Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-02
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE.
Gold Said to Have Been Found on a Farm
Many Real Estate Transfers-NOtes.

Gold Said to Have Been Found on q Farm
Many Real Estate Transfers-Notes.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, November 2. 1891.
1t was currently reported here yesterday that
the farm of Mr.. VIM. Huddleson, situated near
Bethesda and containing about 100 acres oi
land, had been sold to a Chicago syndicate for
S165.OOO. Some very fine specimens of gold
have been found on this place. '.'
The farm Of VIM. B. and Thos. J. Stacks, ad.
joining the above place and containing forty
nine and half acres, has been sold to Mr.. Harry
c. Smith for the sum Of $4,000 But few
months ago this farm was purchased for s4O0.
Among the guests at the Montgomery House,
this place, today were the following Washing
tonians: L. D. b. Porter and wife, Mrs C. b.
Amazeen, j. c. Foster and niece Geo. b. Mick
ham, John Sherman, NJ. Fletcher, Sevellon A.
Brown and Miss Annie Brown.
Rev. +. d. Power of Washington will. on
Monday, the 9th instant, commence n series
of religious meetings at the Christian Church,
this place.
Mr.. VIM F. Hayden, formerly resident of
this place and now of Norfolk. Va, paid visit
to the family of DR.. Chas. J. Maddox, this
town, yesterday.
Mrs. Emily Miller, wife of Mr.. Jacob Miller,
died at her home. about three miles from this
place. today in the sixty-fourth year of her
age. licensed was Il MEMBER OF the CasheL
family, well known in the county.
Tomorrow morning the season for bird shoot
ing in this county commences and in this Sec
ton every one who can raise a dog and gun is
preparing for the sport. Several violations of
the law prohibiting shooting birds before No
vember l have been reported here and will
doubtless receive the attention of the grand
jury.
The services of forty hours devotion closed
today at ST. Mary's Catholic Church, this place.
with high mass. the music being furnished by
the choir of st. Johns Church, Forest Glen.
During the past week the following trans
fers of real estate have been recorded in the
office of the clerk of the circuit court: L. A.
Lodge to the Glen Echo Railroad Company
20. As acres of land, s.; Glen Echo Railroad
Company to George Killen. 9 lots in block 49,
Glen Echo, S5.940.1O, katharine Dugan to
Park, S400; Lavinia Beall to Margaret A. and
Ursula NJ. Beall Is acres of land S4O0: Harry
I. Cooke and wife to Emile Huck. lot of land
at knowles Station. $780, Kate Seager to W.
H. Wheatley. 10 acres of land, $1,000; w. II.
Griffith and wife to Lawrence Cherobet, 4
acres Of land, 1882; Stephen Robertson to Mary
A. Bohrer, one-fourth of an acre,
$40; Julian Kite Miller and wife TO
Alfred Wilson, lot OF land, $500:
Jas. W. Austin to NJ. R. Austin, 16 acres of
land. 1920; Edward Stacks and wife to NJ. r.
Austin. lot of land, $40; H. b. Moulton to
Grace L. Favorite, lots 8, 4, Is, block %, Ia.
koma Park. s.: Mary E. Hartwell to Fred
erick Benjamin. 10 acres Of land. s.; Daniel
D Woodward to Harvey NJ. Griffith, tract of
land, s.; Edward Baltzley and wife to ]. @.
Kern. lots II. IL, block IL. Glen Echo, "a, 600;
Metropolitan Investment Company to VIM. d.
Castle. lot at Garrett Park, 900, W. u. Castle
and wife to Lyon, Conklin Co., lot 4. section
80. Garrett Park. $3.50; metropolitan Invest
ment Company to Adele Saunders. lots 8, 6.
section 50, Garrett Park, $500; same to Rich
ard w. Wain-ight. lot 8, section 50.
Garrett Park, $500; f. G. Davis and wife to
Mamie H. Price, lot 8, block Z. North Kensing-
ton, $3.50; same to Chas. w. Hurdle. lots Z. s,
8, 10. IL block 8, North Kensington, slips;
Richard II. Lansdale to Thos Brown, 2 acres
Of land, 800; Metropolitan Investment Com
pany to John T. Wetzler, lot ~, section 1902,
Garrett Park, $500: John I Wetzler to Lena
d Browne, lot q. section 102, Garrett Park,
$500; W. X. Van Horn and wife to Berthe
Parsley. one-half acre If land. 1910; Miles X.
Crenshaw to Takoma Park Springs Company,
lot 80 block l6, Takoma Park. S614 c. VI.
Sprague to same, lot q. block IL, Takoma
Park, 5430.95; NJ. G. Emery to same. 10. %,
block 16, Takoma Park, S553.77. s. M.