Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-10
HYATTSVILLE.

TheGuild OF the Pinckney Memorial Church
held its regular monthly meeting last night
at "Melrose," the residence of the Misses
Levin Rev. Edward Wall presided, and
DR.. j. r. Owens acted as secretary. The
following members and guests were present.
Mrs Rex Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Waters
Cooke. Mrs. Chas. II. Welsh, Mrs. a. F.
Berry, Mrs. j. c. Robinson, Mrs Adam
Geib. Mrs. Potter. Mrs John Lepper Mrs
Foxwell. Misses Alice Owens, Lulie Fuller
Mary Wells, Grace Fuller Nellie Annie
and Marsham Levin. Fanny Mudd, virgie
Berry. May Wall, the Misses Coffin, Lati-
mer and Fink, and Messrs. ]. b. Burnside
Hugh Latimer, William NJ. Levin, Frank
Carr. Brooke Hunter and Ed Fuller. After
the business meeting. Mrs. Rex Smith rem
dered several vocal selections in her usually
charming manner, Miss May Wall perform
ed upon the piano, and Miss Nirgie Berry
gave recitation.
The Hyattsville Base Ball Club which has
beaten every nine that IL mas played against
this season. met its Waterloo yesterday on
its grounds in this village in a match gone
with the Old Dominion Club of Alexandria
the score being 10 to in favor of the visit
ing nine
Mrs. w. s. Robey died at the residence of
her husband near Muirkirk at o'clock yes
tsrday morning The funeral services will
be held at Liberty Grove Chapel at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning. and the remains VIII be
inferred in the graveyard IF that chapel.
At recent meeting of the board of coun-
ty school commissioners the following or-
ders were passed: Ordered, that the petit
ton OF the patrons OF school No. T. Oxon
Hill district, asking the county commissions
ers to appropriate money to rebuild said
school be favCrahly indorsed. and that the
petition of the citizens OF Hyatts Vile TO the
county commissioners requesting additional
room to their school building in that VIII
lage be favorably Endorsed, as this board
believes that additional room Is needed but
cannot fS arrtfr oI to
the petition into effect; that Miss Venia
Charters of Bowie be appointed to the
School Of Art and Design in Baltimore; that
Miss Margaret .. Gibbons Of Oxon Hill dis
trfct be appointed to the vacant scholarship
IN the state Normal School. that district not
having received any appointment for many
years; that the following trustees be ap-
pointed: School No. T. Marlboro district
John ID. Nally. vice Chas. Clagett, decees-
ed; school No. 5. Spaldings district, VIM A.
Harrison. vice J. s. Mimic, resigned: school
NO. 3 Bowie district, Jas. NJ. Carrick. vice
Jas. NJ. Knowles: school No. l. Pisca taway
district Marcellus Delozier, vice Frederick
Coe. resigned; colored school No. 2, Kent
district, Robt. NJ. johnson 20 I'LL vacancy;
S1lcred school No. !. Marlboro district.
VIM. +. Sedgwick, Alfred Elliott and Llcyd
Brown; that the resignation of the trustees
or tho colored school of Bladensburg be ac-
cepted, and the examiner be authorized to
sake charge OF said school until new board
70 selected; that the trustees of school No.
., Laurel district be authorized to make
such changes in the corps of teachers in
their school as they may deem necessary
Tor the best interests of the school; that
school house No. 4, Evansville district be
painted, cost of all repairs not to excel the
sum OF $50; that the petitioners in the vi
entity OF Seabrook be notified that this
board will furnish them with a teacher for
q limited time. in order to ascertain II the
necessity exists for building O new school
a. that place. The regular annual examiua-
tion Tor teachers certificates and also a
competitive examination for the free schol-
arship In the Western Maryland College oc-
casioned by a vacancy. were held There
were large number Of applicants
A SAD case Of threatened hydrophobia 4,
Ieported TO have occurred in Piscatawny
a pet dog of NJ. Philip A. Gates Of that
place was bitten by a strange dog about n
year ago. 1t appears that Mr. Gates. in
dressing the wound of his dog, must have
gotten some of the saliva into a cut on his
nand- No attention was paid to It at the
.nc. put about two weeks ago Mr. Gates
ofs2h TO act very strangely. Dr. HUNT his
TWStenGlns physician, consulted with Or.
NarrHAg. ana 1t Is said that they pronounc-
go the case one Of hydrophobia. Mr.. Gates
mas wife and hree small children.