The evening times., 1897-08-28
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City Brevities.

rlour is cne cent round higher than
ft was two months ago.
Paymaster r. u. Rogers, OF the Ne"
York navy yard, IL visiting AuInlr 81 Noi-
ton at the Wa shington navy yard
An .,old horse sale OF miscellaneous con-
denned property will take place next
Wednesday in the Treasury courtyard.
Waller A. walker has teen created an ad'
ditional private on the Metropolitan podice
force. in addition To being Iatr'l driver.
Chief Clerk Michael, of tie State De
partmert, is taking a brief vacation IA
Atlantic City. lie viii return to his duties
Monday.
The funeral of the late F. c. Revells will
take place from st. Peters Protestant
Episcopal Church at > O'Clock tomorrow
Afternoon.
Kate Yates, colOred, was sentenced IN
the police court today TO go to jail Tor
sixty ,iavs and fined S25 additional for
Keeping n disorderly house
Samuel j. Hargardter, brother Of Mr. Lee
Harcardter. of this city, Committed suicide
in Druid Hin Park, Baltimore. yesterday, ly
shooting himself ia the head.
The Mckinley Tariff League, ]. F.WilliS
president, is n,ak.ng extensive preparations
TO send speakers into Virginia and Mary
land during The coming campaign.
Policeman Marks, stationed at the door
of Judge Kimbail's court, has not yet re
covered the Use Of lis left eye, which was
ladly burned a month ago by lime.
Car No. on the Soldiers Home branch
of the Rrightwood Avenue Electric Rail
way was derailed last night aioat l0:l5
O'Clock at tie junction OF the two lines.
Lieut.. f. s. Carter made flying visit
TO thistity, vest erday and became the guest
of the Army and Navy Club. lie returned
TO the receiving ship Independence today.
Farmers along the line on street oon-
plain very mEch concerning the petty
Lhieving of their produce. which Is ac
conplished while they are sleeping 10
their wagons.
Thelist of marriage licenses isSJed during
the week show that more than 40 per cent
were issued t. couples from Virginia who
came to this city TO get married. Many
probably .iJpad.
An average CT thirty bicycles rass
given Ioint on the most Travelled part OF
the Avenue every five minutes, and in
the busiest times CT day the number runs
UP TO fifty or more.
In all the cases tried before Judge Pugh
last week in his court for the trial of po-
Hcemen. the cfarges were upon lis recon-
nenda tion dismissed The Officers in
oueS.ion were Messrs Rhodes, Burrows and
West.
4 light buggy was sm ashed this morning at
Ninth and New York avenue. The right
front wheel caught under the body Jf the
buggy. and in attempting TO turn i'm the
opposite direction the left wheel was
broken.
TIE explosion of gasoline stove caused
q small fire in the grocery store Of George
Walker at No. 123S First street southwest
about $50 this morning ald did about S25
worth OF damage.
The street sewer has now reached its
most casterly point, as it viii not be ex-
tended be you'd Seventh street. As soon as
the smau section now uncompleted is fin
isbed, the asphalt will be relaid from Four
teenth street to Seventh.
Mrs. Margaret Gallagher, the wife of
James Gallagher, Of No. 354 Pennsylvania
avenue north west, a ged twenty eight years,
died suddenly at her home about 1880
last night. Coroner Carr was notified. and
this morning gave a certificate Of death
from natural causes.
John Bright, as guardian OF Anna Bright,
Rose NJ. Bright, Eva j. Bright, and Viola
f. Bright, today petitioned the District
court in equity term to confirm a decree OF
the orphans court, authorizing him to OF
tain loan of So 500 on part of lot l..
square 4Sl, to which his wards are part
heirs