Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-09
SANDY SPRING.
Many Happenings Of Interest In That
Section of Maryland.


Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
SANDY SPRING. MD. August T. 1898.
The Horticultural Society. Henry c. Hal
lowell president. Mr.. Charles Iddings Sec
rotary, held its August meeting at Clover
ley, the home Of John c. and Cornelia H.
Bentley. Most Of the members were pres
ent and SO many guests that the COM
pany numbered about sixty by tea time.
DR.. Mahion Kirk read an article upon berry
culture and Mary s. Hallowell a letter
from the worlds fair describing the won
ders of agricultural hall. A fine display
of cut flowers. fruit and vegetables added
to the interest of the occasion The asso-
citation will be entertained at Edgewood.
the home of Robert NJ. Stabler. in Sep
TENDER.
Mr.. Harvey Page Of Washington. who has
a beautiful country home here. had a dis
tressing experience at Ocean City. Nd. last
week. Hearing cry for help while he was
IL bath house he dashed into the water,
rescued S ,si young girl with her face down
other who was also in danger, when he DIS
covered they were his own daughters whom
he had saved by the merest chanc. A Miss
Bowen. who was with the Misses Page, VAS
drowned. to the great sorrow of her friends.
Miss Anna NJ Stabler of New York is
Montgomery county preparatory to sailing
on the 10th for England. where she has
been offered a position in the London office
Of the Theosophical Society during the alb
sence of Mrs. Besant In America. Miss
Stabler. who is a fine speaker. will doubt
less discharge her new duties creditably.
NJ. Hallowell. captain, experienced both
victory and defeat last week, the former
In a contest with Jamestown men. and
the latter at the hands of that precocious
youngster. the Sherwood nine. There are
to be several other match games in August
Edward marc Carter who o,n vas snsnested at
post office at Ednor some months since. has
been at last arrested for the offense, he
which has been fully Identified by the pro-
prfetor. Mr.. Coar. as his own property. 1t
is hoped that our peaceful community may
be relieved Of the presence of a lawless
citizen.
Warwick P. Miller and daughters are at
Virginia NJ. Stabler in Loudoun county, Va.
where the latter is to 9fnciate shortly for
her cousin, Miss Clara Hughes
The republican primary meeting at Olney
on Saturday afternoon was largely attend
Chas F. Kirk presided and William Ever
EFT Brown was secretary. Chas. H. Brooke.
William c. Jones, Benjamin H. Miller
Henry H. Miller. Thomas ]. Lea, Remus O.
Hill and Singleton Billows We're appointed
delegates to the cOnven ton at Rockville on
Tuesday.
Much sympathy is felt for George b.
and Zaidee Tenant Miller In the loss of
their only child. Louise Tenant. who died
at the home of her grandmother, Mrs.
Caroline H. Miller, on Sunday morning. and
was inferred In Friends burying ground.
Miss Mary Stabler, Mrs Carrie Marshall
and John Leadbeater OF Alexandria, Wal
| ter Lea. Mrs. Smoot and daughter, Misses
Mrs Isaac Stone, Miss Minnie Howard,
Edward NJ. Needles and daughter, Richard
l.. Bentley and wife, Edward Stabler and
son. Bernard Gilpin, Henry FYtzhugh, Mrs
Edward Reese. Mrs. William Bartlett and
children, Ernest and Gillett Gill are late
arrivals here.
John C. Bentley and wife. Mary s. Hal
lowell, Anna, Sarah and Roger b. Farqu-
har, jr.. Newton and Mortimer Stabler
ley and Edward Clifton Thomas left for
Chicago on Monday via the Chesapeake
and Ohio, and will return by Niagara in
county. Robert NJ. Reese and Miss Warner
of Washington. Miss Smoot. Albert Reese
and sisters of Baltimore are in the same
party, which will be reinforced by other
friends in Chicago, where quarters have
been engaged at the same house for about
TWENTY-FIVE persons