Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-03-26
Iutal aud gersuual.
Condensed Locals.

L. n OitIhSeI mas Deen cOnnFineu Dy lne
Senate as Census supervisor of this District.
Among the bills approved by the Governor
on Wednesday last was the one amending
the local laws of Rockville.
John A. Selby has been appointed as one
of the constables for this county vice VIM.
Graf, resigned.
The Eureka cases at Ellicott's City will
not be reached before Thursday, the LIST of
April, according to information from Judge
Merrick, of counsel for farmers
The depot in this place was draped in
mourning in respect to J. L. Wilson, de-
ceased, late road-master of the B. s. o. rail-
road
The bill to abolish the law donating sums
of money to colleges and academies in this
State met its death in the Senate on Tues
day last
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad officials ar
rived here on Friday morning last in spe
cial car and after securing conveyances left
for the gold mines
We learn that during the severe wind
storm on Tuesday evening last, several barns
were unroofed and blown down in the vi
cinity of Clarksburg, in this county.
Mr.. Virgil Hickerson, aged about twenty-
four years, public school teacher at Seneca
school house. in this county, died on Tues
day night last. He was well-known in the
county, and much beloved in the commu-
nifty in which he resided
Gen. Bradley T. johnson was examined
by the canal investigating committee Tues
day evening. He said he had never seen
the canal. He knew nothing about it of his
personal knowledge, and he was concerned
about it only as counsel for the bondholders,
working for his fee.
Robert w. Carter Esq, Register of Wills,
was absent from his office Tuesday last by
sickness No business of the office was at
tended to, and the Orphans Court adjourned
over to meet next Tuesday, when, it is
thought, Mr. Carter will be able to resume
his official duties
In the House of Delegates on the 22d inst,
on motion Of Mr.. Owen, of this county, leave
was granted to the Committee on Corpora
tons, to introduce bill entitled an Act to
repeal section 26, of the Act of 1878, chap
ter 1877, entitled an Act to incorporate the
town ofGaithersburg,in Montgomery county
and to reenact the same with amendments.
A report is being industri ously circulated
here and elsewhere through the county that
the leading spirits of the Republican party
seriously contemplate starting a newspaper
in Rockville devoted to the interests of their
party. A meeting on Tuesday last was held,
but as the proceedings were secret no report
is at hand, but rumor has their determine
ton reported pro and con.
The amount ofdelaced silver in circulation
is So large that the Government has at last
instructed its agents not accept imperfect
coins a hole no larger than pin in quar-
ter of a dollar destroys its legal tender quail
tiles and reduces its value to that of bullion
only-about IS cents. The holders of such
coins, about Rockville, can drop them in the
church contribution box, with the assurance
that the poorly paid minister will be glad
10 receive even such favors.
"Reverie' hopes to be able to furnish us
with the first number of his sketches emit
tied, "The Crawford Heirs or The Lost
WILL" for our second issue in April. When
it is recolected the subject matter of this
legal romance is founded in fact, and covers
period of nearly thirty years of fierce and
heavy litigation, it is necessarily attended
with much research and trouble, hence the
delay. The suit has opened de moro, and it
is not the intention nor the desire of the
author to do injustice to the one side or adj
vance thi interest Of the other.
A Zult youth cannot marry girl until he
has whipped all her brothers and given the
"old man" fall, if demanded, in addition.
This makes a courtship more exciting than
chocolate caramels and gum-drops, but the
Zulu maien who has four brothers, weigh
ing one hundred and eighty pounds each
and measIring fifty inches around the waist,
generally dies an old maid, while the girl
whose bpthers are weak and sickly, is over
run will proposals 1t is a queer custom,
and if j was in vogue in Montgomery
county girl who is an only child and a
half orphan on her fathers side would be at
premim.
COHE Proceedings Since our last is
sue the ollowing business has been trans
acted il the Circuit Court:
On thursday evening of last week in the
case ofJharlotte A Offuu and Mrs VIM
Il. PERI VS.. VIM. Miller the jury returned
"a verdit for appellee for $75
CouI was not in session on Friday, hay
ing adjourned to attend the funeral of Chas.
A. Cater, Esq.
On saturday in the case of Conrad Roger
VS.. Chs. +. Duvall, a verdict for appellant
was rndered.
Tho following prisoners were then ar
raignd: George Clark for the murder Of
John isle; Chas. II. jenkins, larceny Jno.
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