Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14
NEWS OF ROCKVILLE
GRIFFITH MULLIKEN WEDDING.
RAILWAY CROSSING PROTECTED.

ROCKVILLE Md, July IL. 1907.
Miss Ethel NJ Griffith. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Julian Griffith OF Jamestown. this
county. and Mr.. IIarwood +: Mulliken of
Baltimore were married at o'clock this
afternoon at the home of the brides par
erts The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Walter II Stone, pastor of the Darnes-
town Presbyterian Church, in the presence
OF only members OF the families of the
young couple Following wedding supper
MIR and Mrs. MuIliken left for an extended
trip.
The efforts of the mayor and council of
Rockville to have "a Waterman placed AT
the intersection of the baltimore and Ohio
railroad tracks and the Baltimore road' IN
this town, have been crowned with sue
cess and this morning the company issued
orders that the crossing be protected IN the
manner suggested.
The. action of the company ends a long
night The Rockville town council has made
reD-a:ed efforts within the past few years
To persuade the company TO place a "alch-
man there. and at the last session Oh inc
legislature law was passed requiring IL
TO be done. The company. however al
lowed THINGS to run onS as usual. Several
weeks ago the town council notihed the
railroad officials that unless a Waterman
were placed at the crossing an ordnance
would he passed limiting the speed of all
trains within the corporate limits or the
town. and this. it is believed. had the de-
sired effect The crossing is regarded as
an exceedingly dangerous one. and Is daiIy
used by a large number of residents OF the
town and county.
Constable Small and "a posse OF cltlzens
this morning resumed the search started
near Gaithersburg yesterday Tor the negro
Stewart, who is believed to be the man VINO
shot and robbed Charles L. Souder, the
young Virginia school teacher, near Red
land tits county, Wednesday afternoon of
FOR
Hill and Ounce orchard was secured. but
no trace of the fugitive was found. About
dark last night the man was seen at ounce
Orchard. UIon discovering that he was OBJ
served the .eapcd over the fence and ran
across a field a RAPID pace disappearing
In Z, thick woods Strong hopes are enter
tanned that the man will soon be captured.
TIE following some OF the recent
transfers OF real estate IN this county:
Cyrus k-isrr to SalAe L. Legg, two and
thr"e-tenths acres; X. Holt Easley to J. NJ
Mount two lots at Silver Spring: Walter
H Crocker 10 Anthony Hill, lot at Glen
Echo, Ellen +. House to Laura A Baltzley.
lot at Glen Echo; Helen J. Purcell TO Co.
lumb:a +. Van Deventer. part of Gassa-
ways Island. s2.l5o: Rebecca Parsley to
MARGARET f.. Brya twenty seven acres near
Rurtonsvire. Nora NJ. Fuller to Thomas A.
Griffin lot at Somerset Heights, s.. 800:
Fannie X. Brown to William Foster. eighty
nine and one-quarter square perches. 81 500:
Edwin W. Monday to Fannie K. Brown,
fourteen eighty-siX-one hundred acres; r.
Holt Easey to Annie f. Harden, three lots
at Silver Spring.
The annual meeting OF the Montgomery
County Anti-Saloon League will be held at
Washington Grove about the middle of Au-
gust. 1t Will be after both the democratic
and republican parties have placed their
tickets in the field and it is understood
that action will there be taken in regard to
fighting those nominees whose position
the liquor question Is shown not to be sat
isfaCtory to the organization.
20 fnr veil Ea-
fixed at thirty-five cents on the one hun
dred dollars. The estimated expenses of the
town for the year ending April 30. 1908. are
SJI9. the various Items being as follows:
Clerk and treasurer. 1925: street lighting,
$50. marshal. 500. scavenger. 500;
demption OF bonds $500. interest on indebt-
edness $50; road repairs. 81 200. contingent
fund $50
Mr. William Goodman of Washington and
Miss Ida Lewns of Baltimore. accompanied
by a young man friend. came out to Rock
willie this afternoon and We're quietly mar
RED. The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Ernest L. Wolfe. pastor of the NJ E.
Church. the home OF the minister being the
scene of the event