Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-10-08
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LOCAL "A IF AIRS
ACLERlcAL SoANDAL.-A little over a year
ago Hileary Powell, an aged coored man,
in this town, died, leaving widow and
many children who had blessed the happy
union to mourn his loss. The Reyerned Mr..
Johns, a colored minister or one of our Afri-
can churches and the husband of a virtuous
wife and father of an interesting progeny
ofIiciated at tine funeral After the clods had
fallen upon the coffin, with the tender interest
which should characterize one Of his profession,
| he proceeded to console the disconsolate widow
with a rehearsal of Divine promises and the
prospect Of happy reunion in the Celestial
| City. At last he assuaged her tears and soft
ened her grief till the oden smile which had
chained the heart of her husband captive
once more played round her lips. Age had
not despoiled the charms of youth and The
bloom of the rose still fingered in her check.
The eyes Of Johns which had hitherto shoue
with the fervor of religious love now beamed
upon her with a more amorous glance, forget
ting the biblical story Of Joseph and Podphars
wife he has necessitated the organization OF
an investigating committee in the church. The
fruits Of that investigation are sadly felt by
the church. The fires burn no longer on its
altar and there is no priest TO kinde the sacred
flame.
Oh Beecher Beecher ''all the blood OF
beasts on jewish affairs slain would never
wash away the sins of thy example.
CONCERT AT THE CoURr HoUsE.-The enter
tainment given at the court house on Monday
night last by Miss Mitchell and her assistant
was nieiher the best nor the worst we ever at
tended, some of the Rotations were good and
some bad and the same with the musical per-
formances. The lack of the proper number
of hearers win partially excuse Miss Mitchell
for that Illumination and interest which she
failed to create with those present. Why do
not our people attend and encourage such en-
tertainmens. What splendid periodical
pastmes during The winter nights. Was il
because they were afraid 20 part with that
Rag Bag. II so, then they ought all to be
printers and go ''dead head" But thai
would not do, for they would consider them
selves classed with the ''canaille,j and that
would not suit the ''uppertendom."
| DEAD HoRsEs.-0n SUNDAY night last a very
fine horse, supposed to be about or 8 years
DID, was met upon the Metropolitan Railroad
a short distance from depot of this place
by the Chicago express train, and instantly
killed He was struck by the COW. catcher
and dragged for bundled aud twenty-five
yards In that distance meat and bones
were scattered all over the track, leaving
nothing but the hide. The horse belonged to
u cattle drover, who had'pu up for the night
at the residence of Mr.. Chand er Keys. The
owner turned the horse out in the pasture, and
he jumped from it aud got upon the railroad
where be met his death.
DR.. Maddox, of this town, lost one of the
pair of his driving horses on Wednesday
night last.
MUcn NEEDED REFORM The attention of
the City Fathers is called to the miserable
condition of the pavement on the South side
OF the main street. They should attend 10 it at
once, as it may result in some serious acct
dent. Those who pay taxes TO have these i'm
prOFGlDcuiS ihHuei tllHh tHut lhVl SHOuiu NC
kept in repair, and not be allowed, through
neglect, 10 present an eycsore aud stumbling
block TO every waylarer.
The Washington Star says the Great Falls
Ice Company, at recent meeting, adopted a
resolution to abandon its works at the Great
Falls and remove the butdings to Analostan
Island. AT The time this company leased the
the ground al the Falls reigh from Boston TO
this port was 81 per ton 1t is now only
twenty cents per ion, fully as cheap as trans
portalion per canal from the Great Falls 10 lis
depot in Washingtons
APoLocY In Consequence of the necessity
OF publishing the List of Defaultegs" this
week TO give it The requisite number of inser-
tons and rush OF legal and private adyer-
tisements we have been unable TO issue our
paper as early as usual We trust this expla-
nation will be deemed sufficient by our sub
scribers.
american Girl" one of the three fastest
trotters in this country, fell dead, on Satur-
day last, upon the Emira n Y Park Her
ow uer, VIM. Lowell, was offered $50, coo for
her before her death. When she fell the band
played a funeral dirge. A monument costing
81, 600 is to be erected TO her memory.
Mr. Editor DO you not think the Demo-
Gratis of this county should bestIr themselves,
and inaugurate an active campaign. The
only effect OF mastery inactivity at the
present time is TO help the cause of disorgani-
zers who are worse--ten thousand times worse
than Radicals.
Already in my rambles have detected looks,
winks, gestures and actions, on the part of Il
certain few which are portentous with evil to
the Democratic party.
AT this time when Radicals are expecting
and receiving their only means of success,