Evening star., 1901-12-30
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
NO FEARS OF a FLOOD FROM RE-
CENT HAINs.
Reassuring News . From Up-River
Points-DweAlink Damaged by
Fire-AinNr Notes.

The rain of the past -thirtysix hours has
been responsible for q rise of about eight
inches in the Petomaceup to shortly before
noon today, with the prospects of still
higher level being reached No serious
danger Is apprehended. A telegram was
received at SAT this morning by Mr. 6. L..
Nicolson, the general manager Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, which was
sent from Cumberland, announcing the fact
that the river was not very high at that
point, that the ice had all gone, and that
1t was still raining. A message sent at 8
o'clock from Williamsport, Nd, forty miles
the other side of Harpers Ferry, and 100
miles from Washington, announced the
fact that the river was twelve feet high
and rising at the rate of eight inches an
hour.
According to Mr.. Nicolson, there is not
as much water in the mountain regions as
there Is nearer Washington, and the bulk
of the water, from nearby tributaries. will
have passed, he believes, before the flood
waters from the upper Potomac reach the
District
Dwellings Damaged.
An alarm of fire was turned in shortly
before o'clock Saturday night, by Po-
nceman Bloom, for blaze in the two two
story brick dwellings, Nos. and 8 Fac
tory Hill, the former house occupied by
Rachel Locker, and the latter by Louise
Powell. The furniture in the houses was
damaged to the extent of s25 and $50 re-
Potomac Electric Lighting Company, was
damaged to about the amount of 500, on
which there is no insurance
To Watch the Old Year Out.
Watch meeting services will be held to-
morrow evening, commencing at 10 o'clock,
at the West Washington M. E. Church
South, 33d street, between @ and r streets,
Rev. F. L. Day, the pastor, being in
charge. Rev. w. c. Alexander, D. D., pas
tor of the West Street Presbyterian
Church, will deliver the sermon. Similar
services will also be held at the Dunbar
ton Avenue M. E. and the Congress Street
M P. churches.
Branch of ROgues' Gallery.
A rogues' gallery has been located in the
sitting room of the Georgetown police sta
tion-a piece of furniture nailed to the side
wall and containing about twenty arms
each holding a frame, and each frame ca
pable of holding about forty photographs.
A good portion of the space is already
filled, and by the end of the week the dis
play is expected to be largely increased.
General Items.
meeting of William R. Singleton
Lodge, No. 80, F. A. A. NJ, will be held
some time this week to consider the ad-
Visibility of forming stock company, the
purposes of which win be to raise sufficient
funds with which to erect suitable hall
for the accommodation of the lodge The
formation of stock company is believed
to be the best way of securing the neces-
sary building.
The Christmas entertainment of the Ten
leytown Baptist church will be held this
evening. good program has been ar
ranged, and the church will be prettily.
decorated for the occasion.
Rev. and Mrs. Frank Havenner will hold
a reception Wednesday evening at the par
sonage on o street. to the congregation Of
the Dumbarton Avenue M. E. church
Henry Thomas, aged fifty-two of Wash
ington, was found sick at the Union de-
pot yesterday morning. He was taken to
the Georgetown University Hospital in the
patrol wagon.