Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-12
ROCKVILLE.

In connection with the robbery of the
store of Frost Brothers, at this place, on
Wednesday night last, three arrests have
been made, the parties being Charles
Campbell. VIM. Somerville and VIM. Ham
mond, all colored. The suspected parties
reside about two miles west of this place,
and at the time of the arrest of Hammond
and Campbell but little was found to i'm
piicate them, but the officers again visited
their home on Saturday night and, by
means of promises of immunity, induced
somervlile 10 INFORM them where the stolen
goods were concealed. Tney were found
PACKED in a pine box ana buried in the
ground in a D-ece OF woods several hun
ured yards from the cabin IN winch
SomervlIie anu several otner negroes lived.
The goods found the box Consisted OF
ABOUT twenty pounos or bacon, a large lot
or tobacco anu cigars, soap, baking pow
ders, cotton, ETC., and these have peen
tuiIy idenuned as the goOds stoien from
Frost Brothers. 1t has also transpired
that these are the same parties who
robbed the provision store of MT. stephen
B. Lyddane at this place some weeks ago.
during the winter the oepreuations of the
gang nave extended TO almost every hen
roost in a radius of five miles from their
home.
h-Ien, daughter of DIR. and Mrs. r. C.
Warned. DIED here yesterday after a short
illness OF mempranous Group.
Rev. ). K. White, the recently-called
pastor OF Upper Seneca Baptist Church.
occupied that pulpit yesterday.
Clarksburg Lodge of Good Templars Will
celebrate their eighth anniversary on
Thursday evening next at the NJ. T..
Church, that place. Rev. W. F. Roberts.
Prof. o. w. Hawks and Chief Templar
Burdette will deliver addresses on the
occasion.
Petitions are in circulation in Gathers
burg district asking the legislature to
amend the local option law so as to add
Imprisonment in the house of correction
to the present penalty of fine for violation
of the law. Also for the passage of a high
license liquor law for the county.
J. T. Walter. H. l.. Collier and c. NJ.
Edwards. arrested for disorderly conduct
at Dickerson station, were discharged upon
payment of fine and costs.
The following transfers of real estate
were last week recorded in the office vf the
clerk of the circuit court for this county:
3. H. Warner to Sinclair B. Sheibley, three
lots at Kensington; $3.50. Henry N. Copp
to John o. A. Pfeiffer, lot in West End
Park; $500. Josephine c. Butler to Jose
phine r. Mix. two lots in Takoma Park /;
$. Samuel d. Waters to VIM. E. Mamma
kee deed of partition. Glen Echo Rail-
road Company to Edward and Edwin
Baltzley. four blocks and nine lots al High
Point 5. Susie A. Hartford to Forest
Glen Improvement Company. four lots in
Forest Glen; $1,000. Solomon Williams to
Clinton African NJ. f. Church lot In Rock
Vile: 5. Albert F. Childs to Mabel j..
Childs. one-half lot in Rockville; s2.1J0.
Charles G. King to Anna Neehouse, nine
teen acres of land; $500 VIM. n. Thomp-
son to Sarah NJ. Pearre. half-acre lot in
Hyattstown, $. Frances A. Britain to
Forest Glen Presbyterian Church. one
fifth interest in lot at Forest Glen; SD
George p. Hirsch to Jacob l.. johnson,
80 1-3 acres of land near Hyattstown;
$99S.35. John w. Cecil to Jacob l.. john
son, 1-3 acres of land near Hyattstown |;
$1,000. Benz. Johnson to Jacob l.. John
son, 70 % acres of land near Hyattstown !;
$1,000. Charles l.. Dubois to Otis Bigelow,
IA acres of land and right of way: $.
Zadoc Summers to Charles T. Day, % II
acres of land near Boyd's; s4I5. Charles
c. Waters to Sarah j. Sellman. lot In
Clafksburg; $3.50. T. w. Matthews TO
Edwin F. Abel, half interest in 102 81
acres of land: $500 Jas. A. Jackson to
Lemuel A. jackson, 20 acres of land: 1865
Lemuel A. Jackson to Andrew L. Jackson,
20 acres of land: 1856. S. Sprigg Belt to
Mary E. Belt, lot at Kensington Park !;
5. County commissioners of Montgomery
county to Rockville and Bethesda Turnpike
Company. the turnpike from Rockville to
Bethesda; 5. Fred. p. Hays to Charles
NJ. Ward, l "a acres Of land; s. Henry
N Copp to DIR. w. E Northampton lot
in West End Park; 1900 Charles j. Ger
deed for lots in "Janeta," Rockville: 5.
Annie l.. Bready to Clara r. Harriss. one
acre of land near Peters Mill; $50. Peter
& Henderson. trustees, to VIM. F. Kengla,
IA acres Of Wilson estate; $500.