Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1905-03-03

AL persons OF this county addressing
friends in Washington city during the in.
auguration week should address their letters
In care of the Washington Post, whence they
Will be delivered upon application, and the
jam OF the large crowd avoided by the re.
cipients. The Post is centrally located at
Penn. ave-, near 14th st., and open at all
hours day and night.
Last week the SENTINEL noted the prob.
ability of Collector 8. B. Lyddane entering
suit to collect mortgage taxes. the payment
OF which were refused by combination Of
mortgages. Since suit has been entered
against Mr.. Benjamin H. Miller, of Sandy
Spring neighborhood, this county, for tax
charges of $75. The case will be heard BY
Magistrate John Brewer on the 9th OF March
The funeral Of Mr.. Granville ]. Harding
OF Cloverly, this county, who died of double
pneumonia on Friday last, was held al
5pencerville Monday afternoon. He was a
son of Andrew ]. Harding and one of the
most popular citizens of his neighborhood
His funeral was the most largely attended
ever held at Spencerville. He leaves widow
and ten children. Mr.. Harding was thirty.
eight years Of age.
The home OF DR.. Geo. l.. Edmunds, al
this place, narrowly escaped destruction by
fire about noon Sunday. DR.. Edmonds
who was alone in the house at the time
heard what he took to be flames roaring up
stairs. He rushed up and discovered the
room TO be indames. He went TO work with
a bucket and soon had the blaze subdued
The woodwork of the room and the furni.
ture were badly damaged. The fire is sup.
posed TO have started from clothing catchin g
from an overheated stove.
James NJ. Mount, q well.known young
resident of Gaithersburg district, this coun-
ty, was placed under arrest Thursday of last
week, by Deputy Sheriff Geo. Mullican up.
on the charge OF polluting the water of Min.
eral Spring Branch. 1t is alleged that the
accused operates q saw mill near the stream,
and that the saw dust is allowed to wash
into the stream, blackening the water and
killing the fish. The warrant was issued at
the instance of Deputy Game Warden John
A. Selby. A preliminary hearing was waiv.
ed and the accused held to March court.
The Rockville Woman's Club was enter.
tanned on Thursday afternoon of last week
at the home of Mrs. Wallace Welsh, the oc.
casion being the regular bi monthly meet.
ing of the club. Miss Anna Fsrquhar pre-.
lided, and the attendance OF members was
arge. The responses were from Poe, fol.
owing which Mrs. Rob't Baylis conducted
\ parliamentary drill. Miss Sadie Reading
paper on Edgar Allan Poe
and Sidney Lanier," Miss Sophie Higgins a
paper on Baltimore 10 the Days of Poe"
and Miss Rose Armstrong reading from F.
Hopkinson Smith. The program concluded
with very interesting round table on "Our
the Birds" which was conducted
BY Mrs. Frank A. Spencer and participated
In by all Of the members present.
The public school at Hunting Hill, this
county, WIS lately thrown into a tumult by
The discovery of beautifully colored ami.
NAL In the vestibule Of the building. No one
present knew what it was as yet 1t had
given no sign Of the species TO which 1t be-
onged. II offered no resistance to attack,
out crouched in the corner with defiance
cleaning in its eyes. 1t would not be drv.
IN out by gentle means, and a singing lick
was applied. In return one sweep of the
brush was given and olfactories were stihed
and the building saturated with an unbear-
able odor. "PoIecati kill him, kill him |"
was the cry, when the traditional polecat
Of ancestral teaching dswned upon the
And the deed was done by the
lew courageous ones who did not scamper.
The building was fumigated with burnt CO.
lar, and the school is just as pleasant TO the
pupils as ever before.