Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-11-12

Town and Country.

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Town and Country.
A meeting of the County Commissioners
will take place on the 23d inst.
A change of timetable will 90 into effect
on Sunday next.
The Bapsist church of this place has in
vited Rev H. c. Hatcher to fill its pulpit.
Jesse Jenkins, of Sligo, this county, has
been granted patent on two-wheeled vehi-
cles
An insane asylum is to be erected in ALLIE
gany county by command of the voters of
that county on last election day.
The question of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal receivership will be brought up for
argument this or next week.
1t is rumored that Rev. Teasdale will be
offered the passionate of Mt. Zion Baptist
church, of this county
The Rockville Lyceum holds its sessions
in the public school rooms every Friday
evening
.. Those who desire to interview the secre-
tary and treasurer of the School Board can
do so on Tuesdays and Saturdays
Conventional services will be held in the
Episcopal church in this place, commencing
on Monday next, the 18th inst, and continue
several days.
Mr.. M. L. Venable, of Bethesda District,
has been appointed teacher of the public
school in that district in place of Mr.. Chap
man resigned.
Messrs. Hezekiah Trail, Gustavus Jones,
Columbus Joy, H. A. Humphrey and ]. A.
Gloyd were appointed Trustees of the Aims
House on Tuesday last.
The Baptist church of Rolla, Missouri,
will in the future be presided over by Rev.
II. J. Chandler, formerly pastor in charge of
the Poolesville Baptist church.
OnThursday next, 18th inst, Mr.. Nicholas
X. Ray will sell valuable lot of personal
property at his residence on the farm of Mrs.
Caroline Wootton, near this place See ad-
vcrtisement.
George Meads, who was convicted of bur
glary and sent from this county to the peni-
tertiary for three years, was pardoned out
last week by Governor Hamilton.
Rev. G. L. Amy, Messrs. d. H. Bouc, N
o. Petty, S. r. White and Miss Ella Bouic
were present as delegates, in Baltimore on
Tuesday last to the Maryland Baptist Union
Association.
Forty thousand fraudulent and colonized
votes were cast in New York city for the
Radical electors, on November 3D. Free
votes and an honest count ha ha "That's
why we larfp'
The ladies of the Presbyterian church of
Boyd's Station had such terrible weather for
the oyster supper and festival on Saturday
evening last that the enterprise was consid-
cred failure. Ladies, try again.
The monument to the unknown Confed-
crate dead in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, at Fred
erick city, was received there last week, but
will not be placed in position until next
spring when it will be erected and unveiled
Will lulpOoliiS CSICulOuico
The case of the right to the School Exam
inership of this county in dispute between
Samuel Jones and James W. Anderson VS..
the County School Commissioners pending
in the Court of Appeals for adjudication for
some months past has been placed on the
special docket which will be called the pre-
sent month and this case amongst the first
argued.
The toe-path club of Washington were
told in harangue by Frank Mace last
week, about tremendous frauds and an i'm
mense number of repeaters at Rockville on
the I'd inst AS Washington is not Local
Option village we do not hold him person
ally responsible for Withholding so much
truth in his little story As a rule the press
and speakers of the Radical party are mighty
saving Of that article.
The Washington Post ofthe 10th inst con-
tains the following A small boy about ten
years old, named Robert Lee Alcorn, was
yesterday brought to police headquarters
from Hyattsville, where he had been found
wandering about. The boy does not know
where his home is. He, however, states that
Hast Saturday his father went to the city and
came home drunk and quarreled with his
wife, who, taking the baby in her arms and
this boy by the hand, left the house. She
told the boy TO look for school, and then
left him. He has been wandering about
ever since He thinks he has an uncle in
this city.