Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-05-24
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Town and Country.

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lion of an addition to his residence in this
town.
Flag-pole, for sale, spruce, bark on, sea-
soned, in. at small end, 80 #. long, S.;
johnson Lumber-yard.
Mr.. Horace D. Waters, of Germantown,
visited Rockville recently for the first time
since his late severe sickness.
Mr.. Arthur Peter, of this town, continues
to improve since he was operated on for
appendicitis and will in few days leave
the hospital.
The County Commissioners have placed
800 at the disposal Of the States Attorney
to be used in detection of violations of the
local option law.
1t has been decided to take up the case of
Conrad Roger, charged with poisoning the
cattle Of Oliver g. Henley, at the coming
non.jury June Term of Court here for trial.
Decoration Day will be observed at the
Rockville cemetery by appropriate exer-
cises. All are very cordially requested to
attend. By order of the Executive Com.
mttee.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Monocacy Cemetery Company will
be held at the cemetery ON Saturday, May
25th, at P. M. All lot owners are stock
holders.
Miss Clara May Jenkins, Of Tenleytown,
and Mr.. Walter E. Cummings, of Great
Falls, were married Monday evening at Pc.
tomac, the ceremony being performed by
Rev. F. T. Griffith.
Mr.. Norman Bouic, Of the law firm of
Bouic & Bouic, is again out after long and
painful spell of rheumatism which confined
him to his bed. His many friends will learn
with delight of his improvement.
Raymond, little son Of Mr.. George Davis
of this town, was operated on for an affec.
tlon of the bladder, at Georgetown Univer.
sity Hospital, on Monday last The opera.
ton was a success and the child is doing
we'll.
The zone hundred and fifty thousand dol
lar fund" OF the Seventh Day Adventists,
which is to be expended by the headquar
ters at Takoma Park for special work in
this country and abroad, now amounts to
$50,241.20.
Mr.. Joseph E. Miller, of Woodside, this
county, and Miss Sadie A. Volk, of Balti-
more, were married last week by Rev. G. o.
Rosensteel, pastor Of st. Johns Catholic
Church, Forest Glen, the ceremony being
performed at Forest Glen.
Upon recent visit to Kentucky Mr.. Geo.
E. Nicholson, of Olney, purchased a saddle
stallion that cost him $4,000. He is four
years old, weighs 100 pounds, glossy
black, and is able to go all the saddle gaits
required of horse Of his class.
Mr.. Robert l.. Adamson, a native OF this
county, died at his residence, near Avery, OF
general debility, on Thursday morning last,
aged about So years. He was one of our fore
most citizens and successful farmer, call
ing that he followed throughout the course
of his life.
Arthur Offutt, young colored man of this /
place, was arrested here last Monday night
on charge OF attempted arson. 1t is al
legged that he attempted to burn the house
iChtCu W hhu ONOuPiOd W hiS ioLhhy
by saturating the downstairs floor with oil
and setting it on fire.
VIM. Lyles, colored, whose home is near
Damascus, is In Jail here charged with an as.
sault, with intent to kill, upon Harry Potts,
colored, who also resides in that neighbor-
hood. 1t is alleged that Lyles shot and
wounded Potts during drunken quarrel
near Laytonsville last Saturday night.
Charles p. Collins and James A. Moran
were last Monday evening re appointed town
marshal and town clerk and treasurer, re-
spectiyely, of Glen Echo. Messrs. Thomas
A. Weaver and Guy e. Jenkins, who were
recently elected members of the council,
subscribed to the oath of Office before Mayor
Garrett and entered on their two-year term.
Mrs Henrietta Snowden, of Olney dis
trct, died on Tuesday last at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Walter Lea, at Ashton,
aged 70 years. She was the widow of Capt.
Nicholas Snowden, of the Confederate army,
who was killed at Hsrrisonburg, Va, in
1862, and was daughter of the late VIM.
H. Staber. She is survived by son and
four daughters.
The Rockville Juniors played two games
OF ball at the Fair Grounds here last Satur-
day with the team from Boyds, and won
each time, the score being 10 to 8 and 8 to 8.
Each game required ten innings. The bat
teries were Harris and Emmert, both games,
for Boyds, and Robertson and Warfeld, first
game, and Hicks, Robertson and Dawson,
second game, for Rockville.
Mr.. Harry b. Cramer. Mrs. Cramer and
their family, of Gaithersburg, left Saturday
for Billings, Mont, where Mr.. Cramer goes
as special disbursing officer for the United
States Geological Survey, TO which position
he was last week promoted. Mr.. Cramer
has been for many years an accountant for
the survey. He will remain at the Mon
tana station until November LIST.
A reunion was held last Saturday at the
home of Prof. E. B Prettyman, at this place,
when nearly all who formed the faculty OF
the Maryland State Normal School when
Prof. Prettyman was principal of the insti-
tuition spent the day at the Prettyman home.
u1icocS hiCuulOuu, nhCLninp Lows, AstC6Ois
Scarborough, Upshur, Henkle and Hopper
and Prof. and Mrs. Austin were among
those present.
Rockville baseball team kept up its clever
work by defeating the St. Peters team, Of
the Marquette League, Washington, at the
Fair Grounds here last Saturday afternoon
by the score of to 8. Rockville obtained
large lead in the opening inning, but after
that Zirkle, the Washington pitcher, settled