Evening star., 1884-08-02
MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEWS.
WashingtOnians at Rockville and
Warrington ErOve-TheCOming Camp
Meeting-Land Sales-PersOnal Men.

Washington nGrove-TheComing Camp
MeetinE-Land Sales-PersOnal Men.
ton. Etc.
Correspondence Of TIE EVENING STAR
ROCKVILLE, August 9.
The following Washingtonians were regis
tered at our hotels during the past week: Frank
A. Burns, H. C. Bowers, G. L. Harrington, r.
White, A. R. Smith, and R. R. Langley.
On Saturday last II. w. Talbot, as trustee,
sold the Iglehart property. near BurtonsviIle,
containing 125 acres, to Robert Etchison, for Sll
per acre.
A meeting Of democrats favorable to the for
nation of Cleveland and Hendricks club was
held at tine court house on Wednesday night.
with H. W. Talbot as chairman and J. W. VIII
liams secretary. A committee on permanent
organization, consisting Of Messrs. Geo C. Pat
terson. l. r. Maus, A. d. Green. c. W. Fields
and G. W. Prettyman. was appointed and the
meeting adjourned until tonight.
Farmers and sportsmen report that there are
an unusually large number of partrldges this
season, promising fine sport this fall
Hog cholera Is prevailing to an alarming ex-
tent in Medleys and Jamestown districts
Mr.. Horace Davis and family have returned
from California, after an absence of six years,
and he has purchased q farm near Poolesville
The Peasants farm, near Poolesyille. has
been sold by B. Talbot to a gentleman from
Washington county. 1t contained 135 acres and
was sold for so per acre. In the same neigh
borhood the Arthur Hughes farm, OF 96 acres.
has been sold to F. Leapley, for S3, ,000.
On Tuesday last orders were received at the
Rockville post office to dispatch an additional
mail from this place on the 6:43 p. m. train east
There are now nine daily mails received and
sent away from here.
Farmers from the vicinity Of Germantown re-
port very fine yield Of wheat. The storm on
Friday last did much damage to fruit trees.
crops, &c. in that neighborhood.
Mr.. John Layton. probably the oldest man In
the county, aged "a, died at his residence. in
Cracklin district, on Monday But short time
ago he took a horseback ride Of twenty-five
miles.
Preparations for the annual camp meeting at
washington Grove, commencing on the l4th
inst, are In progress, and the meeting promises
to be the largest and most interesting ever held
on the grounds The B. and o. company are
building a reception room at the station A
large number of the cottages are already filled.
The following named persons and their families
from Washington, now occupy cottages: Alfred
Wood, DR.. DIETRICH Prof Cohen. Rev. Mr.. Bur-
roughs, Capt. Boyd. Mrs. Knoll, Mrs. Achew.
Edw. Simpson. DR.. Butler, ID. 7. Woodward. H.
c. Craig. JAS. Deeble, Thos. Reed, Samuel Polk
inhOrn, Mr.. Prather
During the past year there have been shipped
from Gaithersburg depot 100000 bushels Of
wheat, very large number of cattle and thou
sands of gallons of milk. Over 1900 tons Of
fertilizers and 65 900 bushels of lime have been
received at this point during the same time.
AT a meeting of the Potomac Gun club, held
at Great Falls on July 25th, Henry Bradley was
elected president, H. c. Fawcett vice president,
lhos. f. Perry treasurer. and o. s. Maus secre-
tary. Work on the aqueduct dam at Great Falls
is progressing rapidly, the masonry across the
island being nearly completed.
Constable w. b. Miller, of Brookvlle on Sun
day last, arrested twenty-three colored people
at meeting near Ragtown, on charge OF desc
Grating the Sabbath. fine of "a so was i'm
posed upon each one by Justice II. n. Harriss.
protracted meeting Of the Christian church
is now in progress at Redland, under charge OF
Rev. Mr.. Mayfield.
Miss Mary C. Connell died at the residence Of
Mr.. Henry Humphrey, on the 25th ult.. and was
buried at the Rockville cemetery on Saturday
last. She was a prominent member of the
county grange, and a large delegation Of the
order followedher remains to the grave.
The base ball craze has struck us bad and in
addition to numerous small clubs new one
called the "Stars," was organized this week
with Mr.. r. J. Murray, of Washington. mana
ger; c. J. Maddox, secretary; A. ID. Green, treas
urer.
A Cleveland and Hendricks campaign club will
be organized at Colesville to-day.
Rev. H. NJ. Wharton win deliver humorous
lecture, entitled. "Rambles in Europe" at the
Town hall. on Monday evening, for the benefit Of
the new Baptist parsonage.
Tons and Tons OF Silver.
THE SILVER DOLLARS IN THE TREAsURY-A PROCESS
SION OF CARTS FOURTEEN MILES LONG REQUIRED
TO CARRY 1T.
The Washington correspondent of the Philadel-
phta Ledger says: Stew persons, perhaps, have
any conception OF the vastneSS OF the silver now
held by the United States in the form OF standard
silver dollars The fiscal affairs OF the government
have been conducted on so magnificent a scale dur
Ing and since the war OF the rebellion that the pub
lie have come TO regard the sum OF fifty million or
one hundred million dollars as an ordinary matter
OF governmental administration, and we are so
in our personal affairs that do not stop con-
template the bulk and weight Of this steadily in
creaSing silver deposit which finds lodgment in the
Treasury. AS previously stated, there is now held
by the Treasurer 1360O0,OOO silver dollar pieces
This is large sum of money In any form, but IT is
only when reduced TO pounds and tons that an in
telligent Idea Is obtained TO its bulk weight
When 1t Is known that the weight OF the
silver dollars now held by the government
is 9,73S, $50 pounds and that this enormous weight
Is being increased at the rate OF 1,71S640 pounds
per annum, the public will better appreciate the
ary. 1873. The vast quantity OF silver which is
troubling Treasury officials TO properly take care
OF represents over 4s69 tons OF 1900 pounds each,
and If placed in the ordinary carts used for
transporting coal in large cities, would make a
procession fourteen miles long, assigning ton to
each cart and allowing Is feet OF space for the move
ment of each vehicle. When, In addition to this.
it is stated that the Treasury is receiving
each month seyenty-one cart loads OF silver
to the stock OF silver hand the bulk and weight
well as the force and effect OF the silver act of
1873 Will be better understood and appreciated.
The above figures do not include the silver bullion
and fractional silver coins held by the Treasury.
OF the latter there is now on hand s3OO000OO. and
OF the former $4.0O0000, the aggregate weight OF
which is 217 tons, thus making the total weight OF
silver now In the Treasury 6,0o6 tons"
The Work OF the Associated Press.
ITS WIDE WORLD RAMIFICATIoNS.
". Fl. French has an interesting article In the
Chicago Current on the news gathering Of the AS
Sociated Press. in which he says:
''The Associated Press although it has no rivals
worthy OF the name, Is not monopoly. 1t is sim
ply an association composed OF the reputable, es-
tabl1Shed daily papers throughout the land who