The morning times., 1897-01-27
City Brevities


Thomas Boulden was fined So by Judge
Miller yesterday for assaulting Augusta
EoIlden.
Horses numbered 10 and 157, belonging
to the fire department, have been CON
demned as unfit for the service, and they
are to be sold.
a Christian Endeavor committee meet
ing Will lac held at tie CentralM P Church
this evening. The topic to be discussed is
Good Citizenship.
The twentieth regular meeting of the
Library Association of Washingt N City
will be held at Columbian University at
o'clock this evening
Senator Faulkner yesterday favorably re-
ported the bill to cure the tile of certain
property owned by Capt. George ". Watson
in southeast Washington.
Mr John D. Leland, of No. 1923 Thr-
tccnth street, this city, who has been
danger ously III for several weeks, is now
reported as rapidly improving.
Col Sidney S. Wilson, United States
pension agent in this city, has been APP
!o.ntcd an aide on the staff Of the COM
mander-in-chicf of the 6. A r.
versity, will lecture tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the Holy Cross Academy,
on Massachusetts, avenue. His subject VIII
be The Youth of Shakespeare
Four OF the delegates from Boston to the
National Board OF Trade are put down with
the title Hon" and two of them lave the
title Col Kentucky is not represented
this wear.
Oliver winston, colored, represented 10y
Attorney Victor II. Wallace, was acquitted
yesterday OF a charge Of stealing gold
watch fIom william Logan. The trial was
before Chief Justice Bingham.
Fire yesterday morning destroyed rear
building on the property known as Belle
view, at the corner Of Twenty-seventh and
X streets which is owned by Mrs. Gun
nell and occupied by Harry Wetsen Loss
$50.
The proposal OF the Penn Bridge Com
pany TO furnish two five-foot girders and
stirrups for the support of the 4S-inch
water main at the NJ street bridge for
S49s, has been accepted by the Commits
sioners.
Richard yigal, colored, who was held
at No. 2 station awaiting instructions from
the Boston authorities, was released from
custody yesterday by order of Inspector
Hollinbcrger, who received telegram
stating that Vigal was not W anted there.
A favorable report was made yesterday
10y Senator Baker on the Mcmillan bill to
punish the iInpersonation OF health and
other officers of District departments
This is in accordance with the recomm enda-
tons of the District Commissioners and the
health officer.
The regular monthly meeting of the M
tionel Statistical Association will be held
in the reception room OF the Columbian
University, corner OF Fifteenth and H
streets northwest, at O'Clock this even
ing A paper will be read by Mr.. william
NJ. Steuart, of the department of labor,
on Employers and Corporations -
Ex-Gov. Robert f. Pattison sought to
decline the honor of election as vice presi-
dent for Pennsy sylvania of the National Board
of Trade by aying the delegates had not
met to recommend his selection. Chairman
| Kline, however, assured him that they had
! a meeting when he was not present, and
this was confirmed 10y the other delegates.
Articles of incorporation Of the National
| Independent Plumbers Labor Union No
| /, of the District of Columbia, were filed
yesterday, the incorporatorS being william
| Smith, Enoch Smith, William j. Morris,
Lewis willard, Spencer Clark, B. Butler,
Peter C. Green, John II. Myers, Joseph
| Jenkins, Robert johnson, Vincent Bell and
| owen Jones.