1887

Pekin ministers arrived in Washington for a meeting to denounce the practice of dancing.

By 1888 the Creamery on Jefferson Street near the current police station was up and running.

The tragic Chatsworth railroad accident killed a Washingtonian.

Wesley B. Harvey was re-elected Mayor of Washington over Benjamin Frederick by a total of 155 votes to 148, the closest mayoral election in Washington history.

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