The evening times., 1897-02-11
City Brevities

Mrs. Allison Nailor is seriously Ill at her
residence on Rhode Island avenue.
A delegation of Republicans from North
western Pennsylvania are stopping at
! Wizards.
Workmen are engaged in placing the
! polcec box instruments in the Anacostia
police station.
Gen. Litchfeld, of New York, is at the
st. James, where he will remain un5il after
the Inauguration.
Mr.. Justice Harlan is entertaining his
brother from Rochester, n. Y, az his home
in Mount Pleasant.
The court of appeals will today close
its work for this week, by adJourning
until next Tuesday.
W. Preston Williamson, of the law firm
OF Williamson & Smith, has gone to
Florida for three weeks.
The wintry weather and the vigilance of
the police have resulted in marked de-
crease OF bicycle thefts.
There were fourteen deaths from grip
reportS at the health office last week,
nine white and five colored.
DIR. Alexander Byrd Mcdowell, ofthe Ma
!
rope, accompanied by his wife.
Hon. W. L. Scruggs. counsel for the
! Venezuelan government, will return this
week from visit to his home in Georgia.
The Potomac Electric Light Company has
completed the aging OF its conduits along
the southern boundary of Judiciary Square.
a Sunday-School meeting viii be held at
Emory Chapel, Bnghtwood, under the
auspices OF the District sunday-school
Union.
Richard r. Beall, the well-Snown lawyer,
was called to his old home in Montgomery
county, Md, yesterday by the death of
his father.
Col Thaddeus A wrenn, OF Wheeling,
W. Va, called on friends in this city yes
terday, while en- route TO the North on a
business trip.
A transfer of bar-license from the estate
OF F. p: Reagan TO John f. Reagan, at 627
II street northeast, has been authorized by
the excise board.
Prof Maurice Egan iectured yesterday
afternoon before the senior students OF
the Academy of the Holy Cross, his subject
being" Shakespeare and Stratford.''
The Young Cleaners win give charity
concert for the benefit of the poor on Sat
urday evening, at the residence of Miss
Kate Carter, of No. 1102 Maryland avenue
The apprehension along the river front
as TO a freshet has practically subsided,
owing to the gradual change of weather
and the continuous free passage of river ice.
The ashes of the late George w. Shanklin,
whose body was cremated at Lees under
taking establishment, were taken from the
furnace yesterday and carried TO his old
home in Evansville, Ind.
The Columbia Chapter, d. A. R., held
their monthly meeting at the Ebbitt House
last night. Prof. william Allen Wilbur. of
the Columbian University, read paper on
"Oliver Wendell Holmes"
The Chevy Chase Hunt Club had an ex-
citing chase of twenty-five miles yesterday,
the riders starting n after fox at Poplar
Hill, Md, at 10 O'Clock. and capturing the
brush at O'Clock in the afternoon.
John Guy Jones, the colored boy who
killed his brother last Monday, was taken
to the Jail yesterday to await the grand
jurys action IN his case. Mr.. Herbert NJ.
Locke has been retained as his attorney.
The Independent Order of American Me-
chanics, lately in session at Fredericks-
burg, va, will hold its next meeting IN
this city A J. Backman, of Washington,
was elected councillor OF the organization
yesterday.
Mary Pollock, colored school girl, about
fourteen years old, was locked up at the
Second precinct last night, for relieving
her friend, Mary Morris, of So, which
Policeman Cochran, who made the arrest,
could not recover.
As there is still no public prosecutor for
United States cases, owing to the inaction
OF the Senate on Henry E. Davis nomination
for district attorney, the trial of Officer
Mullin, accused by Madge Fisher of assault,
was today postponed indefinitely.
Mr.. Walter Gormley, formerly govern
nent clerk here, who went to Memphis,
Tenn. in November to engage in mercantile
business. was seriously injured Monday,
by fall from his wheel, and his mother,
Mrs. Janet Gornley, left for Memphis yester-
day afternoon.
An old time ball is to be given by the |
Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association |
next Monday night, at Odd Fellows Hail. |
The committee OF arrangements consists OF |
James II. Richards, chairman; Alonzo ID. |
Shaw, J. R. Sutton. A X. Belt, j. II. Soper, |
William A. Smith, and Henry c. Thorn, |
secretary.
Thieves for some weeks past have been /
a source OF considerable loss to Cook & |
Bros, wood yard, on Fourteenth street, |
near I northwest. and the policemen of the |
Eighth precinct have been on the lookout |
for the guilty parties. Isaiah Braxton, |
colored, was tie first victim, being arrested |
last night.
Family troubles interrupted the serenity |
Of the home OF Walter Bryan, colored, in |
Southeast Washington last night, and he |
was locked up at the Fifth precinct, by i
Policeman yeriniiliou, Charged with as
seulting his wife, Celia. The woman was |
more scared than hurt. but insisted on |
having hubby arrested.