Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-22
OUR MARYLAND NEIGHBORS,
What is Going on in Rockville and
Vicinity.
corresponaence of TEE Fvryrxe sr.p

Correspondence Of TIE EVENING STAR.
ROCKVILLE, April 81. 1889.
AT a meeting of the officers of registration of
this county, held here yesterday for the pur-
pose of arranging notices for the May sitting, q
permanent organization was effected by the
election of Mr.. John H. Gibson as president of
the board and Mr.. George u. Anderson secre-
tary. The object of the organization is to
make the work of the registers more uniform
in regard to making out and publishing the
lists of voters and other routine business A
demand will be made by the board on the
county commissioners for an allowance of
twenty days pay for work done during the reg
istration of last year.
The collector of the fourth district and three
assessors on Thursday and Friday last met the
stockholders of the Washington Grove camp
meeting association at their grounds for the
purpose OF reassessing the property of the as
ISOLATION, and after the work had been COM
pleted the amount of taxable property was
found to have increased some "a 900 since the
last assessment.
The land at Woodmont a suburban town on
the opposite side of the railroad from the
camp grounds, recently laid out by Mr.. Henry
Beard, of Washington, was assessed at $50 per
acre.
Mr.. Nathaniel Benton, of the board of county
commissioners, yesterday visited Garrett park
on the line of the Metropolitan Branch rail-
road, about four miles from this place, for the
purpose of inspecting the stone abutments of
the new iron bridge now in course of con-
struction over Rock creek at that place. The
abutments having passed inspection, as soon
as the approaches can be filled in the bridge
will be placed in position by the contractors.
Work at the park is rapidly progressing. and
large force of laborers is employed in grading
and paving the avenues and streets. Several
new buildings are also in course of erection.
Easter was observed here to-day in all of the
seven churches by appropriate religious exer-
clses. The Protestant, Episcopal, and Catholic
churches were beautifully decorated with flow
ers i'll honor of the day.
The Presbytery of Maryland will hold its
next meeting at this place, commencing on
the 9th of October next.
Cards have been issued for the marriage of
Miss Annie Parke Ayler. eldest daughter of DIR.
J. W. Ayler, and MIR. VIM. Jones, jr., at the
Presbyterian church at Pooesville. on Tuesday
30th instant, at 4 o'clock p. m.
The Waverly club. of Gaithersburg DIR, ].
l.. Lodge. president, and s. T. +. Sterrick, sec
rotary, are making determined effort to estab-
lish library at that place, and have been
promised the substantial aid of the citizens of
that prosperous community.
Mr.. Jacob Poss is about mpleting, at this
place, the erection of a large frame building,
GO by "a feet. two stories high and the whole
surmounted by a tower. A large portion of the
building will be used for the display of car
riages, buggies, &C., manufactured by northern
and western firms.
Miss Blanche Braddock has commenced
building dwelling house on the lot recently
purchased by her in the vicinity OF the fair
grounds.
Mr.. Thomas Dawson, the newlv-appointed
postmaster at this place. received his commits
sion on Friday and during that day the office
was removed to his store-room, in the western
section OF town. The location does not seem to
be popular with large portion of the business
community, and placing the Office in the same
room with a grocery and drv-goods store is
looked upon as a step backward In the progress
been kept in room to itself. with plenty of
numerously-signed petition has been sent to
the Postmaster-Generalr requesting a change in
the location.
During the past week number of parties
from different sections of the country have
arrived here en- route to the gold mines of
Potomac district, and several offers have been
made for options on land in that locality There
Is nova good prospect that the old Montgomery
mine which has not been worked for some
time, will be reopened. At the mines of Sem
ator Sawyer. on the Harrison farm a shaft has
been sunk to the depth of IS feet, which will be
increased to l6O feet during the summer. The
output so far has been very encouraging Work
has also been resumed at the mine on the Col
Inns farm, with fair prospects of success.
Bass fishing at Great Falls has been fine for
several days. On Friday Messrs. Samuel Mans
field and S. Fisher caught thirteen large
ones. SAN.