Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-05
MONTGOMERY COUNTY MATTERS.
Happenings at Rockville - Personal
Notes Of Interest.

Correspondents Of TIE EVENING SrAR
ROCKVILLE, Mn. August L
Rockville receives s51922 of the county road
tax to be expended by the city council in i'm
proving the suburban highways.
The neiRhboring farmers are discouraged by
the recent timely rains to look for heavy yield
from the extensive corn crop. Advices from
all parts OF the county show . larger planting
than for many years and the outlook Is for
prodigious harvest
The board Of managers of the Fair Associa-
ton are making extensive improvement within
the fair grounds, and the recently issued cir
culars OF the society indicate successful meet
ing September 8, 4 and5.
The public schools Of the county open Sep
TENDER with larger appropriation than has
full and complete term. OF the applicants for
teachers certificates at the July examination
the maJority-fifteen in number-were from
Frederick county.
White, who was arrested by Washington de-
tectives and brought here few days ago en-
route for Washington, is a resident OF Edwards
ferry, this county. He is charged with using
the United States mail for the circulation Of
obscene matter
The Rockville Academy building is to share
sne Iate OF our late court Of justice. spacious
ana handsome building is to be built on the
present site. Contractor E. NJ. West will be-
GIN the work at once A professors home will
also be erected within the academy park.
among the large land sales reported today
are these: Judge j. T. Vlnson of this town has
sold 10 syndicate his farm adjoining this
place on the northwest for $4,000. This
property was bought less than ten years ago for
SS,SOO.--Edward Garrett sold to the same syn
dlcate thlrty-fve acres Of his dairy farm, sit
uated on the Frederick road, for $40, 00O.-
Mr. L. Chapman has sold twenty-five lots in
South Rockville subdivision.-Dr. W. o.
Bohrer bought of Mr.. Samuel Rabbit eleven
acres on the Georgetown pike for 81, 400.
Mr.. Samuel Renshaw, who recently sold his
large farm at Halpine station is erecting a
hne house on his valuable property on the west
side OF the turnpike fronting on tho proposed
route of the Electric railway.
The store and Baltimore and Ohio ticket
office at Randolph was broken into on Satur-
day and robbed OF S12 and many articles OF
value Mr.. Richard Day, the agent failed to
take the contents of the money-drawer with
MIN to his home near by. The burglary was
committed after IL o'clock Saturday night
The thieves are at large.
MIR. Cash il very sick OF catarrhal fever Mt
Ingieside, near Montrose. where his father and
family are spending the summer Mrs. Hiram
Grady of this town sailed for Europe last week
to visit relatives in England. Mr.. Henry
Bradley and wife OF the .Corcoran' are at
Cape May, NJ. Mcssrs Charles Morgan and
Z. W. Prettiman returned home from Wesley
Srove camp meeting this evening. Miss
Claudia White Of the Chicago Training School
Is expected here tomorrow. Rev. j. S. Tea
garden has gone east to attend the funeral of
his daughter-in-law, the wife Of Rev. Jay Tea
garden of Hartford, Conn. J. NJ. Smith,
prominent citizen of Sandy Spring is dead,
Baltimore is visiting her sister. Miss Mollie
Dawson. Mrs Dorsey Offutt has with her Mrs
Hunter OF Baltimore and Miss Genie Surratt,
daughter of J. Fl. Surratt. B.