Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-30
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
County Commissioners Fix Tax Rate
Matrimonial Events.


Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June %, 1853.
Miss NJ. Cornelia Jarboe, daughter of
Mr.. Eugene Jarboe of the vicinity of Ed
wards Ferry, this county, and Mr. George
Frederick Wohlfarth of Glen Echo were
married this afternoon at the home Of the
bride, in the presence of number of in
vited guests. The officiating minister was
Rev. Gilbert Mcdonald, pastor of st.
Mary's Catholic Church at GAINESVILLE
Following the ceremony a repast
served and later in the day Mr.. and Mrs
Wohlfarth left for Pittsburg where they
will make their future home. The bride
was formerly a teacher in the public
schools of the county and is widely known
The board of county commissioners for
this county met here today for the pur-
pose of signing the annual levy. The tax
rate was fixed at eighty-six cents-the same
as last year. Because of the construction
of the Rockville and Georgetown turnpike
the rate for Rockville and Bethesda dis
tricts will be two cents higher. The tax
able basis of the county is s12. 7sS, 145-an
increase of s1S4.635 over last year.
The principal items of expense are as fol-
lows: Attorneys fees. $3.14449; public
schools, $32 900; roads, s21. 10; aims
house, 81, 500 assessing 500; bondsi and in
terest, 1920; bridges $500: collectors
commissions, $500; county commissioners
and clerks, 1891 30; corporations. $3.50:
constab lie So, sso7 80; clerk Of the circuit
court S2,291.7 &c: sheriff So. "a; election.
$4500; fuel, $500; insane paupers. $500; in
solvents. $500; inquests. s96; justices of the
peace. 1891. janitor of court house. 5000;
printing. 81, $50; pensions. s. 466; register of
wills, s5191O; surveying s135; taxes paid
in error, s24.33; miscellaneous, s641.43.
The funeral of Mr.. l. O'Neal.w died Sat-
urday at the advanced age of eighty-three
years, took place this morning from Christ
Episcopal Church. this place The services
were conducted by Rev. Thomas ]. Pack
ard, rector of the church. and the inter-
ment was at Rockville cemetery. For many
years the deceased resided near Beane, this
county, where his death occurred.
Mr.. John Sylvester Macaboy and Miss
Elizabeth Cecilia Bielaski, both of Wash
ington, were married here this afternoon
by Rev. Thomas d. Williams. pastor of
st. Mary's Catholic Church, the ceremony
taking place at st. Mary's parsonage. The
young folks were unaccompanied and re-
turned to the city Immediately after the
ceremony. The age of the groom was given
as twenty-four and that of the bride as
eighteen.
Among the Westinghouse who are
guests at the Woodlawn Hotel. at this
place, are Mr.. John Ridout and family,
Mr.. w. c. Simpson and family. Mr.. Rus
sell and family, Mr.. briggs and family
and Mrs. French and family.
Mr.. Percy N. Moulden of Rockville met
with serious accident a few days ago
at Wilmington, Del. A scaffold upon
which he and companion were at work
gave way and both men were precipi-
tated to the ground beloW distance Of
fracture of the leg, and his other leg and
his back were badly sprained and other
portions Of his body painfully bruised. The
other man escaped with nothing more sert-
Gus than a few slight bruises. The
injured man has been brought to his homo
here, and his condition is favorable.