Evening star., 1895-07-19
the Branchville teams in Buley's woods
near Charlton Heights yesterday, the score

near Charlton Heights yesterday, the score
being II to in favor Of the former.
The Concordia Athletic Club gave pleas
ant dance. last night on its grounds near
the bridge across the Eastern branch in
Bladensburg:: Among those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Houseman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Joy, Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Parker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gasch, Mrs. G. w.
Coldenstroth. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Manning,
Misses Maggie Shrieve. Alice Parker, Net
tie and May Bauman. Julia and Rosa
Lynch. Amelia and Maggie Constantine.
Rosa Summers. Eldavitch ard McLain, and
Messrs. Rufus Vincient, Harry Dobbs, Ed.
and Lem. Gray Ed. Parker, Lewis Rocker
Ghiselli and others.
The school commissioners at a recent spe-
cial meeting passed the following orders:
That the patrons Of School No. 3. in Laurel
district, be publicly notified to advise the
school commissioners on the 25th instant
whom they desire in place Of Mr.. Alexan-
der, resigned; that the resignation of
Misses Loulie Heyde and Emily Wallace as
teachers of public schools be accepted;
that Richard Hardesty. Francis L. Well
ford and Geo. w. Beall be appointed COM
mittee to act with VIM. r. Smith, Dr.
John Peach and James Jennings in regard
to the selection of a site for new school
house. to be built in the vicinity of Mitch
elville in Queen Anne district, and that the
committee be instructed to select the best
location for the school without regard to
cost, and report at once to the board. Act
ing upon this order, the committee made a
report, in which it recommended for the
site a point on the farm Of Messrs. Nc
Graw. Davies 4 Co.. situated about three
quarters of a mile from Mitchelvile. on the
public road, at the junction of the private
road leading to the residence of Tobias
Duvall.
A pleasant party in honor of the twenty
first birthday Of Mr.. Guy s. Me;oy, was
given few evenings since at valley
View" near Lanhams station. the resi-
dence Of his father Mr.. William A. Meloy.
number of young people from Washing
ton and the neighboring villages were pres
ent.
Mr.. George Holmes of Landover has
leased to the militia of the District Of Co
lumbia a tract of land near Magruder's sta
ton, on the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
road. The militia will use this ground for
target practice. An armory and ammuni-
ton house, with firing platform, are being
erected. and excavations are also being
made for the purpose Of planting target
frames at the distances of 300. 500. 1000
and 1900 yards. The target practice will
commence about the latter part of August.
Prof. H. j. Patterson of the Maryland Ag-
ricultural College has commenced the erec-
tion Of a handsome cottage at College Park.
Mr.. Edward Smoot has sold three acres
of his property near Riverdale to Wash
ington lady for $500.
A brilliant meteor. which appeared to be
three feet in circumference and foot in
diameter. was seen by a number of people
in the vicinity of Lakeland to shoot across
the skies last Wednesday evening and ap-
parently fall into the lake at that place. 1t
created no little excitement in the neigh
borhood.
Bailiff Barr arrested last evening in Bla
densburg young white man about twenty
five years of age, who gave his name as
Pollard The man was suspected of being
robber. as he confessed to Mr.. Robert
Payne of Highlands that he had committed
a number of robberies in Washington, and
had been holding up trains on the Metro
politan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. The Washington authorities have
been notified of his arrest, and he will be
turned over to them.