The evening times., 1897-03-12
City Brevities


Hon. Warner Miller, OF New York, is a
guest at ChaUEberIin's.
Mr.. Lewis Sherman, OF Buffalo, is here
on business with the Patent Office.
Judge Hagner was confined to his home
yesterday ola account OF Illness.
There were thirty-two applicants for
beds at the Municipal Lodging House last
night.
district Assembly No, 66, X OF L., met
last evening. but nothing was given out
for publication.
Appointment Clerk Nesbitt, of the Treas
ury Department, is to have a telephone
placed in his office.
Presley Ash brought suit for divorce
today against Lydia Ash ON ;he ground
OF adultery ana Gesertion.
The white picket fence that hc1ged in
the Peace Monument during inauguration
week was removed this morning.
Gunner W. Walsh, of the Indiana, has
been ordered to report TO the navy yard
here as an instructor for sea gunners
Gardeners have been busy the past few
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raj Grounds their regular spring cleaning.
The Biological Society win hold it's regu-
lar meeting tomorrow evening at o'clock
in the assembly han Cf the Cosmos Club.
Fung Chung Hand, the Chinese consul
general from San Francisco, was enter
| tanned 1T dinner yesterday by the Chinese
minister.
The lectures Of Prof Day, of the Geo
logical Survey, at the Columbian University
on Thursdays viii be illustrated 10y stere-
Opticon views
No arrests were made in the Ninth police
precinct, covering Northeast Washington,
during the tweutyfour hours ending at o
O'Clock this morning.
DIR. ID. s. stevens Bible class will meet
in Central Union Mission Hall at noon today
to consider the feasibility Of establishing
home for girl wage-earners.
Policeman Michael Flynn, doorkeeper
Of Judge Kimball's police court, has been
absent from his post since Wednesday suf-
fering from severe attack Of illness.
Another criminal court will probably be
opened next week to help dispose Of the
large number of cases that have accumu-
lated in the absence of a district attorney.
The Commissioners have ordered the
appointment Of DR.. w o. Wetmore, as
physician to the poor, for four days, dur
a leave Of absence granted To DIR. A w.
Boswell
The Lenten program at st. Aloysius'
Church tits evening at 7:30 O'Clock win
embrace the stations of the cross, apostle
ship OF prayer and benediction OF the Bless
ed Sacrament.
Chief Clerk Peters, of the Navy Depart
ment, is for the present serving in a .lual
capacity, having the duties of appointment
clerk TO discharge in addition TO the work
of his own office.
The local fishermen are making prepara-
tiOns TO commence the spring seine hauling
for shad and herring down the Potomac.
and there is already considerable hustle
about the fish wharf.
Mr.. w B. Gaitree has entered upon his
duties as confidential clerk to the secre-
tary of State. He was formerly executive
clerk in the office OF Mr.. Mckinley when
he was governor of Ohio.
A belated warrant was served on James
Hartley, a Georgetown merchant, la st even
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with failing to remove the snow from in
front of his premises.
Arrangements have been perfected for an
illustrated lecture by Rev. F. X Smith.
s. J., of New York, in Gonzaga College
Hall on the evening of April7. His subject
will be Footprints of Christ"
There will be a public meeting under
the auspices Of the District W. c. T. q.
in McKcndree Church on Sunday next at
O'Clock, when special music will be
given and an address made by Mrs. NJ.
ID. Ellis, Of Connecticut.
The date on which Mr.. John G. wooley
will address the Washington public has
been changed from March 81 to March
%, at which time he will speak in the
First Congregational Church at O'Clock,
under the auspices OF the District w. C.
T. u.
The Columbia Historical Society viii
hold its twenty-fifth meeting at the Co
lmmbian University building, Monday even
ing, at o'clock, when Justice Hagner,
OF the District supreme court, viii speak
on National Nomenclature of Streets for
the Nations Capital
AT meeting OF the Wisconsin Republican
Association, held last evening, it was
decided to give banquet in the near
future Messrs- Holman, president of the
association, Prentice, Allen, Beebe and
Colladay were appointed committee to
make necessary arrangements.
The Margaret d. Ellis Y'' held a pleas
ant meeting Monday night at the home of
its vice president, Miss Daisy House Mrs.
Ellis, the national superintendent OF legis-
lative work, was present and gave the
new workers some suggestions as to the
practical working OF "Y.''
TIE Law School Debating Society OF the
Columbian University will discuss at its
meeting tomorrow the subject, Resolved,
That the Introduction of radical codes of
pleading is injurious to the proper deyel- |
opment of the law" Affirmative, w. c.
Shoup, A. B. Toiman and F. L. Hemming:
negative, T. 7. Smell, o. II. Fowler and j
7. HendricE.