Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-12-18
eohaJl cAl.aien, and an oyster supper, on
Monday, 2Sth OF December.

School cAl.alcn, and an oyster supper, OF
Monday, 2Sth OF December.
Itch on human, manage on horses, dog
and all stock, cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails
Sold by Joseph Reading, Rockville.
Married, in Washington, on Tuesday, De-
cember 10Th, 1896, by the Rev. 5. F. Ryan,
Miss Anna NJ. Kelly, of Washington, D. c.
and Mr.. Chas. G. Mcdonald, of this county.
Rev. T. G. hewitt will preach in the M.
Z. Church South, Rockville, next Sunday at
II A. M. and Epworth League at 645 P.
NJ, and Potomac at 8 P. M. and Epworth
League at 1880 P. NJ.
Invitations are out for the marriage Of
Miss Susie E. Davis, OF this town, and Mr..
James K. Kerr, Jr, of Washington. The
ceremony will be performed at the Baptist
Church on December 23rd
Rev. H. Lawson will preach in the NJ.
Z. Church South, Emory, next Sunday at
II A. M, and Epworth League at F.
NJ. Preaching at Goshen at $3.50 P. NJ, and
Epworth League at 2:45 p. NJ.
DIR. Eugene Jones, OF Kensington, left on
Monday to attend the annual meeting of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad surgeons,
which met at Chicago on Wednesday. DR..
Jones will be absent about week.
Rev. L. II. Milbourne will preach in the
Baptist church, Rockville, next Sunday
morning at IL O'Clock and night at 7:3O
o'clock The Young Peoples Union will
hold half.hour's service beginning at z
p. NJ.
Messrs Thomas Anderson and Edward
G. Peter, as trustees, Saturday sold the Pur-
dunn farm of 1877 acres, adjacent to the vii
lage of Darnestown, this county, the pnr-
chasers being Mr. L Il. Pnrdum aud sister
al $40 25 per acre
rue comedy, SiIe 5toops 10 conquer,
will be given by the young people Of Pooles-
vile and vicinity, on New Years night at
the Town Hall Of that place. Doors open
att curtain rises at 8 oclock. Proceeds
for benefit of Hall.
The public school building at Brownings
vile was discovered to be on fire last Fri
day Just in time to enable Principal Willis
B. Burdette and his pupils, with most vigor-
Gus efforts, to quench the flames. The fire
caught in the attic, and the slight damage
to the root is covered by insurance.
E. j. Ballard, mechanic, living in Wash
ington, while at work Tuesday on scaffold
10 hol fall
the ground, eighteen feet below. He sus.
tanned a number of minor injuries and u
broken arm His wounds were attended to
at the Emergency Hospital, Washington.
Master Fred Church, grandson of Mr.. @.
f. Shaw, of Gaithersburg, had serious &C
cident last week. AS he was riding in a
wheelbarrow he was accidentally thrown
out against porch, sustaining severe cut
in the face. DR.. j. Ii. Mccormick had to
sew the wound up, and the little fellow has
suffered much pain.
Representative elect Mcdonald, of the
sixth district, who succeeds Mr.. Wellington
in the House after March 4, paid recent
visit 10 Congress aud called upon Mr.. We'll
lngton. He was introduce to number OF
the members and spent some time upon the
floor of the House. His call was merely a
social one, it was stated.
Messrs. j. Writ Randall, Reverdy John
son, Charles J. Bonaparte, J. Alfred Pearce
by Governor Lowndes commission to re-
port upon the placing of statues of Mary
land citizens in the Memorial Hall OF thu
Capitol, under resolution Of the Legisla
ture, which makes ii the particular duty o
the commission 10 inquire into the advisa
bility of placing statue of Francis Scott
Key therein.
Mr.. William Ricketts, near Middlebrook,
lost little boy with diphtheria on Thurs
day of last " eek. Dr. E. G. Etchison, the
attending physician, pronounced the case
one of q violent and contagious form. The
funeral on Friday was, therefore, private,
and as precautlon against the spread o.
the disease Prof. E. L. Amiss, closed thu
public school at Gaithersburg on that day
] This child is the f fifth Mr.. Ricketts, has los'
with diphtheria.
B The residence of Mr.. Veichel Davis, O
Damascus, was destroyed by fire few
nights ago The fire was discovered by Mr.:
Davis about O'Clock in the night, the stron
odor OF kerosene waking her. She arouse
the members of the family and most OF th
furniture was saved, and the loss by the tot,
destruction of the dwelling is partly covere
by insurance. Mr.. Davis and his famil
are unanimous in opinion that the fire ws
Of incendiary origin, the building first bein
saturated with kerosene.
The stockholders of the Washington an
Great Falls Electric Railway Company hel
their annual meeting on Monday last tt
report of the directors showed that $40 OF
Passengers had been carried during the veal
passenger receipts, $24,462 36; operatir
and general expenses, 1904 rs, which W;
considered large showing for the first ye,
oil the road The following directors we
elected: J. P. Clark, S. T. G. Morsell, l.,
Hutchins, j. V. N. Huyck, Frank B Clar
W. Z. Lewis and E. g. Clark. At Il
meeting 81 the directors subsequently, be
). r. Clark was elected president, S. t. {
Morsell vice president, aud Lee Hutchil
secretary and treasurer.