Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-28
NEWS PROM ROCKVILLE.
Meeting OF the School Board-A Shooting
Afair-Notes.

Meeting OF the School Board-A shootins
Affair-Notes.
Correspondents of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, August "a, 1891.
At meeting Of the school board held here
yesterday large amount Of routine business
was transacted The designations of the fol
lowing teachers were accepted: Bouic F. Wa
tiers, school No. /. election district 3; Almon ".
Smith. No. 4, r. d. 8; Lorena T.. Bennett. No
8, E. d. s; E. r. Penn. No. 2. T. d. IL; Laura
r. Gott, No. 4, z. ID. IL; J. T. Burdette. No. s.
ID. d. II; ANNE u Baker, No. 4. f. ID. 13.
The appointments of the following teachers
were confirmed: ]. l. Burdette. No. 5. election
district L; NJ. o. Bowman, No 1, F.. d. 2; ". l.
Purdam, No. 2, L ID. q; l. A. yiers. No. 4, E.
ID. 8; Emma r. Thomas, No. 5. F. ID. 8; JAS E.
Philips. No. s. T. d. 8; VI. T. Groomes. No. 5.
T. ID. A; Lula L. HickersOn. No. ). f.. d. 3: Leila
n Shaeffer. No. l, E ID. ID: A. q. Harley. No.
2. z ID. IL; II. T. Dixon. No 4. T.. ID. IL; John
W Darby. No T. u. ID. IL; Vernon ID. Watkins.
No. 5. F. ID. ~. Louisa V McAbee was appointed
assistant at Rockville colored school Edgar
Clagett was appointed trustee of school No. 3,
l. ID. ., vice L. L. Tschiffely. resigned
The white schools were ordered to be opened
on September Z. and the colored schools on
October D: The next meeting of the board
viii take place on November ~
shooting affair occurred on the farm of
Frank Cooper, about two miles from Gathers
burg. on Tuesday, by which Frank Brown, a
colOred boy. was badly wounded by a shotgun
In the hands of John Thomas Ricketts, The
immediate cause of the shooting is not ut pres
emit known. but a warrant for the arrest of
Ricketts, has been placed in the hands of Officer
Thompson by Justice G. ". Crawford. The
load of shot took effect in the abdomen and
lower limbs of Brown and he is III precarIous
condition. The friends Of Ricketts claim that
the shot WAS unintentionaL
In the orphans court yesterday letters Of adj
min1stration the estate Of Thomas Rawlins,
deceased, were granted to j. H. Rawlins; bond,
81 900
Conversational services will be held ut St.
Johns p. E. Church. Olney, on September Q
and ut St. Bartholomew's on September 10 at
1880 an md 80 pm.
Miss EHe. daughter Of Mr.. Jas. Haney of
Georgetown. who has been visiting relatives at
this place for some time, has returned home.
number of the leading members of the
Baptist Church at this place will tomorrow visit
Germantown 10 take part in the exercises of
the ministers and aymen's meeting which
commences at that place tonight and will con-
tinue until Sunday evening.
There Is some talk here at present of the or
ganizarfon OF q military company at this place.
Almost every town Of the population Of Rock
VILE In the state has an organization of this
kind, but none has been In existence here since
1851. At that time there was q fine company
here. but majority of the members appeared
to prefer being ''citiz ems IN and soldiers in
peace"
Mr.. Pope. who 10 In the employ Of Messrs
Morriss Hamilton Of Washington, attorneys
Tor the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
Is engaged here collecting description of the
Canal property from the deeds and coudemna-
ton proceedings recorded in Montgomery
county, to furnish a portion of the data for a
survey Of the entire CO nal property. which is to
be made at an early date. One object of the
resuryey Is To establish the correct boundaries
Of the property of the canal company. with a
view TO ejecting all .'squatte.s" who have set
tied ON canal property since the canal sus-
pended operation, and all others who NAV be
Residing ON or IN any way occupying canal prop
erty. Transcripts Of the reeor,s appertaInin
10 the canal property record in tue District OF
Columbia Is now in the hands of me attorneys
Of the company.
During tine present week the foil vwing trans
fers Of real estate have been recorded In the
land record books Of this county: E twin Bsltz-
ley 10 Geo. A H. Miles. lot IS, block 2, Glen
Echo Heights. 81 400; same to Jam Il. Lam
die. lots and 5. block II Glen Echo Heights
Isl; Emile and Henry 4. Huck 20 Albert
Lauck. 40 square feet of land at kensington,
sl53; Joseph ~. Thompson and wife to Gertie
i. Haines, one acre of land, S25: Fralcis ID.
Perry to Catharine ID. Perry, lot Is, block 55
lot y. block6O TakOma Park. =; Leonard 5.
Chapman and wife to Z. Il. lower lot B. block
., Halpine. s2U0; Nancy W. smith to Ida A.
Cecil. II acres OF hand. SIO0; Vim. Fl Cooke and
wife To Ihouas c. Steward lot 6, block ., Chen
Echo heights, Sl,6s4. 5. A. NJ.