Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-03
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE.
The G. and q. Canal Affecting Real
Estate-lIecting of the Grange.

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Estate-lIecting of the Grange.
Correspondence Of HE EVENING STAR
ROCKVILLE, November l.
The quarterly meeting Of Montgomery
County Grange was held at Eureka Grange
Hall near Stotts station last Thursday and was
| attended by representatives from Olney.
GAINESVILLE, Damascus, Great Falls, Gathers
burg, Brighton. Liberty Grove and Rockville
Oranges OF this county, and Beltsvilie and Eu-
| reka oranges of Prince Georges. Worthy Mas
ter II. N. Murray of the state organization was
in attendance and addressed the audience.
Ihe executive committee reported a very large
| increase of business at the Washington Grange
agency. The committee on taxation reported
that they were preparing q bill. which they
would have ready for the next meeting, to be
sent to the Legislature, providing for o more
uniform plan of taxation in the state The
question of the improvement of public roads
was brought up and made the special subject of
discussion by the subordinate oranges until the
next meeting of the county organization. Mr..
Charles II. kartshorno and wife were elected
delegates to the state grange to meet in Balti-
more in December next. The proceedings Of
the meeting were enlivened by vocal and in
strumental music by the choir Of Prof. Walker
of Damascus Grange. The ladies of Eureka
Grange furnished beautiful repas. to all
present. The next meeting will take place at
Brighton on the last Thursday in January,
1891.
Now that a decree has been obtained from
the district court authorizing the bondholders
to repair and operate the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, people living along tho line Of the work
are anxiously awaiting the next move to be
taken IN the matter The next thing for the
bond holders to dc under the decree of Judge
Alvey OF the circuit court for Washington
county Is for them to come forward with a
bond for S609, 600 and also cash to the amount
of $4,000 for past expenses of litigation. Will
they promptly do it? is now tho paramount
question with our people For some time
prior to the decree of Judge Alvey, granting
the bond holders the right to repair and oper-
ate the canal thero was quito an animated
inquiry for real estate along the western por-
ton of the county and several large sales were
made at good prices. This was done in antici-
patton that the canal would be abandoned and
a railroad built in its place. Now that
the prospect seems to be that the canal will be
repaired, and if q railroad is built it will seek
some other route from Cumberland to tidewa-
ter. The price of lands in that section border
ing on the Potomac are rapidly declining in
value and from appearances OF present will
soon reach the level they enjoyed when the
canal was in operation for few months in the
year. In the opinion of many we'll versed in
the amount and character of the work to he
done it will be impossible for the bondholders
to finish the work by next spring and have the
canal i'll navigable condition, and il they COM
mence the work at all it will be necessary for
them to petition the court for further time
and all this delay will be ruinous to the best
interests OF q large portion of the county,
Yesterday being the first day Of the bird
shooting season the fields and woods in this
vicinity had quite an animated appearance.
Many sportsmen from the District were on
hand in addition to the country contingent,
and, Judging from the reports made today,
thousands of birds were bagged. One rather
nervous amateur sportsman is said to have
killed one partridge. wounded his dog and q
colt, all at one shot
Last night the chicken coops OF the Mont
gomery House were broken open and several
dozen fat fowls stolen therefrom. Some parties
are evidently preparing for a feast on election
day. SAM