The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-08-06
The County Commissioners had a

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invited by the Railroad Company to
examine the crossing and see that
everything was right.
The heavy cloud of Thursday that
rose in the west and passed over the
centre of Lancaster and Chester
counties, did considerable damage to
corn and tobacco crops in its path,
heavy showers of hail falling in some
places.
SHILOH'S COUGH and Consump-
ton Cure is sold by DR.. Kirk guar
antee. 1t cures Consumption.
Fox is going round with his peck.
cts full of lightning rod points, that
have been burned and blackened by
the fluid, which, eager to reak its
fiery vengeance on house or barn
had been transfixed by his needle
pointed rods and sent Kissing into
the harmless bowels of the earth.
Mastiffs appear to have grown in
demand about Elkton since farmer
in the 4th district came near being
torn to pieces by one of these fierce
animals he owned. A wagon load of
the beasts were on sale in that town
last week.
George McCauley Reese, of Elkton,
one of r. G.. Reese sons, has received
the appointment of clerk in Public
Store No. /, in the Baltimore Custom
House, at a salary of $1,000 a year,
and entered upon the discharge of
his duties on Monday last.
Our enterprising merchant, E. R..
Burlington, is about sinking 5-bar
rel galvanized tank in the ground out
side his store in which to keep coal
oil. A pipe will extend from tank to
store and the oil pumped directly
from the tank into the measures to
supply customers.
The continuous wet, hot weather
has caused serious loss to farmers.
The worst of the weather caught the
oats crop at the most critical time,
and farmers who thresh out of the
field have been detained and have had
their grain sprouted in the shock, to
an extent that will be a serious dam
age to it.
Popping at squirrels in the morn
ings is now in vogue among some
of our sportsmen of we old time order.
A long single barrelled firelock,
charged with handful of BIB and a
good rest, if bunny will keep still
for five minutes, the hunter feels
reasonably sure of a SOU rrol pie.
The Reynolds Brothers have their
can factory in full operation, and
hope to pretty near keep up with
their orders though they have been
compelled to refuse some orders, one
a few days since for fifteen thousand
cases. Mr.. Vincent their efficient
and attentive foreman is keeping a
watchfui eye over all.
For lame back, side or chest, use
Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price % CTS.
Sold by DR.. IL. X. Kirk.
One of the workmen while clear
ing out the old Court House found a
fip-penny.bit, Slips" we used to call
them, an old Spanish coin of the val
ue Of 81. cents. This ftp was we'll
preserved, showing the Pillars of
Hercules and date, 1881. plainly when
frightened with muriatic acid. The
coin is lO5 years old.
0. G. Clemson. who keeps the hotel
at the corner of Bow street and the
Railroad, Elkton, lost a mule by lock
jaw last week. An examination of
the mules feet after death-they
kept out of reach of them when the
animal was alive-showed that the
spout of small oil can was buried
in one ofthe feet.
Last Thursday and Friday were
the hottest days of the season, the
thermometer reaching go in the
shade. And if the extreme discomfort
felt from the heat, caused by the
snltry muggy atmosphere is charged
up with the temperature, these days
were a good deal the hottest. The
cool breezcs Of Monday and Tuesday
were happy relief to sweating
humanity.
And now, ''we have reason to be-
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