Evening star., 1901-10-15
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
RESIDENCE los YEARS OLD BEING
REMODELED.
Was Formally Exempted From Taxa
tion i'm 1S71-SurEeOn GrunweIIs
Tour of the World.

is perhaps the only private residence In
town that was exempted from taxation,
Noble Hurdle, the great grandfather of
the contractor named; having built it as a
residence for himself about los years ago.
The place is in excellent condition, and the
material in it is practically as good as when
the house was erected. The heavy wooden
beams and granite stonework at the cellar
entrance are excellenuy preserved. Mr..
Noble Hurdle lived in the house until his
death occurred in 1876. He was at that
time ninety-eight years of age. He was
well known in Georgetown and remem-
bered by nearly all of the old residents.
The present owner contemplates placing
modern improvements in the building, in
cluding new flooring and other interior fur
nlshings. The old door, heavy and cumber-
some, with its silver name plate and heavy
silver knocker. is still in excellent condi-
tion but it will be removed and a new door
will be put in.
Exempted From Taxation.
AT meeting of the Georgetown city
council, held in 1871, the following was
adopted copy of which is now in the
possession of Mr.. Joseph A. Hurdle:
"A Resolution in Favor of Noble Hurdle
w whereas Noble Hurdle, the oldest cit
izen of Georgetown. has for long series
of years rendered service to the town by
Keeping the street in front of his premises
in thorough repair without cost to this
corporation: Therefore be it
Resolved by the board of aldermen and
board of common council of the corpora
ton of Georgetown. That the tax collector
be. and he is hereby. instructed to refrain
from collecting taxes on the present domt-
cile of Noble Hurdle during his mature
life.
Approved Jan. p. 1871.
GEO. w. BEALL,
president ROa rd of Common
&C. F. PECK,
Recorder
II. NJ. SWEENEY. Mayor"
HrOthcrs in Trouble
Benjamin R. Heffner, aged forty, and his
brother, Columbus Heffner aged forty-two,
became somewhat mixed UP with the po-
lice Saturday, which resulted in $50 of the
family funds being deposited at the sta
tion. The brothers live near Bethesda,
Nd, and are said to be hard working farm
erS. benjamin was arrested SATURDAY.
morning in Washington for being drunk.
and was released later in the day. He
came TO Georgetown in the afternoon, and
1t Is said, took more booze, and while on
his way home, near Tenleytown, he became
so boisterous that Policeman Neale placed
him under arrest on a charge of being
drunk and disorderly. Columbus came in
to get him out of the trouble, and found
that $40 collateral was necessary. He left
the station with his team, but before he
returned the money had been put up for
Benjamin and he was released going down
sd street to look for Columbus The latter
started for the station, going up SD street
with his team, and while the way ran
into buggy of A. NJ. Ferguson. damaging
1t considerably. He was arrested on
charge of reckless driving. and an addi-
tional charge of habituaI drunkenness was
placed against his name. Later in the day
$40 collateral was deposited for his release,
$40 on each charge.
Death of Mrs. Boyle.
Mrs. Mary V Boyle died Sunday evening
at 11:30 o'clock at her residence, 3147 Dunn
barton avenue, after an Illness of over two
months. Death was due to paralysis Mrs
Boyle was the widow of John f.
Boyle. A family of six children, one boy
and five girls, all grown, survive her. Her
funeral will be held tomorrow morning at
$50 o'clock. She was a member Of Trinity
Church and belonged to the Sodality and
League of the Sacred Heart. A mass of
requiem will be chanted at o'clock at
the church. The interment will be at Mt.
Olivet cemetery.
Surgeon GrunweII Returns.
Assistant Surgeon A. G. Grunwell of the
United States navy, son of Judge Grunwell
of 1915 30th street, has just returned after
a tour of three years on sea duty He
went out to Guam on the Inflated ship
1osemite, but was not on that vessel when
she was lost, having been ordered co Yoko-
hama, Japan, whence he was transferred
to the flagship Brooklyn, under Admiral
Remey: With that ship he made the "trip
to Australia and New Zealand. On the oc-
casion of the opening of the first Austria
lian federal parliament the officers of the
ship were presented to the Duke Of Corn
wall and York and his wife, being shown
great courtesy by the Australian pcopIc
DR.. Grunwell has had a unique experience
in his three years of duty, having gone en-
tirely around the globe and from Japan
twice across the equator. He also partici-
pated in the Chinese war in an engage
ment with the 9Th United States Cavalry
at Tien Tsin, while stationed for duty on
the L. S. S. Monocacy at that place.
Charged With Fraud.
George Phenix, colored, Is charged with
having worked a flim-fam game Saturday
night on Richard Bell, colored, of No. 3
18th street alley. He bought a newspaper
from Bell and gave half dollar in pay
ment. He received the change, it is stated
and succeeded in getting the half dollar
back. The newsboy soon discovered his
loss and pointed the man out to Policeman
Saunders. who arrested him. A charge of
larceny from the person was Dref erred
against him.
New School House Wanted.
While the present frame building used
for the schools in the western section of
the District, known as Harlem, has only
been in use for few years, a movement
has been started to have modern brick
structure erected in the locality which will
meet the needs of the section for some
time to come. The school board is favor
ably impressed with the plan, it is said and
a sum has been asked for which is regard
ed as sufficient for the erection of COM
modious four-room building in the subdi-
vision, so constructed that at any time in
the future additions can be made to It.
Policeman Interrupts Scrap.
There was quite a lively scrap yester-
day afternoon about o'clock on NJ street
between 31st and 32d streets between ].
Clinton Tribbey, who Is connected with a
jewelry firm, and Sam Schers, who is en-
ployed In a local clothing store Just as
the two began pummeling each other Po-
liceman w. j. Edwards and Precinct De-
tective Frank Burrows arrived on the
scene and took the contestants in custody.
Each was released on IS collateral.
Brief Mention.
The members of the Linthicum Dramatic
Club held meeting last evening at the
residence of Miss Snyder, where arrange
ments for the coming fall program of the
club were completed.
A colored man named Harris who was
filed with bir0Shof Severa1 xraalye ,~o