Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-22
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal Items From
Montgomery County's Capital.
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

special Correspondence OF Inc Evening St5F
ROCKVILLE, Md, October 81, 1902.
A marriage in the Rockville court house
was the cause of total suspension of bust
ness in that building for a short while to-
day. The county commissioners, the super
visors of elections and the school commits
sioners were in session at the time and all
took a recess to witness the event. All the
court house officials. as well as a number
of other persons. were also present. The
ceremony took place in the office Of the
county public school commissioners and was
performed by Rev. 8. r. White, secretary
to the board Mr.. James Herndon VIKINGS
ley of Washington and Miss Edith May
George of Westmore1and county, Va, were
the contracting parties. The young folks
were accompanied by two friends and i'm
mediately after the ceremony the party left
for Washington.
The same minister officiated yesterday
afternoon at the marriage of Mr.. Caspar
Kaiser of Laurel and Miss Minnie Travers
Of Baltimore, which took place at the Bap-
fist parsonage at this place. The young cou-
pie was unaccompanied and left for Wash
ington immedia tely after the ceremony. This
morning a license was issued here for the
marriage of Mr. Stephen Boyd Perry of thus
county and Mrs. Jennie Florence Garland of
Charlottesville. Va.
Nancy Shorter. a well-known co1ored wo-
man of this place. was arrested this morn
ing by Deputy Sheriff John A. Selby upon q
warrant charging her with violating the
local option law. She was taken before
Joseph Reading, justice of the peace, who
required her to furnish security for her ap-
pearance at court. The warrant was sworn
out by Frank Higgins of the Montgomery
County Anti-Saloon League.
The board of supervisors Of elections met
here today and appointed the following to
serve as doorkeepers at the various voting
places throughout the county at the No
vember election:
Laytonsville district-James E. Howes and
James Barber.
Clarksburg district-Henson T. Miles and
A. B. Thompson.
Poolesvle dstrct-James Ford
Rockville district-First precinct, John H
Hilton and William Skllman: second pre-
cinct oliver Moulden and Michael Conroy.
Colesville district-Arthur c. Harding and
Samuel S. Bond.
Jamestown district-Chares PennyfeId
and George Baughman.
Bethesda district-Willam H. Pyles and
Robert Wilson.
Olney district-First precinct, Louis NJ.
Leizear; second precinct, Edward w. Owen
and George w. Nicholson.
Gaithersburg district-Gideon D. Briggs.
Potomac district-Ernest Wheatley and
Robert W. Stone.
GAINESVILLE district-John C. Rhodes and
Henry BuSsard.
Damascus dfStrict-Willtam E. Watkins
and William Burdette.
Wheaton district-First precinct William
Gray; second precinct. Rein Hardesty
OF the above. the first-named in each dis
trict is a democrat, the other republican.
Appointments of republican doorkeepers for
Poolesville, the first precinct of Olney,
Gaithersburg and Wheaton districts have
not yet been made.
Miss Matilda P. Riley, daughter of Mrs.
Philip Riley, of near Norbeck this county.
and Mr.. Edward T. Allen of Washington
were married at noon yesterday at the home
of the bride by Rev. Thomas j. Packa I'd
rector of Christ Episcopal Church. this
town. The ceremony was witnessed by
limited number of guests. After wedding
breakfast. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen left for
honeymoon trip. 1t is understood they will
reside in Washington.