Evening star., 1898-08-12
ANACOSTIAH HAPPENINGS
The Material to Be Used in Paving Harri-
son Street.
Affairs of General Interest Briefly
Noted From Across the East
ern Branch.

A delegation of Anacostia citizens, COM
posed of Messrs. ]. E. Minnix, David Haines
and W. Martin King, called on Engineer
Commissioner Beach by appointment We'd
resday to confer with him concerning the
concreting of Harrison street. for which
the sum of $4,000 has been appropriated.
1t had been reported that the street would
be improved by sheet asphalt, and the call
of the gentlemen named was to ascertain if
the report was true and to advocate the
use Of block asphalt If the latter material
was not intended Commissioner Beach
confirmed the statement that il was pro-
posed to use sheet asphalt, and explained
why the use of block asphalt on such a
street as Harrison street, where traffic is
heavy, would not be advisable. When they
left the gentlemen were convinced that
Sheet asphalt was the proper material for
Harrison street
small colored boy named Edward Brown
who had wandered here from his home
IN the city and become lost, was turned
over to his parents yesterday by John
sweeney, a coiored man. Sweeney found
the youngster at night roaming about the
baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks in a
oeWiiuered condition He was able to tell
his name only. Sweeney took him to town
Yesterday and hunted up the boys parents
1he recent rains have caused a number OF
Washouts in the roads and streets in this
vicinity.
Ever since the disaster to the runaway
eiectrlc car of the Capital Railway Com
pany at the foot of the Asylum hill on the
hight OF july 10, many questions have bean
asked as to what the management of the
company mas done to prevent the repetition
OF such an affair. particularly as the cars
III man! cases are as crowded as ever
Upon inquiry ii was stated that the brake
cnalnS OF the cars in Use are carefully in
spected several times daily and that an OK
ira man accompanies each crowded car
tS potn up and down the hill for service at
the rear brake in case of emergency
E!ecta Chapter, No =. Order of the East
ern star, the local chapter, is, in conjunc-
tion with the various other chapters TAX
ing much interest in the matter of raising
FUNDS for the work of the Red Cross All
the members have pledged themselves to
the payment of a small sum monthly many
subscribing several times over, and out
SIDE subscriptions are being received at Mr.
bers.
DR.. and Mrs. Foster of St Elizabeth are
back from their northern trip.
Mrs. James II. Dony Miss Ethel DENY
fields, W. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. George coombs are spend
ing few weeks at Colonial Beach
Mrs. Frank McGIathery Of PhiladeIphia
accompanied by her two children. is visit
ing her father, Mr.. ]. w. Middleton.
Mrs. Annie Herbert of Portsmouth Va
Is the guest of her sister, Mrs o. s.
Pumphrey.
Mrs. Lena Cross and two little grand
children have gone to Colonial Beach for a
few weeks.
Mrs. Eta Beaumont and Mrs. Annie Tav-
lor have left for a months stay at Round
Hill. Va.
Mrs. Clara Lusby and children and Miss
Ella Kennedy, her sister, have gone to
Harpers Ferry.
MIR. ]. W. Covington of No. IS fire engine
company is spending his vacation in Caro-
line county, Va.