The times., 1897-08-25
Che - Cissles
City Brevities-

The improvements on the Dun'bartoh
Avenue NJ. E. Church are well under way.
The new schedule of prices of the sealer
of weights and measures went into effect
yesterday.
MIR. John F. Vaeth and Mr. A dolph Wehrle,
OF Baltimore, are visiting friends In this
city
DIR. william r. Carr, the new coroner,
filed his bond with the Commissioners yes
terday morning.
Mary I Stailey yesterday instituted suit
for divorce against William r. Stalley'
upon tue ground OF desertion.
The case preferred against Slocun Wells,
charged with stealing stamps from Micha el
Long, was yesterday dismissed
HAYES williams, colored, was sent to
5au for three months for stealing so
pin from Miss Carrie Ingrafam.
Aloysius j. Collins, a wellknown young
man, died yesterday at the hone of his
parents, 80. 2s F street northwest, OF Con
sumption.
suit for di-oroe because oftwo years IN
interrupted deaertion was filed in the Dis
trict courts Yesterday by Rosa Bradyagainst
Robert Brady.
Charles Contee, colored, was sent to jail
for ten days and fined $50 by Judge
KinibaH yesterday, on charge Of main
tanning d gaming table
Francis Gilbert, the colored boy who
snatched Mis-. Kari Decker's pocketbook
was sent 10 the reform school during his
minority 10y Judge Kiu:ban.
Wade H Dunn has been appointed an
adct.ionaI private on the police force for
period Of three years for duty about the
Northeast Temple and Market
In the divorce suit of Dolly Wontzen
against James Il. Wontzen Judge Bradley
has issued az injunction restraining the
defendant from annoying his wife.
An exemplified copy of the viii Of the
late Theodore ". Bimey, a well-knowr
member Of the Distinct bar, has been
flied, naming Alice ). Birney as eXecutrix-
Martha Peen, a Colored woman living
at Ivy City. yesterday fractured her arm
II attempting TO board a train at the
STATEN Her arm was twisted in the
railing
Funeral services over tie remains Of th'
late Damc! Shriver Stewart, who died
Mount Clemens, Mich, last Friday, wer'
held al the family residence, No. 1920 {
sire et. at = O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Suit against the District was instituted
yesterday by Nalcolm Hufty to Iemov'
the cloud from his title TO lot SO, WTighi
4 CoN's subdivision of Pleasant Plains, by
cancellation OF thetaxeS assessed against II
Alfred f. Casey has entered suit agains
Louis Pierce, asking for the sale and par
tition Of part Of lot >, in square 573
and asso for the appointment Of a guar
dian TO the defendant, who is a minor
District Attorney Taggart yesterday re
iterated hsS statement made at the Dean
wood inquest Monday TO Times reporter
that Ee intended 60 bring the matter u
the attention OF the grand jury in OctO
be,, il order TO fix the responsibility foi
the accident If possible.
Oyvilg 10 the fact that the fence arounC
the new city postoffice as it now stands
IL an obstruction 10 proposed Improvements
in contiguous streets, the Commissioner
have requested Secretary Gage TO have tn,
officials ia control Of the building TO hav'
n moved back 10 the curb line.
The Commissioners have Informed Col
Theodore Bingham that they purpose put
ting sidewalk on all three sides of th
triangular reservation at the fnterSectio
OF New Hampshire avenue and n street
and desire to know whether the propose
Improvement would be agreeable to him.