The evening times., 1899-02-11
NEWS FROM GEORGETOWN.
Rapid Development of the New Citi-
zens' Association.

The second meeting of the Georgetown
Citizens Association will be held next
Monday in the Association Hail. 1926 Thir-
ty-second Street There will undoubtedly
be a large attendance. Since the first
meeting forty of the most prominent AMI
influential men of this section have been
admitted to membership. 1t is expected
that the appointment OF the remaining
committees and minor organizations will
be accomplished and subjects of import
ance to the business community will be
| discussed. Committees appointed at the
last meeting will make their reports aaG
the constitution drafted by the
| committee appointed for that purpose, will
be presented for adoption. The citizens
are exhibiting the liveliest kind of interest
in all the proceedings of the association.
1t is the general opinion that the concerted
| action of the citizens through tie associa-
tion VIII accomplish many radical i'm
provements in the section Of the city west
of Rock Creek.
Health Officer Woodward yesterday af-
ternOon ordered that the house at 1887
Cherry Alley, together with its occupants,
be quarantined. The house is occupied by
colored family and it is believed that
ID,
who has been wandering about the streets
of Washington with a well-developed case
of smallpox, had visited the place Stanley
worked as a fireman with Engineer James
Curtin, of the Southern Railroad, who was
removed from his home last Monday suf-
fering from smallpox. He had visited a
number of houses in the northwest, and
| after thorough investigation by the Off
GERS of the Health Department it was de-
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riod of fifteen days Officers from the
Health Department have been detailed to
| watch the premises.
| In The Evening Times of last Thursday
| attention was called to the fact that the
| cutters and sewer mouths were obstruct-
ed by the snow and that the Street Clean
| ing Department had placed no men at work
| to clear away the snow. As a result, there
are several gangs of men at work in Al
| Street this morning removing the snow
| from the streets.
The congregation of Gag Street Baptist
| Church will hold divine services tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock at the Congress
Street NJ. p. Church. Since the fire at the
Gay Street Church Thursday afternoon
which DESTROYED the building, the various
| churches of Georgetown have courteously
offered their several edifices for the use
of the Baptist congregation. A meeting
| of the building committee was held last
| night, and it was decided to commence
work at once to secure additional subscrip.
| tions for the building fund.- and it is ex-
pected that as soon as the insurance COM
| pany settles for the loss of the church
sufficient money will be on hand to COM
mence a new house of worship
The Potomac at Williamsport is frozer
| over from shore to shore and the ice il
seven inches thick. The Chesapeake ant
Ohio Canal at Big Pool is covered with ic,
| foot thick t.t-
Michael Blumenthal, the shoe deale
whose place of business is located at 326
| M Street, has contributed to the loca
branch of the Associated Charities a larg
number of wooden boxes for fuel for tn
use of the many suffering poor in this sec
ton of the city. The contribution is yer,
acceptable just at this time. as the demani
on the charities is very heavy on accoun
of the cold weather. ftr
David L. Reynolds is confined to, hi
home, S1S5 o Street, suffering from a ba,
boil.
Fred K. Heupel is suffering at his home
1901 Prospect Street, with mild case O
diphtheria. .s