Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-07-06

Town and Country.

the night of the Fourth, in celebration of
the day.
Mrs. Margaret Young, widow of Isaac
Young, died at her home, near Poolesville,
on Sunday night last.
Mr.. A. r. Hewitt, of this town, has been
Amounted TO position In the House of De.
tention at Washington city.
If YOU want to have pleasant time, at
little expense, take trip to Luna Park.
See advertisement in another column.
The GAINESVILLE picnic will be held this
wear on Wednesday, July 25th, and the
Choppers picnic on Wednesday, August 9th.
THE Civic League will meet at the Wo-
MAI. Tub rooms on Tuesday, July 10th,
slOA. NJ. All members are requested to
attend.
pbose OF our readers who have wheat or
corn v sell should not fall to read the card
az MI John W. Emmert, in our advertising
columns this week.
4 step in the right direction. Into the
retailers store-where Dolly Madison Shoes
are You will be pleased with the
styles d prices.
Col. Jesse ]. Moore, superintendent of
he Maryland House of Correction, died OF
cart disease at Garfield Hospital, Washing.
ton city, on Wednesday.
81 Peer's Church, Olney, Md, will hold
. erpusl picnic at Olney on Wednesday,
Sh. Base ball, music and dancing
Meas SCI we'd on the grounds.
IAo.1... MacWilliams, of Washington, D.
c., has opened up jewelry store at the sold
stand" in Rockville and is prepared to do all
kinds of repairing In that line at short notice.
A lawn festival will be held at St. Mary's
Church grounds, Rockville, Md, on We'd
nesday and Thursday, August 1st and End.
Musical concert. Supper served after
P. M.
The Projectors say we shall have very
hot weather and frequent thunder storms
during the month Of July, with short inter-
walls of cooler weather following the cleo
trical storms.
The County Commissioners on Tuesday
last passed an order placing the sum of 800
at the disposal OF the States Attorney to be
used in suppressing the lawlessness along
the Conduit road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ribble and family, Misses
Laura and Mildred Higgins and Mary
Welsh, all of this place, left last Saturday
for Virginia Beach, where they will spend
two or three weeks.
The salary of the counsel to the County
Commissioners has been fixed at 5000. This
amount to cover all charges for services
rendered the Board, excepting fees In suits
in which the Board may be party to.
The annual tuition scholarship to Wash.
ington and Lee University from Montgom,
cry county will be awarded at the alumni
meeting in August. Applications should
be made to J. W. Warner, Rockville, Md.
Mrs. Jane M. Hutchison, wife of James
Hutchinson, of the vicinity of Colesville,
this county, died on Thursday of last week
of an affection of the stomach, aged rs years.
She is survived by her husband and several
children.
Mrs. Maggie White, Of Dickerson, while
at the residence Of her nephew, Mr.. Thos.
Chiswell, on last Friday, met with very
serious and painful accident by falling on
the stairway and breaking the large bone in
her limb between the knee and ankle.
Louis Philips, for the past ten years res
ident of this town, died on Thursday OF last
week in Frederick city, where he had been
undergoing treatment. Paralysis and nerv-
GUS exhaustion were stated to be the cause
of death. His wife and three children sur
vive him.
Mr.. Samuel Young departed from the old
custom of harvesting wheat upon his farm,
near Buck Lodge, this county, the present
season, by cutting it with two binders, haul
ing it from the field and threshing 1t all at
the same time. He finished his harvest on
Saturday last.
A Cumberland correspondent reports the
sad accident, on the 4lh instant, to Little,
11-year-old son of Mr.. Charles B. Green,
formerly of this town, OF having "his side
torn out by the explosion of giant fire.
cracker held in his hand" The accident
happened In Cumberland, Md, where Mr..
Green nowreside,.
DR.. Woodward, health officer for the Dis.
trict of Columbia, has rented the home of
Mr.. Cyrus Keiser, near Bethesda, and with
his family will spend the summer months
there. Mr.. Keiser and family will depart
within the next few days for an extended
visit to relatives in Ohio.
Alfred Parsons, son of DR.. and Mrs. A.
v Parsons, was painfully injured by falling
from tree at the home of Prof. and Mrs.
Fl. j. Weber, Takoma Park, this county,
on Friday afternoon last. In jumping from
one tree TO another the young man missed
his hold and fell ten feet to the ground.
Mr.. Rufus N. Belt, aged SO years, life
long resident of this county, died on Mon
day afternoon last at the home of his brother,
Mr.. Watt Belt, near Avery. Although his
death was sudden, 1t was not unex pected
as he had recently suffered several attacks
Of heart failure, which was the cause of his
death. His widow and one son survive him
Harry Potts, colored resident of Emory
Grove, about five miles above Rockville
was dangerously and perhaps fatally injured
by another negro last Sunday night. Potts
was struck on the forehead with large
rock and his skull was crushed. Monday
morning he was taken to a Washington
hospital, where it is understood his condi
ton is regarded as critical. George Luckett
who is in Jail here, says he does not know
whether he struck Potts, but admits throw
ing stone at him.