Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-14
OUR MARYLAND NEIGHBoRs.
Busy Politicians-Taxatio in Rock
viIle-Public school Changes, Etc.

Correspondence Of IL. EVENING stan.
ROCKVILLE, August ii.
Amssting Of the town commissionsrs was
held last night, at which It was decided to
make the corporation tar 40 cents on the sl00
worth Of real and personal property IN the
town. Under the new charter the council Is
empowered to raise the tax as high n so cents
on the Sl0O The bailif Of the town was
ordered to strictly enforce the ordinance levy
ing tax Oh all dogs kept in the corporation
limits.
meeting Of the board Of school commits
sioners was held at this place yesterday and
the designations Of the following teachers we're
accepted BE- tho board: Sarah E. Jones, Janet
II. Young. Julian T. Walters. Emma II Thomas
Cora IL. Day. Sarah e. Schofeld The appoint
nlent of the following teachers was confirmed:
Nina u. Hobbs W. A. Walker. Emma II. Penn,
u. L. Baker. Lamon Colt, Jessie b. Stabler, J.
l. Walters. Lula L. Hickerson. Mr.. W. H.
Bowman was appointed trustee of school No 6.
III election district eleven. vice Mr.. Thos. Pyles
resigned The next meeting of the board will
take place on the Sd OF September. and the
schools will be reopened September 8.
The improvements on st. Peters Protestant
Episcopal Church at PoolesvilLe are approach
ing completion and consist of q large vestibule
surmOunted by steeple about eighty feet high
and a handsome recess chancel, N which will
Dc .aCeQ three memorial WlIQOWS memory
OF deceased members.
\ parade and union picnic OF the Odd Eel
lows and Good Tcrlplars will be held ct Pooies-
vile on the 21st instant
Samuel A. Hershberger, n former citizen of
the county, who has spent the last three years
In California. returned n lew days ago Mrs.
c. Is. Hall and family of Poolesvilie will, in q
few days. remove to Washington, having rented
her house AZ the former place to Mr.. Edward
Lyddane of Georgetown.
A fsrv Il Nv A I - Nrz.l
district accidentally dislocated his right arm
at the shoulder. Under medical treatment ne
is recovering.
There is much complaint among farmers in
the western part of the county or account Of
the drought and tho corn crop and pastures
are suffering. The streams are also very low.
The Montgomery County Medical Society
Will hold a meeting here next Tuesday
Quite ripple of excitement has been caused
among the democrats of this county within the
past few days on account of an editorial article
III the ScttsHei, the oldest organ OF that party
in the county, III which the political course of
Senator GOrmau during the last few years was
severely criticised and the party advised to
turn linn down and select some other leader.
1t cannot yet be determined what effect this
advice will have upon the prospects of the
party at the approaching election, but the
friends OF the Senator are evidently angry. 1t
is said that an effort was made yesterday by
some OF his friends to have the article de-
nounced at she meeting Of the state central and
county committees, but the affair Was quietly
passed over to avoid a row.
Robert ". Carter, for many years register of
wills for thus county. who died at his residence
here yesterday evening. in his seventy-eighth
year, Was native of Prince George county
but came here early in life and received his
education at the Rockville Academy. He
leaves n widow, daughter of the late Henri
Harding. son, Col. Henry ii. Carter of the
Pennsy Ivania railroad, and daughter the wife
OF Dir. j. Maury Dove of Washington CITY,
The democratic state central and county COM
mlttees met here yesterday in the law Office of
Philip ID. Laird. esq, and fixed Saturday, Au-
gust 50, for holding the democratic primary
elections IN the thirteen districts of the county
for the purpose of electing delegates to repre-
sent this county In a county convention to be
held III Rockville. Tuesday, September 2, to
select four delegates to represent this county
in the congressional convention to be held in
Cumberland on Tuesday, September g. to nomi-
nate a candidate for Congress for the sixth con-
gressional district.
Mr.. William II. Mannakee Of Knowles Sta
ton had a valuable horse injured on Tuesday
by running against barbed wire fence. The
horse Is valued at $3.50.
The republican county convention for the
purpose OF electing four delegates to represent
this county in the congressional convention to
be held IN Oakland TO nominate a candidate for
Congress will be held here on SATURDAY.
Messrs. Arthur Stabler, Robert H. Miller. E.
J. hall, Vim. L. Mannakee aud Admiral James
L. Jouett have been appointed committee to
wait on President Harrison to invite him to at
tend the Rockville fair to be held September 8.
aud J. SAM