Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-07-17

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benefit of Potomac Cornet Band, will bt
held in Mrs. Harrison's Woods, near Poto-
mac, on Thursday, 30th instant. Handsome
prizes will be awarded the knights, and the
band will furnish good music. Dancing
will be indulged in during the day and
evening, and refreshments will be served at
reasonable prices. See posters for particu-
lars of entertainment.
On Monday Deputy. Sheriff Embry ar
rested and lodged in Jail at this place Jos
Baugh, q negro man in the employ of Mr.
Kennedy at Glen Echo. The negro is want
ed in Chesterfield county, Va, for shooting
with intent to kill The Virginia officials
have been notified to come for him as he
will go without requisition. On Tuesday
the Sheriff of Chesterfield county came here
and took the prisoner to Virginia.
The Woman's Aid Society of Mt. Zion
Baptist church at Beane will hold festival
and supper for the benefit of the church, on
Thursday, July Both, at Bethesda Park, the
present terminus of the Rockville and Ten
nallytown Electric Railroad. Refreshments
will be served at moderate prices from 3 to
10P. M. The music will be furnished by a
band from Washington and good time is
expected. All are invited to attend.
The ladies of the Waverly Club of Gath
ersburg will hold a lawn party in the
Grange Hall grove, at tina: place, on Satur-
day, July 25th, beginning at 2 o'clock, P. NJ,
and continuing in the night. Refreshments
of every kind will be plentiful, and the pro-
ceeds from the sale of the same are to be
used to further the interests of the club.
The public are cordially invited to attend
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ant evening.
An entertainment and picnic will be
given at Odd Fellows Hall and the Grove
adjoining the same, at Brookeville, this coun-
ty, Tuesday, the 21st instant, commencing
at 2 o'clock, P. M. Prof. Craps, of West
Pennington College, Ohio, the noted elocu-
ZIONIST, will give some fine selections in the
Hall at o'clock. Supper will be served in
the grove, and refreshments of all kinds
will be supplied at reasonable rates. Ad-
mission to the entertainment, 25 cents; pic
mic, free. The proceeds will be used for
the benefit of the M. P. Church and Odd
Fellows Hall, Brookevile.
Walter T. Griffin, United States CONNER
cial agent at Limoges, France, in report
to the Department of State, at Washington,
gives mass of figures showing the great
deficit in the wheat crop Of Europe. In the
conclusion of his report, Mr.. Griffin says ::
"Not only France, but all Europe, turns
longingly toward the wheat fields of the
United States. Last year many hoped that
South America would help supply the de-
ficit, especially the Argentine Republic; but
to-day no mention is made of these coun-
tries AL hope is built upon our harvest.
T he facts, as recently stated, are that the
bread of Europe must come from America" :"
Serious Shooting Affray-Thursday
evening of last week a shooting affray oc
Cured on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
near Great Falls, which will likely end in
the death of one of the parties. The diff.
Guilty occurred between an Italian named
John Vellotti and John Cook, a French
man, both being employed on the repairs of
the canal After the shooting Cook, the
man who was wounded, made the follow
ing statement of the affair; "My name is
John Cook, native of France. l have
been In the United State four years. | am
twenty six years of age. A little after 6
o'clock took two mules and went to the
towpath of the canal opposite Great Falls
in Maryland to assist John Velott in get
ting his team out of the mud. | tried my
best to pull him out, but could not do it. l
then made him unload his wagon, when he
go: mad and called me bad name. then
unhitched the mules and went up to within
about six feet of his wagon and told him if
he called me that again would cut his life
out. He then pulled out his pistol and shot
me. He was standing up in the wagon. l
had no weapon in my hands and nothing
but pocket knife in my pocket. We had
been on good terms up to that moment. |
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This statement was made by the advice of
Cooks physician, who thought he had but
short time to live. The ball passed through
his shoulder and is thought to have pene-
trated his lungs, The wounded man being
Catholic, Father Rosensteel, of this place,
was summoned TO his bedside.
Alter the shooting Velotti claimed that it
was done in self f.defense and that he was
ready TO surrender himself to an officer, but
sometime afterward when Sheriff Farall
was notified and went to arrest him he had
crossed the river and made his escape.
On Monday last Velotti was brought
here from Herndon, Va, by Sheriff Fairall,
and lodged in Jail. He will have a prelim-
mary hearing on Tuesday. Latest reports
from Cook, the wounded man, represent
him in an improving condition, with a fair
chance of ultimate recovery.
The Opening PerfOrmance.-The
management of the Town Hall Company