Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-20
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Virginia Couples Wed-Barn De-
stroyed by Fire-Deed
Declared Void.

Special Correspondence of The star
ROCKVILLE, Md, December 10.
Miss Ruth Matilda Reyes and Mar> !"
Lee Jones. both of Herndon, Va were
married in Rockville today, by rev
Samuel r. White of the Baptist ohui ~
Rev. Frank NJ. Richardson. pastor VI
the Southern Methodist Church. oihci"'e"
at the marriage here yesterday even"
ing of Miss Elizabeth May Johnson oi
Ivanhoe. Va. and oscar Clayton rlshei
of lifton. Va. the ceremony taxing
place at the parsonage.
new barn on the farm OF Harry W.
Roland near Germantown, this county,
was destroyed by fire of unknown
origin Thursday afternoon. Ihe con,
FONTS of the building, which lncluueo
| 600 bushels of wheat, besides az. -
tural machinery, large qtor;aI
lumber and ether building iiia. l.hiat
also We're burned inc iosS r,,,, COW
amounted to about So.VoV' l" p
cred by insurance.
Ice Harvest Begins.
The cold weather of the last ie"
DAYS has formed ice of fine quailts anu
four inches in thickness on the Poiius
of This county, and the farmers anu
others are busy filing their lcehouses'
This is the earliest that ice mas peeh
harvested in this county in NUMBER
OF years.
In,.;,,tions have been issued Tor the
annual christmas holiday dance Oh e,ie
youne men OF Rockville, Whlch VIZ
held in the opera house the eHe' nharce
December 81. The committees ~
is composed OF BeFrX ~ o,,A Thomas L.
W d, ro William V. Wilson and
Charles q. Myers. The patronesses W."
he Mrs Edward c. Peters, Mrs AieAhn
der Kileour, Mrs. Wills L. Aoo'e On"
Mrs William Dorsey.
Realty Transfers.
rh. following transfers of real es-
tate were recorded in the Office OF the
clerk of the circuit court mere uu. ms
the week: Eliza Brooke to Nllilam
=. Jones, thirty-three acres Eliza f'rooNe
to Josiah w Jones, twenty-seven acres :
Mary A. Greene and others to mayor anu
council of Rockville, two and one-hai1
acres: Clarence A. Marshall to Deiia u.
Smaliwood. lot at Chevy Chase; John s.
Hall 10 Jesse NJ. Lyle. lot at Chevy
Chase: Benjamin L. Palmer TO NJ T..
Stewart, half acre: American Lana Soil-
papv to Eugene kippox, lot in Cabin
John Park: Henry Hackett to Harry T.
Carlisle. lot in Bradley Hills; Thankful
T. Buck to Ada T. Buck, lot at Glen
Echo.
In the circuit court al this place
Judge Edward c. Peter has handed
down an opinion in the case OF Ger
trude Narsden against The Potomac
Power Company declaring null and
void deed conveying to the power
company fioodage rights on property of
the plaintiff on the Potomac river. at
Cropiey. this county, on the ground
that the company failed to comply
within the period specified with GER
tain conditions under which the deed
was executed.
Basis of the Suit.
As Il preliminary to constructing
across the Potomac river near Little
Falls a dam to cost approximately
$500, 900. it was necessary for the COM
pany to secure by purchase. condemna-
ton or otherwise hcodage and other
rights on property along the river
above the proposed dam. The deed
from Mrs. Marsden was executed
April, 1898. the condition being that
ahe wo-k of constructing the dam
v oulG bc commenced within five years
I from that date. The court was asked
to set aside the deed on the ground
that the work Mas not commenced
within the tve-year period.
The company claimed that certain
preliminary work had been done the
same year the deed was executed and
that il was sufficient TO constitute d
CONNIE nee ment of the work, but Judge
Peter held otherwise.
Mrs. Marsden was represented by
Robert Il. Petes- Of Rockville. and the
company by Douglass :. Mackall OF
Washington ard Talbot K Prettyinan
of Rockville.