Montgomery County sentinel., 1888-04-13
Yafal aud gersnual.
Town and Country.

S. d. Higgins g. Son, Agent.
VIM. H. Burke, postmaster at Woodfield,
this county, has resigned, and recommends
Joseph Wood.
For the whitest and most nutritious bread
use Royal York Fleur. s. d. Higgins &
Son, Agent.
John Sullivan, the pugilist, offers to fight
any man in the world for from $1,000 to
$4,000.
On Wednesday last the people of George
town, d, G., celebrated the opening of free
bridge leading to Virginia.
John Stewart, an old resident of Etchson,
Cracklin district, died at his residence ON
Saturday last, aged about IA years.
Mr.. Thos 9. Groomes has located in this
place. He has removed his business from
Gaithersburg and intends to pursue the
same here. See his ad.
Hon Geo Peter is in Marlboro, Prince
Georges county, to take charge OF the Og-
trial Thursday last.
Dandruff eradicated, the scalp made clean,
and gray hair restored to its original youth
full beauty and vigor by the use of Halls
Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer.
The ladies of Mt Pleasant M. L. Church
at Dickerson's will hold an Oyster Supper
on April nth, 18th and 10Th. On the 18th
Miss Blake, of Baltimore, will lecture on
Temperance, at o'clock, P. M.
Mr. Cornelius Bean, who resides near
Redland, is lying dangerously i'll. He has
been wasting away for several years past,
until lie has grown so weak that now his
friends have no hope of his recovery.
Miss Pattie Price, who has been ill for
some time, is out again, and Mrs. Fannie
Etchison, wife of MIR. Marcellus Etchison, is
lying dangerously ill., Both of these ladies
reside in the neighborhood of Etchison.
MI Rebt G. Blaine has lately purchased
a building lot in "Janeta," an annex to the
eastern limits of this town, from DIR. @. j.
Maddox. Mr. Blaine is at present a resi-
dent of Washington city and brother OF
Hon. James G. Blaine.
One might as well try to stem the rapids
of Niagara, as to expect perfect health while
a scrofulous taint exists in the blood
Through its Alternative and purifying prop
critics Ayers Sarsaparilla removes every
vestige of scrofulous poison from the blood.
Catarrh, when chronic, becomes very Of
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healthy, and, at the same time, afflicted with
catarrh This disagreeabe disease, in its
most obstinate and dangerous forms, can
be cured by the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla.
The Republicans carried Rhode Island at
a State election recently. About year ago
it was wrested from Republican rule. Our
Democratic managers will have to manage
shrewder than they have in this fight if they
wish to remain in national ascendency.
Sales of livestock at Drovers' Rest, Mon
day, April 8, are reported by Tavenner Bros,
as follows: Cattle-best, to st cents;
good, Al to 5 cents; medium, to Al cents;
common, 81 to cents; sheep and lambs
sheep, Al to cents lambs, to 81 cents;
calves, At to cents; 20 cows and calves
from $25 to S45.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has
just decided in libel suit between Sylves-
ter N Stewart and the Philadelphia Press
that "a communication made upon proper
occasion from a proper motive, and based
upon reason or probable cause, is privileged,
and, being privileged, malice must be proved
before there can be recovery"
Hilleary T. Hebron, a colored boy, was
committed to Jail here on Saturday evening
last charged with placing an obstruction
on the Metropolitan Branch Railroad near
Buck Lodge, to await the next grand jury.
Joshua Williams, another colored boy, was
sentenced to the House of Correction at the
same time for six months for assaulting
railroad detective, who ordered Williams of
the train on which the latter was stealing
ride.
As a sequel to the divorce suit in the CIR
cult Court for this county between Gen 5.
S. Carroll and his wife, on Tuesday last the
General met Mrs Carrolps counsel, Mr. J
Amber Smith in Hagerty's saloon, in Wash
ington, and pointed revolver at his stomrch,
but before he could fire Col Joyce and Mr..
Wash Nailor, friends of the General, seized
the revolver and took it away from him
Through two friends Mr.. Smith challenged
Gen. Carroll to fight it out on Wednesday
says the Star. The duel did not take place.
The First National Bank, this city, is be-
ing harrassed with checks that appear to
the officers of this institution as bogus, and
come to them from point in Pennsylvania.
The checks are drawn upon the bank for
various amounts and are made payable to
the same payee, hut bearing names of differ
ent endorsers- The body Of the checks are
in the same handwriting, but the signatures
are different. 1t has been learned that
man who represented himself to be a travel
ing salesman has worked these checks of
upon unsuspecting merchants Of adjoining
towns for merchandise. HdgerstoDn Globe.
George, son of Rudolph Watkins, Esq,
is lying very i'll at his fathers residence,
near Derwood, with pneumonia. Friday
night of last week he attended dance in
the Rockville Town Hall given by the
young ladies of this place, and there con-
tracte1 the pneumonia, which was superin-
duced by slight cold that he was al
ready troubled with. Saturday night he
was taken very ill, with little or no change
taking place since then. He is promising
and popular young man. having just entered
into the study of the law in the Office of
Anderson 6 Bouic, of this town, and his
many friends regret his illness and hope fer
his early recovery.
The Philadelphia Press has gathered from
the leading men of that citv their express
sions upon real success in life. John Wa