Evening star., 1915-03-14
AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Fire Destroys Barn and Live Stock,
With Loss Estimated
at $4,000.
Special Correspondence OF The star.

Thursday night the barn on the farm
Of Mrs. Josephine Hardy, near Browns
Corner, this county, was destroyed by
| fire, together with twenty tons of hay,
| a large amount of fodder, grain, agri-
| cultural implements and other things.
! Seven horses, sixteen sheep. COW
and calf, which were in the building
at the time. perished in the flames. The
loss is placed at $4,000. The building
| only was insured. The cause of the fire
is not known.
, Domestic Science Instruction.
| The county public school commits
sioners have approved the plan to en-
, ploy an agent to conduct demonstra-
| tions III domestic science in the
| schools. clubs and homes Of the
county. and have agreed to appropri-
ate Sloo. which will be added TO $500
| to be contributed by the United States
| expense of giving the project n six
month trial.
| Insane Man Rearrested.
| When Deputy Sheriff Charles R.
Gray went to the home of Robert
ShipIey. near Gerna this coun-
ty, yesterday, to arrest John Dove, who
| had escaped from Il Baltimore insane
asylum and who was known TO be at
the Shipley home. Shipley. it is
| charged, assaulted the officer, and some
one in the house shot at him, the bull
| let passing close to his head
| Deputy Gray swore out warrant
charging Shpley with assault. and he
| was later in the day arrested b!
| Deputy Sheriff Gingell and Is now IN
| jail here. a warrant has also been
| issued charging a brother of Shipley
with assault. Dove was yesterday aft
ernoon taken back to the institution
from which he escaped.
Recent Deaths.
| Miss Ida a. Gangewer, for many years
resident of Washington. died early last
night at the home OF Mrs. Frank A.
Spencer here. where she had made her
! home for several years. She had long
been an invalid. She Is survived by
sister The funeral will take place at
II o'clock Monday morning from the
home of Mrs. Spencer.
Following /; long illness, William }.
Corrick died yesterday at the home of
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs Harry f. Cor
rick, at Kensington. aged twenty-four
years, his death being due to an affec-
ton of the lungs. He is survived by his
wife, who was before her marriage Miss
Gertrude PrintZ. The funeral VIII take
place at 1890 o'clock Monday morning
from the home of his parents.
Mrs. Harriet A. CaSheI, widow OF
Hazel B. Cashell. for number of years
a judge of the orphans court for this
county, died yesterday at Ruth Glen,
Va, where she had lived several years.
She was eighty-two years old and is
survived by two sons-F. Hazel Cashcll
of this county and Edgar II. CasheI Of
Montana The body has been brought
here for burial.
The Linwood Club has been organized
by the boys of Linden. Woodside and vi
cinity with fifteen members and the fol-
lowing officers: President. T. Carter
Pope; vice president. Bradford Fox: sec
retary. Lowell Foreman; treasurer. Gill
| bert Barber. The club has obtained
clubhouse and Will equip it IN an up-to-
date manner.
| A license to marry was issued by the
| clerk of the circuit court here today to
/ Miss Elsie May Windsor and Thomas
! Wootton Collins. both OF Potomac, this
| county.
| Real Estate Transfers.
| Transfers of real estate were record
ed in the office of the clerk of the cir
cult court here during the week, as
| follows: William G. Darley to Edward
| barley, 500 arres; Louis F. Brooks to
Sanders L. Hicks. 135 acres; Charles
W. Prettyrnan, trustee, to Ferdinand
A. Heitmuller. 7sh acres; James L.
| TAFT to Daisy l.. TAFT, lot in American
University Park; Galen l.. TAFT to
James l.. TAFT. lot in American I'M
versity Park; Asa NJ. Stabler to Har-
riet r. Chichester. 10 acres; Harry a.
| Turner to Walter J. Harding. - acres;
| Chevy Chase to Great Falls Land Cor
| poration to John T. Cam. acres; j.
| Clinton Dorsey to Alice Fl. Dorsey. ca
| acres; Elizabeth l. Maurer to Frank
| Morrow, 3at acres: county school COM
| missioners to John Gardiner, half
| acre; Robert II. Stevens to Bertie G.
| Butt. half acre; Charles ID. Phillips to
| Robert Wilson. lot III Highland Park;
4 Isaiah NJ. Statler to John y. /. Cassidy,
! lot in the Highlands: GaithersburS
! Milling and Manufacturing Company to
! John T.. Diamond. lot in 6ialthersburg
! Charles +. Wire to Rachel j Fay. lot
! in Chevy Chase View: Aaron X. Towns
| end to Joseph 4. Walter. lot in Spring
| Lake Park: Andrew J. Cummings to
| Helen Draper Hoffman. lot in Martins s
| Addition to Chevy Chase; Samuel Il.
| Haney to Leonidas Ricketts,, lot in
| Rockville.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Stone, who
| spent the winter in Washington, have
| reopened their home here.
! Miss Mary Stevenson has returned to
| her home in Mount Washington, Md,
| after visiting Mrs. James II. Starke y
| here.
! Miss Louise Tayl loe Of Virginia is Wis
| iting her sisted. Mrs. Philander i.
| Stansbur2. near Rockville.