Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-10
JUDGES OF ELECTION
Appointed mt Rockville Yesterday for
Montgomery County.

M0ntgomery County.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. October 8. 1893.
On Friday night last a singular and dis
tressing shooting accident occurred at the
residence Of Mr.. John Stone, in Potomac
district. and the particulars appear to be
as follows: A young son Of Mr. Stone.
aged about eleven years, had, during the
evening. been engaged in reading a work
OF hction. In which was portrayed scenes
OF HE among the Indians and COW boys
OF the west and became much excited over
the thrilling narrative. After he had fin
ished the story and retired for the night
his mind still appeared to dwell on the ex-
citing details and he was heard talking in
MS sleep about two extraordinary shots
that had been fired with fatal effect. His
mother repaired to his room and after con-
Versing with him for a short time left him
appaI emily quietly sleeping. After she had
pesn down stairs but q brief time two shots
were heard N quick succession and when
the family reached the upper part of the
mouse II was found that the boy had arisen
In his sleep. gone into his fathers room.
taken revolver from bureau drawer and
nred two shots from the same one taking
enect In The ceiling Of the room while one
OF the balls had lodged in the front part OF
ms mead, making a CHASTITY wound Medi-
cal AID was at once summoned and every
enort made to save his life Yesterday he
was thought to be somewhat better but
was Still delirious, and talked constantly
OF the two shots, one Of which he still in
eists took effect in the head Of his father. He
Is considered an unusually bright boy and
noted for his love of reading. There an
pears TO be no doubt that the shot was
nred while he was asleep and with his mind
excited by what he had been reading. Much
sympathy for the family is expressed in the
community in which they reside
The supervisors of election met here today
and made the following Appointments OF
Judges and clerks for the November cleo
tons: First district-Judges. Robert Plum
mer Jas. Williams. Henry III, Ward. hal.
LOT clerks, L. E. Riggs, Thos. c. Griffith:
tally clerks Arthur Brizendine VIM. D.
Beall Second district-Judges Geo. f. Lin
tnicum. =. {; Gardner. Jas. r. Howes: bal
ton; tally clerks. Webster Burdette w. r.
windsor. Third district-Judges Edw J.
Chiswell, Geo. w. Fletcher, ID. ]. Willard /.
6 ballot f,o clerks; John IL Williams. D. z.
win +. Huffer. Fourth district-Judges.
John b. Edmonston. Louis L. Sadtler. Hen.
~ F. DIVER; ballot clerks. VIM. w. Rus
sell. " w Onutt; tally clerks. John L.
Brunett. Howard q. England. Fifth dis
trict-Judges. VIM. E. Shaw, VIM. p Wa
tiers. Walter Brooke; ballot clerks Alfred
9. Towlson, Elias p. Marlowe: tally clerks.
wilson G. Johnson, Mortimer Stabler Sixth
III. n
Gunnell. James T. Purdum: ballot clerks,
Wilson b. Tschiffely, George Baughman
tally clerks, James II. Tschiffeiy, Rapha 81
7. Jarboe. Seventh cistrict-Judges. MIN
ian NJ Perry. b. r. Ball. Louis Shoemaker:
ballot clerks, John z. West, James NJ. En-.
brey; tally clerks. Charles Mathews. Ed
ward f. Crockett Eighth district-Judees
John c. Bentley. French NJ. Gartrell Fra nix
M. Hallowell: ballot clerks, Elijah ]. Let
GEAR. Lafayette Dyer; tally clerks, George
z. White, Allan Farquhar. Ninth district
Judges, George w. Meem. James r. Walk
er, Hamilton Crawford: ballot clerks. sam
uel S. Gloyd. j. c. Baughinan; tally clerks.
ID. A Beall. c. Scott Duvan Tenth dis
trict-Judges, John G. Stone. VIM K Jones.
:" Slater: ballot clerks. Frank s. Kilgour.
Robt W. Stone: tally clerks, Charles
Creamer, VIM. T. Lynch. Eleventh dis
trict-Judges, VIM. C. Brewer. Fred p.
Hays. John w. Brown; ballot clerks. Louis
c. Scholl. Allen s. Orme: tally clerks. Fran
els NJ. Griffith, VIM. c. Brown. Twelfth
district-Judges. VIM. c. Bellison, John r.
Purdum. Singleton II. King: ballot clerks.
n. Lyde Griffith. John r. Mount: tally
clerks. r. Kent King. John F. Burdette OF
James. Thirteenth disadvantages, Cephas
F. Hardy. Thomas G. Hardesty, R. X. Van
horn: ballot clerks. Charles Eccleston. w.
c. Dwyer; tally clerks. George Davis. A. b.
Smith. s. A NJ