Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-03-28
At the Rockville Presbyterian Church on

Sunday last the following officers were
ordained and installed VIM. E. Muncas-
ter and Edwin Smith, Ruling Elders; A. B.
Gleason and Geo. P Henderson, Deacons
The services were conducted by the pastor,
Rev. X l.. McNair, assisted by the Session
OF the church. With these added to those
already in service this church is now equip
ped with full corps Of officers.
Willoughby Santman, railroad agent for
the Baltimore and Ohio, discovered the har
ness making shop and residence of Mr.. W.
Mobley and family and Harness. Maker Miller,
at Germantown, on fire Tuesday morning,
and promptly alarmed the family, who were
at breakfast. He was the cause of the saw
ing of the life of little child of Mr.. Mobley,
] who was asleep in another room. The child
was gotten out after hard fight. Efforts
were made to save the building, but it was
too late. Part of the contents were saved
The house was owned by Mr.. P. E. Waters.
The loss amounted to about $500.
Kensngton was again visited by de
structive fire on Thursday evening of last
week, which amounted to about $4,000
About $3.50 O'Clock fire broke out in the
cellar of Mr.. William H. Mannakee's store
building, occupied by Mr.. r. A Howell as
grocery and provision store, and in very
short time the building was filed with smoke,
driving those in the store hurriedly into
In hn Of
ply nothing could be done but save the ad-
jacent buildings, which was done through
the very effective work OF bucket brigade
The insurance upon the building was $4,000
and 81 800 on the stock of merchandise.
The regular bi-weekly meeting of the
Rockville Woman's Club was held Thurs
day of last week at the home of Mrs. Rob't
N Bayles. "Was it advisable to send Spe.
cial Ambassadors to King Edwards Coro.
nation" was the subject of debate, Miss
Sophie Higgins speaking in the affirmative
and Mrs. Bayes in the negative; Miss Beu
lab White read paper on the "Mexican
War" Miss Anna Farquhar contributed a
reading, Mrs. II @ Warfeld read paper
on "Current Events" and Miss Belle King
don criticised the preceding meeting. Ar
engagements were made to have Miss Janet
Richards, of Washington, lecture before the
club in April.
At an early hour on Monday morning a
large barn on the farm of John r. Mount,
near Damascus, this county, was destroyed
by fire, and fine horses, 10 sheep and 81
lambs were roasted to death. A large guam
tity OF fodder, 10 tons of hay, some corn and
many other articles were consumed The
total loss was about $4,000, the building,
which was valued at $1,000, being covered
by insurance. When discovered by the
proprietor the fire had gained such head
way that it was impossible to save any.
thing The sheep and lambs were In the
barnyard, which was covered with hay and
fodder. This caught fire, and with the heat
from the burning building roasted them to
death. The horses were in the barn.
Attention is called to the advertisement of
the Continental Trust Company of Balti
more on our second page. This company,
with its large capital and surplus OF over
100000, offers exceptional security to its
depositors. 1t receives accounts of corpora
tons and individuals subject to check on
which interest is allowed, and also has a
savings department in which deposits of
any amount can be made, not under 81 90,
and receive interest at per cent. When
visiting Baltimore do not fail see the banking
room and vaults of this company. Its bank
ing room is considered the handsomest in
the country, and the vaults are the strong
est that have ever been built. The vaults
were erected by the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, and nearly 200 tons Of armor plate
were used in the construction, the door
alone weighing II tons.