Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-01
ROCKVILLE.

among the pleasant entertainments given
curing the holidays none has surpassed that
given at the Carroll Hotel Great Falls on
thursday evening last. The large parlors
OF the house were handsomely decora ted
for the occasion and were crowded TO their
full capacity. Fine music enliyened the o.
casion and dancing was INDUCED i'm until
the early hours of the next morning. An
ample supper, served at midnight, was also
pleasant feature of the evenings enter
tainment Among those in attendance
''Nere misses Louise and Jennie Welsh.
Misses Gleason, Belaski. Bell Hook. West
cotI Riley and Levin. Messrs F. and ].
Green, VIM. Hammond, r. Crumbaugh. r
kengla, ]. Ready, VIM. Brown. Mr.. ana
Mrs. w. c. Carroll, Thomas Shipman. A
Rabbit Thos. Crowley. w. Crumbaupb
w. H. Shipman. Chas. Ricketts,, Thos.
blssett and family GEORGETOWN: Misses
marie and Cora Bissett. Mrs Osborne and
daughter, Miss Ella Howard, Mr. A. Houser.
arS dh sts hlcketts and sister. Fred. Collier
ana sisters, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. c. Fisher II
w. carroll and family, Mr.. and Mrs. A II
FISHER, A. j. jackson, VIM Jackson Thos
RieSetts and sister. Julian Osborne, Mr..
ana Mrs. James West, Samuel Fisher ana
sister, Eugene Bissett and family CHARLES
Sreamer and sister. Mr.. and Mrs Chas
case, j. w. Fields. Thos. Sullivan. Enoch
Greamer, Val Collier, L. HILL Nathan
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county; Samuel Case and Mrs. III. A. Gar.
rett of Washington, Howard Films and las
Trammell of Virginia '"0
AT recent meeting OF Forest Oak Lodge
n or F., at GaithersSurg. the folIowiny
officers were elected for the ensuing tar,,,
Master or work. DR.. Z. H. Etchison. chan
ceiior commander, II. c. Moon; vice cham
eeiior r.. L. Amiss; prelate, VIM NJ. Car
nsle; keeper OF records and seals Dr. D. G
Owings; master of finance VIM. NJ Fling.
master of exchequer. David G. Carlisle.
sergeant-at-arms, Geo. w. Selby. Richard
n. Miles was elected representative to the
Grand Lodge. '''e
Mir. Allen S. Orme and Miss Mary =
Miles were married at GAINESVILLE on Tines
day by Rev. r. NJ. Moore
Miss Marie Adams of Washington paid
place. ~ Niiis
Mr.. and Mrs. John Byrne of Gaithersbure
nave gone to Boston to attend at the bed
s,ae Q. their sick daughter. who has been
attending school in that city
MISS Alice Edmondston of this place will
spend the winter at the residence of her
brother, Richard Edmondston. at East Liv-
erpool, Ohio.
Mr.. Chas. Aisquith of Baltimore ana Mr.
Geo. Aisquith of Charlestown w. Va. have
been recent visitors at the home of Col. A.
II. Aisquith, near Jamestown this county
The land record books of this county show
the following transfers Of real estate dur
ing the past week: Samuel E. Rabbit and
others to Nicholas z. Ray, one-half of lots
In Janetta, $1,000; Ira p. Dodge to sara
Jane Dodge. eleven acres of Hermitage"
SLIGO; National Chautauqua to VIM II
1erkes. five lots at Glen Echo s.; Henry
n. Copp and others to Emma Buckley, lot
l.: section IL, West End Park. $500: w. Len
Clark to Jennie E. Barrie. parts OF lots in
Takoma Park s.: WHY'S s. Gaines to n
IL. Warner, lot at Kensington Park s.:
Alfred +. Fairall, ex-sheriff to George w
Ofutt one and a quarter acres of land.
y; Daniel S. Ramsburg to James A Kemp
1891 acres of land. $1,000: Henry N Copp
to Benjamin F. Bohrer two lots in West
End Park, $500; H. Maurice Talbot attor-
ney, to VIM. c. Bowman. g. acres of land.
H.350.5O; j. Sprigg Poole to Chas O. Nc
lntosh. a lot at Poolesville. s.; Rebecca d
Davis to Perry f. Brown, 10 perches of land
at Brookeville, $50; Rebecca ID. Davis 10
Alice v. Ward, 1A acres in Brookeville.
S225; VIM. r. Fulks to John W. Briggs. %
acres of land near Gaithersburg l,15O: b.
II. Warner and others to Presbyterian
Church at Kensington, a lot at Kensing-
ton Park, s.
The following gentlemen have been elect
ed trustees of the NJ. z. Church South at
Gaithersburg: Nathan ]. Walker president;
f. l.. Amiss, secretary: Gideon Briggs
treasurer: Edward Ward, John w. Briggs.
Thomas J. Owen and JAS X. Walker.
Since the late disastrous fire at Takoma
the subject of providing some protection
against this destructive element is receive
ing additional attention in the towns of the
county. 1t is rather a singular fact that
during the past fifty years not single
dwelling house has been destroyed by fire
in Rockville, the only CONGREGATIONS being
confined to one church and three or four
stables. S. A. NJ.