Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-06-03
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Town and Country.

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Town and Country.
The Equity Term of Court begins Mon
day next.
Miss Belle Coar, of this county, graduated
at the Normal School this year
The Windsor property, near Clarksburg
containing 1881 acres of land, has been sold
for $3.50.
Parties who wish TO invest in dry good
Tor Summer wear should not fail to notice
he advertisement of G. M. Towson.
A marriage license was issued on Tues
day, in Washington, to Mr.. John S. Stalings
and Lille +. Cooley, both of this county.
AT the last meeting of the Masonic LODGE
this town, it was discovered that the room
had been robbed of articles worth about
$3.50 'O''
The foundation of the new Episcopal
church at Gaithersburg has been begun
The edlfice will be erected opposite the new
hotel.
Red ants may be banshed from a pantry
or store room by strewing the shelves with
small quantity Of cloves, either whole or
ground.
The Lyceum of this town gave its last ex-
hibltion for this season on Friday night last,
and 1t was equal in every respect to its pre-
decessors.
The officers OF the Maryland Agricultural
and Mechanical Association are making ex
tensiye arrangements for the fair to be held
at Pimlico in October.
Mrs Admiral Dahlgren has determined, it
IS said, upon having a new and substantial
Catholic chapel erected this summer on her
place on South Mountain, Nd.
The spacious hotel upon the Camp Ground
has'been completed and opened this week for
the reception of guests. We understand that
many have engaged to spend the summer at
the ground.
daily paper called the C0llege Record is
to be issued at the Western MARYLAND Col
lege, Westminster, Nd, during Commence
mcnt week. The first number will be issued
on the 18th instant
The attention of farmers and others is di-
rected to the new advertisements of S. b.
Lyddane ~ Co., in another column This
firm is well supplied with everything which
goes to fill the shelves of a first-class store.
Mrs Margaret Mulfinger, an old resident
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last while washing window in her house
and broke her arm. We are pleased to state
she is doing as well as might be expected
We learn that the present season for
catching shad at the Great Falls has been a
remarkably successful one. We have been
favored with several large specimens of this
fish through the kindness OF H. A. Garrett
Esq, for which he will please accept our
thanks
Master Percy Veitch, son Of John W..
Veitch, formerly Of this place, now of Oak
land, Md, has the honor of taking the first
California salmon trout caught in that neigh
borhood. The fish was caught in Skaters
mill dam, a mile below Oakland, measured
thirteen inches in length and weighed a
pound.
Mr.. Warwick p. Miller, who has lately
established a real estate agency in this
county, has sold TO the present time three
hundred acres of land. Mr. M. is strictly a
business man and those OF this county who
have waste or improved lands for SAFE will
find it to their interest to communicate with
this gentleman.
The long expected parasite that is to DIES
troy the potato-bug has appeared in Cecil
county tits small brown bug, that covers
the potato-bug in myrads, and sucks the
juices out OF their ungainly bodies, leaving
their liieless carcasses to bleach in the sun.
The advent of few millions of these para
sites would be welcome in this county.
The following changes are announced
from the Postofllce department, to go into
effect Immediately, in the schedule Of star
route 10207, from Spencervile to Sligo
Leave Spencervile daily, except Sundays
at 6 A. NJ; arrive at Sligo at $3.50 A. M.
Leave Sligo daily, except Sundays, at 10 A.
M; arrive at Spencerville at l;30 p. M.
1t looks as if Georgetown, ID. c., was going
TO reclaim that trade and influence which it
once possessed in the establishment of en-
terprises which must prove attractive. In
addition to the fruit and vegetable packing
house, noticed elsewhere in this issue, Mr.
David Smith is preparing 10 set up an estab-
lishment for the manufacture of ice in that
place.
Sheriff Kelchner's dwelling house situated
on his farm near Mitchel's X Roads, this
county, was entirely destroyed by fire on
Monday last. The origin Of the fire is not
known A tenant who had neen occupy
ing the house had removed one load of his
furniture, returning to the house found it
on fire and saved the remainder Of his furni-
tnre. The house was insured for $3.50.
AS noticed last week a strawberry and
ice-cream festival will be held in the Fair
Grounds on next (WhiD Monday under the
auspices of the lady members Of ST. Mary's
church, this town, and for the benefit of said
church. The public is invited, a large crowd
is expected, excellent string music will be
in attendance and pleasant time is antci-
pated as the organizers have spared no eff
fort 10 make it such.