Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1895-02-15

Iurueu verdict In favor OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company in the suit Of
John w. Warner for $4,000 in damages
MIR. Warner sued July ID, 1893, as admins
traitor for the estate of Joseph w. Coils
who was run over and killed by one of the
company's trains near crossing in Brook
land. r. Claughton appeared for the plain
tiff, and Hamilton 6 Colbert for the defend
ants.
Mrs. Sally Sprigg Carroll, the widow o
William Thos. Carroll, who was for forty
three years Clerk of the Supreme Court
died Monday at her residence, No 1901 I
street, Washington. She was daughter o
Ex-Governor Sprigg, of Maryland, and fol
sixty years has been well known and loveC
by all those who knew her. Her pure and
Christian character was manifested BY every
act of her life. She leaves three daughters
the Countess Esterhazy, Mrs. T. Dix Bolles
and Mrs. John Marshall Brown, and enc
son, Charles Carroll
Francis K. Dunlop died Tuesday evening
at his residence, Oil 10th street, Washing
ton. He had been in bad health for somt
time pas, and the extreme weather of the pas
week served to increase the uniavorablt
symptoms. He grew rapidly worse unit
death came to his relief His remains were re
moved to the residence of his brother, VIM
l.. Dunlop, 3014 NJ street, where the funera
services were held yesterday morning at II
o'clock. The deceased was the son Of the
late Judge James Dunlop, of Georgetown
and at the time of his death was sixty-sever
years old.
During dangerous weather of this sort,
said the old doctor, "the most careful per
sons are apt to catch cold in their chests
that will extend swiftly to the lungs if no,
attended 10. 1t usually makes Its presence
known by a CONSTRUCTED sensation Just under
the breast bone, where the flesh is thinnest.
When person experiences this feeling he
can rest assured that he can procure almost
instant relief by drinking "a cup OF water as
hot as he can bear to take in the mouth and
to swallow. There is no better medicine in
the world to arrest the progress of cold
than hot water, and, besides its effect upon
the stomach and the system generally, is
beneficial in the highest degree And in
sore throat the same remedy will be found
almost specific"
The clothing of Kate Cook, coored
servant of Mrs Rudolph Watkins, of 724
Twelfth street, Washington, formerly of
this county, caught fire about 3 o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon while she was at
work IN the kitchen, and burned her so
badly that she died at the Emergency Hos
pital four hours later The girl had been
ironing, and stepped to the range, which
was red hot, to put in some coal. No one
was in the kitchen at the time, and il is not
known just how her clothing caught fire
In moment the girl was enveloped ia
flames. She ran shrieking up stairs and
was met by Mrs. Watkins, who endeavored
to throw around her number OF quilts.
The girls clothing was burning from head
to foot by this time, and she was almost un
conscious.
SO'ssS''"H correspondent VI bhC
Washington Star says: "The movement to
utilize the power at the Great Falls for cleo
trio lighting purposes has begun to assume
Proposals are wanted for
the sinking of Il shaft at the falls, its dimen-
mensions to be 6 by by 70 leet. 1t will
nece5sitate boring through solid rock, In
To this shat. The promoters propose to place
a turbine wheel OF sufficient power 70 fur
nish all this section, together with Wash
ington, Baltimore, Frederick and other cities,
with electric power. Those at the head of
the enterprise are o. ID. Barrett and rela-
lives of the late Gen. Benjamin f. Butler,
who control all the property about the falls.
In the establishment of their plant it is the |
mention to utilize the old Potomac canal |
,ut, which goes fer long distance through |
iolid rock The existence OF this enterprise
If days long ago will greatly facilitate the
carrying out of the present project. The
lam to be constructed by the electric com
oany will be built below the present gov
,rnment dam, near the falls"