Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02

H )eth Miller, widow of the la
Wan. 3D. er, was married yesterday
.l- Griffith, at Richmond, Va.
T. IN Bearer Circle Of the King
,..el 5ar i'll meet with Miss Holland o
gust 9th, 1907, at 1890 A. n
The Junior baseball team of Rockville d.
feated the Silver Spring team at the Fai
Grounds, on Tuesday last in a game by th
score OF 8 too.
Mr.. M. o. Burrows, green grocer, wit
his usual enterprise introduced his hand
some auto delivery car as the first in thi
town on Monder last.
The Montgomery County Museum vii
be open to the public every Thursday dur
ing the summer from 10 A. M. to 100 P. NJ
beginning July 4th. Admission, 10 cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. B. Haney have ISSUED
invitations to the wedding reception OF thei
daughter, Elizabeth Lee, and Rev. Rober
E. Porter on August 9th, 1907, at their home
Stately Oak, Rockville.
The condition Of Prof. Earle B. Wood
county superintendent Of public schools
who last week underwent an operation in q
Washington hospital for an abscess of the
side, is reported to be improving.
Mr.. William Pearre, son of Mr.. George
Pearre, and Miss Alice s. Hickman, daugh.
ter of Mr.. Willard Hickman, of the vicinity
of Boyds, were married last week in Wash
ington by Rev. J. B. Mclaughlin.
Mrs. Melinda Turner, aged eighty five
years, widow of Richard P. Turner, died at
Dickerson last Monday morning. -Four
children-Oliver P. Turner, George Turner,
Mrs. Kate Best and Mrs. Algie Price-sur-
vive her.
Baltimore and Ohio Excursions on Sun
day, August 4, $100 to Harper's Ferry and
Martinsburg and return; $1.35 to Berkeley
Springs and return; $500 to Cumberland
and return. Special train leaves Rockville
at SAG A. M.
In the presence of large gathering at
Halpine last Monday afternoon the Mont.
rose and Wayside base ball teams crossed
bats, the latter winning by the score of 10
too. The batteries were Poss and Day for
Wayside and Benjamin and Sadtler for
Montrose.
Died, on Thursday, July 25th, 1907, at 9
p. M, at George Washington University
Hospital, Washington City, Christopher G.
Barnes, aged 48 years. Funeral took place
from the residence Of his baother, Henry G.
Barnes, at Sligo, Sunday afternoon. Ser
vices were held at st. Johns Church, Forest
Glen.
The members of the standing committees
of the Maryland Bar Association have been
appionted recently by Its President, James
U. Dennis. MIR. E. q. Peter, Senator Blair
Lee and Judge Ashley M. Gould, of this
county, have been assigned TO the COM
mittees on legal biography, laws and legal
education, respectively.
The annual picnic and festival for the
benefit of St. Peters Catholic Church, at
Olney, was held on Tuesday last and was
largely attended An interesting feature OF
the day was baseball game between the
Colesyille and Brnklow teams. 1t was won
by Brinklow, the score being ID to 10.
Oscar johnson, the negro arrested at Har.
risonburg, Va, last week on suspicion of
being the man who on July 3rd committed
the Souder robbery near Redland, this coun-
ty, proved not to be the man wanted.
Deputy Sheriff Geo. Mullican says johnson
proved that on July 3rd he was at work
in Harrisonburg. He was, therefore, dis.
charged from custody.
Come one, come all, to the annual meet
ing of the Anti-Saloon League Wednesday,
August 14th, at Washington Grove. Good
Templars will be present and delegates from
all temperance societies. Browningsvlle
band will give music that will satisfy every
body. Basket picnic. Lunch can be pur
chased on the grounds. Speakers will be
announced later.
Walter Awkward and Lafayette Awk.
ward, colored, have been lodged in Jail here
to await trial, the former for an alleged as
sault, and the latter on the charge of LARGE
ny. They were indicted several months
ago, but left the county. A few days ago
they were arrested in Baltimore county and
lodged in Jail at Towson, Sheriff Colt being
notified to come for them, whic h he did last
week.
The little daughter of Willard Davis, of
near GAINESVILLE, narrowly escaped being
cut to pieces by a saw at mill near Mr..
Davis home on Tuesday last. The child,
unknown to its mother, left the house and
wandered into the mill. The men did not no.
tlce her, and she crswled on the log carriage.
She was being carried toward the saw, when
fortunately her foot was caught in the wheels
oil the carriage and she screamed, attracting
their attention. The machinery was quick
ly stopped and the little girl escaped with a
badly crushed foot.
Joseph Forney, colored, was drowned last
Monday evening about $50 O'Clock while
swimming in pool at Capitol View, this
county. His body was not found until
nearly II O'Clock. Robert j. Proctor, OF
Capitol View, and Cassius Krouse, of Ken
sington, after diving repeatedly succeeded
finally in getting the body to the surface.
The pool is on the site of an old quarry
abandoned about ten years ago, and is said
to be from eighteen to twenty-five feet deep
in places. The pool is fed from nearby
springs, and the icy GOODNESS of the water
made difficult the attempts to recover For
ney's body. Dr. W. L. Lewis, health officer
of Kensington, summoned a jury and held
an inquest, giving a verdict Of accidental
death by drowning.
In double wedding, following an elope.
mcnt, at the home of Rev. S. X. White here
last week, Miss Ida Elizabeth Piquett and
Miss Sadie E. Piquett, daughters of John
T. Piquett, of the vicinity OF Clarksburg,