Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-05-05
gufal aud gersuual.

The next meeting of the Commissioners
will be on the 10th inst.
1t is now said that the Town Hall will be
finished by the first of June.
The wheat and grass crops are suffering
from the effects of the cold weather.
A rare chance to purchase small farm
will be found in our advertising columns.
A post-office has been established at Lin
den, this county, with Richard t. Ray as
postmaster.
The time table on the B. & o. railroad
will be changed on the third Sunday in this
month.
Those desiring to purchase pure bred
sheep should read the advertisement of Mr..
S. r. Priest.
Mr.. Urner has introduced bill to pay
Mr.. Upton Darby, of this county, war
claim of 1926.
In original story entitled 1.-THE Folding
Casket," written for the SENTINEL, will ap-
pear in our next issue.
Wheat-Fultz, $1.37 q $140; Long Ber-
ry, $1.4S. Corn-white, 81 a 91i cts; yell
low, 81 q sscts. Rye, 90 @ SO cts.
A marriage license was issued in Wash
ington on Monday last to Peter Nelson and
Martha Hennesey, both of this county.
Several important questions in regard to
the Champion Binder are answered by Mr..
F. L. Moore in our advertising columns.
Three converts were baptized in the Chris
tian church, in this town, on Sunday last,
and five on Wednesday evening following
Mr.. Henry Scholl, one of our Oldest and
most respected citizens, died at his home,
near Dickerson's Station, on Monday night
last.
Quite a pleasant sociable by the ladies
and gentleman of Bethesda was held at the
Grange Hall on Thursday evening Of last
week.
The Trustees of the public schools of this
county were appointed last Tuesday and the
Secretary directed to notify each board of its
appointment
Rev. E. B. Prettyman, of this place, is in
attendance as delegate to the General Con.
ference of the M. E. Church South, now in
session at Nashville, Tenn.
On Tuesday last the Lee farm, near Coles
vile, was sold to Gen. Gilmore, of Washing
ton, d. c., by M. Bannon, Trustee, for $15.25
per acre The farm contains $40 acres.
Persons desiring to avail themselves of
the advantages of insuring live stock in a
reliable company should read the card Of
Mr.. JOS r. Rabbit in another column.
A writer from Loudoun county, Va, "can
truly say that he never saw in Virginia at
this time of the year so fine prospect for a
wheat crop as there is now in that section"
May devotions at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, this place, commenced on Monday
evening last at o'clock, and will he con-
tinued each evening at the same hour dur
ing the month.
All persons in the Fourth Collection Dis.
trict who are indebted to Mr.. JOS N. Bailey,
Late Collector, for taxes, will save costs by
settling with him at once. Read his notice
in another column.
The new public school house at Tennally-
town has been completed to the satisfaction
of the school board and accepted by them.
1t accommodates 100 pupils. 1t will not be
used, however, until the next school year.
In reply to inquiries about the meaning
of the aurora and sun spots, Vennor says he
thinks we will have cold and wet summer,
and he is not sure but he will allow US one
frost month from now until next Septem-
Der
Archbishop Gibbons has just returned to
Baltimore from New Orleans, and the Sun
says that he will fill the vacancy in st.
Matthew's Church, Washington, next week,
and that the general understanding is that
Rev. p. L. Chapelle will be appointed.
On the 9Th of May the annual charter
meeting of Washington Grove Camp Meet
ing Association of the District of Columbia
and Maryland will be held on the Grounds
in this county. Every stakeholder is re-
quested to be present at II O'clock, A. M.
The "Thalia," an association of young
folks, gave its second entertainment at Mrs
Jos. Maddox's, this town, on Wednesday
evening last The participants in two diff
ferent plays acquitted themselves handsome
ly in the presence of a number of invited
guests.
Mr.. John A. McNeal, agent for the EN-
pire Reaper, informs all persons who are de
sirous of purchasing either a self-binder ~
dropper, that he can be seen in Rockville
every Tuesday; the remainder of the week
be is travelling through the county selling
these machines.
During the past two weeks quite an adj.
dition has been made to our population by
the advent of several families from the Dis
trict of Columbia We welcome all sucl
and hope they will be pleased with the
beautiful location of our town and remain
with us permanently.
The Buckeye Force Pump advertised by
II. A. Dawson & Co, of this place, has beer
in use in this vicinity for year past and SC
far az we can learn has given entire satisfac
ton. Aside from being first-rate pump
for ordinary uses it is great protection Il
property in case of fire. See ad.
Among the many noticeable improvement
near the B. g. o. railroad depot, in Wash
ington, is that of the new building to &c
commodate the large trade of Thomas W
Smith, the popular lumber dealer. With al
immense stock of everything in his line, h
fs at all times prepared TO accommodate tn
public.
The county bonds sold last Thursday at
premium OF II, II, 1t and II cents on th
dollar. Twenty-Five hundred dollars WORT
will be redeemed each year until 1889, wheI
the $4,000 issued will be liquidated Al
the bonds were taken in the county. Tn
amount of the bids received approximate