Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-07
NEWS Of ROCKVILLE
AND THE COUNTY
Prominent Republicans Ex-
pect to Attend Inauguration
of GoIdsborough.
,ccial Correspondence Of The Star


ROCKVILLE, Nd, January q. 1872.
4 large delegation of Montgomery
county republicans will attend the in
day of Gov-elect Phillips Lee Goldsbor
ough. The republican state central COM
mittee for the county has provided a spe-
cial train, which will leave Union sta
ton. Washington, at . o'clock Wednes-
day morning, and, returning, will leave
Annapolis at pm. Luncheon will be
provided. The committee in charge OF
the arrangements is composed of Gist
Blair, Ormsby McCammon and c. Scott
Duvall 1t is thought that about hun
dred of the county's most prominent
members of the party will make the trip.
The annual Christmas entertainment OF
the Sunday school of the Rockville
Presbyterian Church was held In the
church last evening and attracted large
gathering. An interesting program or
music and Rotations was rendered, de-
lightful feature being several cornet Sc
lections by Miss Grace Beelman Of Wash
ington The exercises were presided over
by the superintendent of the school, Jo-
sph Reading.
Ownership of Dog Disputed.
Montgomery county foxhunters are
much interested In a controversy over the
ownership of Lee, the foxhound that
was awarded first honors in the annual
field trials in November of the Mont
gomery County FoXhunters' Association.
The dog is now in the possession of Clay
Il. Edwards, who entered him in the field
trials.
Nicholas r. Crawford Of Brookeyille,
who although, totally blind is one OF the
county's most enthusiastic huntsfneI.
disputes EdM ards tue to the 0os. Eu-
wards claims that the dog was gwen 10
him when very young ana "hen II was
supposed he would prove OF little or no
account, and asserts that his ownership
was not questioned until the dog under
careful handling developed into ABOUT ne
best fox CHASER in the co9nts ~. s
Crawford represents that the dog
was simply lent and not given to Ed
wards.
Hilleary L. Offutt has resigned as
cashier Of the kensington branch or
the Farmers Banking and Trust
cnmnany. and will, it Is announced. ac-
cept position with Washington
banking house
Transfers Of Real Estate.
The following are among the recent
transfers of real estate recorded dur
ing the week in the office of the clerk
of the circuit court here: Annie Z.
Metz TO Albert NJ. Bouic. lot in Rock
vile: William NJ Hansen to Emmett
Dove, house and lot in Rockville:
George w. Day TO r. r. Plummer
five acres; julius Hall to Edward NJ
Huffer. seven acres; Charles E. Hig-
gins to j. Walter Long, ninetyfour
acres. Robert Z. Peter trustee, to
Eliza ]. Brian, forty-one acres; George
Chevy Chase; LeDoux E. Riggs to q.
Samuel Haines, forty-five acres; Belle
L. German to Charles A. Mckinney,
lot at Forest Glen; John Il. Diamond
! to Nicholas E. Selby. lot in Gathers
burg: Oden c. Lusby to Frederick w.
Gartner, fifteen acres: Martina J. Hill
to j. Walter Long, 100 acres: George
+. Fleming to Herbert Z. Barott. lot
in Chevy Chase; John W. Cannon to
Alfred c. Warthen. lot in kensington;
| twenty-nine acres.
There is rather lively contest on
| for the appointments as members OF
| the board of supervisors of elections.
which will be made by Gov. Colds
borough soon after he takes his seat.
Two members of the new board will
be republicans and the other member
| a democrat. 1t is understood that
| Thomas NinSon, minority member of
| the present bard, Will be one of the
republican members of the new board
and for the other place Henry NJ. Lin
dig. Morris L. Browning, Charles L.
| Johnson Malcolm Farquhar and Jesse
l.. Burns are said to be applicants It
is thought likely that William II.
| Wade Of the present board will be ap-
| pointed minority member of the new
| board.