The evening times., 1897-08-30
Che ~ GimeS
City Brevities.

The ss.or rent hoases on Capitol Hin
are being filled by the returning fan tide
Several new telegraph poles have been
erected Oh street northwest, in place N
decayed poles
Mrs Martha Church. in ''How to Behave
in Society," SAYS butter is never served
in polite Warrington society.
Blanche il. Gibson today entered suit
for divorce against Earnest c. Gibson. The
papers swereorderedin the safe.
The members OF the fire department will
shortly be measured for their winter suits.
which arc supplied October i.
Capt. j. +. Walker, Z. S. A. called today
at the War Department. He is on leave,
and is visiting friends in the city.
Quinine is rising in price, on account OF
the new tariff, and may 4 tbs said. soOnreach
the figure of three or four years ago.
The public school buildings are being
given daily airmgs, preparatory Go the
opening Of the fall session OF the schools.
A large and plain-faced clock, that is
said to keep good time. has been erected
on f street between Ninth and Tenth, by
a local business house.
Daniel Williams. colored, was taken III
suddenly at Eleventh and z streets north
west last night and removedto Freedman
Hospital in an ambulance.
Capt. A s. Crowninshield, chief of the
Bureau OF Navigation, will return to his
duti rs at the Navy Department Wednesday
He has been on q months vacation.
James Green, colored, fell from his
-haa uf Sfxfb nd II last iQrlT
and was seriously injured about the back.
He was taken TO the Homeopathic Hospital.
A meeting OF representatives of the Brick
LAYERS, Electrical Workers, and Hod Car
riers Unions will be held this week 10
arrange details for their parade on Labor
Day.
The final rheeting Of the swimming
tournament committee will be held On
Friday and the entries viii close on
Saturday, September 4. The contests wiD
take place the following Monday.
John Bell, an <ce man, while delivering
this r1orning at the corner OF Fifth and \
streets, was painfully injured by d heavy
block of ice failing on him. He was taken
to the Emergency Hospital for treatment.
Mr. James DarnaI, "a noted temperance
worker died yesterday at his residence, No
234 Eleventh street northeast. His funeral
will take place tomorrow at p. m. from
lis late residence, after which the inter
ment will be made at Glenwood Cemetery.
Fire broke out about $50 this morning
in the grocery store of George L. Weide,
at No. 44o Seventh street south west, and
engine No. was called out. The cause OF
the fireiS unknown. The damage las about
S1o.
Mrs. Era Raedy, wife Of John Raedy
was found dead in bed, at her home, 722
Tenth street northwest, yesterday morn
ing, frcm tuberculosis of the lungs. Her
funeral will be tomorrow morning at In
maculate CoHceptinn Church, and the inter
ment at st. Mary's Cemetery.
The funeral service over the remains of
Major Frederick c. Revells took place yes
terday at . p. M, at st. Luke's p. E.
Church, and the iuterment was at Harmony
Cemetery, where a military salute of 100
guns was fired by detachment OF Coui-
pany ID, D. c. n. o., under command Of
Capt. Campbell.
The funeral of Prof william II. Daniel
took place yesterday at 4 p. m. at st.
Johns Church, which were conducted by
the Rev. K. s. Wood, assisted by Rev
Thomas o Tongin and Father George F.
Dudley. The pallbearers were N. b.
FugIut, r. III. A tkinson, K. E Stevens, L
b. Hay. II. c. Pearson and ]. c. Spencer