Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-25

i Eleanore Stuber, who died at Weisbadel
;. several months ago, left this amount to tn
children of John and Anna Maria Hoffman,
born Muller, who came to America man,
years ago and have not been found.
Surveyors in the employ of the Baltimor,
and Ohio Railroad Company were at worl
i, Monday locating route for a branch raj.
road to connect Charlton Heights, on th,
Washington Branch, with Silver Spring, OF
the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimor,
and Ohio Railroad, The surveying party
reached Sligo creek, about one mile from
Silver Spring, Monday night and expected
to finish their labors Tuesday.
The closing exercises of the school a
Comus will be held in Mt. Vernon Hall, OF
May S1st, at 7:30P. M. The program is as fol
lows: Music, vocal and instrumental, by
the school; REGULATIONS and Declarations
keadings-concert, scriptural and secular
Building the Flag, by fifty one pupils-reci.
tatlVe,declamatory, spectacular and musical ;
Desarte movements, by sixteen girls, and a
drill, by twelve boys; Benedictus.
The mill of the Gaithersburg Milling and
Manufacturing Company was entered again
Saturday night by party of five men. Two
OF the party obtained information from a
little boy that evening which aroused sus,
picion. Manager Miller put on extra watch
men and the burglars effected an entrance
One man only went in before the watch
men were in pursuit. The burglars OBJ.
tanned no booty.
District Lodge No. of Good Templars
held quarterly session at Burtonsvlle with
Progress Lodge on Saturday. A large rep.
resentation of the thirteen lodges in Mont.
gomery county was in attendance. Twelve
persons Joined the organization and Grand
Secretary Lewis conferred the degree. Re-
ports of officers showed a large surplus in
the treasury, large gain in membership,
and one new lodge instituted.
Mr.. Philip w. Avirett, of Cumberla nd
and Miss May A. Goodwin, of Waterville,
N. y, were married in jacksonville, Fla -,
Tuesday, at the residence of Mr.. Eben Bean,
a cousin of the bride Rev. Jas B. Avirett,
father of the groom, officiated Mr.. Avirett
is connected with the Cumberland Eoe,etng
Times and the Hagerstown Morning Neaos.
Miss Goodwin is a daughter of William b.
Goodwin, President of the National Bank
OF Watervlle, N. Y, who is largely inter
ested in railroad and banking affairs in New
York and the South.
All persons interested in the Sunday
Schools of the first collection district of the
county are invited to be present in the NJ
e. Church, Laytonsville, on Wednesday,
May 30th, at 8 o'clock, p NJ Mr.. George
f. Pollock, President of the Montgomery
County Sunday School Association, will pre-
side and make an address. Rev ID. b. Win
stead will conduct devotional exercises Rev.
William q. Brian, pastor of Epworth Nj. Il.
Church, Gaithersburg, will make an address
Special music for the occasion will be fur
nished by the church choir.
We regret to learn that the Rev. DIR. j L.
Lodge and his accomplished daughter, Miss
Lillian, have withdrawn from the "Waverly
Club" of Gaithersburg. The Doctor stood
at the cradle of this club, and we had in.
dulged the hope that he would have con-
tinued to give it the influence of his scholar
ly attanments, energy and experience for
many years to come. We can but think
that the club will experience a serious loss
in the withdrawal of DIR. Lodge. We learn
also, with pleasure, that the Doctor has con-
sented to deliver the annual address before
the Female Institute at Luray, Va, on the
Both instant He is polished and classical
writer, a chaste and forcible speaker, and
we predict rich treat for the Institute on
the occasion named.
An interesting meeting of the Centennial
Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
of this place was held on Friday night last
and was well attended. A letter from Rev.
4. Z. Jones, a missionary to Cuba, was read
to the audience. After the breaking of the
jugs containing the yearly contributions To
the cause, a recitation was given by Miss
Viola Fowler, followed by dialogue in
which ten members OF the society partici-
pated, and in which Chinese song was in
troduced. A quartet, by Misses Verde
Kingdom, Rena an / Vaudia Braddock and
Beulah Sage, was much applauded. The
principal feature of the evening was dia.
logue in which the Chinese, Burmese and
the tribes of Karen were represented, re.
spectively, by Misses Daisy Kelchner, May
Council and Susie Davis in appropriate cos.
tune. The society is in a furnishing con.
dition.
Governor Brown on Monday forwarded TO
Attorney General Poe the copy of joint
resolution passed at the last session OF the
Legislature relative to unclaimed deposits in
the national banks doings business in Mary
land. The preamble to the resolution sets
forth that it is believed that large unclaimed
deposits from intestate and other estates ex
ist in many of the national banks, and that
it is desirable that these should be publicly
announced at least once year so that they
may be claimed by the proper persons. The
national banks have refused to comply with
the law which requires all banks in this
State to publish once a year statement of
all unclaimed deposits of three years stand
ing The officers of these banks say that,
being national institutions, the banks can
not be made the subject of inquiry by State
laws. The joint resolution requests the Gov.
ernor to direct the Attorney General or some
States Attorney in Maryland to make a test
case in order to get a decision by the courts
on the position taken by national banks
The Governor requests the Attorney Gen
eral to confer with him before taking legal
steps in the matter.
The regular meeting of the Library AssO-
citation of Kensington was held on Friday
evening last at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
| w. w. Eldridge, the president, Mr.. G. w
r. Stokes, in the chair. After the business
was transacted an interesting program was
| given, the principal feature Of which was