Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-30
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE,
Getting Ready for the A~etraltau BalssA-A
SERIOUS Aecadent--Notes.

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Correspondence Of The Evening Star
Rockville, Sept. ne, 1884.
| In the orphans' court Tuesday letters TESLA
mentary on the personal estate Of Anna 4.
Hartshorne, deceased, were granted to Isssc
Hartshorne, the executor named in the will |,
bond, $500. Hattersly W. Talbot, executor Of
". ". Owen, deceased, and Edward r. stablef,
administrator Of Mary A. Stabler, deceased,
passed FIRST and final accounts Josiah W.
Jones, administrator Of J. d. Barnsley, de-
ceased, passed thirteenth and final account
James NJ. Holland, administrator Of Elizabeth
j. Holland deceased, fled receipts of the heirs
of the deceased.
In anticipation Of the Australian ballot law,
which will 60 into effect in this county at the
November election, the county commissioners
have contracted with Mr.. william Roussey Of
Baltimore for the construction Of thirteen
voting booths, TO be erected in the several cleo
uon d1stricts. These booths are to be delivered
on the cars a. Baltimore and will cost the
county &l2S for the lot
Henry Lowe, q youth about fifteen years Of
age, residing about two miles west of this
place, met with serious accident Tuesday
while experimenting with some gunpowder. He
made hole in the ground, into which he
poured a heavy charge Of powder and then at
tempted to explode the same with lighted
match. Not succeeding in this he put
in another heavy charge, when the
entire mass Of powder exploded. tearing up the
earth and frightfully burning him about the
face and neck. DR.. E. E. stonestreet was
called in some time afterward, but could not at
that time tell whether he would lose the sight
of his eyes or not, as they were badly swollen.
Today he is somewhat better and the doctor
burned on the chin and one side Of his neck.
Miss Edith Morley OF Baltimore, Misses
Thomas Of Buckeyestown and Mr.. A. johnson
Of Salem, Va, are visiting in the vicinity Of
Jacksonville,
Mr.. B. F. Dyson, prominent citizen Of the
Poolesviile district, who has been seriously i'll
for some time, is now convalsscent.
During the past two weeks Mr.. Henry N.
Copp has sold lots in West End Park, at this
place, to the amount Of s6,250, a. follows:
Dr. F. Won Rosser, lots I, 2 and 8, in section IL;
81, $50: Miss NJ. E. Rowe Of Kansas, lots 4s, 40
lots "a and 25, section z; $500. ". D. Dsloe,
lots 16 and II, section Z; $500. G. W. Rodman,
lots IS and IA. section IA; $500. Stephen
Robertson, lot IS, section 7, and lot 8,
section Is; $500. T. J. Murphy, lot Is,
;s' snS :sc ssSe cSs0,R .
Maddox is at present engaged in subdividing
for Mr.. Copp q wooded tract Of 20 acres 'front.'
ing on the Metropolitan Branch railroad be-
tween Kensington and Rock creek. This new
subdivision will not be put on the market be-
fore next spring.
Miss Margaret Allnutt, after an extended So
journ in southwestern Virginia, has returned to
her home in this county,
An all-day meeting will be held in the Baptist
Church at Cedar Grove on Sunday next. The
regular pastor, Rev. l.. R. Melbourne, will be
assisted in the exercises of the occasion by
Prof. Harley of Comus
Miss Kate Pyles Of the third district has re-
turned to the Episcopal Institute at winches-
ter, Va, where she will graduate at the close Of
the present scholastic year. Miss Mary Lee
Waters Of the same vicinity has become a pu-
pill at the Virginia State Normal School at Farm
ington.
Farmers in this vicinity are now busily en-
gagged in seeding wheat, and should the weather
continue favorable large area will be planted.
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