Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-10-08
gnfal aud gersuual.
Town and Country.

Town ana Country.
Brassy yellow is the incoming color.
A two-foot rule-Dont wear tight shoes
A girl with $4,000 dowry is nice
figure.
The Christian church of Rockville is prom.
ised a new carpet.
The mosquito is quietly folding his little
bill and will soon go to meet his father.
About $4,000 has been received by our
county clerk for marriage licenses since 1876.
If you would avoid prosecution for cru
city to animals do not eat chestnuts in the
dark.
The walnut season is again here, and the
ambitious small boy sports the customary
dirty hands.
The number of voters registered. in Rock
vile district is about eleven hundred and sew
enty-eight or about the same it was last year.
$2,632.20 for white and 81, 04124 for col
ored schools is the amount allowed by Comp
troller Heating for the public schools of this
county.
Remember that the job work executed at
this office in workmanship is excelled by
none, and at prices cheaper than the cheap
est. Try us.
1t will cost you $110 to visit Washing
ton and return with admission to the Ma
lie fn;nIrat,
the 9Th to the 18th insts
Bangs" on ladies' foreheads were for
merly supposed to be for artistic beauty, but
it has been discovered that they are intend
ed to conceal the wrinkles.
A neat and handsome residence will soon
be put in course of erection by Mr.. G. d.
Luckett the able principal of our Academy,
on his lot adjoining the NJ L. Church.
The Democrats of Mechanicsvile and
Colesville and their immediate vicinities
will erect Hancock and English poles to-
morrow Saturday. Let the good work go
on.
On Tuesday last the County Commits
sioners passed resolution refusing the use
of the Court House for any purpose other
than court and political meetings. Let us
have town hall by all means.
The Local Option meeting to be held al
Jamestown tomorrow Saturday, the 9th
inst, at o'clock, p NJ, will be addressed
by Hon. VIM. V. Bouic and Isaac Young
Esq. All are cordially invited.
The Republican meeting at the Court
House on Friday night last consisted Of
seventy five Democrats, fifty colored gentle
men, twelve white Republicans, one Low.
dermilk, one Kinks and one Urner. The
latter was sadly in the minority.
The treasurer of the School Board has re-
ceived in advance the quarterly installmentS
which become due on the 25th instant
from the new collectors. This money will
be used in payment of teachers certificates
1t is thought that the case of Samuel Jones
and James Anderson against the present
Board of School Commissioners of this
county, will come up for argument in the
Court of Appeals during the present month
There was a young man Of st. VENTS
Who started out to gather the census:
He asked a woman her age,
When she flew into a rage
And kicked him over seventeen fences,
Fill he was frightened out of his senses.
Among the many Improvements being
made by our citizens we notice the laying o
handsome new stone pavement by Judgr
W. Veirs Bouic, in front of his residence
In private as well as political life the Judg'
always aims to pave his way
The managers of the Frederick county
agricultural society have postponed theil
exhibition to Monday the Goth inst, and
will continue until the 29th inclusive. Prep
arations on an extensive scale have been
made to render this the grandest ever held
by that association.
Our fellow -townsman, L. b. Prettyman
Esq, must have struck from the shoulder al
the Democratic meeting at Cumberland on
Saturday evening last if we are to judge
from the bowls and yells uttered by thu
little Cumberland Netos. That's the way to
do it-make it lively for 'em.
The Georgetown tow-path club it appears
appointed committee to look after the in.
terests of Mr.. Urner in this CongressiOna
District AS the Democracy of the OLD
Sixth are united on Schley such clubs will
have the rare opportunity Of toe-pathing il
up Salt River on or about November 3rd.
Our city fathers are moving. Next weel
the replacing of the pavement in front o
the Court House will begin-a long-fel
want 1t is no wonder that Marshal Hep
burn has to carry lantern about with hin
when he lights or extinguishes the stree
lamps. Please give US something better il
the way of light.
Treadwell Stonestreet, little seven yea
old son of Mr. T. W. Stonestreet on las
Saturday was accidently thrown off a car
which contained ton of fertilizer, the car
passing over his body. DIR. Stonestreet at
tended the little sufferer and hopes to brinl
him through all right, but says the lad i
very seriously hurt. Mr.. Stonestreet lost I
bright little son some few weeks since By
his falling off a straw rick on a pile Of stones
Potomac Items.
Boating on the canal continues good