Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-20
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE.
Interesting Cases Before the Circuit Court
A Corporation Dairy Com isany Project.


A Corporation Dairy Company Project.
Correspondence OF The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE. March ~. 1891.
Last night a thief entered the stable Of Mr..
Day. station agent at Randolph on the Metro
politan branch railroad. a mile east of this
place. and took therefrom a horse. saddle and
bride. The meat house at the same place was
also broken open and quantity Of lard and
other articles taken from the same.
In the circuit court the following cases were
disposed of during yesterday and today:
Howard Butt agt. John T. Gray; appeal judg-
ment for appellant. Monocacy and Urbana
Turnpike Company agt Jerome Thompson;
appeal; Judgment for appellant for costs. VIM.
I. Jones agt. C. W. Walker; judgment for
plaintiff for SI0.24. Richard G.. Plummer
agt. Samuel Darby; suit for damages; still on
trial. This last case has aroused more than
usual interest among farmers. as it is based on
the fact that horse belonging to the plaintiff
while trespassing on the lands of the de-
PENDANT was taken up and confined in lane on
the. premises which was inclosed by barb-wire
fence. and while so confined was so badly in
Jured by coming In contact with the wire that
the animal had to be killed, for which the
plaintiff demands damages. After the close OF
this case the damage suit of Philip Sterne sgt
Capt. John Mcdonald will be taken up and
will probably last for the balance of the week,
"a q large number of witnesses are to be ex-
amined.
Rev. David Bush of the NJ E. Church South,
who has been stationed Mt this place for several
years, will in n few days leave for his new
charge in Loudoun county, Va.
Mr.. Ebert Perry of Gaithersburg and Miss
Lily Clagett of Darnestown were married at the
residence of the bride on Wednesday evening
by Rev. Mr.. Myers of the Presbyterian Church.
A marriage license has been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court to Samuel A. Grimes
and Annie J. Beall, both Of this county.
Mr.. l. L. Fulks has purchased of j. Sprigg
Poole of Washington the business houses ard
dwelling opposite the post office in Gathers
burg for Sl2 900.
Yesterday large number of horses carts
and drivers passed through here for Washing
ton county to work on the repairs to the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal.
Mrs. Georgiana Williams. wife of Mr. Frank
j. Williams and daughter of Hon. Howard Grit
fifth of this county. died at Virginia City. ".
Va, on Sunday last in the fortieth year of her
age.
Mr.. Frank X. Ward of Washington visited
this place yesterday. his business being to make
arrangements for the formation of a co-opera-
tive joint stock dairy company, to be composed
OF milk producers and consumers. 1t il pro-
posed to establish depots for the reception of
milk at several different points on the Metro
politan branch railroad, the principal one
being at this place, from which the milk will be
conveyed 20 the cities by rail and delivered to
customers in alright glass cans. All the milk
will be thoroughly inspected, and should the
supply exceed the demand the surplus will be
converted into butter and cheese, FOR the man
ufacture of which suitable buildings will be
erected here.
In the orphans court yesterday letters tes-
tamentary on the estate Of Mary l.. White were
granted to Thomas Anderson; bond SIS. 900.
lhe wills Of Dorcas Pumphrey, Thos. Mills and
Mary Z. Waters, deceased were filed. Letters
of administration Oh the estate of Frances A.
Eyre, deceased, were granted to Frederick f.
Eyre; bond $500. Geo. I. Cashell, admins
trato- of Thos F. Cashell, and Horace d.
Waters. administrator of John G. II. Richter,
passed their first account.
The Sugarland Hunting Club Of Poolesvile
district has captured five foxes within the past
six weeks. the last one being captured in the
streets of Jacksonville on Tuesday.
branch of the W.C.T.U. has been organized
at Sligo with the following officers: Mrs W.
Thompson, president; Mrs. J. c. Dowell vice
presidents Miss Rose Williams secretary, and
Miss Dimple Moves, treasurer.
Misses. Bessie Anderson and Kate Hogg. who
have for some days been on visit to the family
of MIR. VIM. Dorsey, near this place, left yester-
day for their home in Baltimore. SAN.