Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-27
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE.
Preparations for the agricultural fair. to
be held here on the 5th, 9th and It'll days
Of September. are progressing favorably.
with every prospect Of a successful exhibit
ton. Work on the new exhibition hall and
dining room is being pushed by a large
force Of hands, and 1t will be completed in
ample time. The completion of this build
ing will give double the space heretofore at
the disposal Of the managers for the ex-
hibition Of household articles, musical in
struments, works Of art. fruits. flowers and
vegetables. The cleaning up of the grounds.
repair Of buildings. &C.. are about COM
pleted, and the track for trials of speed Is
In good condition. The following are the
entries for the several races during the
three days of the exhibition:
Three-minute class-Silver TAIL Julian +.
Walters. Derwood, Nd; Monte L., Robert
Lyddane. Rockville, Nd; Nugget Wilkes,
Fields & Kelchner. Rockville. Md; Dan, F.
NJ. Fraley, Olney, Nd; Fanny Martin, w.
]. and A. NJ Shepherd, Shepherdstown, w.
Va; F. Lee, John NJ. Hamersly, Alexan-
dria, Va; Fleetwood, Miss Valeria Fiack,
Forest Glen, Md. Belle W., Tim Shugrue.
Georgetown, d. c.; Wallse, M. l.. Berger,
Ivy City, d. c.
Colts. four years old and under. owned in
Montgomery county, Md.-Bradley, Julian
F. F; Waters. Derwood. Md; suffonal.
Gould. Alfred E. Ray, Forest Glen, Nd;
Forest Eddy, F. NJ. Page, Forest Glen. Md.
2.20 class, not filled and declared off.
2.21 class, trot or pace; purse $685. SUBJ
2.37 class-Harry D., f. B. Lafferty,
Washington, d. c.; Rose Bud, w. w. Fox,
Bridgeton. N. j.: Westmoreland. James
Patterson, Alexandria, Va; Claymore, jr.,
B. F. Millican. Brightwood, d. C.
Not opened to horses owned in Montgom-
cry county since two years old-Bessie
Gould. VIM. H. Rabbit, Rockville, Md;
Nd; Monte L., Robert Lyddane, Rockville.
Nd; Ray Gould. Alfred r. Ray, Forest
Glen. Nd; Nugget Wilkes. Fields & Kelch-
ner. Rockville. Md; Fleetwood. Miss Va
leria Flack. Forest Glen. Md.
2:s3 class-Harry D., Z. B. Lafferty,
Washington. d. c.; Peter Story, w. j. and
A. NJ. Shepherd. Shepherdstown. W. Va:
Rose Bud, w. w. Fox. Bridseton. N. j.;
dria, Va; Patrol. George w. Smith. Fred
erick. Nd: Claymore. jr.. b. F. Millican.
Brightwood. D. C.
245 class-Bessie Gould, VIM H. Rabbit.
Rockville, Nd. Leland Stanford, ]. P. Gott,
Buck Lodge. Nd; Fanny Morton, w. j.
and A. NJ. Shepherd, Shepherdstown. w.
Va; Longfellow and May T., B. F. MILL
can. Brightwood. d. c.
Rockville, Nd; Suffonal. Thomas j. Veirs.
Rockville. Nd; Nugget Wilkes. Fields &
Kelchner. Rockville. Md; Dan. George
Nicholson, Olney.
An additional running race, No. Is; stake,
IS each, $50 added; open to horses foaled
and owned in Montgomery county. Nd.
Four entries: three to start. Any nomina-
tor may start two horses. but will be paid
for best place gained. Should he get two
places his second money will go to next
best horse. Four furlongs and repeat.
Mr.. VIM. Koch and son of Baltimore are
guests at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs Ed
I'd DrOQn-
Mrs. Julian Moore of Washington is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Nicholson, this
town.
Mr. and Mrs Chas. ". Prettyman. Mr..
Joseph Reading and family, and Misses
Lille Prettyman, Rose and Margaret Hen
derson, have returned from visit to AS
bury Park.
Mr. Spencer c. Jones and daughter Miss
Bessie are home from short stay at At
lantic City.
Marriage licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court to James F. Fill
gate and Nellie E. Cassell, both of WASH
ington, and George w. Dorsey and Gather
Inc Thomas, county.
Mr. ellison West of Kentucky is visiting
friends and relatives at this place.
Miss Ellen d. Moore of Charlestown, West
Va, is a guest at the residence of Col A.
H. Aisquith, near Travilah.
Miss Effie Haney of West Washington is
visiting friends at this place.
Miss Edith Geib of Hyattsville. Md, who
has been visiting friends at Potomac, this
county, returned home last week.
Mr.. Upton b. Mackall Of Georgetown Is
at present sojourning with friends in this
county.
Republican primary elections were held in
the several election districts of this county
on Saturday evening, for the purpose of Sc
lecting delegates to a county convention to
meet here on Thursday next, to select a
delegation to the congressional nominating
convention at Frederick next week. The
contest In the county was between the ad-
herentS of Mr.. Thomas Dawson of this
place and Geo. l.. Wellington of Allegany
county. as candidates for the nomination to
Congress. In this district the opposition to
Mr.. Dawson was led by Mr.. John G. Eng
land, and quite a strenuous effort was made
to secure the delegation. The result of the
election in this district was 40 votes in
favor Of the Dawson delegates to % for
the opposition. The delegation consists of
Holden. H. Sedgwick and Geo. Washington:
MISUNDERSTANDING Mace. Samuel McMaster
VIM. Johnson. Thos. Ransell and Edw
Wood. Partial reports from the other dis
tricts render the result uncertain in the
county.
During the past week the following trans
fers of real estate have been placed on the
land record books of this county: Amanda
Takoma Park: s.. Patrick w. Connolly
to Edward Connolly, acres Of land: s..
Edw Connolly to p. w. Connolly, tract of
land. s.. r. M. Davis to J. and J. NJ.
Purdum, "A acres of land; $1,000 Joseph
stabler to Amelia A. Ousler 100 acres near
Spencerville; $1.150 VIM. Veirs Bouic.
trustee. to Joseph Dyson, "a acres near
Jamestown; $241. Lucinda E. Bushby to
Jas. c. Bushby, lease to lot in Washington
Grove: $3.50. Elizabeth L. Richards to
Henry N. Copp to Sarah V. Mccormick
lots in West End Park; $500. H.Maurice
Talbot. attorney, to Henry n. Copp, lot in
West End Park; 81, 600 r. Bennett to VIM.
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