Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-20
SUBURBAN NEWS.
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE.
Jurors Drawn for the Circuit Court
Other Interesting Items.

c-respocdence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, October y, 1893.
Judge John T. Vinson today drew the
names of the following persons to serve as
Jurors at the November term OF the circuit
court: First district-Hickerson b. Penn.
Francis L. Bell. VIM. b. Mobley; second
dstrict-Charies e. Waters. VIM Warfield.
VIM H. Page; third district-Samuel Y.
Remsburg, Joseph ". Darby. BENZ. F. Dy-
son. Michael T. Pyles. Henry e. Allnutt,
Carson Hyatt; fourth district-George NJ
Frey, John L. Dawson. John H. Harriss.
Jonathan w. Baker. Nelson H. Robertson.
Zadoe T. Crown. George VI. Dorcus: NTH
district-Wm. Rich. Vim. 9. Duvall, Joseph
z. Moore. Asa N. Stabler; sixth district
Joseph N. AIinutt, Zebedee H. Beall. John
T. Best: seventh district-James l.. Morri-
son. Henry c. Renshaw, Walter T. Green
Held; eighth dstrict-wm. H. Gilpin, Brice
w. Howard. James p. Stabler, Francis I.
Let1ear; ninth Observation-Disclosures T. Ritten-
hover, John w. Briggs. Ebert Perry: tenth
district-Thomas F. Myers. James L. OTutt.
Francis 8. Kilgour; eleventh district-John
p. Sellman, Lemuel Awkard, John &.
Rhodes: twelfth district-Thomas G. Wood
field. Singleton L. King, Columbus r. Pur-
dunn: thirteenth district-Samuel ". Cissell,
Zachariah Mangum, Geo. w. Blake. This
term Of court commences on the second
Monday Of November and will probably
last for three or four weeks.
At recent meeting of the members OF
the Christian Church at this place the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Elders-John W. Horner, Frank B.
Horner and Hezekiah w. Trail: deacons-
Edwin NJ. West, Harry G. Hurley and Thorn
as E. Owens; clerk-Miss Annie Owens.
On Thursday. the 18th instant. the ladies
OF the Neelsville Presbyterian Church will
hold festival of a social and intellectual
character, the principal attraction being a
lecture at 7:30 p. m. by Rev. H. e. Alex
ander Of Washington. on a subject entitled:
"A man Of the twentieth century" Refresh
ments will be served in tents on the church
lawn. Proceeds for the benefit Of the
church.
Thomas Kenney, a well-known colored
man of this town. while engaged in a fight
with another man at Petersburg few days
ago. was seriously injured by being stabbed
with knife.
During the recent heavy storm the barn of
Mr.. VIM Jones, about two miles west of
this place. was blown down.
About $50 bushels of wheat In a pen and a
large rick OF straw. the property of Mr.. VIM.
II. Vinson, residing near Jamestown, were
Destroyed by fire on Tuesday night last.
The fire is supposed to be the work Of an
incendiary.
Mr.. Robert Wilson Of Bethesda and Miss
Leila E. Burriss were married on Wednes-
day. at the residence of the brides parents
In Potomac district
Mr.. Warren r. Choate and mother and
Aisses Catharine and Eliza Choate Of this
place have gone to the worlds fair.
Rev L. L. Lloyd of the NJ. f. Church
South Will commence protracted meeting
at Emory on Sunday next, which will be
continued during the following week.
The season for bird shooting, under the
state law, will commence In this county on
the LIST Of November. Birds are reported as
scarce In this section.
A gray eagle. measuring feet inches
from tip to tip of wings. was killed a few
days ago on the farm of Richard H. Griffith,
near Unity. this county.
Mr.. VIM. T. Lewis OF Jamestown left here
on Tuesday for the worlds fair at Chicago
>. A. NJ.