Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-03-21
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Town and Country.
Wheat is selling for $2.45 per bushel,
and will probably 60 higher on account
Of a shortage.
The Hyattstown roller mills at Hyatts-
town, this county, which were destroyed
by fire several months ago, have been re-
built at a cost of $4,000. and will be in
operation shortly.
Smith & Kohr are blowing with an Avery
tractor when the weather permits, at F.
A. Tschiffelys farm, near Ounce Orchard.
The blowing is being done several inches
deeper than usual.
Mr.. Jacob Fisher and family. of Phoenix
Arizona, arrived here last Saturday upon
a visit to their relatives in this county.
Immediately upon reaching the home of
Mr.. Leland Fisher. near this town, brother,
Mr. Jacob Fisher was attacked by pleu-
risy.
Edward E. Burroughs, of Montrose, is the
plaintiff in a suit for damages in the
amount of $4,000 filed in the circuit
court here against the Washington and
Rockville Electric Railway Company. The
suit is the outgrowth of collision be-
tween two of the company's cars at Gin
CELLS curve, near Bethesda, in April, 1917,
in which Mary Belle Burroughs, daughter
of the plaintiff, was seriously injured.
Mrs. Alice E. Renshaw, wife of Mr..
Samuel H. Renshaw, died last Friday at
her home at Montrose. aged 65 years.
She had been i'll long time of a compli-
cation of diseases. She is survived by
her husband and three daughters, Misses
Mary, Louise and Hattie Renshaw. The
funeral took place Monday afternoon from
the family residence and burial was in the
Presbyterian cemetery at Bethesda.
Judging by comments in the Virginia
and Maryland county press the efforts of
The Washington Sunday Star to bring the
city and country into closer and more sym
pathetic relations is welcomed by the
country. That the city also welcomes it
is attested by the fact that the Washing
ton Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation, at the request of The Star. has
just appointed a committee on aGricul-
tural interests.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Killian, who had been
i'll at her home, 1442 Harvard street. Wash
ington. for some time, died last Monday
afternoon in her 81st year. Mrs. Killian
spent most of her life in Washington. She
was the widow of J. George Killian and
the daughter of the late Francis and Eliza
beth Flack. of Montrose. this county. She
is survived by three children, Mrs. Katie
B. Bretow, Franklin v. Killian and Mrs. c.
E. Kendrick, and one sister, Mrs. Mary
BoOl.
Mr.. Harry Fontaine, his wife and three
children left here last Monday for their
home near Dayton. in the State of Wash
ington. after visiting for several days at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas. C. Keys,
near this town. Mrs. Keys is sister to
Mr.. Fontaine. The Fontaine family came
here from Somerset county, on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland. There they had been
visiting the mother of Mr.. Fontane since
last December. Mr.. Fontaine has been
living in the West for five years. He is
pleased with that section and his success
at farming.
Miss Claudia Hall returned to the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs John Hall,
near Jamestown, Tuesday last from the
Georgetown University Hospital, where
she had been under medical treatment
since October, 1918. At the time she was
taken sick she was in the employ of the
government and was attacked by the flu,
which was followed by pneumonia and
typhoid fever, from which she suffered
critical illness. Her many friends and ac
quaintances, which she has made by her
pleasant manner and as teacher in the
public schools of the county, will learn
with delight of her convalescence.
The United States Civil Service Commits
sion has announced an examination for
the county of Montgomery, Md. to be held
at Rockville. April 18th. 1919. to fill the
position of rural carrier between Rockville
and Brookevlle and vacancies that may
later occur on rural routes from other post
Offices in the above mentioned county.
The examination will be open only to male
citizens who are actually domiciled in the
territory of a postoffice in the county and
who meet the other requirements set forth
in form No. 1877. This form and applica-
ton blanks may be obtained from the
offices mentioned above or from the United
States Civil Service Commission at Wash
ington, D. C. Applications should be for
warded to the Commission at Washing
ton at the earliest practicable date.
Farm Demonstration Notes.