Evening star., 1900-03-23
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Matters of Interest in Montgomery
County, Md.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE Md, March %, 1900
Miss Sarah l.. White, daughter of Mr..
Benjamin White of Poolesville, this coun-
| ty, and Mr.. Stephen NJ. Ball of Hughes
vile Va. were married at o'clock yester-
day afternoon in st. Peters Episcopal
Church. at Poolesvile The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Walter p. Griggs, rec
| tor of the church, in the presence of a
| large number of guests.
Governor Smith has signed the BILL which
recently passed both houses of the legisla-
| ture, prohibiting the construction of any
electric railroad on any road of the county
or street of any corporation of the county
| less than thirty feet in width. The bill
was introduced by Delegate Clark of this
county, and it Is believed to have been in
spired by few persons in Rockville, who
are opposed to the construction of the
Washington and Rockville Electric Railway
along narrow street of the town.
delegation of citizens of the vicinity of
Buck Lodge, this county. appeared before
the county commissioners here Tuesday and
protested against granting to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company permission TO
replace the grade crossing at Buck Lodge
| by a bridge. 1t is claimed that the change
| which the railroad company wishes to make
would increase instead of lessen the danger
| a. that point. The request of the company
will not be granted.
| LII tilc SilSull COuIl mere ycSlcludy, Judges
| Henderson and Mottcr on the bench the
| case of Hodgson against the Southern
Building and Loan Association of Knox
Vile, Tenn, was DISMISSED on the ground
| of want of jurisdiction. The case was an
| attachment suit brought by nonresident
| plaintiff against nonresident defendant
corporation, on a contract made out of
the state The case will be taken to the
| court of appeals.
The Rockville Rod and Cfan Club has Sc
| lected April and as the dates for holding
the big two-day clay pigeon shoot. Eiabo-
| rate preparations will be made, and it will
| be the purpose of the dub to make the af-
| fair one of the biggest OF lis kind ever held
| in this section.
bill to amend theneleeefon law of the
| state has been introduced in. the legislature
| by Senator Bryan of Baltimore 1t pro-
| viGes that persons who remove from and
Vacate their residences in the state shall
| lose II cir right to vote, unless within ten
| days after their removal they make affi-
| daVit before the clerk Of the circuit court,
| in the counties. or before the clerk of the
| superior court in the city. that they do not
| intend by their removal I'd change their
! legal residence, but have a definite purpose
| to return to the state ono or before six
months before the next election in NOvem-
| Der. The failure TO make this affidavit is
| to be taken as conclusive evidence of the
| less of the right to Voter This amendment
| restores feature of the law which was in
| force when the present law was passed.
| The following cases have been disposed
| OF IN the circuit court, now in session
| here: Conrad Roger VS.. Frederick f. Jack
| son, judgment below reversed and judg-
! ment Of non pros. with costs above and
| below to appellant; Alexander Kilgour VS..
| Evening Star Newspaper Company, judg-
| ment on demurrer stricken out by consent; !;
| William Peerce vs.. Cephas Hardy gar
| nishee, dismissed by plaintiffs attorney;
| William Peerce VS.. John Matthias, gar
| nishee, dismissed by plaintiffs attorney;
! William Peerce VS.. Cephas Webster gar
| nishee. dismissed by plaintiffs attorney:
| James S. Benson VS.. Joseph F. Day, off by
| order of plaintiffs attorney; Richard D.
Hawkins VS.. John T. Hawkins, settled and
| off; trustees of the Rockville Academy VS..
| Clarence Hoskinson, judgment for claimant,
with costs; Sarah Grlggs, by Ella Johnson,
vs.. Carrie johnson. verdict for plaintiff.
Mr.. Hamilton Crawford a well-known
citizen of this county, died this morning
| at his home near Middiebrooke of an affec-
| ton of the bowels, in his seventy-fifth year
| He is survived by four grown children.
Mr.. John F. Swartzback, an aged citizen
| of the vicinity of Ounce Orchard, this
| county. died recently aged eighty-two
| years
| Senator Bouic has introduced in the state
| senate bill to incorporate the Montgomery
| Title Insurance TruSt Cornnanv