Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-05-28

The B. & o. R. R. will sell tickets fro,
} all stations on its lines east of the Obi
River, not including Pittsburg, Parkersbur
and Wheeling, for all trains May 9Sth
June 9Th, inclusive, valid for return unit
June Both, at reduced rates. Rate from
washington $160, and correspondingly low
rates from other stations.
Died, on Wednesday, May 9th, 1897, a
Omaha, Nebraska, at 7:30 p. NJ, Mrs. AM
Il. Garrett, widow of the late Ashton Gar
rett' OF this county. She leaves four sons
Eli Garrett, of Omaha, Nebraska; Howard
A. Garrett, West Washington, D. G; Zach
airy L. Garrett, st. Joseph, Mo, and Richie
E. Garrett, Garrettsburg, Mo.
An entertainment, consisting of music and
elocution, will be given at the Town Hall
Poolesville, this county, on Thursday, June
Bird, at p. d., for the benefit of the Pres
byterian church of that town. The "home
TALENT will be assisted by Prot Charles
habold, baritone singer, and Miss Darnell
soprano, OF Cumberland, Md. Prof. Rabold
is highly cultivated musician-a graduate
OF two OF the finest Conservatives of Ger
many and England. The public should not
fail to enjoy so rare an entertainment. Ad-
mission, 25 cents.
Nancy Baker, noted colored woman of
this place, died last Friday and was buried
Sunday. She was without doubt the largest
woman in the county, If not the State. Her
height was about feet, and she weighed at
the time of her death 4S0 pounds On &C.
count OF her size no coffin could be gotten
to fit her. The manufacturers telegraphed
the undertaken that no coffin of the dimen-
sions desired had ever been made. 1t was
as much as ten pail bearers could do to lift
the casket, and the door of her house had to
be sawed away to allow the passage OF her
coffin.
Decoration Day, Monday, May 31st, will
be observed with appropriate ceremonies at
the Rockville Cemetery. The exercises will
take place at O'Clock in the afternoon.
The music will be in charge of Mrs George
Dawson and the Rockville Quartet. For
the accommodation OF the public Mr. Poss
will run his omnibus from o'clock to the
close of the evening at the moderate charge
Of % cents for the round trip. All persons
desiring to use this modepf conveyance are
requested to send in their names in advance
to Mr.. Poss, at his office, that no delay may
occur.
The Western District Baptist Association
will meet with the Baptist Church at Rock
will, instead of with the Baptist Church at
Travilah, on Tuesday, June 1st, at 7;30 P
NJ, and will continue in session two days
On Tuesday night Pastor s. w. Melton, of
Franklin Square Church, Baltimore, will
preach the Introductory sermon. Delegates
and visitors will please send their names to
d. H. Bouic, Rockville. Those who come
by private conveyance, intending to spend
only day, excepting delegates to the asso.
citation, are requested to bring lunch, as no
meals will be served at the church. The as
ISOLATION will hold morning, afternoon and
night sessions. A number of Baptist pastors
of Baltimore are expected and many intelli.
gent laymen. Those who come to hear good
sermons and good speeches will not be dis.
appointed
New Railway PrOject-A meeting of
the directors of the Washington, Westmn-
ster and Gettysburg Railroad Company was
held at the company's offices in the Atlantic
building, Washington, last week and officers
chosen. The directory consists of Stilson
Hutchins, J. B Colegrove, of Washington
Geo. @ Smith, of Wilkesbarra, Pa; A.
Shorb, of Littlestown. Pa; VIM. b. Thomas
and e j. Lawyer, of Westminster, and r.
Herbert Shriver, of Union Mills, Md The
officers elected were: Stilson Hutchins, pres.
ident; J. B. Colegrove, vice. president; H.
A. Cady, secretary, and VIM. B. Thomas,
treasurer.
The proposed road is TO be built from
Cabin John, connecting from Washington
at that point with the Great Falls road;
thence by Rockville, Washington Grove,
Laytonsville. Etchison, Damascus, Mt AIRY
and Westminster, and by the way of Union
Mills and Littlestown to Gettysburg
AS by the terms of the company's charter
they can use electricity or steam, it as
practically decided to make it a steam road
1t was also decided to build it in most sub
stantial manner, using 80 pound steel rails
upon a grade of not to exceed 2 per cent.
Passengers will be able to depart from
Washington in the morning, not earlier than
7 o'clock, and, after spending seven hours at
the battlefield, will be back by z. NJ. The
reports OF engineers who have made the pre-
liminary surveys were very satisfactory.