Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-09-03
Hpeal aud gersnual.
Town and Country.

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Rockville Seminary, Mrs. Rosalind Cur
Tin principal, will re open Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 18th, 1897.
q ID. Morrow, the Rockville jeweler,
makes speciality of repairing fine watches,
clocks and jewelry.
There will be preaching in the Rockville
NJ E. Church South next Sunday at II A.
M. and 8 P. M. by the pastor. Epworth
League at 7:15 p. NJ.
Rev. j d. Rayfield will preach at Ger.
mantown Baptist Church next Sunday at
II A. NJ. and 7:30 P. M. Protracted SER
vices during the week
Itch on human, mango on horses, dogs
aud all stock, cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails.
Sold by Joseph Reading, Rockville.
Rockville Institute, day and home school
for young ladies', re.opens with full corps
of teachers September 18th. For particu.
lars apply to Miss Lucy S. Simpson, Prin-
cipal, Rockville, Md.
Mrs. Catherine A. Stubs died at her late
residence, near Wheaton, this county, on
Sunday last, in the seventy fifth year OF her
age. Her funeral took place at Carroll
Chapel Forest Gen) at2 P. M. on Tuesday.
The Agricultural Fair opened on Tues
day under favorable circumstances and with
every prospect of success. We go to press
this week two days in advance of the usual
time, but will give full particulars of the ex-
hibition in our next issue.
The Rockville and Sandy Spring base ball
clubs played a game at the Fair Grounds at
this place on Saturday last, in which the
first named club was successful by a score
oil to2 On Monday the Rockville boys
went to Sandy Spring and were defeated by
a score OF to5
George r. Robertson, track hand on the
Metropolitan Branch OF the B. s. o. Rail-
road jumped from moving hand car at
Germantown on Thursday afternoon of last
week and fell. The car ran over his breast
and, it is feared, injured him internally, as
well as breaking his arm DR.. l. N. Linn
pers, of Germantown, was called to attend
him and had him sent by an eastbound
freight train to his home at Gaithersburg.
Miss katherine Choate, of this town, will
give Al account OF her recent trip to the
Pacific coast, in the M. E. Church South,
Rockville, on Tuesday evening, September
IF thu raunIar hlxy
business meeting OF the Rockville Chapter
OF Epworth League. Miss Choate is close
observer, well read, and gifted in converse
ton, and will undoubtedly instruct as well
ence
Miss Marie Plant, OF Washington, who
has been instructing a dancing class at
Boyd's, gave her scholars a cake walk on
night last. Master Taylor Darby,
of GAINESVILLE, took the part of "Uncle
SAM" and Frank Yoder, of Washington,
the part OF Little Alabama Coon" and
won the cake. After the cake walk AN in.
formal dance was given. Prot. Carriana, OF
Washington, furnished the music. There
were about two hundred present.
The Rockville Base Ball Club will leave
here on September 7th for Chapel Point,
where they will play three games of ball,
with LaPlata on the 7th, Bryantown on 9Th,
and the 9th with picked nine composed of
the strongest players OF Southern Maryland.
have been made with the
steam boat company, who will run special
excursion to Chapel Point on the 7th at
greatly reduced fare. Quite large party
of ladies and gentlemen from Rockville will
accompany the team. The Rockville Burnt
Cork Club will give an entertainment each
evening.
Beating the record is the order of the day
in all sorts of sport, but it has taken fifty
years to reduce the time of a PAGER to
less than two minute record. Pacing is the
ladies' gait for horses, and it has been only
within the period mentioned that speeding
PAGERS has received any serious attention
The palm has now been won by "Star
Pointer" owned by Mr.. James A. Murphy,
of Chicago The feat was accomplished on
Saturday at Readville, Mass, time 1:59t, and
it is interesting to know that the record
breaker received his spring training in the
genial climate OF Baltimore.
On Wednesday, August 25th, 1897, at
Wilmington, North Carolina, DIR. Lee Davis
Lodge was married to Miss Mary Lou
McClammy, by DIR. j. l.. Lodge, father of
the groom. The accomplished bride is the
daughter OF the late Chas. w. McClammy,
who was major in the Confederate army,
and alterward presidential elector and mem
Der of Congress from North Carolina. After
a tour OF some OF the northern cities, the
couple will return to Gaithersburg for
stay of some weeks, removing in the Fall 10
their home in Washington, ID. G. No cards
were issued for the marriage.
st. Marys Catholic Church of GAINESVILLE
gave picnic and tournament on Wednesday
of last week to raise funds for the building OF
"a new church. 1t was very successful, with
an attendance of 1000 people. Winners in
the professional class were G. l.. Wood, Jas.
ftelu, marry bdNlS anu " imam "A"'o"'
Miss Ida Graw was crowned queen, and
Misses Agnes Reid, Sophia Nichols and
Nellie Driscoll maids of honor. ]. S. Kline
won first prize in the amateur riding, and
f. E. Noyle, ]. L. Thomas and NJ. Murphy
also drew prizes in the order named. These
winners crowned Miss Bessie Krozer queen,
and Misses Isabelle Neil, Grace Hoyle and
Louise Stanton maids. Mr.. w. V. Bouic
delivered the coronation address, Mr.. Clay
ton Hoyle was chief marshal, and Messrs.
Charles r Darby, Tobias Broadly and j. II
Williams judges.
Sudden Death.-Mr. John b. Edmon-
ston, well known citizen Of Rockville dis
trct, died at his residence, one mile south
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