Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-07-27

The Potomac picnic, by st. Gabriel's
Church, will be held on Wednesday, Sep
tember 9th.
A. L. Satterwhite, of Washington, who is
interested in Belmont, a thirty acre subdi.
vision In the lower section of this county,
was before Justice of the Peace Tough.
borough last Saturday afternoon to answer
q charge of selling real estate without q
license. At the instance Of States Attorney
Peter the case was dismissed, as was also a
charge against Satterwhite of working on
Sunday.
Miss Josephine Brent Merrick, of Wash
ington, and Mr.. Hewitt Lea Wells, Of De-
troit, were married at st. Paul's Church,
Washington, on Thursday OF last week, by
Rev. James F. Mackin. Immediately after
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Wells left for
short sea trip. Owing to the recent death
of the brides uncle, Judge Vivian Brent, the
wedding was q very quiet one, the immedi.
ate family only being present.
Ice-cream festival, watermelon feast and
picnic in MIR. Mobley's grove, at Derwood,
on Tuesday, July 31st, at 8 p. NJ. There
will be vocal music, Rotations and season.
able refreshments of various kinds. A coun.
tarfeit presentment of Old Uncle Remus
Misery, late of Atlanta, Georgia, will sing q
banjo solo ITO entertain the white folks"
Under the auspices Of Derwood Sunday
School, for the benefit OF church repair fund.
II not fair, next fair day.
Mr.. l.. A. Fitz, government grain ex-
pert, has been examining the conditions Of
upper Maryland and lower Pennsylvania
recently, looking to the planting a winter
oats. He visited lands near Delta, New
Park and Fawn Grove, and also in the up,
per part OF Baltimore county. Mr.. Fltz is
interested In giving the farmers q test Of
winter oats, and believes that successful
crop can be grown. He thinks that within
three years the government will be able to
furnish oat seed that can be sown in the fall,
the same as wheat Is now sown.
A horse belonging to the Chesapeake Tele-
phone Company broke his leg In an acct
dent, on Thursday of last week, and had to
be killed. He was one Of q pair OF horses
that started from the Rockville depot and
ran up the railroad track to q culvert not
far distant and fell through 1t, breaking his
leg The other horse was SCARED, but not
seriously injured. At the time they started
to run, the wagon to which they were at
tached was being loaded with material to be
used in repairing the line of wires through
Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Birney, of Washing.
ton, who have taken Maydow n, the coun.
try estate and mansion of the late General
Getty, at Forest Glen, this county, gave
german at the house on Wednesday night
of last week In honor of their youngest
daughter, Miss Catharine Birney. The house
was decorated with greens and daisies and
the verandas and lawns with Japanese Ian.
terms. The german was led by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles r. Gantz, of Baltimore, who are
staying at Forest Glen for the summer
The guests included all the younger set
among the summer colony at Forest Glen,
Woodside and Linden, including several
from Baltimore and Washington.
Two fine brood mares and a sucking
standard bred colt belonging to Mr.. John
W. Keys were killed by lightning on Sun
day afternoon last. These mares and colt
were In the pasture field on the farm of Mr..
Keys, about II miles west of this town, with
six other horses when the accident occurred.
All of them were upon the meadow when
loud peal Of thunder frightened them They
scampered, and dividing six went around
the hin TO reach its top, while the unforlu-
mates ones passed directly up the hill to the
top to a cluster of poplar trees. AS they
near approached the cluster, following one
another In a line, bolt of lightning passed
down one of the poplar trees and killed
them in the order as they followed. The
loss is estimated at $500.