Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-12-27
9nfal aud 9ersuual
Town and Country.

tiers in Rockville.
Mr.. D. C. Ifert has bought SO acres from
Mr.. Robert S. Darby, situated near Wood
field, this county.
DIR. Porter has purchased of Mr.. D. C.
Ifert 105 acres of land, situated about 8
miles southwest of this town.
The sale of fine personal property owned
by Mr.. Meredith Slater will take place at
Kensineton on next Monday. See ad.
A Christmas entertainment will be held
at Mcdonald Chapel, Ounce Orchard. on
Friday, December 9th, at 7:3O P. M.
Mr.. George II. Lamar is at present in
Louisville, Ky, fulfilling business engage
ment. He will return here in few days.
Piano for sale. Steinway square, good
order, $35. delivered at depot, I'll C street
southwest, Washington, D. c., between II
A. M. and noon.
Congress is now in sessian at the National
Capital, For the most accurate and reada-
BILE news Of the doings of the country law
makers from day to day, read The Wash
ington Star.
The ladies Of the Rockville Baptist Church
will serve luncheon the second Tuesday
of each month in the dining hall of the
building. Luncheon rs cents. Your patron
age is solicited.
The Cromelin Lodge, No SO. X. of P,
will give dance at Potomac, this county,
Tuesday night. December 31st, 1912. Doors
open at Up. M. Sandwiches and oysters
will be served.
Mr. Albert Bouic has purchased fine
building lot, situated on Washington street,
this town, from the heirs of Alexander
Russell and will have erected upon it a
handsome dwelling for himself.
Misses Margaret Higgins and Rebecca
Lamar, students at Randolph-Macon Col
lege, Va, and Helen Gassaway, of Win
chester Institute, Va, are spending the
Christmas holidays with their parents in
this town.
The Rockville Womans Club met on
Thursday afternoon of last week at the
home of Miss Sophia Higgins, the attend
ance being large. An interesting feature
of the program rendered was an address
by Mai. Vim. W. Anderson on the customs
of Indians.
A fine mare belonging to Mr.. John
Fraley, near Redland, on Tuesday night
jumped from her stall over the partition
into a narrow feed room in the stable.
The strap with which she was tied threw
her upon her head causing her neck to be
broken.
The Sabbath School of the Rockville
Presbyterian Church will hold its Christ
mas festival on Friday, December 9th, at
7:30 P. NJ. An attractive song service has
been carefully prepared. All our friends
will be cordially welcome John R. Hen
dersOn, pastor.
A dance was given last Friday evening
at the Brookeville High School 1t was in
charge of a committee consisting of Messrs.
Samuel D. Gray, Julian F. Walters, Edward
Story and Clifard L. Howard. The chap
erons were Mrs Julian Walters, Mrs. Corbin
Harriss and Mrs. Henry Howard.
Miss Lula A. Burrows, of this town. and
her guest, Miss Manila Willye. of New
York, have returned here after spending
several weeks with friends and relatives
in the upper part of this county. After
spending several weeks here, Miss Willye
will return to her home in New York. ac-
companied by Miss Burrows.
The annual Christmas ball of the Rock
vile Assembly will be held in the Opera
House the evening of December 3lst. The
committee in charge is composed of Messrs.
Bache Albert, Stephen Cromwell Edmund
Jones, Arthur Mcfarland, George Peter
and Stephen Quigley. Mrs. Howard Lar
combe and Mrs. William Dorsey will be
the chaperons.
Miss Rose Brandenburg, of Damascus,
this county, and Mr.. Joshua Brown, of
Long Corner, Howard county, were married
last week at the home of the brides
parents by Rev VIM. Hoffman, pastor of
the Methodist Church at LaytOnsville.
Only a few relatives and friends of the
couple were present. A reception followed
the ceremony.
Christmas Day here was quietly but
pleasantly enjoyed by our citizens. Most
of them attended church in the early morn
ing and feasted at home the rest of the
day The weather added to the enjoy
ment-the sky was clOudless, the atmOs-
phere bracine and the ground covered with
snow, the latter being most natural to
Christmas Day.
The barn on the farm of Mr.. Clarence
Watkins, two miles southwest of Rockville,
was destroyed by fire last Saturday morn
ing. with its contents. including fifty tons
of hay, forty-five tons of baled straw and
a large quantity Of feed and grain. The loss
is placed at about $4,000 The building
was insured for Sl,500 and the contents
for $3.50. At the time the fire started a
shredding machine was at work near the
barn
Democratic National Chairman VIM. F
McCOmbs last Saturday ended the long fight
over the Craftsmanship of the inaugural COM
mittee when he sent word to Washington
that William Corcoran Eustis, prominent
clubman and former diplomat, was the man.
Eldridge f. Jordan was at once made vice
chairman of the committee and W. W.
Wick was made secretary. Arthur Peter
has been made chairman of the reviewing
stands committee.
The annual election of officers Of Bethesda
Masonic Lodge was held December 18th,
resulting as follows Worshipful Master,
II. Latane Lewis Senior Warden, John S.
Coombs Junior Warden, DR.. f. N Bales