Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-11-07
goral aud gersunal.
Condensed Locals.

Condensed Locals
The colored voters had sumptnous cleo
ton breakfast.
Young Frank Hutton is with his fathers
engineering corps in Allegany county.
1t showed and hailed here on Wednesday
night from ten o'clock until midnight.
Mr. Aide d. Green arrived home Tuesday
night from Ohio He had been absent two
years.
Mr.. Gilmore Dudley left at this office this
week a half dozen beats that weighed 20
pounds.
Douglass Chopper, Esq, who has been
lying i'll at his residence for the last two
months, is improving slowly.
Messrs Crawford & Etchison will occupy
their new drug store in Gaithersburg about
the LIST of December
AT meeting of the Trustees of the Poor,
on Thursday, the present Overseerer, Ply
stefan and Clerk were reelected.
The voice of the candidate saying, won't
you take something's" is no longer heard
in the land and drouth is upon us.
A gay party of ladies and gentlemen
tripped the light fantastic toe at the Brooke
vile Academy last Friday evening The
Sandy Spring band was in attendance.
Bishop Pinhney preached and confirmed
several persons in the Protestant Episcopal
church of this town, on Sunday morning
last, and in the evening of the same day
preached at Ounce Orchard.
The large sale of valuable stock, farming
implements, &c. ADVERTISED by Mrs Harriet
F. Lansdale, at ;irjdelphia, on Tuesday, No
vember the 18th, will ne doubt attract the
attention Of buyers.
Mr.. WE,.Pe has left two Peachblow
potatoes here that weigh 24 pounds They
are sample of the medium potato of a
croDIof 30 bushels grown on an eighth of an
aGte, of The farm of the late VIM. George
Robinson.
Mr.. J. i. Dyer and family, who were So
journing in this village all the summer, left
for their home in Washington City last
Monday. 1t is To be hoped that he will
visit Rockville again next summer
Mr.. G.. w. Catlett, several years since AS
sstant at the Rockville Academy, now Prin-
cipal of the Military Academy, near Will
mington, N. c., is to be married to a lady of
that town, on the fourth of next month
Dr. Etchison is having large double two
story dwelling erected for himself on the
east side of the main street of Gaithersburg,
between Owens and Wards stores Two
other smaller buildings are also being put
mp, and as consequence it has been impos-
sble for the past month to find an idle car
penter in the village
The National Fair at Washington has
drawn 10 close, and not the name of one
individual of this county has been witnessed
amongst the hundreds of exhibitors on this
occasion. Not even an old maids cat
was there. w. +. Wiley, of Colesville, re-
ceived the second prize in the tournament,
held last Saturday, under the auspices of
the association.
During the past two weeks this vicinity
has been remarkably free from the presence
of tramps and midnight providers, owing,
no doubt, to the resolution our people have
displayed 10 have all such characters arrest
ed if found in our streets. Rockville is not
healthy place for tramps at present, and
if found wandering about our streets they
will certainly subject themselves to the civil
law, or if found committing any depreda-
tons at night TO the shotgun" policy
Eureka Fertilizer Suits The United
States Circuit Court, Judges Bond and Nor
ris presiding, began the November term yes
terday The original and trial doekets were
called, the usual entries made and a number
of cases assigned for trial. 1t is expected
that argument upon demurrers will be heard
on Wednesday in the cases of the Atlantic
and Virginia Fertiizing Company VS.. Gary
--Machen and Cuttings for plaintiffs, John
II. Handy for defendants and of Hough VS..
Bryant-IIenry Stockbridge for plaintiff, and
NJ. Handy for defendant The six libel cas-
es of the same company against Belt and
others, and the publishers and editors of the
Montgomery AdnOcate and Rockville lSeah-
nel-damages in three of the cases laid at
$4,000 in the Others at $20,00O-are fixed
for Tuesday, 18th inst Machen g. Cuttings
and A. Stirling, Jr., will appear for plain
tiffs, John X. Cowen and f. j. d. Cross for
delendents-BA. An Az isst
Persons, of this county, who have used
this fertilizer will be summoned in few
days to testify in the suit against Mr.. Ed
ward Belt and the Adc0cate and lSeatinel.--
OF all of those who may he summoned, we
trust that they will attend the trial of these
suits punctually.