Evening star., 1901-12-13
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News From
Montgomery COunty's Capital.
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General and Personal News From
Montgomery COunty's Capital.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, Nd, December u 1901.
Anderson Ross, a young colored man Of
Rockville, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
John A. Selby this morning upon a warrant
charging him with an assault upon with
intent to murder Henson Giddings, also
colored who also resides in this town. He
was taken before John 3. Brewer, justice of
the peace, who required him to furnish Sc
curity in the sum of $3.50 for his appear
ance at preliminary hearing. 1t is stated
that the alleged assault occurred about
10 o'clock Wednesday night in Texas"
section of Rockville inhabited exclusively
by colored people; that a quarrel between
the two resulted in Ross attacking Gid
dings with hatchet, inflicting painful
but not necessarily dangerous wound on
the head.
Mr.. Henry Esser. formerly of Washing
ton, who recently purchased the Soule prop
erty about two miles from this town, was
afternoon and had his left leg broken just
above the knee by being kicked by the ami
NAL he was trying to capture.
The clerk of the circuit court for this
county has issued marriages licenses to
Horace Z. Johnson and Josephine A. Lei
zear, George E. Nicholson and Mary c.
Whpp, and Basil w. Duvall and Jennie C.
Evely. all of this county.
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Westminster and Gettysburg Railroad Com
pany to the Union Trust Company of Phil
adelphia, for 81 $,S50OO0, was this morning
placed on file for record in the office of the
clerk of the circuit court for this county
The deed, it is understood was executed for
the purpose of raising funds for the con-
struction of the proposed road from a point
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near
this town, to Gettysburg. the route for
which has already been surveyed 1t is
stated that the work of construction will
begin in the near future
The remains of Mr.. John Thomas Baker.
native and for many years resident of
this county, who died in Washington We'd
nesday, were brought to Rockville this
afternoon and inferred in the Rockville
cemetery. Deceased was fifty-1ve years of
age and UNMARRIED. He had been i'll of an
affection of the kidneys for several years.
but his condition did not become alarming
until few weeks ago, and death ensued,
As stated.
AT the annual meeting of the Rockville
Woman's Club, held this afternoon at the
home of Miss Isabel Kingdom the following
officers were elected: President Mrs Frank
Spencer; vice president, Miss Katherine
Choate; recording secretary, Mrs. Wallace
Welsh; corresponding secretary. Miss Anna
Farquhar: treasurer, Mrs Robert Bayliss:
librarian, Miss Beulah White.
Preceding the election of officers an in
Iefestlng program was rendered, the topic
for the meeting being The American Navy
Miss Sophie Higgins read paper; Mrs O.
NJ. Linthecum read an appropriate extract:
Mrs. Wallace Welsh conducted a parlia-
mentary drill: Mrs. Robert Bayliss read a
paper on Current Events" and Miss Kath-
crime Choate was critic. -
DIR; W. p. Hill of this town has been ap-
pointed an inspector in the bureau Of ami
NAL Industry, at an annual salary Of 81 San
He has beeE ordered to report at ST To-
ssph, No., for dut&