Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-05-23
The body of George Coleman, the young


below the falls, and the dead body WI
caught in the net and brought to the SUI
face of the water.
Memorial Day, May SOth, will be OF
served as usual at Rockville Cemetery. Tn
exercises will take place about o'clock Il
the afternoon. For the accommodation G
the public Mr.. Poss will run his omnibu
from l o'clock to the close of the evening
All who may desire to use this mode @
conveyance should notify Mr.. Poss of thei
intentions on the evening of the 29th.
Mary Kanode, daughter of Mr.. R. E
Kanode and wife, of Gaithersburg, died OIL
Friday last, aged II years. While calling
at the home other grandmother, Mrs. Cecil
the child was taken violently Ill with cramps
and despite the efforts of three attending
physicians death resulted after days III
ness. Her funeral took place on Sunday
with interment in Forest Oak cemetery.
Garfield Broadnix, young negro living
near this town, was on Tuesday last induced
to accompany man TO Washington, under
the promise that he would secure him stu
alton in hotel at Atlantic City. The mar
proved to be Washington detective, and
when they arrived in that city the negro
was locked up charged with stealing o
trunk and contents from house where be
formerly roomed in Washington.
Six horses drawing hay wagon, driven
by p. L. Weller, of Wheaton, this county,
ran away on Bright wood avenue, in the Dis
trict, late Saturday afternoon last. Electric
flashes from crossed wires on the overhead
trolly road caused the fright, and the ami.
mails took complete possession of the road
for short time. The driver was thrown of
and slightly hurt. Three of the horses fell
to the ground and were injured.
Memorial services in honor of Rev. W. A.
Mcdonald will be held at Gathersburg M
E. Church South on Sunday next, 25th
instant, at 7:45 P. NJ. The churches of the
town will unite in these services. A cordial
invitation is extended to all persons to be
present and to participate. The conduct of
the exercises will be informal. Opportunity
will be afforded for voluntary testimony of
appreciation to the life and character OF the
deceased. This will not be restricted TO the
members of the churches Of which Mr.. Nc.
Donald was pastor, but open to all persons,
whether member of any church or not
Mr.. Mcdonald was widely known and es-
teemed, and it is expected that this will be
an impressive occasion.
A demonstration given by the representa-.
tives of fire extingusher company on the
hay market lot at Tenth and B streets north
west, Washington, Thursday afternoon of
last week frightened team of horses attach
ed to hay wagon. The team was being
driven past the place by George N. Dorcus,
a farmer Of this county, and the horses were
soon beyond his control. They ran wildly
TO the corner of Thirteen-and.a half and @
streets northwest, where they collided with a
horse and surrey driven by ]. e. Berry.
Both drivers and the horses escaped injury,
but the was surrey wrecked The farm
horses were stopped and placed under control
before they could recover from the shock of
the collision. The damage to the surrey
was 800.
Mr.. Richard II. Bennett, of Germantown,
this county, died at his home on Wednes-
day night OF last week, aged 70 years. Mr..
Bennett became III of an affection of the
kidneys about three months ago and never
rallied. He had been a resident OF that
locality all his life and was very highly re.
spected. Mr.. Bennett was twice married.
his first wife dying about twenty years ago.
His second wife and ten children survive
him. The children are Mrs. Walach, of
Washington City; Mrs. Allnutt, of Vir.
GINA; Mrs. Miller, of Glen Echo; Mrs
Arthur Hughes, OF Jamestown, and Miss
Woottie Bennett, OF Germantown, and
Messrs. George and Horace Bennett, of Ger
mantown; VIM. Bennett, of Hagerstown;
r. A. Bennett, of Washington, and Regi-
maid Bennett, of Boyd's.
On Thursday morning of last week Rev
VIM. A. Mcdonald, well-known minister
of the Methodist Church South, stationed
at Gsithersburg, this county, died at the
Presbyterian Eye and Ear Hospital in Bal
timore, aged SO years. On the Sunday pre-
vious he had been removed from his home
at Gaithersburg to the hospital for an oper
alton to remove an abcess which had formed
at the base of the brain, and from which he
had suffered for several weeks. The opera
ton appeared to be successful, but relapse
occurred from which he was not able TO
rally. His pastorate at Gaithersburg was
very successful, and when stricken with
disease he had just inaugurated plans for
a new church at Ounce Orchard and had
begun the work of construction. General
regret Ia expressed at his demise.
Miss Esther Wethersld died at Sandy
Spring, this county, on Monday last, aged
over SO years. She was born 10 Fog land,
but came to this country with her parents
when in her sixth year, settling in Trenton,
N. j. After few years her father, Thomas
Wetherald, the celebrated minister of the
Society of Friends, eDgag ID 10 farming near
York, Pa and after bis death she, with her
sister Mary, conducted a private school in
Baltimore city, and Miss Esther also taught
in the school conducted by Madame Bujac,
In that city. Alter leaving Baltimore she
continuously resided with her brother, the
late Joseph K. Wetherald, on farm near
Sandy Spring until his death, and for the
past few years lived In that village. She
was sister Of the late Thomas Wetherald,
we'll known jeweler and pioneer fireman
of Baltimore.
An alleged plckpocket, who said bis name
was Charles Cramer, was arrested at Cabin
John Bridge, this county, on Sunday after.
noon by Detectives Peck and Miller and
taken to Washington city. The prisoners
picture and complete record were found 10
the Bureau Of Identification, and the record
showed that he had been arrested for lar