Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Pastor of Trinity Catholic Church Recover
ing From Serious Illness
Young Man Arrested on Charge OF
Petit Larceny General Mem
tiOn-PersonaI Notes.

Rev. ]. F. y. Mulyaney. S. J.. pastor of
Trinity Church, who underwent a critical
operation at the Georgetown University
Hospital several weeks ago and whose re-
covery was matter of considerable doubt
has sufficiently recovered to leave the hos
pital. He celebrated the O'Clock mass
yesterday morning at Trinity Church. at
which he thanked the members of the con-
gregation for the interest they had ex-
pressed for him during his illness.
Visiting CIergymen Omciate.
Rev. Arthur S. Johns conducted the
evening prayer and delivered the sermon
at Christ Church, corner of 31st and o
streets. yesterday evening before an I'M
usually large congregation. Rev. Father
Cornelius Gillespie. S. J.. delivered SER
mon last evening at St AIMS Church, Ten
leytown. organizing at the same time
among the members of the congregation a
branch of the League of the Sacred Heart.
work in which he has taken a good deal
OF interest. Rev. Alexander Bielaski occu-
pied the pulpit last evening at the Dunn
parton Avenue NJ. E. Church. There was a
large congrega ton in attendance.
Fire in a Feather Bed.
An alarm of fire was turned In Saturday
afternoon, to which the engines answered
for fire in the dwelling known as 1927 o
street owned and occupied by Isabella Car
feather bed and the bed clothing and was
eXtngulshed after loss of about $50. The
hre is supposed to have BEEN caused by
sparks from lighted cigarette.
Charge of Petit Larceny.
John Mooney was arrested yesterday fore
noon by Policeman Furr of the bicycle squad
and held on charge of petit larceny.
He is charged with the theft of a penny
in-the-slot chocolate machine. the property
OF J. L. Hammack of COL H street north
west The machine in question was stolen
a week or so ago from in front of the drug
store of Morris Waters at the southwest
corner of 32d and o streets, a young man
named Beach being arrested with the ma
chine In his possession. He was taken to
the Police Court and convicted of the
charge and implicated Mooney in the theft
Inspection Made.
Representatives of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad and of the Pennsylvania rail-
road system. respectively, have visited
Georgetown and inspected the route for
bringing the steam railways into the Dis
trtct as outlined in Senate bill 3444, which
was introduced at the request of the
Georgetown Citizens Association the fore
part of the present weak by Senator Gal
lfnger. 1t is the same one which was draft
ed by Mr.. George C. Boteer and commit
tee appointed by the chairman of the Citi-
zens Association. A hearing will b. given
upon the bill by the Senate committee one
day next week
General Mention.
Mrs Edward Beck of Smyrna, Del, has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Graham
of 302S Cambridge place for a month past
She will leave for her home In a few days.
Bradley Cant, an eleven-year-old colored
boy. was picked up on the street last even
ing about o'clock by Policeman Stein
braker and held on a charge of being a
fugitive from the board of children's guar
dams.
Lille NJ. Stewart has sold to William L.
Reed part of lot s, in block 30. of the Amer
lean University Park first addition
The work of remodeling the old seminary
building at Both and y streets into a mod
ern apartment house is progressing rapidly.
The quantity of mud found in the Poto-
mac water served daily to Washington citi-
tents was shown to Star reporter recently
by resident of the West End He took
an ordinary wooden bucket, filled with wa
ter. and placed in il about half a teaspoon
full of powdered alum, stirring the water
after the alum was emptied into it, so as
to make it dissolve more readily. After
letting the bucket remain in one place for
twelve hours the water was perfectly clear
and, what was most astonishing. there was
fully half an inch of mud the bottom of
the bucket. besides a Shiny sediment on the
lower sides of the bucket. The gentleman
who made the demonstration has been using
this method of clarifying the water and
stated that it a frequent thing to get
half an inch of sediment in an ordinary
bucketful of water.
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