Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-08-05

pearance, and very fine toned in perfect
order; 1925 will buy it on easy terms if de-
sired.
The twenty fifth annual camp meeting of
the Washington Grove Camp Meeting As
ISOLATION began Tuesday night last with
grand rally OF the Washington District Ep-
worth League.
Rev. A. 0. Armstrong and Mr.. Geo. II.
Lamar, of this place, attended the recent
Epworth League Conference and Sunday
School Convention of the NJ. E. Church
South at Front Royal, Va.
Mr. Thomson, the piano dealer from Lin
den, who formerly kept music store in
Washington, was in town this week and
engaged space for a piano exhibit at the
aou g Fair.
nd Quarterly Meeting for Gathers
circuit NJ. E. Church South will be
q Darnestown, August 18th and 14th.
N ing Saturday at II A. M, and Sun
a.. . II A. NJ, followed by the Lord s
supper.
q Will NC lWO iui LiOpuo III AAN6Nohb
au ,urring on the first day and one on
jls =. Full moons occur twice in the
7.1u Month only once in about three years,
snd 10 ere will not be two full moons ia one
again until 1901.
rye rattesnake was killed recently
he farm of Mr.. Hayes, near Comus,
unity. The snake measured htty'two
in length, was seven inches in cir
ence at the largest part, and appeared
bout twelve years old.
First Maryland Regiment, now in
cs' at Fortress Monroe, and to which
Con ny K, of this place, is attached, has
'ss esignated as part of General Wade's
onal division for service in Porto
Sic nd will leave in few days.
Al ace Magruder, son of the late Sam
uel " .de Magruder, died on Tuesday at
4- idence of his mother, near Hunting
Hill, this county, of typoid fever, aged %
years. The funeral services were held at
Hunting Hill, with nterment In Washing
ton city.
The MiddIebrook and Germantown base
ball teams crsssed bats on Saturday last on
the grounds of the former club, resulting in
victory for the Middlebrook boys by a
score of 10 to 5. Observation-Disclosures
Green and Anderson; Middlebrook, Graef
and Stonestreet.
The Key Monument Association, of Fred
erick, Maryland, has issued invitations TO
the unwilling of the monument to the men,
DRY of Francis Scott Key, author of "The
Star Spangled Banner" The unwilling
will take place at Mount Olvet Cemetery,
Frederick, on August 9th.
Council meeting of the Rockville Chapter
of Epworth League will meet at the par
sonage this friday evening at o'clock.
All are requested to be prompt. The August
business meeting will be held at the church
on Tuesday evening next when there will |
be reports from the recent league conference |
held at Front Royal, Va.
The farmers in this county are very much |
agitated over a disease which has lately |
broken out among their stock, particularly |
among the horses. Every day or 80 healthy |
horse is taken with a severe cough, with ul- |
ceration of throat, which is 80 severe that in
the course of week the animals dwindle
away to nothing and die.
The grand picnic and tournament of st.
Gabries parish will be held in Harrison's
grove, near Potomac, this county, on Tues
day, August 9th. Tournament will begin
at l o'clock, sharp. Valuable prizes TO the
victors Dancing, ice cream and refresh
ments. Dinner and supper served on the
grounds Come and hear the grand orches
ira from Washington.
MIR. II. F. Reid, chief of the highway d.
vision of Maryland geological survey, &C
companied by A. M. Johnson, road expert,
visited Rockville to inspect the plans of the
contemplated pike from Rockville TO the
District line. They were highly pleased at
the advanced step Montgomery county is
taking in roadbuiding and made many
valuable suggestions.
A tournament and pic mic will be held
at GAINESVILLE, Md, on Wednesday, August
10Th, 1898. There will be two classes of
kniebts-profession and amateur A set
of harness, saddle, bride, whip and spurs
will be awarded to the successful knights
in each class. fitting begins at 10 A. M.
sharp. Addresses by prominent speakers.
wv. Holland, of Dickerson, chief marshal.
During a severe electrical storm which
visited this county Sunday evening several
casualties occurred. At Oak Grove, color
ed camp meeting ground, two horses were
killed by lightning and several persons were
stunned In the eastern section Of Rock
vile the lightning struck house occupied
by Nancy Smith and did some damage to
the building, besides killing dog and some
chickens In the yard
Died, on Monday, August 1st 1893, at
1890 o'clock, A. NJ, near Linden, this coun-
ty, Laura Estelle Ray, daughter Of County
Commissioner Richard T. Ray and Rebecca
Cashel Ray, aged nineteen years and five
months. In the death Of this young lady
her parents lose loving and kind daughter,
and the community in which she lived is
deprived of a bright ornament Funeral
services over her remains were held at Grace
Church, Woodside, on Wednesday and
were attended by large concourse Of sor-
rowing relatives and friends.