Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-01
NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE.
Interesting Meeting OF the Montgomery
County Grange-General Notes.

Correspondence O. The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. February /, 1892.
Alta meeting of Montgomery County Grange.
held at Brighton on the Goth ult., the following
officers we're elected for the ensuing two years:
Master. Jos. b. Ager; overseer, II. II. Miller;
lecturer. c. K Hartshorne; steward VIM. Ev-
erett Brown; chaplain. &. ]. Burdette; assistant
steward. I. L. Brown: treasurer. Edw. J. CHS
well; secretary. +. l.. Hsrtskorue gate keeper,
A. J. Bennett. Pomona. Carnarini Janney;
Flora. Olive y Beall; Ceres, Elizabeth t. Sta
bier: lady assistant steward. Maggie J. Duval
l.. !. ChiSwel aud John {. Bentley we're elected
members Of the executive committee for three
wears in place Of {. e. Hartshorne and W. B.
TschIfely. An interesting paper on road
building was read by }. D. VARIED of
Olney Grange. which was followed by al
animated discussion of the subject. propo-
sition for the county TO issue bonds for the
purpose Of Tracadamizing the public roads after
some discussion was Withdrawn. Nessr5. j. ID.
Wsrfield. Augustus Stapler, E. j. ChisweH,
Louis H. Dugall and James b. Halloweil
we're appointed a committee to agitate the
question in the newspapers. to give their indi-
v.dual views and induce others III the county TO
suggest WAYS and means of raising money for
The purpose OF improving the highways. The
committee appointed las winter to secure bet
ter market facilities in Washington was con-
be ready to take action in the next Congress.
The Irving Literary and Social Club met at
the residence OF Mr. Guion Miller. Woodside
ON FRIDAY evening. when an election OF officers
for the ensuing three months took place.
suiting follows: Guion Miller. president;
Lewis 2. Thomson. vice president; Lieut. Wm.
stewart. secretary and treasurer: Mre. Dr.
Clark. e'lItreSs. and Mr.. Bushnell. editor. The
following program " exercises was atterward
rendered quotation from TIE Merchant of
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and Mrs. Lewis Il. Thomson. recitation BY MIR.
Miller. reading by Mrs. D-. Clarke. reading by
Mr. John wilson aud reading of journal by Mr.
Walter Wright. After these exercises bouutiful
Refreshments were served ana social pleasures
ind glgcd in making II delightful evening TO
al present. Among the many in attendance
were Mr. f. Benjamin. Mr.. Van Week. Miss
keys, Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott Wright, DIR. and
Mrs. Eugene Clarke and Lieut.. and Mrs.
Stewart.
The Rockville Literary and Social Club held
ITS weekly meeting AZ the residence OF Mr.. JAS
Il. Henderson. where the members were hand
sOmely entertained. The literary exercises con-
sisted of reading The Tanning of the Shrew.
the members of the club personstlng the sew
ersl characters. Fine vocal and instrumental
music a pleasing feature of the occasion.
/ tne repa-t was also provided for all present.
Among those present were Mrs. Geo. c: Daw-
son, Misses Katharine ChOate. Estelle Talbot,
Mary and Salle Anderson, Emma and Nettie
England. Emma Culver. Sophie Higgins. Daisy
Mason, Mary Trail. Mary Lvddane, Lille Wash
burne, Rose and Maggie Henderson and Miss
Bessie Daw of Washington. Messrs. q. and L.
Nicholson. ABBY Henderson. Warren Choate,
Chas. Maddox, Vim. Henry, Lane Johns. How
ard England, II. :. Roome. Milton Dickinson,
Morgan Washburne. Chas. Jones.
Mr.. John ii. Gassaway, president of the
school board and Agricultural Society of this
county, was some days ago, taken violently i'll
with pneumonia while visit TO Hagers-
town. and for some time his friends in the county
were very uneasy in regard TO the termination
OF the disease. Latest accounts represent him
to be convalescent and out Of immediate dan
ger.
met with a painful accident yesterday by hay
ing one Of his legs badly crushed by barrel OF
cider, which he was handling, falling upon it.
DIR. Eds. Anderson rendered surgical aid. and
Mr.. Kelley il slowly improving. s. A. II.