Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-09
OVER THE MAINLAND LINE.
Real Estate Deals in Montgomery-Town
s-Gold-PersOnal Notes.
4 THE EVENING STAR.

ROCKVILLE, May 8, 1880.
During the present week several important
sales of land have been made in this county.
Mr.. 9. Newton Trunde has sold his fine farm
situated on the Frederick road, one and half
miles from Rockville. containing 207 acres and
adjoining Derwood. on the Metropolitan Branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, to Wm Il.
Mobley of Laytonsville for $4,000. Cooke d.
Lucbett, real estate agent, has sold the farm of
Spencer c. Jones, clerk of the court of appeals,
situated at Knowles Station and containing 137
acres, to b. II. Warner of Washington for
$50 00O Mr.. John F.. West has sold to Mr..
Dorsey Plummer building lot at Derwood for
$3.50. Mr.. Plummer will III a few days COM
mence the building of residence and store
house upon the property. Mr.. w. p. Hickman
of Washington has purchased from Mr.. John
Burriss of Gaithersburg a house and lot at
81 coo. Mr. John Z. Leaman has sold his farm
on the Rockville turnpike to DIR. James Bohrer
of Washington for 4,500.
During the present week corporation cleo
tons have been held in the various in
corporate towns of this county. In Rockville
DR.. d. +. Owens was chosen mayor. Samuel Il.
Haney, Chas L. Jones. Lee Offutt and John NJ
Hagy, council. The new board goes into Office
June /. The election at Barnesyiile resulted i'll
the selection of :. s. Hays, John W. Brown,
Vim. I. Hilton. Leonard /. Hays and Allen S.
Orme as commissioners. At BrookGvllle VIM.
elected commissioners. DIR. Edward Wootton,
H. w. Walling, Thos. Hoskinson, Chas I. Grimes
and C. +. Poole were elected commissioners of
Pooesville. At Damascus c. W. Day, p. Il.
Souder and Levi W. Pearce were chosen as
town commissioners.
Gold prospectors have been operating in the
neighborhood of Galthersburg this week and
report having found a rich vein of quartz on
the farm of Thomas J. Owen.
Mr.. Samuel Ct. Parker, formerly of Washing
nd nr rnGl1ant of ali
fornia. has returned to this county and will To-
cate permanently at GaIthersburg.
Mr.. Carson Ward and Miss Kate NJ. Combs.
daughter of Mr.. Vim. Combs of Gaithersburg
were married Wednesday by Rev. J. ID. Martin
jury has been summoned by Sheriff Fairall
| for the purpose of condemning the right of
way through the lands lying between the Dis
| trict line. near Tenleytown, and Glen Echo. on
| the River road, to be used for the construction
OF the Glen Echo electric railroad. SAN.
How Tennie Cured Cancers.
OTTAWA, ILL, May 9.-The story from New
York that an attempt would be made to revive
the indictment against Tennie Claim and that
her husband. Sir F. Cook, had been asked to
| pay SlOOOO0 to hush the matter up is laughed
at here. States Attorney NJ. +. Mo-
loney says that the revival Of the
| old indictments would be ridden
ulous not that they could not be revived but that
the chief witnesses before the grand jury are
| dead or lost sight of and that no conviction
could be had for lack Of testimony. Mrs.
Woodruff and Tennie G. Clafin cut a
| wide swath in Ottawa in 1868 and 1864 They
first engaged rooms at the old Geiger House
| and later rented the old Fox River House. now
almost a ruin. Here they established "A
wonder" cure hospital aud coined money until
the indictments brought in 1864 forced them
! to leave town. The chief charges against
Miss Clafiin were that she pretended to be able
to cure cancer and other diseases, and under
| took to cure two serious cases, but the
| parties died after she had declared them
cured, and then the indictments were brought
Prayed TO the End.
! BIRMISGHAM, ALA, May 9.-Sandy Jones
was hanged today for numbering policeman
! Manning. The drop fell at Los. His neck
| broke and he was dead in ten minutes. The
condemned wept and prayed to the end.
Mr.. Carlisle Announces His Candidacy.
FRANKFORT KY, May 9.-The solemn rites of
burial for Kentuckys dead Senator were not
ended when the hot contest for the succession
began. Hon. John G. Carlisle, who attended
the remains member Of the
| Kentucky delegation in Congress, while he
kept closely to his room yesterday, had many
callers, and he openly announced that he was a
candidate. The headquarters for him and Mr..
MacCreary have been established at the hotel
and the list now contains the names: John q.
Carlisle, Gov. MacCreary. Judge William Linds-
ley, ex-Congressman W. j. Stone, Proctor
Knott The caucus has not been called
and 1t will not be held before Monday
| night. The general opinion is that the contest
will be long one. although it is generally con-
ceded that Carlisle and MacCreGry will lead
the list
ToDAY's BoND OFFERS aggregated $50. 400,
as follows: Registered A., 5000, $40 O00 g., 500
at l22; coupon 411ss. $1,000; registered AS,
$500, S25, 200, at 1881.
Sam Jones has closed his meeting at Char.
lotte, NC, during which he collected $4,000
for the Y.M.C.A. Of that place, %, 200 for him
self and $500 for the Jones orphanage in
Georgia.
In the New York assembly yesterday Mr.
Vangorder's concurrent resolution proposing
prohibition constitution amendment was passed
by vote Of 66 to ~