Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-06-09
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Town and Country.

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The public schools of the county close to-
day.
Remember the concert at Bethesda Grange
Hall this evening.
The Friends annual meeting will be held
at Sandy Spring next Sunday.
The train which leaves Washington at
1910, p. NJ, stops at this place at 10:43.
Farmers should not fail to read the new
advertisements of F. L. Moore, in our issue
to-day.
Mr.. Bradley Davidson was admitted to
practice at the bar of the Circuit Court on
Tuesday last.
Three wandering Arabs arrived in this
place on Tuesday last and left the next
morning for the West.
Mr. VIM. G. Robertson has purchased the
James P. Bays farm, known as the Hodges
farm, near this place.
Bass fishing is said to be good at the Great
Falls, and is attracting large numbers Of
visitors from Washington.
Rev. r. T. Brown will hold religious SER
vices in the Episcopal church at Gathers
burg on Sunday evening next.
On the 9th ultimo, o. II. Watkins, Trus-
tee, sold 1871 acres of land, near Cedar Grove,
to ]. W. Watkins-price $170O per acre.
Kaiser William has gone home to Hagers-
town, and after he gets through harvesting
will perhaps be able to sign a few more laws
Jamas II. Claggett, registrar, will sit in
August, at Germantown Station instead of
Seneca Station, as was published last week
Repairing the main street of our town is
probably the first work that will receive the
attention of the new Board of Commits
sioners.
Mr.. j. w. Warner, Superintendent of
Christ Church Sunday School, was pre-
scented with u handsome prayer book by
the scholars on Sunday last.
Notwithstanding the continued cool wealth
er quite number of summer visitors have
taken up their quarters in our town and vi
cinity during the past week.
Mr. Jas. w. Graft was married to Miss
Lille Trundle, on Thursday of last week,
by Rev. J. S. Ii. Henderson, at Germantown.
The happy couple visit relatives in Pennsyl-
vania.
On Saturday last James b. Henderson,
Trustee, sold 100 acres of land at Boyd's
Station to Col. James A. Boyd for $20.25
per acre, and 20 acres to Jas. E. Williams
for $42.50 per acre
Among the bills reported in the House on
Monday was one allowing a pension Of
$1,000 year to S. II. Meekleham, formerly
resident of this place, and only surviving
grandchild OF Thomas Jefferson.
Those OF our lady friends desiring to Sc
cure rare bargains in millinery goods should
read the new ad. of Kings Palace in this
ISSUE This is one of the most fashionable
resorts for the ladies in the District.
For colds, coughs, asthma, in short for any
and all arrangements of the lungs or respira-
tory organs, or for any complaint tending
towards consumption, nothing is SO reliable
as Ayers Cherry Pectoral. In all ordinary
cases it is a certain cure, and it affords sure
relief even in advanced stages.
Mr.. James Dawson, residing near this
place, met with the loss of valuable work
mare and steer on Wednesday night last
The steer was gore TO death by vicious
bull on the place. The mare was insured
n the Emmettsburg Live Stock Insurance
Company.
Mary Lewis, colored, was committed to
Jail, Tuesday last, charged with beating her
child to death. Her husband was charged
with the same crime and committed to Jail
some time since, at which time the full par
ticulars of the offence were given in the
SENTINEL.
BY reference to a notice from JOS A. Ia
ney, clerk to the County Commissioners, it
will be seen that a session of the Board will
commence on the 10Th instant, and last for
one week, for receiving all bills against the
county preparatory to making the county
levy for the fiscal year.
One of the contracts for work on the ex-
tension of the West Virginia Central and
Pittsburg Railway was awardedat Cumber-
land, on Saturday last, to Cavan, Codwise
81 Co Messrs. Cavan and Codwise are well
known in this county as enterprising con-
tractors on public works.
Mary Anderson, little daughter of our
esteemed fellow -townsman, Capt. Jas. An
derson, was awarded prize for best reading
in contest between twelve scholars in Miss
Lucy CARROTS department Of the Public
School in this town, on Friday last. Messrs.
f. b. Prettyman and Il. II. Beall were judges.
The condition of the peach crop on the
Maryland and Delaware peninsula is now
exceedingly encouraging. Though some
profitable varieties have suffered and many
orchards show but sparse sprinkling of
young fruit there are fair indications Of a
much larger crop than the Gland between
the bays" has produced for several years.
The attention of our agricultural friends
is called to the advertisement Of Mr.. VIM.
Bowling in another column Mr.. ID. pro-
poses TO furnish our farmers with a superior
quality of Gas Lime at all points on the
canal at the uniform price Of five cents per
bushel. This lime has been tried by great
many of our farmers, and, so far as we can
learn, with entire satisfaction.
A thunderstorm having greatly improved
cask of bad wine in a wine cellar ut Can
assone, some experiments have been made
with electricity in France. A current OF
electricity was passed through a small cask
of sour wine, and at the end of few days
the wine was found to be greatly improved
in quality, and to have acquired that flavor
which has hitherto been supposed 10 come
only with age.
Dispatches from different parts in the