Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-02-10
TufaI aud 9ersoual,
Town and Country.

Mr. j. Hllleary bOBley mas reSlSneu as
t,x assessor for Rockville district, and the
County Commissioners have appointed Mr..
Thomas C. Groomes to fill the vacancy.
hdee Remus R. Darby slipped and fell
unon the sieety stone steps of the Farm
ers' Banking and Trust Company, of this
town. on Tuesday and cut cash in the back
of his head The wound was painful but,
if is thought. not serious.
The will of the late Henry Bradley was
fled in the Orphans Court here on Tues
dav His widow Mrs. Jane B. Bradley,
is named in the will as executrix and the
sole leeatee. The estate is estimated to be
worth from $4,000 to 100000.
Mr.. G. A. Lyon, Jr.. of the Washington
Fvenine Star gave talk before the stu
dents of the Rockville High School last
Friday afternoon on the management of a
sreat daily newspaper. 1t was one OF a
series of Friday afternoon business talks
arranged by the faculty.
.ye a e informed that Mr.. Charles c.
4strs of near Germantown, recently lost
TAO sah able horses by eating large guam
Il. 81 the material OF which clay pigeons
are Il. >. The horses got hold of the ma
.sr,sl ia a field on the farm of their owner
. hey consumed were fragments of
CLAW pigeons, which had been shattered by
gunshots.
The Rockville Hotel, formerly known as
the Corcoran Hotel, was sold at mortgages
sale on Tuesday. Mr.. Thomas P. Spates
was the purchaser at $5.400. He will
conduct the hotel in the future. He is
native of this county. having been born in
Pooesvile district. For a number of
years he has made Winchester, Va, his
place of business and residence.
In his childish innocence 3-year-Old
son of Mr. Louis Buzzard, near Glen, re-
Gently gave his 18-months-old sister a
phial of carbolic acid that he got from
mantelpece without the knowledge of his
parents and she took a swallow of it. Dr.
Mannar the attending physician, says she
will recover from the effects of the acid.
though she has been very sick child.
Mr.. and Mrs. Washington D. Waters, of
this town, at the age of 70 and 76, re-
spectively, celebrated their golden wedding
at their residence, on Wednesday last, by
entertaining their children and children-at-
law at a dinner A purse filled with gold
coins was presented to them by their chill
dren. We trust the couple may enjoy
many more years of their happy married
life
Miss Sophie Higgins was the hostess of
the Rockville Woman's Club at its bi-weekly
meeting Thursday afternoon of last week
An interesting program was rendered, in
Guiding responses from the works of James
NJ Barrie, a paper on "Richelieu," by Mrs.
VIM H. Talbot; a reading from Bulwer's
"Richelieu," by Mrs. Geo. p Henderson
conversation on the Care of Woodwork
and Floors, led by Mrs. Winfred Berry and
Miss Laura Higgins. and a paper on Road
Making" by Miss Anna Farquhar.
The thirty-eighth annual convention of
the farmers of Montgomery county will be
held at Sandy Spring on Wednesday, Feb
uary IS. Prominent speakers have been
engaged to deliver addresses, and large
gathering of farmers and dairymen of this
and nearby counties is looked for. Among
the subjects to be discussed are : Use of
Cement on the Farm" Initiative, Refer
endum and Recall Good Roads" and
Sprays and Spraying" Mortimer o. Sta
bier, of Spencerville, is president and s.
P Thomas, of Sandy Spring, secretary.
George Marshall. fifteen years old. a resi-
dent of Sandy Spring. this county, was
struck by a street car on Thursday night
Of last week near the west end of the plaza
in front of Union Station, Washington, and
slightly injured. His most serious injury
was cut across his nose. The boy alighted
from an eastbOund car and was struck by
car moving in the opposite direction.
The ambulance was summoned from the
Casualty Hospital and the injured boy
was taken to that institution. Friends on
pennsylvania avenue were notified of the
accident. He was able to leave the hospi-
tai as soon as his injuries were dressed.
Mrs. John A. Limerick, of 1920 Ninth
street, Washington. d. c., died suddenly at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Basil B. Bur-
dette, of Boyd's, this county on Saturday
last She was a daughter of the late
Greenbury Burdette, of this county, and is
survived by her husband, John A. Limerick,
and son, and the following brothers and
sisters Mrs. S. T. Williams, Mrs. Basil B.
Burdette, Mrs. jeremiah Lewis, Mrs. John
NJ King. Mrs. Randolph Windsor, Mrs.
Emma johnson, Mr.. Thomas A. Burdette
and Mr. VIM. Burdette, of this county. and
Nessrs. Charles, Arthur, George and Ham,
Ilon Burdette. of Baltimore.
The first of a series of dances arranged
by the Rockville Dancing Club, recently
ofsdinAUu eruvus the members OF KOcK-
yllles younger social set. was held in Ma
sonic Hall last Friday evening and was
attended by large number of the young
people Of this community. Among those
present were Misses Bessie and Lucy
Brewer, Bettina Prescott. Shirley Mason.
Anna and Louise Mobley, Ellen 0ffutt
Mary Dawson, Maude England, Elizabeth
Maddox, Helen Burnett, Elsie Beck, Louise
Larcombe, Elizabeth Higgins, Pinkie Pres
colt Messrs. Clements 0ffutt. VIM. Beck,
uTliiith Warfeld, Robert Peter, William and
oteadman Prescott. Edmund Jones, George
ana Vinson Peter, Alex. Prescott. Lucius
Lamar, Gaynor Maddox, Basil Mobley and
Jesse Higgins.
The Maryland Court of Appeals has
handed down a decision sustaining the
elrcult court for this county in the case of
Ularence Moore, of this county. against the
Nehslneton and Chevy Chase Electric Rail