Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-07-26
Ental aud 9ersnmal.
Town and Country.

Town and Country.
Mr. James Dawson, of Spokane, Wash
ington, is visiting relatives in this commu
nifty.
Germantown last Saturday defeated the
Damascus base ball team in fast game be
fore a big crowd by the score Of 5 A.
Messrs. John and William B. Trundle, o.
Poolesville district, have just completed I
commodious barn ON their farm, 60x90 feet
at cost of over "a, 900.
The Montgomery County Museum viii
be open to the public every Thursday dur
ing the summer from 10 A. M. to 1870 P. M.
beginning July 4th. Admission, 10 cents.
Mr.. j. G. Compton, sixty-two years old
a native of Taylorstown, Va, died at bis
home, near Poolesville, this county, Tues.
day morning of Bright's disease. A wife
and seven children survive him.
Mrs. ]. s. j. Clark, OF White Oak, and
Miss Emma Hughes, of Washington, D. c.,
are spending some time in Williamsport and
Eagle Mere, Pennsylvania. They expect to
return home by August LIST.
4 oablegram from the Philippines was
rec ed here Wednesday last announcing
the cath there Of the wife of Surgeon Rob-
crt Porter, U. s. A. She was Miss Lydia
Kilgo,ur daughter of Francis s. Kilgour, Of
s county.
Come one, come all, to the annual meet
ng nf the Anti-Saloon League Wednesday,
aug list 14th, at Washington Grove. Good
TEN Dlars will be present and delegates from
-. smperance societies. Browningsville
band will give music that will satisfy every
body. Basket picnic. Lunch can be pur-
chased on the grounds. Speakers will be
announced later.
The annual meeting of the Alumni Asso-
citation of the Andrew Small Academy will
be held Thursday, August LIST, on the Acad-
envy campus, at Jamestown, beginning at
1890 A. NJ. Appropriate program will be
rendered, followed by tennis tournament
and base ball in the afternoon. All former
students, patrons and friends are invited.
Edwin Warfeld Broome, secretary.
Melvin Carson, about 20 years old, son OF
Thomas Carson, OF Poolesville district, died
last Saturday afternoon as a result OF sun
stroke. The young man had been driving
a mower In his fathers field and about 8
o'clock in the morning complained OF feel
ing i'll and went to the house. When the
others went in at noon they found the young
man in an unconscious condition and his
death occurred soon afterward.
Mrs. Fannie Clagett, wife Of Mr.. John E.
Clagett, was taken suddenly III in the Gath.
ersburg M. E. Church South about noon
last Sunday, and died half an hour later.
She was stricken while Mr.. MILAN, OF
Washington, was delivering an address, and
was removed to the Sunday School room,
where her death occurred. Heart failure s
given as the cause of death. She is survived
by her husband and three children.
News reached this county last Saturday
afternoon announcing the death of Mrs.
Florence E. Duke, widow of Robert Duke,
of Jefferson county, W. Va. Mrs. Duke
had friends and relatives at Boyds and
Poolesvlle and in Washington. She is
sister of Mrs. Edward Allnutt, of Dawson
Vile, and daughter of the late Capt. Ed.
Chiswell. Two of her sons and four sisters
and two brothers reside in Washington.
Mayor ]. c. Cannon, of Kensngton, last
week received communication from the
United States Navy Department inquiring
about one Richard Peterson, who was
thought to be at Kensington. He was said
to be a deserter from the navy. Peterson
was discovered as conductor on the street
car line out of Kensington, which position
he had filled few weeks. He was arrested
by Marshal Crimson and turned over to the
navy authorities. Peterson took his arrest
quietly.
In one of the most interesting and best
played games of the season here the local
base ball club defeated the team represent
ing Remington at the Fair Grounds last
Saturday afternoon by to 0. Whiting,
who was in the box for Rockville, was 10
his best form. He allowed but one safe hit
and struck out ten OF the visitors. Krouse,
for Kensington, also pitched well, but the
Rockville boys succeeded in punching their
hits in the sixth inning, when they scored
their two runs.
Walter Powell, negro resident of this
town, was run over by an electric car on the
Washington and Rockville Railway, about
half a mile below Rockville, about II o'clock
last Sunday night. One foot was cut off,
one leg fractured, and hip broken. He
was brought to Rockville and given surgi-
cal attention, and then taken toa Washing
ton hospital. The man stated he sat down
along side the tracks to wait for the car, and
was struck by the fender and knocked I'M
der the wheels.
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