Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-03-30
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Town and Country.
Mr.. Lewis Cross died very suddenly, O
heart disease, at the Great Falls on Tues
day last.
Commissioners meet on April Sd to note
transfers of property, &C., and remain in
session for three days.
Administrators, &C., are compelled to close
all estates in six months, by late law, in
stead Of twelve msnths, as under the cid
law.
A correspondent Of the Baltimore San
reports that gold mine is to be opened in
the neighborhood of Mitchell's Cross Roads,
this county.
Five new houses are under construction
in Gaithersburg; three of which are nearly
finished. The hotel at that place has been
rented to Mrs. Barr, of Washington city.
Married, in Washington, on March Goth,
at the parsonage of st. Marks P. E. church,
by Rev. A. Floridus Steele, Mr.. William r.
Howard, Of Washington, d. c., to Miss
Anna II. Knight, oil this place.
A large crowd of persons attended the
dedication of the Jamestown M. e. Church
South, on Sunday last. Four hundred dol
lars were raised by subscription, which will
liquidate the debt upon the church.
The attention of the farmers of this county
is called to the fact that they can be supplied
promptly with first-class lime by sending
their orders to Baker Bros, Of Frederick
City, whose advertisement is in our columns.
In another column will be found the adj
vertisement OF George It. Dunlop, Esq. Mr..
Dunlop has been doing business for some
time in the District and is too well known
to the agricultural community to require
any recommendation from us.
Rev. B. w. Bond will preach at the
Methodist church, this town, on Sunday
morning next, at 1880 O'Clock, and in the
afternoon, at $3.50, at Emory. Rev. H. P.
Hamill will preach at Gaithersburg In the
morning and at Jamestown in the after
noon.
The publishers of the History of Western
Maryland have had two verdicts rendered
sgsinst them and in favor Of G. Sellman and
8. O. Veirs since our last issue. On Friday
last, the suit for damages, removed from
Allegany county, was begun and Is still in
progress at the time Of going to press.
Builders and others desiring to purchase
lumber will find by reference to the adver-
tisement of Willet & Libbey on our first
page that great reduction has recently
been made by them in the price of yellow
pine boards. This popular firm keeps on
hand at all times an immense assortment Of
material which they sell at lowest prices.
Mr.. s. L. Hempstone, the well-known dry
goods merchant of Washington, d. c., in
our issue of this week makes his bow to the
public of this county and asks an inspection
of HE immense stock, which is complete in
all departments. Mr.. H. is native Of this
county, where he is well known and highly
respected and we predict for him large
share Of the trade of our people.
Charles Albert, Esq, delivered his lecture
on woman" at the Town Hall on Tues
day evening. 1t was classical and literary
treat of the highest order, and was received
with marked interest and appreciation. Mr..
Albert is not an animated speaker, but has a
fine voice and reads well, whilst his manner
is prepossessing, easy and graceful. We hope
"a 4.lo IL r.
with his lecture on Truth at an early day.