Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-23
NEVs FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
An Exciting Fox Hunt-Active Movement in
Real Estafe-Notes.
o. The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. March % ISt

Correspondents o: The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, March o. 1891
In the circuit court yesterday the case OF
Richard G. Plummer agt. Samuel barley, suit
for damages for loss of n horse. was decided
by verdict for defendant In the case of
Philip Stone agt. Capt. John Mcdonald argu-
ment was heard on a demurrer and the case
postponed until November term. Grove A
Shipley agt. Rein II. Griffith suit to recover
ON a note given for "hulless oats and claimed
to be a swindle. still on trial. The criminal
docket will be taken up on Tuesday.
Yesterday war gala day for the fox hunters
OF this vicinity. About am. a large crowd
consisting Of Messrs. sherwood. ClagCett
Ricketts,. Beckwith. Linthicum. warfield. Brad
ley, Peter ana others, left this place, accom-
panied by fine pack of a dozen dogs and had
not proceeded more than mile from town in a
southern direction when the dogs struck trail
and in a few minutes had large red fox on the
run. They were here joined by Mr.. VIM.
Magruder a veteran fox hunter. and Messrs.
Mace and others. from the neiShborhood of
Bethesda, who also had with them a number of
hne dogs The place where the fox was started
was on the Wagner farm, and from there he
rapidly made his way through the farms of
Edward NJ. Veirs and others until he almost
reached the Georgetown pike. when he doubled
and came back nearly over the same ground
When nearing the starting point he was
for about two miles to the west. when he took
another turn and came back BY this TIME the
whole country WAS aroused and the woods
FIELDS and roads were full Of people. yelling
like Indians in their enjoyment OF the sport
One of the hunters became so excited as to
abandon bis horse and follow the dogs on foot
which he did for several miles. After run of
about hive hours, during which time the dogs
never seemed to lose the trad, the fox was cap
tured and killed by one of Mr.. Robert Isher-
woods dogs, the balance of the pack being
close in the rear. The animal proved TO be an
unusually large male red fox apparently sew
eral wears old. The dead fox was awarded TO
Mr.. L. {. Peter. who will preserve his skin as
memento of the chase.
During the past week the following transfers
OF real estate have been recorded in the office
of the clerk of the circuit court for this county:
Edward BaltZey to Irene Rowland. lot %
block l5 Glen Echo. II 900; same to Laura b.
stanton, lot II, block 14lz. Glen Echo, 81 100;
T. e.. Davis to John q. Thomas, lots IL. 10,
block 6, kensington, si15; same to Mamie II.
Nantz, lot -, block 1, lot /. block 10. kensing
ton. $3.50; same to W. l.. Mantz, lots Is and "a.
block l, kensington, -, 462; r. VI. Stabler to
Wesley Bowen, acres near Spencerville. $500;
Benz. T. Athey and Ellen VI. Hopkins to Snow
den J. Athey, % acres. 500; L. and Z. Baltzley
to II. 5. Britton. two lots at Glen Echo 80 4O7; H.
F. Leighton to Mary V. Harding, lot at Wood
side. $500; l.. b. Nicholson to Elizabeth UNI
stead, house and lot in Rockville, ~, 500; L. q.
Davis to James l.. Higgins lots 4 and ), block
?. kensington, 900; kufus A. Morrison to Vim.
o. Bohrer. lot 8. block 2. Aubrey Park. 800;
F. q. Carpenter, lots at Glen Echo Heights to Il.
b. Warder, trustee. S3.092; T. and f. Baltzey
10 Jane \. Andrews. lot rs, block 5, Glen Echo.
1895; same to Henry W. Andrews, lot q, block
10. Glen Echo, S9o3; Emile Huck and II. L.
Cook. attorneys, to Thomas Fitzsmmons. lot
Of land at kensington, SIP: same to {. ". Sell
man. lot at Knowles Station, Sl9i.
Maj. Benjamin Stephen White, well-known
citizen of this county. died very suddenly on
Friday evening last at his home i'll Barnesyille
IN the sixty-rfth year of his age. For some
time Maj. White had been in bad health and
subject To fainting spells. and on the evening
of his death was attacked with one in a store
he was visiting. He was taken home and put
TO bed by his friends, who left him sleeping
but when they returned to his bed in about AN
hour they found him dead. Deceased was
Tor number OF Years leading
merchant OF Poolesyille, and when the
late war commenced among the first to
leave this county for Virginia, where he joined
the southern army and was afterward appointed
major on the staff of Gen. j. +. Stuart. where
he remained until the close Of hostilities He
was IN all the principal engagements of the
army OF northern Virginia ana was wounded in
the neck by piece of shell at the big cavalry
hight at Brandy Station, short time before the
raid of Stuart through this county previous to
the battle of Gettysburg. After the war he was
engaged in mercantile business in Baltimore
untii Il few years ago, when he returned to this
county s. A. NJ.