Evening star., 1896-01-20
ROCKVILLE.

ne excitement attendant upon reports OF
the intended lynching of VIM Chandlcr,a col
ored man now confined in Jail at this place,
charged with felonious assault upon Mrs
Reuben Poole, near Bethesda Park, has
somewhat subsided, and it is now thought
that the law will be permitted to take its
course. The most exciting phase of the
matter occurred late Saturday night when
crowd of negroes, numbering between
thirty and forty, surrounded the jail prem
ises, declaring they were there for the pur-
pose of protecting the prisoner. They all
appeared to be armed, and quite a number
of shots were fired, but without doing any
damage Visitors at the Jail and the fami-
~ of the warden were much frightened at
the demonstration, some of them leaving
the build ng and seeking safer quarters 1t
is said that one Of the men called the
sheriff, and proffere1 the services OF the
crowd in protecting Chandler but was in
formed by that officer that he had taken all
necessary precautions to insure his safety
and that their services were not needed 1t
appears more than likely that a number Of
arrests will follow this demonstration
Latest information from the scene of the al
legged outrage leads to the conclusion that
no effort will be made from that locality to
forestall the action Of the law. Chandler,
The accused, is a mulatto about twenty-one
years Of age and came here from Virginia
During the trying ordeal of the past three
days he has been terribly frightened, often
appealing to the jailer for protection. He
denies the charge brought against him, and
says he was attending to the wants of Mr.
Poole during the night, he being on:ined to
his bed by dangerous illness, and that early
in the morning he went to the room occu-
pied by Mrs. Poole and awakened her from
sleep, but with no bad intention The case
viii be heard at the March term of the cir
cult court.
been placed upon the land record books of
this county: Richard F. Dwyer TO Elizabeth
A. Dwyer, one-half of an acre of land; 500.
Jchn c. Bentley to Edward P. Thomas, lot
Elijah w. Veirs, part of tract of land called
Concord" s. VIM. v. Bouic jr.. attorney,
to Washington Hicks. house and lot in
Rockville; 81 ,S25. TLghman Brown to John
Brown, IA acres of land; =. F. Hazel
| Cashel to Edgar H. Cashel, part of tract OF
land; s.. ]. H. Fishback and others to B.
| s.ngton Park; s.. Philip W. Chew, trustee,
! to Cornelia A. Leyham, 1O4 acres Of land;
| $3.50. Adam L. Bolinger to Washington
ard Mamie Thompson, two acres Of land !;
| Mr.. VIM. H. Meador salesman for the
mercantile house of J. j. Haines & Co. of
| Baltimore, met with a painful accident at
the railroad station here Friday night.
! While walking along the platform in front
| of the freight building he made a misstep
and fell down an opening in the same a
| distance of several feet, badly bruising
himself about the body and limbs. His
| cries brought assistance, and he was placed
On the train and sent to his home in Balti-
| more.
| Miss Rose Stubbs of Forest Glen is visit
| ing Mrs. Clarence Thompson of this town
Miss Mary Dade of Goresville, Va, is
visiting relatives and friends at Dawson
| vile.
Senior and junior branches of the Ep-
worth League have been established here
by the members of the NJ E. Church South,
with the following officers: Senior League
George H. Lamar. president; DR.. W. R.
Andrews, Mrs Geo. H. Lamar and Chas.
W. Prettyman. vice presidents; Edwin
Heagy, secretary, and Miss Ellen Brewer
treasurer. Junior League-Edw. Green.
president: Nellie hewitt, Mary Hege and
| secretary; Leonard Groomes, treasurer The
| leagues will hold separate business meet
4 fngs once during each month, and unite
| in devotional meeting each Sunday oven
| Ing prior to the regular church service
The colors of the leagues are white and old
| gold.
The leap year ball given by the young
| ladies Of Dawsonville and vicinity Friday
night last was a pleasant social event oi
the season, and was largely attended
Among those present were Misses Evelyn
Dawson, Margaret Allnutt, Mary Byrd
Grace Darby. Clara Byrd. Belle Gott, Ami,
Poole, Kate Pyles, Eloise Wootton, Anna
Dade, Edna Mannakee. Aletha Brewer
Mary ,Dade. Louise Darby: Mamie Allnutt
and Mrs. JAS P. Gott, MFR. and Mrs. Ar
thur Williams, Messrs. Allnutt. Darby
Byrd, Dyson, Gott, Chambers, Mallett, Dau
son, Jones. Poole, Chiswell and Haddox
Fine music and refreshments were pleasan
features Of the occasion.
Mrs. Bette Duncan of Pittsburg is Wis
itor at the residence of Miss Lucy Gar
rett. at this place.
The directors Of the Montgomery Count,
Notionaal Bank Of Rockville have declared
a semi-annual dividend of per cent
The quarterly meeting OF Montgomer.
County Grange, No. Z, will be held at Olne!
Grange Hall on Thursday, 30th instant
A large attendance is expected, as busines
: of Importance will be transacted.