Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-23
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE.
Sale Of the Seneca Sand Stone Quarries-A
Check to Electric Lighting.
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sale OF the Seneca sand STONE Quarrtes-A
Check to Electric Lighting.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd, December 70.
On Saturday James B. Henderson, 40 At
torney for the mortgages, sold all that valu-
able property in this county known as the
Seneca sand stone quarries at public auction
TO Mr.. George Mann Of Baltimore city for
CSC, 800. This property consists Of about 500
acres Of land, four dwelling houses and a
number OF tenant houses, q large stone mill
and all the necessary machinery for saving the
stone into blocks Of different shapes and sizes.
The property is situated Immediately on the
line Of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. and as
soon a. necessary means Of transportation can
be secured viii be operated to its full capacity.
On Saturday H. Maurice Talbot. a. attorney
under mortgage from John I. Phebus and
others TO George E. Walker, sold the house and
lot in Gaithersburg belonging to the mort
gagors 70 Margaret Nelson for $3.50. On the
the same day Sheriff A. F. Fairall sold at this
place 271l acres Of land belonging TO Thomas
]. D. Bowie to Mrs Margaret Frailey for $500.
On Friday night last the large dry goods and
grocery store of Frost Brothers at this place
WAS entered by burglars. who gained admission
by cutting out the lock Of the rear door and
removing heavy bar which secured the same.
1t is thought the thieves were frightened away
before accomplishing their purpose, as the
only evidence OF their being in the store was
that one of the cash drawers was wrenched
from it's place behind the counter. No goods
are missing. The affair was kept very quiet
until today, in the hope OF securing some clue
to the thieves.
Mr. Franklin c. Belts and Miss Adele E. Page
were married at the Baptist parsonage, this
place. on Wednesday by the resident pastor,
Rev. l.. r. Milbourne
The projected introduction Of electrical lights
Mt this place has received temporary check by
the refusal of the Edison Electric Light Com
pany to accede to the contract made by the
town council with their agent on Wednesday of
last week. By the terms of that agreement the
corporate authorities had agreed to pay the
sum of S25 per light for one year, the company
to put the plant within the corporate limits and
furnish iron posts for the wires on the main
street and wooden ones for the cross streets,
the corporation TO start with ten lights
and have the privilege of any ad-
ditional number at same price. At a
meeting of the council held tonight Mr..
Thomas, the agent of the company, was present
and. after stating that the company declined to
accede to the proposed contract, offered to
enter into another. whereby the corporation
should pay 40 per light on the streets Instead
OF SIS. and that wooden instead of iron posts
should be used. This proposition the council
promptly declined and SO the matter stands
FOR the present 1t is understood that an eff
fort will at once be made to organize n stock
company here for the purpose of securing n
plant and it is said that most of the substantial
citizens are ready TO take hold of the matter
and make it q success. SAM.