Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-07
MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEWS.
Coming Sunday School Convention-Grange
Omcers Installed-Cold Weather.

Coming Sunday school Convention-Grange
Omcers Installed-Cold Weather.
Correspondents Of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, May 6, 1891.
The corporation election at Damascus, THU
county. on Monday, resulted in the choice OF
Messrs- p. B. Souder, c. W. Day and Lew
Pearce as town commissioners. l.. B. Easton,
C. W. Souder and F. L. Hilton were judges and
J. L. Burdette and John T. Baker clerks to the
election
The contract for building the new national
bank at Gaithersburg has been awarded to
Messrs. Peddicord & Coleman Of that town al
IS. So Work will be commenced at once and
rapidly pushed to completion.
Edward, son Of Mr.. John Mullican, residing
aear Derwood, died this morning after brief
Illness in the eighteenth year of his age. Sew
srGl other members Of the family are suffering
from the same disease.
Addison Washington. the colored man who
was shot here on Sunday last by Henson n
Martin, has slightly improved and appears to
be in a fair way for recovery. The bullet has
not yet been extracted. Martin is still al
large.
At a special meeting Of the county commits
siOners held here today Warner W. Welsh o.
HyHttstown vas elected clerk to the board for
the balance Of their term, ending in November
next
A dancing party was given tonight at the
residence OF Mrs. y. j. Wagner, on the George
town pike about two miles from here, which
was attended by number Of young ladies and
gentlemen from this place.
Mr. JOS A fancy, formerly clerk to the
county commissioners, Is at present on an ex-
tended visit 10 friends In eastern Pennsyl-
vania-
The Sunday school convention at Gathers
burg on Saturday and Sunday next promises to
be an interesting affair. There will be three
sessions on the first day and on Sunday a sermon
at IL g. ~ by State Organizer j. H. Mock; chill
dren's meeting at $50 I'm. and grand mass
meeting al o'clock pm The Sunday services
will be held in the N. E Church South
At the recent meeting of the Montgomery
County Grange, No. ., held at Gaithersburg
after some matters Of business connected with
the Washington agency were disposed Of q
very interesting discussion was held As to the
proper manner Of working public roads. Mai
II. III. King idea Of undertaking the road
bed was advocated by a number of members
and the plan Of letting out the roads in short
sections to people Immediately interested was
also strongly advocated. The township sys.
TEN Of using the money raised in each section
Of the county for repairs of roads In thai
locality was preferred by many. 1t was also
argued that the great difficulty in the whole
matter was to convince the people of the neces-
sity Of making permanent hard roads il they
wish to secure satisfaction with them for any
length OF time Mr. Roger b. Farquhar hav.
ing resigned master-elect Mr.. Jos. Il. Age-
was selected to i'll the vacancy. Mr.. H. III
Miller was selected as overseer. All the Off
GERS for the next two years were installed and
a majority Of them made addresses to the
effect that there Is more necessity than ever
for the grange as ar old and tried farmers
organization, to hold fast to its principles and
TO a conservative course in the exciting politi
cal times that are coming in the near future
The grange adjourned to meet at Brownings
vile on the last Thursday N July next
For the last forty-eight hours the weather
has been remarkably cold for the time of year
but the fruit and early vegetables appear TO b.
yet IN good condition During that time WI
have had both hail and snow SA NJ