Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-06
ROCKVILLE.

A Sunday school conference, under the
auspices of Montgomery County S. S. Asso-
citation, was held last night in the Epworth
NJ. E. Church at Gaithersburg. Mr.. Geo.
F. Pollock, president of the Montgomery
Association, presided over the deliberations
of the meeting and delivered the opening
address. The devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. VIM. c. Brian, pastor
of the church. An interesting address was
also delivered by Rev. George II. Mock,
state organizer of Sunday schools. Many
questions of Importance to the schools
were discussed by those present, and the
proceedings throughout were of very
interesting character.
DR.. Charles II. Waters has sold a farm
near Burtonsville to Miss Hines formerly
Of Jacksonville, who has taken possession
of the same.
A series of revival meetings will COM
mence in the Baptist Church at this place
on Sunday next and continue each night
during the following week. The pastor,
Rev. l.. r. Milbourne, will preach on Sum
day morning and night, and during the re-
mainder of the meetings will be assisted
by a Washington pastor.
Bishop Paret of the Protestant Episcopal
Church will hold confirmation services on
the 26th instant as follows: st. Bartholo-
news, Rawlings River, at 10 am. st.
Luke's, Brighton, pm; st. Johns, Olney,
100 pm.
case of the state agt. VIM. q. Hendley for
wife beating tried, resulting in a YER
dict OF guilty, and a sentence of tmpriSon-
ment for six months in jail. Hendley will
board at the expense Of the county for one
year.
The county commissioners have made the
following appointments: Tax collectors
First district VIM. II. Nicholson; second,
Benz. r. White; third, John H. Trundle;
fourth Chas VIM. Fields; fifth, George Il.
McCeney; constables-frst district, VIM. e.
Howes and George A. Snyder; second. L.
l.. Miles; third, James L. Miles; fifth h. I.
Brown; sixth, Thomas Small; seventh,
Thaddeus Green: eighth, Artemus Sullivan;
ninth, Horton c. Thompson; tenth, VIM. r.
Embrey; eleventh. Randolph Luhn and w.
Scott Rice; twelfth. W. E. Watkins; thir-
tenth, Samuel II. Jones; road supervisors
first district, VIM. II. Griffith, Perry Ensey,
]. Clinton Dorsey; second, Jas. Z. Williams,
David Rlnehart, Simon Best; third, James
c. Nossis. Edward Getzendanner. Zacha-
riah T. Cooley; fourth. Washington Day,
VIM. NJ. Lowe, NJ. c. Fisher fifth, r. II.
Perry, l.. B. F. Greaves, Thomas F. Thomp-
son. A number OF other appointments re-
main to be made.
The clerk of the circuit court has issued
a marriage license to Ernest T. Walker and
Minnie A. Moore.
Mrs. Julia L. Welty died at her home
near Beallsvilie Saturday, in the twenty
first year of her age, leaving a husband
and two childT zen.
The Fredericksburg conference of the NJ
E. Church South made the following APP
pointments for this county: Revs. L. l..
Lloyd and ]. II. White, Rockville: F. H.
Henry, Gaithersburg. The return of these
gentlemen 10 their several charges appears
TO give general satisfaction.
Rev. Forrest j. Prettyman of Lexington,
Va, will occupy the pulpit of the Methodist
church here on Sunday evening next.
a pleasant entertainment was given at
Briarly Hall School for young ladies. near
foo!esVllle, few nights ago. when the
cantata entitled "a Culprit Fay" was rem
dered by about thirty of the pupils The
nymphs We're divided into orders, and cos
TUNED In white, green and red Eauze and
decorated with gilt stars and silver bells.
Misses Maud Sheets and Bette Darby rep
resented the queens. and Miss Florence
Gassaway the culprit. The large pariors
were crowded with an interested audience.
Cardinal Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet.
Archbishop Of Catania, is dead Cardinal
Dusmet was born at Palermo August -.
1918 and was created a cardinal on Feb
ru3-y IL, 1889.
The ball room of the British embassy at
Paris was crowded yesterday to hear
Mark Twain" reading for the benefit of
the American and English schools.
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