The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21

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The quarterly meeting of the School
| Commissioners was held here on Tues.
| day last, at which the business of the
last quarter Of the public schools was
closed NJ. Secretary and Treasurer
John J. Higgins made the following
report: Enrolment. white pupils, 1888;
colored pupils. 2,051; total enrolment.
$3.50. Average attendance, white,
$3.50; colored, .459; total average at
tendance, 3,719. Expenses, white
schools, $l1, $40 Sc; coIored, $3.50. as;
total expenses, $l4. 22OO1. Expenses
due and unpaid, white schools. SIC, 264.-
SO; colored schools, $l,926 81; total,
$l2, 1886 Geo. E. Gather was APP
pointed trustee of school No. 5, cleo
ton district No. l, vice VIM. b. Mob
ley, resigned. A reward of $40 was
offered by the commissioners for the
arrest and conviction of the parties who
damaged the school-house near Beane.
At the conclusion of the meeting of the
Teachers Association, on Friday, the
teachers Will be paid for the past term.
The County Commissioners have ex-
amined, passed and ordered the follow
ing bills to he paid
First Distrct-G. f. Snauffer, piking
account, $l4.60; E. b. Brown, work on
road, 1890
Second District-Wm. Waters, bridge
work, $3,195.
Fourth District-William M. Davis,
work at courthouse, So; Arthur Myers,
bridge, $40 60. The board has ordered
the building of bridge over Muddy
Branch, between Hunting Hill aud
Gaithersburg, and the same will be Of
fered for safe to the lowest bidder, on
Saturday, March Z, by Commissioner
Samuel X. Broadly.
In the Orphans Court Wednesday
the following business was Transacted:
Edward w. Jones, executor of John A.
Jones, deceased, filed an inventory of
the personal estate and of the stocks
and bonds of said decedent, and was
granted authority to sell the former at
public or private sale. G. NJ. Magru-
der, administrative of Zadoc Magruder,
deceased, filed an inventory OF the per-
sonal estate and real property of dece-
dent, aud was granted all order TO sell
the former at public or private sale.
Sallie A. Young, administrators of
Chas. Il. Young, deceased, flied an in
ventory of the personal estate of dece-
dent, and was given authority TO sell
the same at public or private sale.
Sarah Z. Kelley. Administrative of
John w. Kelley, deceased, filed an ac-
count of the personal property of said
deceased, aud passed her first and final
account. Chas. a. Luhn made appli-
cation for letters of administration on
the estate of Christopher Luhn, de-
ceased. p. NJ. Smith, administrator of
2. j. Smith, deceased, passed his first
and final account in the personal estate
of said deceased. The sale of real estate
made aud reported by Eleanor NJ.
Chopper, surviving executriX of Dong
las Chopper, was finally ratified and
confii med.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court has
issued marriage licenses To the follow
ing parties: Burnham w. Manypenny
and Lizzie r. Crum; Chas. H. Gardner
and Daisy Kerr; VIM. III. Waters and
Mamie Hoyle.
Mrs. Martha Dwyer died in Rock
vile on Monday morning last, of ty-
phoid-pneumonia, aged 30 years. De-
ceased was daughter of Mr.. kinsey
Van Horn. She leaves three small
children. The remains were taken to
Lay Hill for burial.
On "Wednesday of last week Samuel
Pearson, of Great Falls, aged 10 years,
aud Adam Frey, colored, aged 10. went
out Ill SIKH up TIE IiNVl W SaOiCl
turnip said and have not been heard
of since. A most dlIigeut search was
made in and about the river without
avail, and the suppusition is that both
men were drowned and their bodies
dashed over the Falls.
Mr. jackson Tabler, of Hyattstown,
is reported very ill.
The question of the appointment OF
election supervisors for the county has
at last definitely settled, Gov. Low ndes
having sent to the Senate the names of
Edward H. Houck and Charles E.
Bond, republicans, and Geo. r. Rice,
democrat. The Republican appointees
seem to be very acceptable To the party
in the county, while that of the Demo
cratic appointee is satisfactory to the
Regulars" he having been member
of the old board.
Mr.. William Ricketts,, of Gathers
burg. is critically i'll with pneumonia.
The season for killing wild turkeys.
cartridges and rabbits in this county
for the present year has expired, in ac-
cordance with the local law.
In the recent sale of thirty-year per
cent. Government bonds, the Mont
gomery County National Bank of
Rockville bid for and secured $4,000
worth at Ill.