Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-03-29
gutal aud 9ersuual.


Rev. Father Barry will say Mass at the
Great Falls on Sunday next II o'clock,
A. NJ
Dr. E. E. Stonestreet has been confined to
his home in this town the past several days
by sciatica.
Bowie Appleby has been recommended
by the county Republicans for postmaster
at Germantown.
A fine chance for investment is offered at
Bethesda, this county, by Mr. Cooke d.
Luckett. See ad. in another column.
Elder VIM H. Schell will preach in the
Christian church, tn is town, on Sunday next
at II o'clock, A. NJ, and again at 7:30 P M.
Mrs. Shaeffer, wife of Lieut.. Shaeffer, U.
S. N, has taken rooms for the summer at
the residence of Miss Lucy Stephenson.
Mr.. John C. Richter, we'll known farmer
of Germantown, this county, died on Thurs
day night of last week, aged about sixty five
years.
Madame Fitzpatrick, widow of the late
Gen. Fitzpatrick, and daughter have taken
rooms a: the house Of Miss Jennie Hodges,
this place.
Mrs Margaret Mullnger, formerly of this
town, has purchased house and lot from
Mr.. w. Fl. Mannakee, at Knowles Station,
for 800.
Mr.. John H. Harriss on Saturday last left
at this Office several specimens of gold bear
ing quartz taken from his farm about three
miles from here.
The appointment of a new postmaster
for this town has not yet been made, though
it is looked for this week, and the meantime
speculation as to the successful one is rife.
Waters Gleyd, son of Mr. Samuel Gloyd,
of Gaithersburg, on Tuesday last fell from
scaffold of new building at the west end
of this town and was considerably bruised
about the body
The Washington and Sandy Spring rail
road company has organized by electing o.
H. P. Clark, President; f. G. Evans, Vice.
President; j. L. Husband, Secretary, and
H. NJ. Baker, Treasurer.
Nlr. Eli BurrlSS, an OH anu well kuOWu
citizen of Guithersburg, died On Saturday
night last in the eighty fourth year of his age.
He was buried Monday in the cemetery OF
st. Roses Catholic church.
A dispatch from Rome, dated the Goth in
slant, says that Papal rescript will be is
sued giving the new Catholic University at
Washington u monopoly of the superior
education of the clergy in America.
Messrs Anderson & Bouic, as attorneys
for the mortgage, Saturday sold small
farm OF 1871 acres, improved by dwelling
house, situated in Olney district, to Mr.. w.
b. Mobley, of Laytonsvlle, for 5000.
The Permanent Exposition Association
of Baltimore, for the creation and mainte-
nance of exhibitions of the products of the
industries of the city of Baltimore and the
State of Maryland and of other communi-
ties, and also for the maintenance OF public
lecture rooms, has been incorporated in
Baltimore.
Sales of livestock at Drovers' Rest, Mon
day, Mar. %, are reported by Tavenner Bros,
good, to BIT cents; medium, 81 to 3 cents
common, 3 to 2i cents; sheep and lambs
Sheep to 81 cents lambs, ST to 81 cents
calves, to 81 cents; Is COWS and calves,
$40 to $55.
Mr.. JOS H. Crown, a well-known pro-
vision dealer ut 1882 Fourteenth street,
Washington, died on Tuesday last at Prov
idence Hospital from fracture of the skill
caused by his being thrown from his wagon
at Seventh and X streets a few days age.
The deceased was brother of Mr.. Samuel
Crown, formerly OF this place.
The weather crop bulletin of the signal
office says: The week ending March 23rd
has been much warmer than usual in all
sections except on the South Atlantic coast,
where the temperature has differed but
slightly from the normal The weather has
been favorable for growing crops and farm
work throughout the central valleys and
Southern States.
The incorporators of the Washington and
Western Maryland Railway met in the office
of Herr g. Walsh, Washington, ID. c., Wed
nesday afternoon last TO elect commissioners
to open the books for subscriptions to stock
James b. Henderson presided, and j. w
Walsh acted as secretary. The following
commissioners were elected: G. Il. Dunlop
j. w. Walsh, l.. " Baughman, Frank
Hume, Spencer Watkins, J. B. Henderson
and A. B. Cropley.
Messrs. W. Maurice Watkins and o. S
Maus, of GAINESVILLE, are agents for the sale
of"Centennial Copying Books and Ink" in
this county and the District of Columbia
This patent is new and novel AS well as in
despensable TO business men. ItcOpies with
out the use of press, brush, moistened pad Of
water. These agents are well and favorable
known, and we have no doubt that they will
have no trouble in making ready sales OIL
these useful articles.
Monday next will be the first of April
sometimes called April Fool or All Fool
Day. The practices that give rise to til,
name, are too well known to the younl
people to need any further description a
our hands, and we wish them all the limo
cent fun that they desire. Those practice
are of very venerable antiquity and Cal
be traced back certainly more than tw
thousand years 10 the "Floralia," or festiva
celebrated by the ancient Romans, in homo
of Flora, the goddess Of flowers.
Under the provisions of the new Code
which has become operative throughout th
State, the fees of Justices of the Peace hav
been considerably diminished. There are n
fees allowed for the summons of witnesse:
for taking affidavits, for hearings in cases
for docket entries nor for judgments rem
dered The only fee allowed in crimina
case is 80 cents for each warrant issued an,