Evening star., 1897-02-15
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Deaths Of Well-Known People Re-
ported.
Local Notes of General and Eapecial
Interest to Residents and
Taxpayers.

Mrs. Marcia V. n. Hopkins. for many
years clerk in the Treasury Depart
ment. died Friday of pneumonia. at the
residence of her son-in-law. Mr.. Frank
Fauth. at the junction of the New Cut and
Foxhall roads. The deceased was in the
fifty-tbird year of her age. and was the
widow Of John Hopkins. She had
only been living in this section for about
a year. and leaves several children. The
| funeral took plac" this afternoon at 2::sO
| O'Clock frcm Grace p. E. Church, Rev Mr..
| Bourne officiating.
| Dr. Wilfred S. Mcleod died Thursday
evening of pneumonia at lis home near
| Poolesv!lle. Montgomery county, Nd. after
| a short illness. Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 1880 O'Clock at
trinity Catholic Church. The deceased
was native of this place. and was well
| acquainted. During the war he espoused
| the southern cause. and was a scout for
| Gen. Lee He was captured while in the
| Union lines, confined at Fort Delaware
prison. convicted and sentenced to be shot.
| He managed to escape and rejoined the
| southern army. After the war he married
| NESS Alice Seymour. the daughter of the
| late w. S. Seymour, a prominent resident
| OF Georgetown. For many years the de-
| ceased conducted a drug store in this sec
| tion In 1885 he took up his residence in
| AsAo' Aoho, "iieEe ne ndu since lved.
Church Services.
| Rev. Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee visited
| St johns Church last evening ard de-
| hVered sermon. 1t was a meeting held
| at O'Clock. under the auspices of the
local chapter of the Brotherhood of St.
John. and was for men only The attend
ance was quite large and the remarks OF
.he eminent theologian were attentively
| listened to.
Rev. A. H. Zimmerman the Baltimore
| eVahsehst, VINO mas been assisting in the
revival services at Dumbarton Avenue NJ
+. Church. conducted the services las,
| evening, and delivered an interesting ser
| mon.
Rev. Father Francis Mccarthy. the az.
sistant pastor of Trinity Church. delivered
| an excellent sermon yesterday forenoon
| at the late mass.
StilI Unidentified,
Ine body OF the aged colored man who
dropped dead last Thursday on NJ street
between a1st and 32d streets, still lies at
the morsue at the seventh precinct uni
Identified number of persons have view
60 the corpse. but no one has been able
to exactly identify the deceased. There
| were half a dozen people who firmly be-
| ueHed that the body was that of Robert
| fiough, who was once a familiar figure
| ON the streets but who of late years had
| been an inmate of the almshouse 1t was
ascertained that Hough died at the aims
| mousse some time ago. If the body is not
| recognized shortly 1t will be removed from
| the station, Lieutenant Swndelis asking
| the coroner at noon today for permission
| to remove the corpse.
| Painful Accident.
Jack Wright. who lives at 1893 Potomac
| street, met with a peculiar and painful
accident yesterday afternoon shortly before
. o'clock. He was carrying a bottle of
liquid refreshments in his hip pocket, when
he slipped and fell near his home break
| ing the bottle ard imbedding pieces of
| broken glass in his anatomy The patrol
| wagon was summoned, and took him to
| the Emergency Hospital where the physi-
| clans labored for some time in picking
particles of glass from the wound.
Real Estate.
| Mr.. John ]. johnson, trustee, has decided
to Catherine ", Fannie E.. Medora F..
James C. and Samuel e. Barker and Mary
J. Brown part of lot 8. in Beatty Haw-
kins' addition to Georgetown, the con-
sideration being nominal
| George S. Emerson has bought of John
| ID. Croissant and David d. Stone trustees.
| lots 10. p and %. of block g. in the sub
| division of American University Park The
| price paid Is placed at 81 500.
Independent Lodge.
| iHuSpSAueHt lAouSe, NJ IL. L. ". U. L..
held Its regular meeting Friday evening
| at its hall on 31st street. A large at
| tendance of members and their friends
were present. Among the prominent Wis
itors were Albert E. Shoemaker, G. c. T.;
Jessie &C. Suter. grand councillor, and
others. After the initiation of William c.
| Fischer as a member of the order the
| grand chief templar installed the newly
elected officers of the lodge. An excel
| lent program followed.
Valentine day this year was observed in
| one place more than at any other. The
| police station received a number of valen-
tines, and there was not an officer who did
not receive at least one, while a good
| many others received four and five. 1t
| seemed as though the people took advant-
age of the event to get even with the blue
| coats.
The excavations made on NJ and 32d
streets by the Potomac Electric Light Com
pany, In extending the service to private
houses, have left the highways in bad con-
dition.
For the first time in several weeks the
street sweepers appeared in Georgetown
and. after a days work Saturday the place
! presented an unusually bright and clean
appearance yesterday.
Mrs. Trunnel of 34th and p streets is
lying critically i'll at her home, her recovery
not being expected.
Mr.. A. w. Ward of 33d street who was
recently stricken with paralysis. has so
| far recovered as to be able to move around
his home
Mr.. Locker of 35th street is seriously sick
at his home, his illness being of a critical
nature.
Thomas Wakenight. a young white man,
was seized with an epileptic fit about $50
this forenoon at 10Th and M streets He
was removed to his home at 1888 18th
street in the patrol.
James Simmons, white, aged thirty, was
arrested this morning by Policeman E. w.
Brown,on suspicion of promoting policy
The annual banquet of George c. Whiting
Lodge, No %, will be held tomorrow even
ing in the spacious banquet hall in the
Masonic building. Many of the best speak
ers OF the fraternity are expected to be
present.
COlumbinc Club.
The Columbine Club met last week at the
residence of DR.. and Mrs. A. c. Merriam.
on New Jersey avenue northwest, and the