Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1920-06-18


sales for the week: The farm owned by
Edward G. Ward, containing ITO acres and
situated just off the Rockville Jamestown
pike, near Hunting Hill, to H. Burke Faw-
ley, Of Poolesville the farm owned by E.
D. King, formerly owned by John T. Higdon,
situated on the Rippleford road, near the
Jamestown pike, to Humphrey and W.
Griffith Cissel This farm contains 203
acres.
The funeral of Charles B. Dowden. who
died at his home here last Saturday night,
aged 76 years, took place Monday after
noon from the family residence, the ser
vices being conducted by Rev. Willard F.
Minnick. rector of Christ Episcopal Church.
Burial was in Rockville Union Cemetery
Mr.. Dowden was a lifelong resident of
Maryland and for forty years had made his
home in Rockville. He had been i'll two
weeks Of an intestinal trouble. Surviving
him are his wife, formerly Miss Hall. Of
Rockville. and daughter, Mrs. Charles ".
Coupard.
The clock has again struck twelve for a
winning baseball team in Rockville and
team is in the making which promises
to more than uphold the honors won in
other days. Those familiar with county
baseball lore know that Rockville is capa-
BILE of developing winning team every
few years. The good year is again here
and also the team. II any reliable team
in the county with some kind of a good
record behind it, doubts this fact, game
can be secured for most any day IN the
week, Sunday excepted. There have been
four official games played and four won by
the team, the next game being with Berwyn
next Saturday at the Fair Grounds. The
team is rich in material for every position
and is capable gfputtins four distinct bat
teries on the field, also it is especially
good with the hickory at critical places in
game. Come. see the team play some
Saturday. You'd be surprised"
Miss Eunice Louise Bags gave an e1hi-
bition of perfect impersonatiOn OF human
characters at the Seco Theater here on
Monday evening last to help swell the Or
gan fund Of the Rockville Episcopal Church.
peg O. Ny Heart" is a story laid in Eng
land and has for its heroine person whose
name is taken as title for it. She sprang
from an Irishman and an English lady.
Her mother died in America and she was
taken back to England to be reared by her
aristocratic relatives, including "her aunts,
uncles and cousins" The many different
characteristics Of these persons, of their sub
servient attendants, and of the Irish father,
who was always ready for either fight or
frolic, were artistically impersonated by
Miss Baeg, as were the English accent and
the Irish brogue. She acted the life of
Peg o. My Heart in innocent childhood.
in eirlhood. on to womanhood and her
married life Of gayety and opulence. She
melted the auditors heart with pathos and
lightened it with cheer She alternated
the serious with the comic, and the ridicu-
lous with the sublime. She left her large
audience with the conviction that she is
star of the first magnitude in the role OF
an impersonator.
On Tuesday last ten Of the thirteen
pieces of real property of the estate of the
late N. D. 0ffutt, ST., were sold at the
Court House here by the executor, Lee
Offutt, the sale amounting to $i8.197, which
was within few hundred dollars of the
estimated value placed upon the property
by the executor. All of this realty lies in
the town of Rockville. except lot No. 10
Lot 1, on the corner Of Montgomery ave
nue. and Monroe street, improved by G
dwelling, was sold for $500 to Jane:
H. Kelchner, of Rockville. Lots 2 and 8
double house, on Court street, $3.50, tC
Charles H. Welt, of Rockville. Lot A, bricE
house, on Commerce Lane, $1,000, to c
H. Welt. Lot S, unimproved, on north
side of Commere Lane, not sold. Lots
and 7, double house, on Frederick street
$1,750. to Bernard Poss. Of Rockville. Lo'
s, improved by small house, on Middle
Lane. not sold. Lots 8 and 10, double
house, on Middle Lane, SLIPS, to Thomas
Pierce, of Germantown. Lot Ii, improved by
a small frame house, used as barber shop
$3.50, to Thomas Pierce. Lot IL, 50 acres
of land, on Frederick road. $6,272, or $l96
per acre, to James P.'Veirs, of Rockville
Lot IS. Black Rock mill. near Jamestown
not sold.