Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-07
.0LDEST INHABITANTS
Meeting of Association Held
Last Evening.
PLANS FOR FOURTH OF JULY
Celebration at Alton Farms Upon
Mr.. Crosby Noyes' Invitation.
OLD NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS
Events in Washington Century Ago,
When the City Was in
It's Infancy.

The regular monthly meeting of the Old
est Inhabitants Association was held last
evening at its room, No. Corcoran build
ing Mr.. s. 7. Brown called to the
chair. and Mr.. B. w. Reiss. secretary. an
nounced the deaths of Thomas Kirby and
Thomas A. Brown.
The funeral of the latter was announced
for 3 o'clock today. and large number of
members announced that they will attend
Messrs. Richard Emmons, w. Lunsford
Thomas E. Smith, George wilmer, L. A
Wood. w. c. O'Meara and o. T. Edgar
were reported favorably by the committee
and were elected to active membership. The
applications of A Skillinger. j. T. Morse
ceived and referred.
Mr.. Raglan reported that there was a
standing invitation from Mr. C. s. Noyes
to celebrate the Fourth of July at Alton
farms rs long he lives. Mr.. w. r. Smith
stated that Mr.. Noyes fully expects to see
the members that day. and Is making every
preparation for their entertainment Mr.
Noyes, he stated. is postponing his annual
visit to his old home in Maine in order
| that he may meet with the association
July 1.
The invitation was unanimously accepted
and after some discussion all matters of
detail We're left with the committee.
Wnen City as Dung.
Mr.. A. H. hagan read a paper made up
from the newspapers published in the in
fancy of Washington Among the quota
tions were the following:
May 6. 1871, boat convenient and we'll
manned will leave Barry's wharf for Alex
andria every morning at 8 o'clock and re-
turn the same day. To begin on Monday
next"
Last week sailed from Barry's wharf,
Eastern branch harbor the ship Maryland,
burthen nearly 400 tons, laden with bread
and flour bound to some port for the bene-
hit of the owners The above ship is noticed
as the first which has ever sailed from the
city Of Washington full and bound to a
foreign port.
The Commissioners are DESTROYS of con-
tracing for the delivery of the following
articles in the city of Washington towit;
Six thousand bushels of unslacked lime,
lWpOO OF good place brick, $50 barrels of
pork. 40 barrels of beef, 1900 bushels of
bolted or sifted Indian meal"
ON November TO- 1877, Is a notice of
David Burns. forbidding hunters from tres
passing on his place or shores or the cut
ing OF MS timber, carrying off or burning
fence logs or any old wood and notifying
trespassers that he would sue them in the
general court.
The Washington Gazette Of March IS
says that week before the Vice President
passed through the city on his way home
II has also the following: Last fall it was
have this city Incorporated Has the plan
carried or has the child died for want of
nourishment?"
December 20, 1896, Federal Lodge. No II
of the Masonic order, Is called to meet the
eth, st. John the Eyangelist's day and
proceed TO church. where Rev George
Ralph. grand chaplain of the order. of
Maryland, would preach, and d collection
made for charitable purposes
The notice is signed by John Sweeny, anu
dinner on the table at O'clock is an
nounced.
On the same day notice signed by Con
Cunningham, near the commissioners wharf
Funkstown. says three stray hogs had been
taken up by Joseph Garlick. n. King, IL
hrarian of the Washington library, calls on
members to pay their half-yearly subscrip-
tons.
February !, 1881, the Gazette says horse
made sudden start and threw a black man
from his seat on a bakers cart, and num-
bered him with the dead"
The drowning of two men in the Potomac
above the house of Mr.. Matty Young is
noticed.