The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05
news FROM GEORGETOWN
Special Delivery Letter Service Ex-
tended to the West End.
Transfers of Cleveland Park Prop
erty-UnioH Services of Presby te-
riaas, Methodists, and other Prot
estant Denominations During the
Week OF Prayer-sIission Sermons.

The special delivery letter service has
been extended TO Georgetown. The YER
bal and written requests 10 the depart
meut for the appointment OF one or mora
messengers TO remain permanently al Sta
tion a has met with favor and for the
first time in the history Of the service q
boy was detailed here during regular
hours Heretofore when a special mes
senger was required, ne mad to be tele-
phoned for and the delivery OF the letter
was accordingly delayed The service TO
the Ge0rgetoWners was consec cuenty IN
satisfactory and the telegraph boys we're
given the work 10 insure immediate de-
livery. Il is believed that the messenger
sent 10 -his station will be kept busy. As
with the other boys Of the delivery serV-
ice ne viii receive 3 cents as cOmpe1sd-
tiou Tor every letter delivered Al this
rate The messenger should make between
SO and $50 per month. Superintendent
Birch, OF Station 4, through whose direct
Recommendation the special service was
secured for this end CT the District, feels
confident that the demand for the delIY-
cry OF special letters justifies the placing
OF az least one messenger here
The following transfers Of Cleveland
Park property have been made: Irving
Williamson and John Ridout, trustees, 10
James B. Nicholson. lot 2, block I, for 81
300; Thomas Z. Waggaman 10 Benjamin
P. Hooke, part Of an unsubdiyided portion;
Thomas NJ Gale and G. Carlyle Whiting.
trustees. TO Francis c. NeWIanCs lot H.
block 4, Oak View IN The Amer can Uni
VeTsIcy Heights subdivision there were
two transfers yesterday, John D. Crois-
sanJ selling 10 William r. Pjcken, lot 40,
block 3, for $1,000, and Croissant and
Stcne, trustees, 10 r. ". WIckham, lots
e and .. block l3. for $1,000.
The Presbyterian, Methodist Protest
ant, and Methodist Episcopal congrega-
tions Of Georgetown viii hold union ser
vices next week On Monday and Tues
day nights the combined congregations Of
the three churches will conduct their
'tobseryances o. prayer al the Congress
Street Church on Wednesday and Thurs
day at the DumbaTton Avenue Church.
and on Friday and Saturday al the West
Street Presbyterian Church These ser
vices are held annually
The Trinity Church mission services, 10
last for TWO weeks. VIII begin tomorrow
night. The priests who will conduct the
mission this year are finer speakers than
have ever come 10 Trinity. The sermons
promise 10 be powerful efforts.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ried died Thursday
morning at her residence il Langley, Va.
Mrs. Ried was we'll known IN Georgetown.
The interment VIII take place Sunday IN
the family graveyard on the farm.
About o'clock last night q FIRE sgas
discovered IN q one-story frame shed, Sit
uated at Twenty-eighth Street and Rock
Greek, occupied by Elmer E. INLAY. The
fire is supposed TO have been caused By
an oyerheated store. Damages we're sUs-
tained 10 the amount Of S300- The prop
srty is owned b. the Thomas Bowling
heirs.
The funeral Of Mr Proverb Burrows.
who died Thursday al TenIeytown, viii
take place tomorrow at 1-20 o'clock Mr.
Burrows was seventy-eight years old and
had been a lifelong resident OF the Ten