The evening times., 1897-01-20
City Brevities

Nj. II. b. Moulton. who was badly hurt
recently by an accident TO his buggy, Is
| able To be out again.
The Academy of Forty will meet at WI
| modaughsis parlors tomorrow evening to
| discuss Prenatal Education
A branch of the Central Union Mission has
| been established in Navy place, southeast.
| The seats were donated by Miss Lloyd.
Florida avenue, between Fourteenth and
| Fifteenth streets Is to be repaired cost
! to be paid from current appropriations.
Harry Boucher, stonecutter, was ar
| rested last evening by Policeman Emerson,
| OF the Ninth precinct, charged with corner
| lOafing in Northeast Washington.
An old-tne experience meeting will be
held this evening at the Bruen branch OF
| the Central Union Mission, ON III street,
| between Half and First streets southeast.
A debate betw cen single takers and Sc
cialists has been arranged for Typograph-
| ical Temple tonight. 1ne subject Will be
"Will the Single Tax Benefit the Farmer
s. H. Hadley, superintendent of the old
| Jerry McAuley Mission in New YORK, is
| here on a Visit to the Central Union Mis-
| sion. He will lead two or three meetings
| during his stay.
DR.. A 6. Rogers delivered his lecture on
The Scarlet Letter" before a large au-
| dience at the Church of Our Father last
| evening. illustrating the theme with ster-
eopticon views.
There is reason to believe that n bill will
he introduced at the present session or
| Congress to abolish the office OF coroner,
and confer his duties upon some one of the
| health office attaches.
The House yesterday passed the bill to
| give a pension to the widow OF Gen. +.
| b. Tyler, at one time postmaster of Balti-
more. The amount was reduced to SO
| month. 1t had already passed the Sen
| ate.
| Samuel Berry. colored, was arrested by
| Policeman O'Donoghue, OF the Third pre-
| cinct, last night, charged with petit lar
| Ceny, second uffense, which calls for
| penitentiary sentence If Berry is con
| victel.
| II is believed that the excise board will
eventually extend the order prohibiting
| women from drinking on saloon premises
so as to have it apply TO the entire city.
| IL is at present confined to the bars in South
| Washington.
There was a display Of pyrotechnics last
| night in the house of James Durand, No.
| 1929 Corcoran street, when n kerosene
| lamp exploded and scattered the blazing
| oil in every direction. y telephone tire
alarm was sent in, and No. engine com
pany responded; 500 damage resulted.
Daniel o'Connor, William Bake and
| Samuel h. Rose have each been licensed
as master plumber and gas filter.
The Commissioners have ordered that
thirteen gas lamps, in the vicinity OF the
| Capitol grounds, be discontinued on aC-
count of the recent erecting and lighting
of electric arc lamps.
Detective Watson is keeping sharp look
out at tie Washington entrances to the
Long and Georgetown bridges since tie
big policy raid in Alexandria to prevent
runners for the game from doing any busi-
ness ON this side. The policy shops acruss
the river are doing an almost exclusive
| business since the Alexandria shutdown.
| A subcommittee Of the Rivers and Har.
hors Committee, with Chairman Hooker at
its head and consisting of ten members, will
leave this city Saturday morning III a
special Pullman car for an inspectng g
tour. New Orleans, Galveston and Mobile
being the objective points. The party
win be accompanied by ladies. The ex-
pense of the trip Will be borne by the cities
interested.
A Baltimore detective was caller at
police headquarters yesterday afternoon He
said the Maryland house OF correction al
Jessup's Cut, ON the Baltimore and ohio
Railroad, was overcrowded with more than
500 prisoners, mostly tramps, until Gov.
Lowndes was compelled, several days ago
to pardon large number and thus relieve
the pressure on that institution. The hoboeS
were sent to the prison from nearly every
county in the State.