Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-14
NEW BOARD ORGANIZES.
Comm issionerS of montgomery County
Elect 6fiicers-Other News.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE. Md. December II, 1892.
Messrs. John Walter Carroll and Laurence
\. hite recently elected county commits
sioncrs 70: this county. to succeed Messrs.
Samuel X. Bready and Remus r. Darby.
qualified yesterday morning. Nessrs. Geo.
W. Meem. Charles r. Murphy and Samuel
d. Waters, the newly elected judges of the
Orphans court. took the oath Of office also
yesterday. MeSSrs. AIeem and Waters sue
coed MesSrs Charles II. GrifIflh and Lau-
renee \. White. and Judge Charles r. Muir
ply was chosen to succeed himself
The old board of county commissioners
held a meeting lasting the entire. morning
Just before the board took its final ad-
Journment Mr. Darby one of the retiring
members. arose ana addressed his asso-
GATES and the employees of the office
Among other things, he said his only re-
greet in retiring was III seYering these pleas
ant relations.
About nocn the new members appeared
and the board reorganiZed by electing Mir
Richard T. Ray. president: Warner ".
Welsh. chief clerk: Robert G. Hilton. as
sistant clerk and Charles W. Prettyman
attorney. Mir. Prettyman succeeds Mr.
Bowie f. Waters. that being the only
change made in the employees of the office
The board If commissioners is now com
posed of the following gentlemen: Messrs
Richard I. Ray. Eugene A. McAtee John
W. Walker, Laurence A W hire and J1hD
Walter Carroll.
During the morning the orphans court
with the old judges on the bench. was in
session. It adjourned about noon. and a
mort while thereafter the new judges took
their places on the bench. and another ses-
sion was held.
The Epworth League of the Rockville NJ
h.; church South lras elected the following
officers to serve until July 1. 1900: Presi-
dent, Mr.. Robert Andrews: first vice nresi-
dent and chairman of the devotional de-
partment. Mr.. George Fl. Lamar; second
wee president and chairman of the charity
and help department. Mrs. Warner w
Welsh; third vice president and chairman
of the literary department, W. Il. Andrews
secretary. Miss Mary V. Fawcett; treas
urer, Mrs, S. y. Hege; librarian, Mrs. NJ. A
Owens; assistant librarian, Miss Ellen
Brewer: organist. Mrs. r. c. Warfeld;
league reporter. W. r. Andrews: ushers
Messrs. Edward Greene and William Pret-
lyman,
Friday evening. December Is. Reno Coun-
ell, Junior Order United American Me-
chanfcs OF Tenleytown, D. C., will present
Il handsome United States flag to the For
est Glen public school. The presentation
exercises will be held in irving Hail, at
Linden. A Washington glee club will be
present. and during the evening win rem
der several patriotic songs.
Miss Ona Y. Wiley and Mr. Joseph A
George, both of Lancaster county, Va,
were married here this morning by Rev.
S. K. White of the Baptist Church.
The handsome new bell which was re-
Gently presented to st. Johns Catholic
Church. at Forest Glen. this county, will
be blessed Sunday, December IL, at 1890
am The services viii he conducted by
Rev. James Mackin, pastor of St Paurs
Church. Washington. once pastor of St
Johns.
Mr.. Charles w. Prettyman delivered an
interesting and instructive lecture to a
large audience in the NJ. f. Church South
last evening. The subject was American
Authors"
Sheriff Arthur Williams yesterday an
pointed the following additional deputies:
Third district. John E. Poole: fifth district
Michael Peters. Several other deputies are
yet TO be selected.
Mr.. Edward c. Peters of this town and
ex-Shcrin Horton G. Thompson of Gathers
burg left here last night for ten days of
hunting in the vicinity of Charlotte. n. c.
Mr.. Charles r. Hartshorne of Olney dis
trict has been appointed vice president for
Montgomery county of the State Horticul-
tural Society.
The funeral of Mrs. Harriet Robertson
took place yesterday from the Bapthst
Church Rev. s. r. White conducted the
services, and the intefment was in the
Rockville cemetery.
Crocodiles, like ostriches, swallow peb-
bies and small stones, which serve the pur-
pose of grinding their food. The natives
assert that il is possible to tell the age of
a crocodile by the number of stones In its
stomach, for they swallow one each year
In point of fact, fifteen stones have been
feet long, whereas the average number for
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