Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-01-10
!. otal and gersnual.
Town and Country.

IOWn anu SOuutTy'
The Orphans Court will meet on Tues
day and Wednesday of each week until
further notice.
Rockville Millinery Shop-a full line OF
Christmas goods, fancy articles, waists
newest shapes in satin hats.
We can at any time make immediate
delivery of Dodge Brothers pleasure and
commercial cars. Rockville Garage,
The public schools of the county will
open on Monday. January 18th, following
the Christmas vacation and the epidemic.
By order of the president the January
meeting of the Ridgely Brown Chapter. u.
D. c., has been postponed on account of
influenza.
Calendars from Oscar L. johnson are
being sent out as fast as possible; it may
be two weeks or more before all can be
delivered.
Died, on Monday, January 9th, 1919, at
Maplewood Sanitarium, Silver Spring, DR..
Ellis B. Bliss, son of the late DR.. and Mrs.
d. W. Bliss, and brother of Mrs. Henry j.
Finley, of this town.
Miss Rena Belle Beck and Mr.. Garvin D.
Williams, both of Washington Grove, we're
married on Tuesday of last week. at Wash
ington Grove. by Rev. Albert Osborn.
Miss Irene S. Brown, of Purdum, this
county, and Mr.. Roy M. Bennett, of Hutch
ms Falls, N, Y, were married here last
Saturday by Rev. J. W. Duffey, pastor of
the Methodist Church, at the parsonage.
Miss Annie L. feathers, Of Evansville.
Nd, and Mr.. George W. Luhn, Of Barnes
vile, were married last week by Rev. Geo.
r. MAYS, pastor of the Methodist Church
at Clarksburg, at the home of the minister.
An interesting 5-year-old daughter Of
Mrs. Riley Fulks, who resides near Gath
ersburg, met her death on Monday by the
sad accident of overturning a teapot Of
boiling tea upon herself at the home of
her mother.
Miss Mildred Gardiner, of South Dakota,
who has been visiting the Misses Gardiner,
of this town, since early fall. has returned
to her western home, and Miss Ruth Cal
ser, of Niagara Falls, N. Y, is their guest
for few weeks.
The annual meeting of the Rockville
Library Association will be held in the
High School building on Friday, January
10th, at 7:45 P. NJ Officers for the year
1919 will be elected Every holder OF a
library card is a member Of this associa-
ton and is entitled to vote. A full at
tendance is urged.
Mr.. j. Abby Henderson. our fellow-towns-
man, has located near St. Petersburg, Fla.
His many friends here wish him success
in his new enterprise of raising oranges,
grape fruit and other citrus fruit for north
ern markets. ST. Petersburg. where the
sun shines every day in the year. Is the
Tourist City" Of the South.
On Saturday last, in Poolesville, mad
dog bit Mr.. Edward Pyles and Sheriff VIM.
L. Aud. 1t also bit many sheep and cattle.
The mad animal was killed and its head
sent to the Government Hospital at Wash
ineton for examination. The authorities
there report that the dog had rabies of
most pronounced form. He was owned by
Mr.. Harvey Kohlhoss. of Poolesville.
Mr.. Columbus Burroughs was drowned
at the Great Falls, this county. on Sunday
Iast He WAS q Government Waterman
at the dam, and it is supposed. as no one
witnessed the accident, that in an attempt
to perform some duty there he fell into the
river and was unable to extricate himself.
His body was recovered Monday at the
same point where it entered the water.
He was a native of this county, about IS
wears of aee and resided at Potomac. He
is survived by his wife and several chill
dren.
A building upon the farm of Mr.. Scott
Collins, situated on the Peters mill road,
about four miles southwest of Rockville,
used as blacksmith shop for his private
work and garage was destroyed by fire
about O'Clock last Monday morning, with
its contents, including an automobile be-
longing to Mr.. Collins. There had been no
fire in the building for several days, Mr.
Collins says, nor had the automobile been
out of it within like period of time. I'm
der the circumstances the origin of the
fire is a mystery.