Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-13
Orr Maryland Neixhbors.

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NOTES.
Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR
ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept IL, 1884
Mr.. Chas B. Beal clerk to U. S. Supreme Court
and family, will spend few weeks at the boarding
house OF Miss Agnes Noland this place.
Another republican mass meeting will be held at
Sligo on the Goth inst, under the management Of
the Blaine and Logan club OF that place. Hon.
Louis E. McComas, NJ. G. Urner, Jos. 7. Moore,
Francis Miller, John T. Cook and other distin-
guiShed speakers will address the meeting
MI. John Wilson, near Falkland, was found dead
IN ms bed on sunday morning last He was in his
usual good health on Saturday Mr.. ". was e.
years or age and formerly lived in Howard county.
Paral ysiS OF the brain was the cause OF death.
owing TO the high price OF corn and the very low
The latter grain ground up fer feed for mich COWS.
such state OF affairs never before existed in this
8 .ctiOn.
Among the deaths reported In our county during
the past week are those OF HeZekiah Mills, Joshua
FurdOm and Ed. Lewis
The Star base ball nine of this place paid visit
10 Frederick city and Westminster during three
days OF this week. playing two games at the former
and one at the latter place They were defeated in
all the games. The Frederick club Will play them
at the tllr grounds this place, day next week.
There is considerable sickness in tie neighbor-
hood hoo Of Great Falls principally malarial fever
with It. and Dr. j. v CarTaher is confined TO his bed
with tie same disease.
A democratic mass meeting and raising will
take place at Potomac On the Goth inst. Hon. Fred.
j. Nelson will address the meeting.
Benz. I. Miller, chairman of the republican state
committee, has given noticn that political meetings
Will be held at the principal points In the county
during september. Hon. Louis E. McComas and
other able speakers will address the same.
vile gpa ia ana ball was given at Coles,
by the beauty and chivalry of the county and
other localities Alex Kigour esq, of this place,
was the successful knight and crowned Miss Julia
Marrow as queen OF love and beauty; Arthur Sulli-
yan, second, crowned Miss Sadie Williams first
maid OF honor; William E. Wiley crowned Miss
Bette Miller second maid, and Frank Graf crowned
Miss Mollie Miller third maid. ',.tt'- ,~.-,} -.r
Dr. DIETRICH, OF Washington, has recently pur-
chaseJ the knoWieS property on the H. b. railroad,
for IA 600.
Mrs. Dixie and two daughters, Grace and st. Clair,
Oh washington, nave taken rooms at the Corc0ran,
Henry c. Hallowell. OF this county, has been
selected to preside over the second sanitary council
Of Maryland, which Will meet at the Blue Noun
tain house on W. NJ railroad, the 18th inst and
continue in session for three days.
A colOred man named Joseph Wood has been
committed TO jail at this place. charged with regis
teng falsely In the eighth election district OF this
county.
The extreme hot weather of the past week ba q
had the enect OF Keeping summer boarders in the
country and causing more TO come. Among the
brecht and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Danenhower,
Mrs. j. H. Schenck, Mr.. ii. j. Wine, Mrs. j. Cart
wright, Mir. McCsney, Miss Fannie Dodson, Mr.
John L. Clum, Miss Harriet LOuer, at the COrcoran
and j. b. Matthew'S Frank Miller, John r.. Colletto
and wife, c. E. Downs, j. w. Morrow and lady, f.
H. and b. a. Stickney, Geo. C. Henning and lady
and II. f. Davis, at the Montgomery house. Large
accessions have also been received at boarding
houses.
The Baltimore district conference OF the NJ E.
church south met at Emery church, on Tuesday at
II o'clock. The centenary sermon was delivered by
Rev. W: II. d. Harper. OF Baltimore, and the eXer-
c1SeS OF the conference were continued during
wednesday and Thursday.
ST. Roses new Catholic church, near Gathers
burg, Will be dedicated on Sunday next Rev. Jas
Gibbons, archbishop OF Baltimore, will conduct the
services, assisted by other eminent clergymen. A
select choir from Washington will render music
MI. Julian Griffith, a former merchant of Barnes
town, this county, will leave on the Goth inst for
Kansas, where he proposes to engage in farming
and cattle raising Mr.. Jas. ID. Vins0n of the same
place, Will also leave shortly for Australia to en-
gage In the sheep business.
The hog cholera is still raging in all parts of the
county, and has destroyed hundreds OF animals
MI. VIM. Matthews, near Bethesda, was stricken
with paralysis few days since.
John L. Bean has purchased the Proctor farm
near this place, containing sixteen acres with good
buildings, FOR &, 100
Mr.. Leonard Brown has purchased the farm of
MI. Fred Gather, near Unity, containing sixty-tw0
acres, for Sc, 900.