Pc ennifill, matron at the
| Twelfth street police station, is confined
! u her hoine by illuess.
| II street. at the corner OF Fifteenth. In
| front of Wormley's Hotel, has been fur
Dished with SranoIithic pavement.
Mr. Paul " Bum. OF the uuited States
Civil Service Commission, has been ap-
pointed n notary public for the District.
New poles in place OF those destroyed by
! the storm are being put in position on
| NJ street from Rock Creek 10 the Aqueduct.
Two laborers were kept busy more than
| an hour yesterday in cutting a large tin
roof out OF a tree on street north west.
John Martin, of No. 352 l street, was
| kicked and severely hurt by hsrse last
night The injury was treated at the
Emergency Hospital
The services ofthc pU mp doctor are needed
at the corner Of Lincoln and Keatins ave
nues northeast. Lieut.. Gcssford reports the
pump at that corner useless.
Charles Goelzinger. a fourteen year-old
schoolboy. was arrested yesterday afternoon
by Policeman l.. z. Gouldnian. OF The Sec
ond precinct. for playing ban in the street.
William Zeiier, OF No. 63S Acker street
northeast, was taken to Emergency Hos
pital yesterday afternoon with a broken
leg, the result OF an accident.
Charles Butler, employed at butchers
stall in Center Market, while slicng meat
! this morning incidentally sliced his finger.
He was treated al the Emergency Hospital.
Complaint has been made to Lieut..
Teeplc Of the Second precinct, that there
are dangerous holes in the sidewalk in
front of Nos. II, 81 and % l. street north
east
Robert T. Talbot, Of the Pension Office,
has returned to the city after an absence
of three weeks, which he spent at the
shooting lodge OF some friends in the Cats
kills.
Peter A smallwood has reported TO the
police that thieves stole his sailboat from
the landing rear Buena Vista on Thursday
night. The name Annie is painted ON the
stern of the craft.
After neXt Monday morning Star Lodge.
No 3 I. o. G.. T., VIII hold its meetings each
Monday evening. on the second floor of So
ciety Temple. corner Firth and q streets
| northwest. at 5 O'Clock.
The Eastern High School football team
will 90 to the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege toda y to play the team there. A num-
Der OF friends Will 20 from here To see the
game, some by rail and others by bicycle.
| There was Il small blaze this morning
| in the house occupied by John Small. No.
$50 PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest. No.
engine responded 10 a telephone call,
but lid not 20 into service: damage slight.
Work OF Strengthening the westbound
| track of the Capital Traction Company will
be begun This morning. The east track
| was securely Jacked up yesterday, and
foundation OF concrete will he forced under
| it TO-DAY
Frauk Whiting. culored, was charged by
his wife, Lu'tic, with striking her with
griddie cake turner and threatening to take
her life. In Judge AIiller's court this n orn-
insit was shown that the charge was iaTga-
iy lima ginary and the case WAS dismissed,
Repairs on Naval Lodge. the Masonic
| Temple. of southeast Washington, corner
| Pennsylvania avenue and Fourth street.
have been completed. TIE storm took off
I'AtH'I o. Nttt itDI al great
OF the fancy galvanized iron corniCe work.
Detective Weedou has arrested Mary
Young, CU'3fed servant, on suspicion
5 he is believed To have stolen two fancy
patch quilts and a iot of pillow slips and
hardkcrchiefs from Mrs Alice Bona wires,
at No l0CS Pennsylvania avenue north
west
i lodge OF Good Templars, Inown as Lit
tie Falls Lodge, No. 10, was organized
last night Bt the church of that name on
the Conduit road, near the Chain bridge.
The organization starts off with twenty
four members. Mr.. r. A Dinsmore in
! stalled the officers.
The Hearts of Oak Dramatic Association
| members were rendered n O. yster feast last
evening b. Aessrs. Louis +. Dorm a nd Charles
A. Fisher, at No. Il5 Four-and "a half street
northwest. President Frank Robbins an
noUnced that the organization had gained
seven members during the past week.
william Barnes, cclored, thirteen years
Of age. made his escape from the District
Reform School several days ago. This
morning Policeman Copeland captured the
fugitive while asleep in led at the resi-
dence of bis relatives N North Washington.
He was turned over to the reform school.
Lieut.. Boyle reported to headquarters this
morning that all unIno wn coIoredni man. about
thirty years of age. fell from cable car
on Pennsylvania avenue, near Jackson
place northwest. about 7:40 O'Clock last
evening. aud was badly cut about the head
and forehead He refused to give the po-
lice his name or address.
james Roberts. a colored youth, was sent
to jail for month by Judge Miller today for
throwing Il brick at Aunie Steadman. O
native OF Russia. who keeps a little shoe
store on -Four -aad-a-half street southwest.
The missile struck her giancing blow on
the shin, and, as the woman expressed il.
enabled her for several days.
The trustees of Ebenezer NJ Z. Church
have been informed that 1t would cost about
So 600 to repair the church. The board has
decided To lake the church dow Ind rebuild
A temporary building viii he erected On
the lot adjoining the parsonage. Fourth
street, for public services. Sunday. the
11th, the services viii lie held at Israel C.
NJ. E. Church
The members uf Rev. J. R. Cannon's
charge. comprising the congregations, re-
spectIvely, uf the Duubaarton and Sligo
Churches cf the Methodist Episcopal de-
ncmination. asseIntle last evening at the
parsonage in TIE RlcytUwn with kindly greet.
ings and liberal donations for the pastor and
his household.
pleasing incident OF the Fitzgerald in
quest was saninterchangc between Mr.. Albert
and Mr. Beatty. in which they assured each