Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-08
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Town and Country.

Town and Country.
The Maryland Legislature closed its ses.
sion finally on Monday night last.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court has re.
ceiyed a commission for Chas. E. Dobson
as Deputy Game Warden for this county.
Mrs. b. f. Hicks left Boyd's for Des
Moines, Iowa, Wednesday last, to stay the
entire summer. She goes to visit relatives
there.
Mr. Andrew Small has commenced the
erection oil handsome residence at Boyd's,
which he expects to have finished in few
months MIR. John W. Williams will also
erect residence there, breaking ground
next week.
Mrs. Elizabeth O'Neil, resident of this
vicinity, died on Thursday OF last week at
Sykesvllle, Md, in sanitarium, where she
had been under treatment for the past sew
eral years. She was seventy.two years OF
age, and leaves four children.
Mr. Thomas Jones and Miss Elizabeth A.
Lghtbown. young Washingtonians, visited
Rockville last Saturday night and were mar.
ried by Rev. Thomas II. Campbell, pastor
of the Baptist Church, the ceremony taking
place at the home OF the minister. Imme.
diately afterward the young couple returned
TO the city.
Miss Mildred Willingham, of South Bos.
ton, Va, died near here on Thursday night
oil last week of peritonitis, aged about TWEEN
ty.one years. About three weeks ago she
arrived here on visit to the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. d. Knight, and about q week
ago was stricken, and gradually grew worse.
Her remains were taken home tor burial.
The following appointments were made
Tuesday last Tor this county at the close OF
the Conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church, held in Baltimore: Rev. Fl. G.
Parrish, Gaithersburg Rev. II. B. West,
Laytonsville; Rev. G. M. Yost, Montgom-
cry; Rev. G. D. Taylor, Woodside. Rev.
Ii. r. Naylor is the Presiding Elder for
Washington District
J. e. Hartshorne, son OF Capt. E. ]. Harris. |
horne, OF Kensington, this county, has been |
appointed to the customs service of China,
under Sir Robert Hart, inspector-general OF
that service, and will leave this week for
Shanghai, where he is to report for duty.
The appointment was secured through Ed.
ward H. Conger, Minister TO China, who is
an old friend of the elder Hartshorne.
Mr.. Nathan Burdette, well.known re.
tired farmer Of Hyattstown, this county,
died at his home there Tuesday last, after
short Hines, aged about 70 years. Mr.. Bur
dette moved TO Hyattstown from Long Cor
ner, Howard county, ten years ago, and has
since lived there. He was twice married.
His second wife, by whom he Is survived,
was Mrs. Browning, of Hyattstown.
The Baltimore Conference of the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church, South, held in Alex.
andria, Va, closed at noon Tuesday. Bish-
op A. W. Wilson announced the appoint
ment of ministers for this county as follows:
Poolesville, Rev. B. V. Switzer; Clarks-
burg, Rev. G. Michael; Gaithersburg and
Jamestown, Revs. T. ]. Lambert and w.
G. Smith Rockville, Revs. W. F. Locke
and G. H. Fielding; Colesville, Rev. B. l.
Parrot.
Fire broke out Tuesday just before noon in
the dwelling belonging to Mr.. G. D. Briggs,
Frederick avenue, Gaithersburg. 1t was oc-
cupied by G. A. Mahan, whose family was
away from home. 1t was discovered in the
kitchen stairway. The fire soon Quilted the
interior of the building, but lively fight OF
the rescue fire company saved most OF the
furniture, and the flames were finally got
ten under control. A loss Of $500 on build
ing and 800 on furniture was sustained.
In the clay pigeon shoot at Jacksonville
on Monday, John Williams had the best
score in the first shoot at 10 birds and broke
10, Geo. B. Allnutt IL, Julian Walters 10,
Thomas Keys 7, N. s. Allnuh 9, and Glide
Griffith 9. In the second shoot at 10 birds
Geo. b. Allnutt won, breaking IL, N. 8.
Allnutt 10, T. g. Keys and John Williams
8 each, and George Nichols Z. In the fin al
shoot at 10 birds John Williams won, break
ing Q, Simon Nichols and T. q. Z eys each.
In shooting off the tie Nichols won. The
highest number of straight breaks, John
Williams 10.