Evening star., 1896-11-07
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The bowling clubs of ladies and gentle
men which have been so popular for sew
eral past winters are being organized for
the coming season, and several new ones
will be added.
Duck hunters declare the present beauti-
full weather will be followed by cold
wave that will make their favorite game
plentiful from Anacostia river to the bay
Sanitary Officer Franks office was prac-
tically deserted during the early hours OF
the morning. 1t was good thing that
there were not many callers for transporta-
ton he said for he had promised the
amount of the days allotment of the ap-
preparation.
Its a good thing for that Mckinley
was elected" remarked barber last night.
'Why?" asked a customer.
Because most of the men on the other
side wear whfskers'' was his response.
land many of them are also bald headed"
b. one of the incest pan fish handled here.
Another fish that looks very much like the
founder, but that is not so good, is the fuke.
Both fish are caught in the waters between
Maine and Jersey, in large quantities The
difference between these fish, so far as
locks are concerned. the fishermen say. is
that they face in opposite directions
The "big four" members of the police
department may some day DO duty at the
Police Court. Policeman Flynn. who leads
the quartet with 30 pounds, is already
there, and Officer King, who balances the
scales at 295 pounds. is there temporarily.
Policemen Howe and Evans are the other
members of the quartet. VINO weigh 2So
and 80 pounds, respectively.
There is fair being held in the colored
ODD Fellows Hall on NJ street, and po-
lfCeman was called there last night to keep
order. One of the rules of the hall is that
no singing is allowed. SO the policeman
told Judge Kimball this morning. The
hafn hnWavar
VClved violation of the laws of the Dis
trict Eugene Jackson and Daniel Sample.
who had been arrested, were therefore ac-
quilted.
This morning there were two dozen bicy-
cleS in front of the Police Court. Some of
their owners were defendants and others
were witnesses or spectators. When the
judges become wheelmen they may have \
rack built in front of the building for the
accommodation of wheels.
The 26Jth regular meeting of the Biolog-
ical Society of Washington will be held this
evening at o'clock in the assembly hall of
the Cosmos Club. There will be brief in
formal notes and an exhibition of speci-
mems, followed by the reading of papers by
Messrs. Theodore Gill, c. Hart Merriam
and E. A. De Schweinitz.
Sixty-eight arrests were made by the
police yesterday. There was not a tramp
in the crowd, and the police suspect that
wcrkhouse sentences imposed last week on
occupants u UoA cdIS nave lTlSHtcIeu
others off.
Some of the low drinking places have
reaped harvest this week from persons
celebrating the election result This also
applies to the saloons where the patrons
are of a different class. Thirteen of those
who were celebrating yesterday were locked
up for intoxication.
Mr.. Richard r. Burr, bookkeeper and
manager for Mr.. Rufus H. Darby, leaves
the situation he has held with Mr.. Darby
for over twelve years, to devote his atten-
ton to the bicycle business.
Before the Woman's National Press AS
sociation last evening at the Riggs House
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood made q report as
delegate to the peace congress at Buda-
Pesth last summer, and also told of the pro-
ceedings of the congress Of charities in
Geneva, Switzerland.
The kindergarten Club of Washington
will hold a meeting next Wednesday i'm the
Garfield Memorial Church.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Off
cial chemists of the United States was be-
gun yesterday at the National Museum.
The members are state chemists and chem
lists of the agricultural experimental sta
tions and state and municipal boards Of
health.
The annual meeting of the Associated
Charities will be held Tuesday evening at
Calvary Baptist Church.
Robert A. Hayden, twenty-six years old,
who lives at 20 Sd street southwest, was
wagon near 18th and p streets this morn
ing. E. L. Dodd's milk wagon did the dam
age. Hayden, whose right leg was injured.
was sent home in the police patrol wagon.