Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1886-01-22
I Espraius Of slfalns. burns

aids, frost bitsf chilblains, and bites OIL
poisonous insects, nothing equals Salvation
Oil. 1t annihilates pain Price 25 cents
bottle.
Detective McDevitt, of Washington, and
others have been in the county for the past
ten days trying to obtain some clue to the
Haviand my stery, but as yet have met with
no success
A Western newspaper says that the latest
sensation is ST. Louis horse that chews to-
tobacco; but the greatest sensation is DIR.
bulls Cough Syrup, now used by every
selsible person.
Mr. Joseph Flack has purchased Of the
heirs of tie late Thomas ii. Rabbit the late
home of The deceased, containing 20 acres,
situated on The Georgetown pike, miles
from Rockville, for $500
Senator Tuuis dog tax bill has been re
committed to the Committee on Judicial Pro
ceedings. 1t was opposed because the pro
vision empowering Magistrates to imprlson
the owners Of dogs for the non-payment of
taxes was unconstitutional
Mr. John Hall who resides near barnes
town, informs us that he captured thirty
one coons and as many 'possums with his
dogs, last fall One night he caught six
coons, the largest one weighing 26 pounds,
several possums and returned home by IL
O'Clock.
The fourth Quarterly Meeting of the
Rockville circuit of the NJ. +. Church South
will be held at Rockville, on Saturday and
Sunday, January the Both and 3lst. Pro-
tracted meeting will begin on Sunday night,
January the 31st. Presiding Elder L. L.
Carson is expected - be present The pub
lie are invited.
Miss Kate Leonard, of Baltimore, has la
ken charge of the primary department OF st.
Marys Institute, this place. The school,
which has been closed forsome time on ac-
coynt Of The seyeGeaiiness Of A5ss Llnaan.
was reopp ..,aff Monday last with quite
number of pupils
Drovers' Rest livestock sales Monday,
January 18th. Two hundred and eighty-five
cattle up and sold at: Best, AZ to 3 cents;
good, Al to AZ cents; medium, At to AZ cts. ;
common, 81 to At cents; $50 sheep and
lambs-sheep, 81 to cents; lambs, AZ to 81
cents; 10 cows and calves from $25 to $50.
Tavenner Bros, proprietors, report the mar
ket brisk, good cattle in active demand.
Mrs. John Shaw, who resides on the farm
of Mr.. VIM. II. Rabbit, near Derwood, with
her husband, sustained severe burn on her
face and hands by an accident on Saturday
aast She was rendering up some fat and
left in the stove Upon smelling it burning.
she returned to the stove and opened it,
when large blaze and hot grease flashed
and spurted in her face and over her hands.
Fortunately her clothing did not catch her
Mrs. John Hall, near Jamestown, escaped
what probably would have been a fatal &C
cident on Thursday of last week. Turning
from the fire in the fireplace in her house
her dress caught fire. She started to run
outdoors and was met at the door by her
husband with her clothing atlame. He very
thoughtfully pulled off his overcoat, placed
it around his wife and smothered the fire,
saving Mrs Hall from bodily injury. Mr..
Halls hand was badly burned.
"The Woodlands" large wooded park
at Forest Glen, on the Metropolitan Branch
Railroad, owned by Mr.. Alfred Ray, of this
county, and used for the past five years by
the Baltimore and Ohio Company for ex-
cursion parties, is to have handsome hotel,
suitable to accommodate thousand guests.
II is understood that the management of
this property will be under the charge Of
the geperal manager of the Riggs House,
of Washington, ID. c., to be used as a kind
of a summer annex to the Riggs.
A high honor was conferred upon Lee
Davis Lodge. ~ NJ, Of this county, on
Wednesday, The 18Th instant, when the
Board of Trustees Of the Columbian Uni
versity, Washington, d. c., elected him to
be the Adjunct or Assistant Professor OF
Latin in the Columbian College. Professor
Lodge was also recently elected member
of the Anthropological Society of Washing
Aon, a society numbering among It's mem
beers many OF the most distinguished scien-
fists and literary men of the Capital City.