Evening star., 1897-02-19
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Fourth Quarterly Conference Of Mount Zion
Church.
Local Notes of General Interest to All
COncerned-Lectures and
Concerts.

The fourth quarterly conference of Mt
Zion NJ. E. Church was held last Tuesday
evening. at which the following officers
| were elected for the terms: Stewards for
1S97-'9S. NJ r. Thompson. J. N. Williams.
James L. Turner, Sandy Williams, F. B.
Locke, James Thomas, d. J. n. Williams,
Charles Smith, James Jeffries, Robert De-
| neal H. N Bowles, David Richardson and
Daniel Richardson; trustees for 1S9I-'!S.
Thomas Watkins. Alfred Pope, David
Hutchinson, Charles Matthews, G. w.
Boyd, ]. W. Lee. J. T. Beason, Henson
| Reeder and G. L. Minor. A petition was
| largely signed by the officers and members
of the congregation requesting the return
Of the pastor, Rev. E. w. S. Peck, D. D.,
at the close of the conference year in
March of this year.
Death of Henry Renshaw.
Mr.. Henry Renshaw. an aged and we'll
| known resident of Montgomery county,
died Wednesday evening at mis- home near
Bethesda, Md. The deceased was eighty
four years of age and was q native of
Montgomery county. He prominently
identified with the politics of mis- section,
upholding the democracy, and for num-
ber of years was the school commissioner
OF his district. He leaves a widow and
six grown-tlp children to mourn his loss.
Two of his sons, Frank and Charles. We're
formerly weil-known grocers in George
town. He leaves another son. William and
three daughters. Miss MolIie Renshaw, Mrs
Stephen B. Lyddane of Rockville and Mrs.
| Annie Magruder. His funeral will be held
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Lecture Given.
The lecture given last evening at CASTOR
Memorial Hall of Georgetown University
| was well attended despite the dowrpour of
rain for half an hour before the opening of
| the entertainment The lecture was the
| first of a series that will be given within
the next two months, being arranged by
Rev. Father Ennis, the vice rector OF the
university. Mr.. E. d. j. Brady was the
| speaker for the evening, and his address
was on Joan of Are The speaker made
| a good impression and he hed the closest
attention of his audience all during his re-
marks In his remarks he completely COW
cred his subject. bringing out many Incl
dents in the life of the heroine. The lee
ture was Illustrated by number of stere.
opticon views. the pictures being remark
ably good.
Break In the Main.
There was a break in the sixinch water
| main on seth street between R and streets
yesterday afternoon which somewhat in
convenienced the residents of the neighbor-
hood. The break was exceptionally bad,
| one length of the pipe bursting almost en-
tirelv, from which the water escaped like
a miniature river. The police Immediately
| notified the water department, and the
work of repairing the break commenced
without loss of time A new length OF pipe
was put in position today and things re-
sumed their normal state.
Orient Lodge.
At an adjourned meeting of Orient Lodge
OF Perfection. No. 2. A.A.S.R.. last evening
visit was paid the lodge by Deputy In
spector General DR.. Woodman. After i'm
portant business was transacted an election
Of officers was held, with the following re-
suit: Venerable master. Rein w. Darby;
SW., John B. Thomas; J.W.. John E. Wag-
ner; orator, Joseph A. Oliver: almoner, II.
G.. Wagner; secretary, James s. Raeburn
Ge-elected); treasurer, Frank Thomas Ce
elcted)
Concert.
The ladies of West Washington gave
concert at the Mt. Vernon Place NJ. f.
Church South last evening for the benefit
of the mission of the church established on
32d street There was a coed attendance
and an extremely good program was pre-
scented. Those who took part in the enter
tainment were Miss Pauline Iseman, Miss
Bessie Moore. Misses Annie and Elsie like
Miss Florence Weiser, Miss Lille Stewart,
Miss Carrie Burnett Taylor. Miss Georgia
Barrett, Miss Blanche Muir, Miss Stella
Fischer, Mrs. Daisy Louise Fox Miss Fam
nie York Atlee and Messrs. Ambrose Ogle
DR.. 7. J. Jones, Henry Stratham, Edward
A. Lovy. NJ E. Carrier, w. A. Phillips,
Harry Click and Sol Cohen.
Notes.
Through mistake it appeared as though
Rev. DR.. Devries of the Pro-Cathedral of
st. Marks would conduct the services for
nien at st. Johns Church on Sunday even
ing. The services will not be held until
Sunday evening, March ii, and will close
the series for the season.
The funeral of Mrs Ellen F. Cults whose
oeath was announced In The Star, was held
this morning at IL o'clock from Trinity
catholic Church. Rev. Father Francis Nc
Carthy officiating. The interment was at
Oak Hill cemetery
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