Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-12-03
Town and Country.

are reported plenty in the mountains this
winter
Congressman Evarts w. Farr, of New
Hampshire, died at Littleton in that State,
on Tuesday last.
congressman are arriving in Washington
slowly and are arranging for business which
begins on Monday.
On Wednesday of this week the electoral
vote of Maryland was cast at Annapolis, for
Hancock and English.
Remember the corporation election for
Councilman takes place tomorrow. Indi-
cations point to the election of Mr.. N. d.
Offutt
Fire was discovered in the cloak room of
the House of Representatives on Tuesday
but was extingushed before much damage
was done.
Elder VIM. II. Schell, of the Christian
church, will occupy the pulpit as usual on
next Sabbath morning at 104 o'clock, and in
the evening at Z o'clock.
Another change has been made in the
time table of the b. & O. railroad. Those
interested will find our time table corrected
according to the new schedule.
Among the patents issued on Tuesday the
3Oth ult., from the patent Office, at Washing
ton, was one to James p. Stabler, of Sandy
Spring, this county, for call apparatus for
telegraph lines
The days will continue getting shorter
that is, as far as daylight is concerned-until
December 21st, and then they will begin to
lengthen. An old saw adds that the cold
will also "begin to strengthen" after that
time.
Our attention has been called to an error
in the notice of the large acreage of corn
produced by Mr.. Raphael Jarboe this sea
son, instead of "eleven bushels and half
per acre." it should read "eleven barrels and
half"
Sheriff Kelchner, on Monday and Tues
day last, took to the penitentiary and House
of Correction the prisoners sentenced at the
late term Of Court, and of whose sentence
mention was made in former number of
the SENTINEL
From the Washington Post of yesterday we
clip the following "Rev. Joseph S. Gallen,
assistant pastor at the Immaculate Concep-
ton church, has been transferred to Rock
vile, Montgomery county, Md. He will leave
for his new post Of duty in a short time"
On Saturday last Jack Jones, colored
man, was struck by the Point of Rocks
train and had his body badly bruised and
left arm broken, at Gaithersburg. DIR. Etchi-
son attended the sufferer who is reported as
getting along as well Us could be expected.
The members of the Episcopal church
held an oyster supper and general sociable,
at Norbeck, Thanksgiving, for the benefit
of their Mission. The affair was success,
and mainly owing to the indefatigable efforts
of the fair ones who originated the project.
On Monday last Justice Kiger committed
John Arnold, who had been arrested by
officer John II. Miller, under the provisions
of the "Tramp Act" to the House of Cor.
recton for three months. A disposition is
manifest among our officers TO "set down on
the tramp business"
The military companies, constituting the
battalion Of this Congressional distrct,is com.
posed of the Hagerstown Light Infantry,
Frederick Rifles, with the Oakland Cum
berland and Homecoming companies, with
Rockville to hear from, Col Ii. Kyd Doug
las, commanding.
BY an arrangement entered into between
the Philadelphia 81 Reading with the Bal
timore & Ohio roads, through tickets will
be sold to New York, and passengers will
be conveyed through without change from
Washington. The agreement includes ex-
press goods and freight.
An exchange says that slippers of the
wrong size, worked with intricate and be-
witching figures, meal-bag dressing gowns,
watch cases, smoking caps and hundreds Of
other unapproachable and impractcable ar
ticles are now busying the fingers Of his girl
in anticipation Of Christmas.
The family of Mr.. J. r. Dove short dis.
lance from this place, have Just passed
through one Of the sorrowful phases of life
in the death and burial Of their little daugh-
ter, Bessie. Although but seven years of
age she had commenced attending school,
and by her aptness in her studies and sweet,
winning disposition had won the hearts of
her teachers and associates.
Paul Brown, the German who cut his
wifes throat and then attempted his own
life, week ago last Monday night, is fast
improving at the Providence hospital, in
Washington. His wiie's injuries, which at
first were thought TO be slight, are more seri-
Gus than his own, which were atthe time
believed 10 be fatal. Both Of them will be
able to be out in few days Brown will
then be arrested on the charge of assault and
battery with intent 10 kill.
In hurdle race Of 100 yards at Annapo-
lis, on Thursday last, Cadet r. b. Higgins
of this place, was the winner in seventeen
seconds. In pole yaultng Higgins was
again the champion. On Saturday evening
the students gave a minstrel performance in
which we observe that Cadet W. w. Rus
sell, Of Rockville, gave stump speech on
"Women." The gymnasium was crowded
with naval officers and their families and
citizens.
Mr.. Samuel Ellicott, well known In this
county as the blind farmer, died at his resi-
dence in the vicinity of Brookevlle, last
priyed Of sight since the age Of sixteen years,
he was one of the most successful farmers
in the county, attending personally 10 all
the details Of the business Of his plantation.
We have been promised full account of
the life Of this remarkable man which will
appear in our columns at an early day
Last week party Of gentlemen partook Of
breakfast Of carp at the invitation Of Mr.
Richard HOllyday, at Centreyille. Md. Two