The times., 1898-02-24
City Brevities-

Joseph !. Keefer was yesterday divorced
by Judge Hagner from Cordelia h. heei
el on the ground OF desertion.
Judge Bingham yesterday sentenced
Charles and Samuel Banks TO serve two
months in jail each for larceny.
Charles n. Monroe was fined so for lar
ceny by Judge Scott this morning, with
the alternative OF serving thirty days IN
Jail.
The will of the late Catharine Mast
brook was filed yesterday. il bequeath:'
her entire estate to her husband. Henry
j. Mastbrook and also names him a:
executor.
Mrs. Ellis viii address a temperance
meeting under the auspices of the North
west W. c. T. L.. in Grace NJ e Church.
Ninth and S streets northwest, at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
Several members of the Redemption
ISL Order from Annapolis, Nd. will In
angurate a mission at St. Augustine $
Catholic Church next Sunday il VIII
continue two weeks.
James r. Boston. colored, received a
Severe scalp wound yesterday afternoon
by being struck by large box which fell
upon him while he was loading his wagon
al North Capital and L streets.
Robert Hunter, coIored. living at No.
229 Third street fell down an areaway
AT lRIlfn street anu new LII n
yesterday afternoon and broke his left
leg. He was taken TO the Emergency
Hospital.
Horace Payne colored. was arraiSned
in the police court today. charged with
the larceny of a bushel of coal, and re-
. sisting arrest. The evidence as to the
larceny was not conclusive. and the
charge was dismissed. He was fined 50
for resisting arrest.
Mrs Amanda Holmes, of Hichmond,
Va. the mother of Rev. Mrs. ]. Ander-
son Taylor. died at the home Of her SON
in-law. Rev. j. Anderson Taylor, yester-
day The remains will be taken TO Rich
mond for interment.
w l. Saul, of No. 1901 Sixth street
northwest bool1keeper, fell from his
bicycle yesterday afternoon and sustain
ed a fracture of his right leg. He was re-
moved to the Emergency Hospital,
where the fracture was reduced, and
later sent to his home.
Mrs Clara Bewick Colby will lecture
Friday night at Willard Hall. Her subject
will be- From Eve to the New Woman"
Tickets will be on sale at the hall The
proceeds will go toward paying for the
portraits of LucretiR Mott. Mrs. Stan
ton and Miss Susan b. Anthony.
The Christian Endeavor Society OF the
Metropolitan Presbyterian Churh gave
colonial social last evening. Inc cnufcn
was decorated with flags, and refresh
ments were served. Miss Lloyd and Mr..
Snidell delivered recitations, and music
was resorted TO as an amusement.
Eva St Clair, colored, of No. 1922 Third
street northwest drank an ounce of witch
hazel and ammonia last night She was
discovered in a semi-conscious condition
by her mother and was taken to the
Freedman's Hospital She told the ply
sicians that she took the dose to relieve
a severe pain, and not with suicidal in
tent She will recover.
At a meeting OF the Irish-American
Union held at Costello's Hall on Sunday
evening the committee having in charge
the arrangements for the celebration OF
the 120th anniversary of the birth of
Robert Emmett on March G. reported that
the county board of the A. o. II. of the
District had decided to celebrate the
event.
A very pleasant evening was spent by
the members Of the Black Cat Club at
the residence of Mr. W. w. Bride on
Capitol Hill on Saturday evening. The
party played progressive crokinole and
Mr.. Hutchinson won the gentlemen's
prize and Miss Gibson the ladies' prize
The BOBBY prize was won by Mr. Rock
Among those present were Misses Kipp.
Rock. Fuller. Gibson. Burch. Dalton. Toll
son. and Messrs /. Sundy, Pitts. Rock
Hutchinson, Bright, E. Sundy, Howard
and Bride.