Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-05
ROCKVILLE,

In the circuit court yesterday the follow
Ing cases were considered: State agt. VIM.
| Somerville. larceny; guilty and sentenced
to Maryland penitentiary for two years.
State against VIM. Hammond, larceny
guilty, sentenced to penitentiary for three
years. State agt. VIM. Somerville, statutory
breaking. guilty; sentenced to penitentiary
for two years. State against VIM. Ham
mond. statutory breaking, guilty, three
years in penitentiary. State against Sam
uel J.Cockerell. Harry Cockerell and others,
unlawful destruction of property; not gull
ty. State against Harry Russell, selling
whisky; jury failed to agree. VIM. Hill.
convicted OF assault with intent to KILL was
sentenced 10 the penitentiary for three
years.
A closely contested game Of base ball was
played at Jacksonville on Saturday between
the Jacksonville nine and picked nine
from Dickerson, Clarksburg and Boyd's, re-
sulting in a score of to 3 il favor of Daw-
sonville. The home battery was composed
Of White and Allnutt, the opposing battery
Of Hilton and Hartman of Clarksburg. A
feature OF the game was the brilliant pitch
Ing of White. striking out twenty-five men
to eight struck out by Hilton. Nine in
ntngS were played, and the game was close
from start to finish. For the first i've in
| nings the score stood to 1.
| The town hall at Poolesville was the scene
/ OF delightful dance on Wednesday night.
music for the same being furnished by an
orchestra from Frederick city. The COM
mittee Of arrangements was composed of
! the following gentlemen: Benjamin White,
Walter Williams, Elijah White and Eugene
| Jones. Among those present were DR.. and
Mrs. Edw. Wooton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
| Williams, MIR. and Mrs. Mansfield White,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Poole, Misses Wise
and Osborne of Leesburg, Va; Miss Mar
chant of Saluda, Va; Misses Ella Thomas
and Jennie White, Adamstown; Miss Hattie
/ Nichols. TuscarOra; Mss Annie Griffith,
Olney; Miss Blanche Crawford. Laytons-
/ Vile; Misses Laura and Amanda Waters,
| Goshen; Misses Mamie and Anna Poole,
Bette. Carrie and Mary Williams, Beckie
and Dora Hall. Eloise WoOton, Mole FL
gin, Aletha and Lutte Brewer, Kate Pyles,
Margaret Allnutt, Hattie Hershberger. Sadie
Hempstone. Linda Jones, Anna Sullivan and
Miss Byrd; Messrs Chas. Nalley and War
rem Norris. Washington; Messrs. Giddings
and Clopman, Leesburg Va; Messrs Hem
bers, McGill Belt. Adamstown: Nc
Cubbin Waters, Goshen; Wallace Jones,
Rockville; Mr.. Shoemaker, Georgetown;
Messrs. Lawrence Alnutt, Joseph Dyson,
Nathan Allnutt. VIM. and Samuel Hersh-
berger, Oliver Sellman, John and VIM. JONES'
Wallace and Glen Poole, Lewis Allnutt
Carroll Shreves. Lawrence and Edward CHS
well.
An election for mayor and four council
men will be held at this place on Monday
the Ith OF May A number of names are
mentioned for these positions
Friday, the 18th instant, having been des-
ignated by Gov. Brown as "Arbor day. in
this state. the same will be observed by the
public schools of this county in planting
trees and appropriate literary and musical
exercises. Prof E. B. Prettyman of the
state board of education has issued a circu-
lar letter to the teachers of the state re-
commenting that the same day be utilized
as Library day." and that a united effort
be made to Increase the public school libra
ries 1t is earnestly desired that all friends
of the schools attend the exercises on that
day and make liberal contributions for this
purpose 1t is expected that the exercises
OF the day this year will be of unusual in
terest and that they will be largely attend
co. s. A. NJ.