Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-09-13
gufal aud gersnmal.
Town and Country.

Rev. S. b. Teagarden will preach at Red
land next Sunday at o'clock, p. NJ.
The State Democratic convention to NOM
mate comptroller has been postponed to
the Goth instant.
Mrs. VIM Ward died at her residence,
near Hunting Hill, on Wednesday of last
week, aged about 81 years.
Mr.. l. ID. Blunt, of this county, had at the
State Fair thirty five cattle, divided among
Jerseys, Guernsey's and Ayrshires.
Fifty men are now employed at.the gold
mine on the Ford property and eight teams
are kept busy hauling machinery to the
same property.
Married, on the 18th instant, by Rev L.
W. Simpson, d. d., at his residence, Rock
vile, George W. Knight and Sarah E. Gates,
both of this county.
Communion at Ascension church, Gathers
burg, on next Sunday, September 10Th, at
11:30 A. NJ.
In this issue MIR. Thos. II. Suter offers at
public sale, to take place on the 23rd OF
September, valuable lot of personal prop
erty.
Mr.. Lawrence Allnutt purchased on Mon
day last the store house and stock of goods
at Jacksonville formerly conducted by Mr..
John A. Chiswel.
Mr. VIM. B. Miller, of Brookeville, secured
Jal Satn do
night last by the firm of Lyddane, Jones g.
Co.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Edith Stanley Kellogg and Mr.. Alexander
Fullerton Prescott on September the 10Th,
at Christ church, this town.
The receipts from the Fair are roughly
estimated at $3,4O0; and the usual expenses
are $4,000, which if not exceeded this year
will leave tn; S,ciety ba'ance in excess
of other years.
Mr.. Robert Ii. Miller, Of this county, has
been appointed by Gov. jackson, as a dele
gate from Maryland to the Farmers Con
gress to be held in Montgomery, Ala, in
November next
While Mr. Robt G.. Council, of Potomac
district, was threshing wheat Tcusday last
a hay stack of four tons in close proximity
caught fire by spark from the engine and
was entirely consumed.
DIR. II. Choate announces that his Office
hours are till IL o'clock in the morning
He will be ut home as much as possible,
but gives greater assurance of being found
between z and II A. NJ.
Thos F. Casheli died suddenly at his res
idence, near Norbeck, ON Wednesday night
last, of apoplexy, in the list year of his age
The deceased was il brother OF the late lla-
eel b. CashelI and the last OF the brothers
of their family.
On Monday of last week several negro
men were playing cards in IL woods in Be-
thesda district and as result of a quarrel
over the game Edward Thomas shot and
killed Eugene Rhodes. The murderer made
his escape and still remains at large.
AS Dr. Richardson, of Colesville, was re-
turning home, near Elnor, last week bolt
came out OF his buggy shalt, which fright
ened his horse and it ran away, throwing
him out and cutting his head severely, and
badly damaging his buggy.
The following named gentlemen are can
didates for the vacancy in the ju dgeship of
the Orphans Court for this county: Messrs.
Henry Renshaw, Robert NJ. Mackall, |. r.
Maus, David H. Bouic, Jos. N. Bailey and
Richard r. Ray.
Rev f. J. Tcagarden, Of Lexington, Ky,
has been preaching daily in the Christian
church, this town. 10 highly apprccative
audiences. His sermons are eloquent aud
full Of instruction, AMI himself Il fine speci-
man of western manhood.
Mr.. Samuel Darby has sold To Messrs. j..
w. Collier and Snowden Hempstone the
GAINESVILLE Station property for ~ 900. The
property is to be improved by the erection
of grain elevator, storehousc, hay-baling
barracks, and the railroad company con-
template the erection of Il new depot build
ing. The Improvements to be made will
cost about $1,000.
Mr. Chas. E. BoRd, manufacturer OF fer
tilizers near Spencerville, lost two fine mules
and one fine mare last week with the CLAN
ders. Mr.. Bond just paid two hundred and
twenty five dollars for one of them short
time ago, and the other was well worth
three hundred dollars This is heavy loss
to Mr.. Bond, not only by losing his mules,
but by the stoppage of his team hauling fer
tilizer material from Laurel, as it was on
the road every day.
Who has not dreamed of Paris? Who has
not longed for peep at its gay life, is
whir Of humanity, its beauties of architec
ture? There arc not many among the resi-
dents of this county who can find 1t con
yvenent to go to Paris to enjoy these pleas
lures, but the stay -at-h homes will on Monday
evening, September 10th, 1889, have an op
lportunity to have Paris laid before them in
graphic manner by Mr.. Livingstone, who
will give one OF his famous illustrated lee
lures upon that subject. 1t is chance tina
none should miss
Imaginary Detective.-On Saturda,
last a stranger walked up to the livery sta
bile of Jacob Poss, this town, and stopped
representing himself as detective wish
ing concealment in anticipation of the ar
rival of two burglars and donned suit
clothing belonging to one of the stable boys
in which he spent the day. Later at tn
instance of Mr.. Poss the stranger was inter
viewed by an official, to whom he mad
his name known as A. J. Richards, of Wash
ington, and gave references residing in tina
city. II was concluded that he had been o.
a drunk for sometime and was wild fror