Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-02

About seven years afteryard he became financial
ly embarrassed and Indebted to ksane ana others.
whereuIon the creditors instituted SUIT to set
aside the deed to the daughters on me ground that
the deeds we're upon their face I5s s US to
be 50, and affirmed decree in favor of the cred
itois The successful litigans were represented in
Washington and Robt- b. Peter of Rockville. and
Mr. Scott by Messrs, Arthur w: Meacham of Bal
tin,ore and Thomas Anderson of Rockville
The following transfers Of real estate have been
recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit
sey Trundle. lot l., block 5, Brookes' addition to
Gaithersburg. 500: Adeline y. Chalker TO NJ J.
JchE r. Purdnm 10 Joseph Pnrdum tract Of land
called Cow Pasture, $500; Ada Rhodes to Catherine
$. Gray, lot and part of lot 4, square Is.
ton 2, Chevy Chase. $: Charles NJ. Williams to
r. kersperger, several tracts of land, S4O67 !;
H. NJ Talbot ct al, trustees to Washington Ma
tional building ard Lean Association lot in Wood
side, $500 Lillian VI. Lewis ct al. to Charles E.
Lewis, lot and part Of lot s. block 49, section 2,
Chevy Chase. $: Andrew Hatton to Isaiah Hat
ton, part of two tacts of land, $; T. W. Stone
street TO Arthur w. Stonestreet. small tract of
land $3.50; T: r. Stablcr ct al. to Henry NJ Fitz-
hugh, part of Bachelors Forest, 5; Geo. Wash
iDgton TO VIM f. Davis. tract Of land near Comus
$l2O; Sarah Gibson to trustees Of Gibson Grove A.
NJ. f. Church, lot of land s.
The following suits in equity have been docketed
in the circuit court: Martin ROLES agt. Mary f.
hey for complainant. In the matter Of a mortgage
from Vim. f.. Skinner and wife to Henrietta S.
Chew, for foreclosure of mortgage; Phil IL. Tuck,
Robert E. Ruse was Wednesday adjudged insane
and the evening Of that day was removed to Mon
tevue Asylum at Frederick.
Miss NJ. Catherine Ramsay of New York and Mr..
K. Lee Riggs of Chicago spending the summer
with friends near Brookeville.
The monthly meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will be held at the residence Of
Mrs. Edwin Smith Monday July f. at p. m.
jolly harvest party" met at the residence OF
A. b. Hersberger one day this week by invitation
The party consisted of Misses Dora, Beckie and
Este Hall, Mollie and Jessie Elgin, Ella Poole,
Miss Ditto of Hancock. Nd, and Mrs. Sallie Will
Jams. They paItook of Il bountiful dinner and
amused themselves in the harvest field helping to
gather sheaves, and afterward posed in groups to
have their pictures taken by Mrs. Williams.
The drought which set in about the middle o.
coming serious, and its effects premise to be dis
astrous TO fall crops.
Prof John White of Lincoln Neb.. is spending
his summer vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph White. Poolesville.
Chillren's day exercises will be held in Ger
mantown Baptist Church Sunday at 10 AIN.
Thursday for the purpose of signing the county
levy for the present year. The following are the
items provided for Almshouse. 50 SOB 20; attorney
fees, S39aO.9l assessing. 500. 10; bridges, 500;
collectors commissions. $50 10; committees and
clerks. So 09120 clerks ciIcuit court. $2Sl43 2;
corporation, s., Q0J; circuit court expenses, So O00
court and Jail. S1dS62: elections. $3.155.0S; fuel
$3.50: insane. So, 500; insolvcnts. $780, inquests,
$40; justices of the 500 ~; jantor. $3.50;
local board of health. 800: orphans court.
1854 so; county printing. 81 $50: pauper collins,
s224: schools. 100000; pension y4.s15: register of
wills. SAGA 50; removal eases. sII49o: roads. SIS.
1853 49, sheriffs So 80; surveying S61: taxes In
error S203. SS witness certificates S141-32: mis-
celaneous. S311644; total S1G9, 19o. "a. The levy
this fixes the rate Of county tax at $50 cents
and state tax 1Ta, cents the S1o0 The de-
crease in the taxable basis of the county amounts
to $204 900.
The commissioners at this meeting also accepted
the deed for the Rockville and Georgetown turn
pike. and work upon the same will be commenced
soon as possible.