Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-01-02
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Town and Country.

Town and Country.
The year 1914 was ushered in yesterday
The SENTINEL wishes all of its patrons
happy and prosperous New Year.
The Burden Bearer Circle of the King
Daughters will meet with Mrs. T. C. Groome
on Tuesday, January 9Th, at P. M.
THE Adventures of Kathlyn, by Harolt
MacGrath, begins in next Sundays Wash
ington Star. Order copy from your news
dealer
The County Commissioners have ap
pointed Hugh ODonnell a constable fol-
Wheaton district, vice William A. Fidler
resigned.
Clifton F. Nicholson, of Potomac district
has bought the farm of Edward E. Welsh
Jr., near Travilah, this county for S12 900
1t contains 264 acres.
Miss Della Trundle, of Poolesville, this
county. and Miss Sallie Spates, of Berry,
vile, Va, are spending couple of weeks
in Washington with friends and relatives.
The prisoners in the jail here-eight in
number-were shown good time Christ
mas by Sheriff Peyton Whalen. They were
given turkey dinner and the usual Christ
mas goodies.
A large number of young ladies and
gentlemen in attendance upon a ball given
in the Town Hall here on Wednesday night
witnessed the departure Of the year 1918
and the coming in of its successor, 1914.
Sheriff Whalen has announced the ap-
pointment of VIM. A. Brooke, of Rockville !;
Jas. W. Cummings. of Chevy Chase; Hugh
F. ODonnell, of Silver Spring. and Perry
Ensey, of Laytonsville, as deputy sheriffs.
Mr. VIM. H. Linkins, well-known resi-
dent of Wheaton district, died suddenly
last Tuesday morning at his home, near
Aspen, of heart failure, aged 70 years.
He is survived by his wife, who was Miss
Van Horn, of this county. and four sons.
The members of the Brookeville Cornet
Band will hold their oyster supper at the
Bro keville High School on Wednesday,
Ja.iuary 18th, 1914. If rainy, the next fair
night. The music will be under the direc-
ton of Prof. Strohm, of College Park band.
Three fine dairy cows belonging to Mr.
VIM. White smothered to death under a
rick of straw that fell upon them. The
accident occurred on Mr.. Whites farm, To-
Gated near Boyd's. this county. on Monday
last while the cattle were feeding at the
straw rick.
Edward Donaldson, colored, was before
Justice Mace, in the police court here,
charged with the larceny of dress suit |
cases from Robert Dixon and o. E. Kenny,
colored. who live near Bethesda He was
unable to furnish $500 bail and was COM
mitted to jail
IAN Evening with the Humorists" is the |
subject of a lecture to be delivered by DR.. |
Earle Whitley, of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church, Washington, D. c.. on
Friday evening. January 23rd. 1914 at
7:45 O'Clock, at the Christian Church, Rock
vile. Tickets, rs cents.
Judgment for $500 has been rendered
in favor of Young. the plaintiff in the case
of Charles T. X. Young VS.. Mary |. Luckey,
recently tried in the Circuit Court here.
The case was removed from Frederick
county Md, and was for commission on
the sale of farm belonging to the de-
PENDANT
Frank Horn, colored, was sentenced by
Justice Mace, in the police court here, to
three months in the house of correction
upon being convicted of assaulting Jane
Morris, colored and he was given similar
sentence upon being found guilty of mali
ciously destroying property belonging to
c. Parker Jones.
During the year ending November 30th |
1902 deeds and $50 mortgages and deeds
of trust were recorded in the office of the |
Clerk of the Circuit Court here Excepting
the year 1903, when Al more deeds and 10 |
more mortgages and deeds of trust were
in the history of the Office.
DR.. Eugene Jones, who will represent this
county in the State Senate for the next
two sessions, will, it is announced. offer
bill at the approaching session prohibiting
the sale of bichloride of mercury tablets in
this State unless made in particular form
and of a color which will easily distinguish
them from all other tablets.
Mrs. Maria C. Lynch, wife of Mr.. John
II. Lynch, died at her home. near Barnes
vile. She was about sixty-fve years
old. Her death was due to paralysis and |
followed long illness. She is survived
by her husband, one son and one daugh- |
ter. The funeral took place Tuesday from
ST. Mary's Catholic Church. GAINESVILLE.
burial being in the cemetery near the
church.
VIM. Gray. colored, for whom the officers
had been looking to answer to charge of
murderously assaulting Joshua Musgrove.
a young white man. at Damascus. this
county, on Wednesday OF last week. came
to Rockville on Saturday and gave himself
up to Sheriff Whalen. He was taken be-
fore Justice Mace, in the police court, and
furnished 5000 bail for his appearance at
a preliminary hearing on January End.
Musgrove had jaw broken and otherwise
seriously hurt.
The trustees and patrons of every white
public school in the county are urged to
have one or more delegates present at the
adjourned meeting of the Federation of
Home and School Associations to be held
at 1890 A. M. Tuesday, January 10. at the
Office of the school board in the court house
at Rockville. The permanent organization
will be completed at this meeting bylaws
adopted, officers for the year elected. and