Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-03-06
Enfal aud gersuual.
Town and Country.

Deen BTdHtcu all dOSOlulc ulNOICc Ill tl'
circuit court here from Jos. A. Luxen OF
the ground of infidelty.
Mr.. VIM. T. Wheeler, of Colesville dis
trict, has been appointed to position il
the Senate Office building. in Washington
through the influence of Senator Lee.
The ladies of the Colesville M. E. Church
South will serve an oyster and meat suppe
in the W. C. T. u. Hal, Colesville. on Wed
nesday, March 18th, beginning at $50
P. M.
Benjamin H. Miller. of Ashton, has sole
to Claude Hobbs farm of so acres. neal
Colesville, for $4,000. Mr.. Hobbs has solo
to Lawrence Harding tract of 20 acres
near Cloverly, for 1000.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Lillian C. Miller. daughter of Mr.. j. Hite
Miller, of Alta Vista. this county, and Lieut.
Gordon Whiting MacLane, of the United
States revenue cutter service. The we'd
ding will take place in early June.
Miss Alice M. White. daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter H. White, of Norbeck, and
Mr.. William Barnsley, Of Avery, were mar
ried in Emory M. E. Church South, near
Oakdale, on Wednesday afternoon of last
week. Rev. W. T. Cover officiating.
The new Gaithersburg Athletic Club will
hold an oyster and meat supper at Masonic
Hall, Gaithersbure, on Saturday. March IA i,
beginning at 6 P. NJ There will be many
special attractions, including dancing after
10 O'Clock. You are cordially invited.
The civil service examination Of appli-
cants for postmasterships at Ashton. Bar
nesville, Beallsvile. Bethesda. Boyds,
Brighton, Brookeville. Clarksburg. DECKER
son, Ednor, Germantown. Glen Echo Ken
sington. Olney, Poolesville, Sandy Spring,
Sellman, Washington Grove and Linden,
will take place at Rockville on March Z.
The Kensington Womans Club was en-
tertained last Friday afternoon by Mrs.
Henry Runner. The subject considered was
Julius Caesar-Act "" Mrs. Warner
Bishop was the leader, assisted by Mrs.
VIM. L. Lewis. Mrs. Lewis Merriam, Mrs.
Runner, Mrs. George F. Mikkelson and Miss
Anna Gayley. A general discussion was
an interesting feature.
On Tuesday the County Commissioners
appointed the following named assessors
First district, z. McC. Waters, Jr. !; 3rd. W.
W. Pyles 4th. Alfred Ray 5th, Philip H.
zah Och
Weer, Jr.; 9th. John E. Clagett; 10th, Mil
lard C. Fisher; 18th. VIM T. Lynch; 18th.
F. D. Stubs. Appointments will be made
later in the End, 9th and 18th district.
The Kings Daughters. the organization
of the town which attends to its charitable
work, having had many appeals during the
winter have found it necessary to call upon
the public to help them in their work.
They will send to each house an envelope,
which will be called for within few days.
and they ask that every person who feels
an interest in helping those who appeal
will contribute.
The office of the lumber yard here was
broken into the night of February 25th by
thieves, who broke into the safe, which
had no money in it, and threw the books
and papers from it and from elsewhere on
the floor Some books were burned up in
the stove. The yard business is carried on
largely without the use of real money.
There was less than So in the place and
this was in the unlocked cash drawer.
Jacob Rubel. aged 80 years. an Exon
federate soldier. died at BOyd's on We'd
nesday of last week of pneumonia. He
was a native of Wurtemburg Germany.
He enlisted in the Confederate army from
Louisiana and served in Stonewall Jack
sons brigade. He was for years with the
maintenance of way department Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He is sur
yived by his widow, who was Miss Nail.
of Winchester. Va, and by five children.
The Court of Appeals has handed down
decision confirming the ruling made by
Judge Fillmore Beall. of the Circuit Court
of Prince Georges county, that the Wash
ington, Westminster and Gettysburg Rail
road Company has the right to condemn
right of way for a grade crossing over the
tracks of the City and Suburban Railroad
at Randalltown. Prince Georges county.
These cases have been before the Public
Service Commission and twice before the
Court of Appeals.
Richard II. Bowman died at the resi-
dence of his son, j. Darby Bowman. in this
town, on Thursday morning, March 5th.
1914, aged 76 years. His death was caused
by typhoid-pneumona. Formerly the de-
ceased was prominent merchant at Hy-
attstown, this county. The funeral services
will take place at the late residence Of
the deceased tomorrow Saturday morn
ing and the remains will be inferred in
Monocacy cemetery at Beallsville at 1880
O'Clock.
The County Federation of Home and
School Association will hold a special
meeting at the school board Office. in the
court house. Rockville. at 1890 A. NJ, Sat
urday, March 7. to consider the report Of
the committee appointed to look into the
causes of the school board debt, and to dis
cuss the various county school matters now
under consideration, including the subject
OF new schools. bond issues, etc. 1t is hoped
that every white school in the county will
be represented at this meeting either
through delegates or local organizations or
the school trustees.
Opposition is understood to have de-
Veloped among the citizens of Kensington
to the proposed bond issue of $4,000 for
water and sewerage system for the town,
and the indications now are that the spe-
cal election To he held In A mil IN nnnhle