Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-09-29

Kings Distillery, at Kings Valley, this
county, was destroyed by fire about 10
O'Clock on Thursday night of last week.
entailine loss of about $4,000, only one
third of which was covered by insurance.
by hard work the flames were kept from
spreading to warehouses fifty yards away,
Containing about 800 barrels of whisky.
The cause of the fire is not known. The
dlstillery belonged to Mr.. John r. Lewis
a grandson of the late Luther King. who
conducted the business for many years.
On Tuesday last Mr. Harrison Ward, a
farmer OF near Travilah, this county, fell
from plank reaching from freight car
on the Metropolitan Branch of the B. g. O.
Railroad to the warehouse at Gaithersbure
and had his left arm broken and his face
cut and bruised as result of the fall,
The car was struck with violent force by
train backing into the switch, dsplacine
the board and throwing Mr.. Ward to the
ground. At the time the car was struck.
Mr.. Thos. l. Fulks was also standing upon
the plank. He, too, was thrown to the
ground, but not injured.
Bishop Corrigan, of Baltimore, in the
presence of large congregation of menu
bers of the denomination and Others. adj
ministered the sacrament of confirmation
to class of fifty-three in St, Mary's
Catholic Church here last Sunday morn
ing. He also delivered sermon. Other
ministers participating in the services we're
Father Francis A. VondOrf, of Washington,
who celebrated mass; Father James F.
Mackin. and Father Philip B. Mcclure,
pastor Of the church. Sunday afternoon
Bishop COrrigan confirmed a large class in
st. Mary's Church, at GAINESVILLE, Fathers
Mackin MCGUIRE and Geo. B. Harrington,
pastor of the church. assisting in the ser
vices.
With bullet wound in his heart and
81 caliber revolver lying on the ground
under his body, Laurence b. Nicholson,
twenty-six years old, of Boyd's, was found
dead in field near his home on Thursday
morning of last week by colored man
named Charles Proctor. 1t was at first
thought that murder had been committed,
but when there was found in his clothes
$40 in money, his gold watch and other
possessions, which had been untouched,
the authorities concluded that the young
man had committed suicide He had been
in ill health for several years from nervous
prostration. He was son of the late L.
Baker Nicholson.
Louis C. Witkowski, former mayor of Glen
Echo, now resident of Kensington, has
filed in the circuit court here suit against
the County Commissioners, claiming one
half of the fines collected by Justice Read
ing because of violations of the Sunday
law at Glen Echo Park several weeks ago.
He is represented by Attorney Alexander
kilgour. Witkowskis contention is that he
instituted the proceedings, and is, conse-
quently, an infOrmer, within the meaning
OF the law, and as such is entitled to one
half of the fines collected. He first sought
to collect directly from the County Com
missioners, but his claim was rejected. The
fines collected by Justice Reading amounted
to about $375.
Mr.. John f. Wilson, a member of one of
Montgomery cOunty's oldest families and
a prominent citizen of the county, died
last Saturday morning, aged 70 years. He
is survived by his wife, who was the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Gilpin, of this
county and four sons and two daughters,
Drs Gilpin and Percy Wilson, of Staun-
ton, Va; Samuel Wilson, of Colorado;
DR.. Barrett p. Wilson, of this county Mrs
Irving Underhill, of Massachusetts, and
Mrs. Hervey Brown. of Baltimore, Md.
The funeral services were held on Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock at his home, near
Rockville. where he was born and where
he died. His remains were inferred in the
Rockville Cemetery, Rev. Vim. D. Keene,
pastor of the Rockville M. f. Church South,
of which Mr.. Wilson was consistent
member, officiated at the services