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

At a meeting of the Gem ocratic state CEN
trel COMMITTEES, held here yesterday Sat
urday, September l. was designated as the
day for holding the primary elections In
the several districts of the county At thi,
election the voting will be for democratic
candidate for Congress from the sixth con-
greseional district of Maryland. The polls
will be open from am. to q p m. All per-
tons desiring to be candidates for the ,mi-
nation are requested to signify the same
in writing to the state central COMMITTEES
on or before the 2lst Of August Under the
plan Of primaries the person receiving the
highest number Of votes will have the priv
ilege Of naming the delegates to tine con-
gressional nominating convention ct Ma
gerstown. The following persons were ap-
pointed to act as judges at the primary
elections First district, Chas. Townsend
Robt. Plummer, g. Fenton Snouffer; second
district, Jas b. Neel, Chas. r. Murphy
Webster w. Burdette; third district, Ed
ward j. Chiswell. Nathan d. Poole, Charles
Metzger; fourth district, John b. Eimon-
ston, Lewis L. Sadtler. Wallace Z. Ricketts, !;
fifth district. VIM. E. Shaw. W. p Waters
Jno. s. Arrowsmith; sixth district, A. H.
Aisquith, G. Harriss, James N. Benton; sew
enth district, Benz. f. Ball, y. NJ. Perry
Rober. Wilson: eighth district, VIM. H.
Nicholson. John c. Bentley, Charles Gar.
trell; ninth district, George w. Mean. Jas
x. Walker. VIM. Coombs; tenth district
John w. Carroll, VIM. Dooley, L. ~. OTItt
ir,, eleventh district, VIM. G.. Brewer. Louis
Scholl, Harry Dickerson; twelfth district
Thompson Williams, John r. Purdurn. Phl
j. Souders; thirteenth district, Haze CASH
ell, +. G. HarIesty VIM. Cephas Hardy
The first named in each district will act as
return judge. and the return judges will
meet in Rockville on TUESDAY. September
L. No cardiJa ties for the congressional nom
inatiGn have yet been announced.
In the orphans court yesterday the fol-
lowing business was transacte1: Letters
of administration on the personal estate of
Mary f. White. deceased, were granted to
Moab White. bond 500. Warrant of APP
praisement on tie real estate of Catharinc
Ann Whalen, deceased. was issued TO Chas
J. Maddox, jr.. and Lee Offutt.
meeting of the County commissioners
was held here yesterday, at which Il con-
siderable amount Of routine business was
transacted The following accounts for re.
pairs of public roads were passed: First
district, VIM. II. Dunawin. S3I.40; Jacob
Kemp, $40: j. NJ. House. $29.5S Second dis
trict John w. Brown. s17.4O: Frank L..
Hilton. s2.,.G.,: John d. King. s5o.Go; George
w. Burns, s3l.4O; William H. Ricketts, si,:
John A. Windsor, S47GO: VIM c. Craw-
ford. $3.50. Fourth district, VIM. Higgins
& Bro. $34. Fifth district Richard F. Cis-
cell. $40; Thomas Robey, SIG 10.
Messrs. Anderson and Bouic as q ;torneys.
yesterday sold to Mr.. VIM. A. Bosley the
farm of the late Fletcher r. Veitch, stu
ated In the first district, and containing
154 acres. The price paid was $2INa2
Mr.. James 4. Phillips has been appointed
teacher of the public school ct Elmer, this
county.
Henry Swartzbach, charged with stealing
wool from Mr.. Horace ID. Waters of Ger
mantown. some weeks ago, had a hearing
before justice Jos. A. fancy on Monday
evening last A colored man In the employ
OF Mr.. Louis HOphmaier of Washington, to
whom the stolen wool was sold, was present
at the hearing, and fully identified Schwartz
bach as the man who was with the wagon
and helped to deliver the wool to his en-
plOyer. In default of bail the prisoner was
remandeA to jail, where he is likely to re-
main until the November term OF the cir
cult court.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
BOuic. wife of Mr.. David II. Bouic. who
died here on Monday last. after brief al.
ness. took place today. and was attended
by large Concourse of relatives and
friends. The funeral services were conduct
ed by Revs. s. r. White and l.. r. Mil
bourne of the Baptist Church Mrs Bouic
was noted in the community for her kind
and gentle disposition and many acts of
oh rity