Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-28
FROM ROCKVILLE.
County News Told in
Brief.


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, Md. July %. 1900.
Mrs. Annie Collier. wife of Mr.. John W.
Collier. ex-sheriff of this county. died about
s o'clock Thursday evening, after a long
illness of consumption. aged fifty years.
She is survived by her husband and nine
children. Her death occurred at her home
near Dickerson.
Mr.. William C. Veirs. who has been
spending several weeks at his home near
this town. left today for Australia to re-
me his duties as manager of the Walter
A Wood Company.
The following Washngtonians are spend
ing the summer at the "Ingleside HOTEL a
short distance from this place: Mr.. and
Mrs. William Diggs. Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
White. Mr. Lee Latimer and family Mr..
and Mrs. David Caldwell. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry 5. Ridgely.. Mrs. Powers and daugh-
ter, Miss Emma; Mrs. Keller and family.
Mr. TrumbuH and family. Mr.. Sauenberger
and family and Miss Turner.
Miss Helen Thomas has arrived at her
home at Sandy Spring. after absence of
nine months abroad. most of which time
was spent in France, Italy and Germany.
Lizzie Wilson is the name of the color4d
girl vEn was struck and killed by lightning
Monday evening ON the farm of DR.. Grit
hth. near " heaton, this county. She was
washing under tree, attached to which
va; 4 WIre clothes line. The lightning
struck the tree and ran along the wire I'M
til 1t reached the girl. Agnes Williams
also colored was under: the tree at the
time. and was rendered insensible.
Mr. aud Mrs. Samuel Janney of New York
are chaperoning a house party at Home
wood" ii fine country residence near Nor
Leck. tals county.
DR.. +. +. StOnestreet of Rockville health
for !,
ti"ns from the state board of health to see
that the law in regard to registration of
blfthS ana deaths is strictly enforced in
Montgomery county. The law has never
been strictly enforced in this county hut
br. Stonestr"et says that hereafter he pro-
poses to see that it is carried out to the let
ter As required by the law subregistrars
nave been appointed for the various cleo
ton districts of the county. 1t is the duty
of each of these officers to report to the
health officer by not later than the 9Th of
each month the births and deaths occurring
IN MS district within the preceding thirty
Gays The health officer is required to re-
port To the state board of health by not
later than The 10Th of each month all of the
births and deaths as shown by the reports
from the suhregistrars. Failure on the part
OF subrcgiStrar or the health officer to
make the reports referred to is punisha BILE
by a fi-,e or Imprisonment, or both
The following are the subregistrars ap-
pointed b. DIR. Stonestreet for this county:
l-aytonsviile district DIR. Dyson; Clarks-
burg district. DIR. James f. Deets: Pooles-
Vile district. DIR. X. r. Gott: Colesville dis
trlct. Or. Richard BatSon and Dr. w T.
Brown: DarnestCwn district DR.. Charles Fl
Nourse: Bethesda district Dr. John l.
Lewis; Oiney district. DIR. Charles Farou-
mar: GStithersburg district. Dr. Elisha c
Etchlson and DR.. ]. M. Shippers; Potomac
district. DR.. ". 7. Pratt: GAINESVILLE dis
tr1ct. Or. J. II. Ston-street: Damascus dis
trict. Dr. Benjamin F. Lansdale Wheaton
district. DR. William L. Lewis and Mr.
Samuel ID. Waters
Miss Katherine Busey of Raltimore &c vic
iing the Misses Welt at this place
states Attorney II. NJ. Talbot left TODAY
Tor Atlantic city to spend a few days with
ms vile and children, who are so5ourning
there. iie
communca ton signed by Mrs Sarah T
and secretary. respectively Of the Mont
Solnery county W. c. T. u. has been adj
dressed to the officers of the Montgomery
County Agricultural Society asking Thai
gambling devices and demoraltzine side
SHOWS De excluded from the list of amuse-
,-en's d tue approaching annual exhibit
tloh OF the society The communication
sets forth thai the original burmese NJ The
agricultural fair was to stimulate the land :
able ambition of improving conditions of
farm ilfe. thus interesting and holding the
boys OF our homes and aiding them in he
coming good and successful farmers. This
OBJECT has been thwarted by the introduce
tion or every objectionable feature Gallon
rated 10 seriously injure the morals of the
youth attending. and many families have
been constrained on this account to absent
themselves ana TO use their influence
against the attendance of Others
Mr. George H. Lamar and DR.. William ID
Andrews of Rockville are in attendanca
upon the EpTorth Leag que convention nn,,
IN session in Atlanta Az"