Evening star., 1897-05-04
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Summary of the Weather During the Past
Month. 10

Inc meteorological summary for the
month of April taken sby Prof. M. F. Bur-
rows at Braces drug Store, corner of 3Ota
and NJ Streets shows an interesting state
OF anairs. In spite OF the fact that the
month appeared to be be1unusualIy dry, the
Official measurements show' greatly the re-
verse, while the rangesof the thermometer
Is the largest for some time past. The mean
monthly temperature wastB3 degrees. The
maximum m-temperaturetWas SO degrees, oc-
CURING on the 18th. while the minimum
was n degrees, Aecc urripg on the >porhy This
gives range of I'll degrees for the month.
Ihe total mpHthay rainfall was e3.Os
inches, OF an average daily rainfall of one
tenth of an inch, There were eleven davs
upon which one oGe-hundredth of an inch
or more rain fell. Thunder storms occurred
on the 9th and 14th. while frost formed on
tafee days. There were thirteen clear davs
elgAt fair ones and nine cloudy days. The
prevailing direction of the wind was from
the southeast.
Two Fires.
shortly after midnight last evening a
hre was discovered in the grocery store a,
"otn ana . streets, owned by Charles Ara.
DIN. j. J. Fister, the well-known bicycIist
was on his way home, when he discovered
the fire, and an alarm was immedtate,
s.rnea e,r IN from box y. at 2sth and o
Il
ana In short time had the fire under con-
tfol, II being necessary to force an ell
trance INTO the store. The owner, who
AYES a;a IN iehieytoWn, was at his home ana
alu not Know of the matter until some
nours later The damage is placed at soOO
pai tiah! covered by insurance. The origin
CT the blaze could not be ascertained.
. "A nre broke out Sunday afternoon about
. o CLOCK at the dwelling 2454 p street. &C.
cupled by Brenna Fountalroy, to which
Truck b responded on a local alarm The
damage was placed at S25 and the origin
Is unknown. -
Exciting Runaway
There was an exciting runaway yester-
day about noon, which resulted in the
smashing up Of one wagon, but, fortunate
ly, no person was injured. A large double
horse express wagon OF the B. and o. fast
express, while at Georgetown University.
took fright and dashed out of the grounds
! and down street. There was no one in
the wagon at the time. At 35th and o
streets the runaways collided with Rup-
perts candy wagon, the driver of which
,, was In nearby drug store. The candy
candy was thrown all over the street to
the delight of the small boys of the yicin-
ity.
For HOuscbreakine.
Howard West, young white man, whose
age Is given as seventeen, but who is sew
eral years older, was arrested last evening,
shortly after midnight by Policeman Har-
rison on charge Of housebreaking at
! night. The young man hid In the M street
market house Saturday night after the
place closed. and then stole several hams
and about eight tin buckets Of lard He
made his escape, and sold the goods to a
local storekeeper. The owner OF the stand
missed the goods, and reported the mat
ter to Mr.. Henry Williams, who is the
market master, and he in turn notified the
police. West was SUSPECTED and arrested,
and later all Of the stolen articles but one
ham were recovered nand are now at the
station hot Sc. The hrisofer made con-
the police will arrestni If
notes. is 8
Shortly after / O'Clock, Policeman sulli-
van found the door of Trinity Catholic
Church open. The pastor was notified.
but nothing was missing from the church.
Through a mistake at the police station
the theft of a barrel containing eighteen
gallons Of whisky by Charles Warning was
stated to be stolen from Mr.. Charles Nc
Carthy of Valley street when 1t should
streets. ''s',': N ~
The violet tea will be given this even
ing at the Gay Street Baptist Church by
the Circle Of King'ssDaughters. Refresh
ments Will be served at popular prices.