The evening times., 1897-07-03
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18th and Il Sts. n. w.
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City Brevities.

MIR. George w. Wheeler, OF the Centrai
rjnion Mission board of directors, has gone
down the Potomac for a weeks outing.
Mis-. Belya A. Lockwood viii deliver
Fourth of Judy address at Chapei foih''
Nd. on Monday next, entitled: lhe haS
We Celebrate"
Fire was discovered yesterday in the
noon occupied by pr VIII Lane, at No
24Gtaqt Tlace northwest Damage, about
$40. Cause unknown
The Commissioners today ordered tnat
the curb at the northwest and southeast
corners Of Thomas Circle be set bacK Ia
order to widen the roadway
Naval Constructor John c. TawreseY' oI
Cramps yard, visited the Bureau OF Con
strnction and Repair today on business.
He also called on Secretary Long.
congress man Lewis is a happy nan today
for the naval vessel Adams arrived yester-
day at Seattle, Wash, to take part IN the
tbree-dsys' celebration TO be held there
Frank +. White, nine years of age was
badly burned last night 10y the explosion
of a bunch Of firecrackers in his hand, In
the back yard of his home, No $50 Third
SSrcer
rr Edward A Cav. the accomplished
srenographer and confidential clerk in Sec
retary Ayers office, will with Mrs Cay
go 20 Harpers Ferry today They viii re-
main there until Tuesday.
The Gospel wagon schedule Of meetings
for tomorrow is: Eighth and ~ streets
uarthwes'. at $50 O'Clock p m.: Sixth
stree, and New York avenue northwest, at
4:45 O'Clock, and Market Space al 6:3O
O'Clock.
The carriage OF Mr. / T. Locraft was
demolished hy being run into 10y Columbia
canlc car, No 40. at First and II streets
northwest, yesterday afternoon Mr.. L.
craft was thrown from the vehicle and
slightly injured
wEile riding his bicycle aIung Fifteenth
street last night. Paul Walker collited win
ci.hlt car. No. 202, being thrown from Ills
wheel and psinfuIIy injured. Policeman
Murphy sent him TO his home, No 3"a
Fourteenth street northwest The bicycle
was WTeC ked
William Dice. a colored farm laiorer
nvinz On the Bladenshurg road, caught
two Of the fingers OF his left hand in 4
lltbAlilE lA'ciA iilht 9'N1NiNAoe N-''
laceratcd them ia such manner that hr.
Rahr had to finish the anputaiion at the
EuefPchcy Hospital.
The dead animal WAGON has been kept
busy during the past two days removing
the iodies OF defunct cats from the alleys
lsptweea Ninth and Eleventh, II ana
stress 1T is said some person has been
administering poison to the feline dis
tull ers OF the peace.
There was a gasoline explosion ye>fer-
day Afternoon an the house OF Mr.. Robert
Pearson. No. so Twelfth street Hurth-
east Mrs Pearson was standing near The
stove at the tine, and her garments nught
fire. but the flames We're exiting lshcd
before she was badly burned. Damage TO
the building Slight.
While Thomas Lyles. an Alex XandIla tin
ner. WAS fitting a cousiCe on the caves of
the new building at the corner IF Fifteenth
and p streets yesterday. he lost his balance
and feG 10 the Elound. being badly in
jured about tie body and head. After re
covering consciousness he was seat TO Ills
home in Alexandria.
The First Presbyterian Church. Dr sun
1erIand's 5. has appointed McSsrs. Frederick
b Dalrymple and A L0ckhart 20 represent
the congregation in the work of the mas
sion NesSrs J w. Young and J Sic
man, sr, have been designated for the
same purpose by the Mount Pleasant Con
gregational Church.
The police leave Of absence list yestcS-
dav Contained these add tional names:
Patrolmen Adam Stenhouse. First precinct;
f. Archanbault and j. r. Lightfoot, Sec
ond: Frank Hughes aud w. T. Tyser, Fifth,
Philip Mansfield, Sixth; w. j. Settright,
Seventh: Andrew J. KimmeI. Eighth l..
Gee. Ninth and sta tionkeeper A. r. Lamb.
No I
The New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church VIII have a patriotic praise service
tomorrow. conducted by Mr.. ]. Porter Law
rerce, Orcanist and precentor. 1t will in
clude, among others. the Russian hymn by
wClf: ''tipd Hess our Native Land. i" Nv
Brooks; "who May Abide, =" Handel; Gods
Purpose Accomplished" Mercadante: "Bv
the Waters of Fahvlon." Howell. and Julia
WARD Howe's Battle Hymn OF the Repub-
he