Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-03-07
9nfal aud gersuual.
Town and Country. .

Snow is reported to he twenty four fee
deep in Colorado.
Mr.. John S. Stallings has been appointet
Bailiff OF this town.
A postoftice has been established at Gar
rctt Park, with Mr. Hurdle as postmaster.
JAS r. Windsor has been appointed post
master at Darnestown to succeed DR.. Beal
Charles Neal, colored, residing near here
was thrown from horse on Tuesday last
and badly injured.
AT DR.. Thomas new Drug Store, Shakers
Extract Roots and Pills, Garfield Tea, and
all Patent Medicines.
The Umstead green grocery establish
meat, here, Monday purchased six cattle
intended for consumption in the Rockville
market that weighed 1900.
VIM. James, of Washington, unites with
M. b. Montgomery in stock sale at his
farm, near Traviah, on the Goth instant
See handbills for further particulars.
The fine dwelling house and lot of John
]. Higgins, situated at the southwestern
limit of this town, was purchased at public
auction on Tuesday last by Mr.. N d. Offutt
for $3.50.
A. r. Goldsborough has bought for $685.
500 of John W. Thompson and others parts
of resurvey of Lucky Discovery and Pretty
Prospect, 32, ,525 feet fronting on the George
town pike.
The attention of those desiring to save
money in the purchase of dry goods is di-
rected to the ad. of Carriers Cheap Store, in
another column. This house is noted as
the bargain store OF the District.
The following gentlemen have been ex-
cused from the original jury drawn: VIM.
IL. Gilpin, William Williams and VIM. II.
Chlds, and substituted by Geo F. Blair,
Lebbus G. Etchison and Darius f. Watkins.
Mr. VIM. W. Russell, who has been alb
sent for the past fourteen months with Il
party of engineers engaged in constructing
Il railroad in Venezuela, South America, re.
turned to his home at This place on Sunday
last.
General assessment bills have been pre-
sented in the State Senate and House. They
differ materially, and from that fact coupled
with the latencss Of the day, it is doubted
whether there will be an assessment bill
passed.
Mr. w. G. Fowler, of this place. on Sat
urday evening last was engaged in splitting
wood, when the axe he was using struck
an obstruction in the wood house and,
glancing, was imbedded in his foot, causing
painful wound.
Mr.. James H. Pugh, General Secretary OF
the Y. NJ. G. A, Washington, d. c., will de-
liver an address before the Rockville Y. NJ.
c. a., on Friday evening, March the 9Th,
at 7:30. All who are interested in this work
will be heartily welcomed.
The new series of postage stamps just
issued comprises the same denominations as
the series in present use, To meet existing
rates of postage The stamps differ some
what in form from those in present use, and
are about one eighth smaller in size.
Mr.. NJ. Wilson Offutt has sold one of his
Farms of SO acres, at Bethesda, this county,
for $10,500, to Major George A. Armes, of
Washington, d. G. This property Mr.. Of
futt bought from Lewis Williams few
years ago for $4,475 showing the increase
in the value of property in that locality.
Sales of livestock at Drovers' Rest, Mon.
day, March 3rd, are reported by Tavenner
Bros, as follows: Cattle-best, 4 to a! cts.
good, 3! to cents; medium, to 81 cents !;
common, to 3 cents; sheep and lambs
sheep, 5 to G cents; lambs, 6 to z cents;
calves, 5 to Ct cents; 10 cows and calves,
$25 to $35
MIR. Kilgour has introduced in the House
a bill for the inspection of spiritous liquors
made in this State and those brought here
for sale. The object Of the bill is to make
liquors purer The inspectors are to be ap-
pointed by the Governor, and the number
of them is to be fixed by the committee on
inspections, To which it has been referred.
The inspectors are to receive /! cents per
gallon for their pay.
-Four prisoners, all that were in Jail here,
broke out Tuesday night last. They sue
ceeded in breaking the lock on the back door
leading into the Jail yard, and from there
scaled the wall by means Of a rope made Of
bed ticking swung over plank, one end of
which rested in a corner cell window and
the other end on the Jail wall One Of the
prisoners was white man about 20 years
of age, charged with stealing "a horse and
wagon, the other three were negroes charged
with petty larceny Sheriff Carr is making
strong effort TO recaptore them.
As Mrs. Levin Otfutt, who resides about
three miles from this town, and her two
young daughters were driving through
Rockville on Tuesday morning last their
horse SHE'D at dog in the street, opposite
the Corcoran Hotel, and run the carriage
against tree, overtnrning the carriage and
disengaging himself from il. The horse was
soon stopped in his career. Mrs. Offutt was
badly bruised and the two young ladies
escaped uninjured though, had not the
horse broken away from the carriage. the
injury the ladies might have received can
not be told as they were confined within the
top of the carriage and without means of
escape.
Another movement was made on Tues
day last in Washington in the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal lease. Messrs. Brown,
Mathews ct al, trustees under the mort
gage deed OF trust of 1874, (the original trus-
tees having died,) filed an amended bill
against Brown, Lowndes, Sloan and the c.
receivers on behalf of the holders of the
bonds issued under that mortgage, on the
ground that the bonds of 1878 constitute nc
lien on the property, and that the canal COM
: pany is hopelessly insolvent Judge Cox
issued an order to the defendants to show
cause by March 25 why receivers should