Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-10-25
Jurors Drawn.-on Friday last Judge

Jurors Drawn,-On Friday last Judge
Vinson drew the names of the following
persons to serve as jurors at the Novembe
Term of the Circuit Court:
Levi G. Zeigler, Oscar w. Charlton, Heze-
kiah Weeks, Ernest H. Darby, George Nc
Ceney, Nathaniel Clagett, John 7. Higdon,
Peter H. Clements, Jonathan Magruder,
VIM E. Shaw, George p. Fenwlck, George
Mccormick, Thomas l.. Moore, James Z.
Howes, Henry Hamilton, Edward X. Wat
kins, John H. Bogley, Albert Stewart, Solo
mon Fowler, ST., John l.. Young, David
Charlton, Richard Poole, John d. Gardner,
Oliver r. Harr, VIM. E. Muncaster, Chas
T. Purdum, Caleb A. Beall, Thos. G. Har-
desty, James T. Trundle, Bernard Monday,
Reuben w. Young, Louis l.. Brunett, Elias
P. MARROW, John Broadly, Chas H. Brooke,
Isaac Fyffe, Zachariah w. McAtee, John
Padgett, Reuben Riggs, George Blair, John
A. Carter, Winfield S. Beall, Crittenden
King, Lloyd G. Collifower, Marion w.
Thompson, Richard H. Cissell, Walter II.
Brooke, Francis Thomas.
Court meets on the second Monday in
November. There are thirty three criminal
trials and seven criminal appearances, elev-
en- appeals, sixty six trials, eighty four ju.
dicials and forty seven appearances on the
docket for this term.
The New RailrOad,-There was meet.
ing of the Seneca and Potomac railroad
company (the proposed route from Boyd's
to Seneca) at Jacksonville, Md, on Satur-
day last for the purpose of obtaining the
right of way and soliciting subscriptions to
the bonds The following officers of the Pc.
tomac red sandstone company were present:
Nathaniel Wilson, president; John A Ba.
ker, secretary; d. l.. Shoemaker, manager,
and }. IL. Ward & Co, agents, Baltimore,
Md.
The meeting was called to order by J. Il.
Williams, OF Boyd's, upon whose nomina-
ton Upton Darby, of Seneca, was made
chairman. The chairman read the prope.
sitions of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company to the members of the sandstone
company, which stated that the cost of
building the road would amount 10 $SS, 900;
that the Baltimore and Ohio would take
one half OF the stock, the rest to be taken by
farmers, the sandstone company and others
interested in the building OF the road. j. +
Williams asked that the chairman of the
meeting appoint committee of three to Sc
cure the right Of way and to solicit sub.
scriptions to the bonds. The chairman ap
pointed Messrs. Upton Darby, j. 4. Viii.
liams and N. w. Allnutt as the committee.
They at once secured right of way for more
than one halfthe distance and secured about
$1,000 in subscriptions TO the stock. The
meeting adjourned to meet on the 26th in
slant at Dawsonville, Md
The Gold Fields-A lease was filed in
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
on Friday last by Jacob Miller leasing his
farm, about four miles from this place, to
capitalists of Denver, Colorado, the sum
agreed to be paid being $4,000 The farm
contains about 100 acres with improvements.
Several very fine specimens of gold bearing
quartz have been found ON the place, and it
is the intention of the lessees to sink shafts
and put machinery on the farm for the pur-
pose OF crushing the rock
A force of workmen are now operating
at the Collins mine, about three miles from
this place, with good results During last
week the mine of Senator Sharon, in Poto-
mac district, is reported as yielding good
returns. Within the past two weeks quite
a number Of strangers have visited the
mines in the vicinity of Hyattstown looking
for investments in mining lands.