The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-09-24


Russian variety, and the seed from
which it was grown received first pre-
ium at the fair here last fall.-NeaUs.
DR.. Morrison of OXFORD was judge
of bees and honey and apiarian sup
plies at the Pennsylvania State Fair
held at Philadelphia, last week. The
best display of bees was made by
Henry NJ. Twining and Arthur Todd
of Philadelphia.
THE REV. GEO. II. TAYLER, of
Burbon, Ind, says: Both myself and
wife owe our lives to SHILO'S CON
SU MPTION CURE" Sold by DIR. L..
I r. Kirk. t
Typhoid and diptheria are COM
planned of being too prevalent in Elk
ton. The creek or the river end. has
been decpened, and every year the
marsh is being filled up little by lit
tie, and erelong the tide will cease to
overflow it and scour out decaying
vegetable matter. Then feyers and
other malarial diseases will be more
prevalent than heretofore, we fear.
New stock of trimmings and
fringes at f. R. Bufington's.
Mrs. Lucy Washington of Connec-
ticut the National W. 7. U. lect.
urer, will address public temper
ance meeting to be held in the main
audience room of the M. E. Church,
of Rising Sun, on Thursday even
ing. September 30th at 7.3O o'clock.
The w. G. 7. U. haye appointed
the following committee to decorate
the audience room. Mrs. A. Jewell,
Mrs. s. Kimble, Mrs. j. Mccullough,
Miss. Nj. Haines, Mrs. E. X. Haines.
A committee on music composed of
the following persons has also been
amounted. Mrs. A. Jewell, Miss
Mary Haines end Miss Mary Steph-
ems.
All persons are cordially invited to
hear Mrs. Washington and especially
those favoring High License"
Another trial to secure Bishop
for the Protestant Episcopal Church,
of the Easton diocese, will be made
on Wednesday next 10th inst, at
Centreville. Several who were elect
ed heretofore by the diocese declined,
and Rev. Mr.. Drysdale who was the
last choice, died before it was ascer-
tanned whether he would have accept
ed the honorable and responsible
position.
A thunder storm passed over Elk.
ton and vicinity on Sunday week,
when lightning struck tree near
Joseph Booths residence, leaped to
wire clothes line and thence down
post into the earth. About month
previous lightning struck the same
tree and found the ground by way of
the clothes line. Friend Booth, bet
ter not tempt fate further, or may be
third trial will take the house. but
send up for Fox at once to put up
one of his never failing rods.
Jacob Howard, EN- 2loyed by the
P. W. & B. r. r. as a track, hand
was struck in the abdomen by stone
which was hurled by the engine of an
express train while passing. Howard
was knocked off his feet. The stone
had sharp edge and made a wound
two inches long in his abdomen,
which wassewed up by physician.
The stone struck him aslanting blow,
had the blow been direct, the force
was so great that death would prob
ably have been the result.
The School Commissioners award
cd the contract for the building of a
new school house at Perryville to E.
S. Seminar for S2,075. The other
bids were James D. West, $4,000, and
Geo. w. Jackson. $3.50. Scboo,
Commissioner Kirk announced that
he had contracted on the part Of the
board with n. T. Lakeland for the
building of the new school house on
land formerly belonging to the farm
of Jas. T. Mccullough in Elk Neck,
for S675.
The County Commissioners at their
last weeks session, awarded the free
bed belonging to Cecil county, in the
Mary land General Hospital, to Fran
els Lloyd. The Sheriff was directed
to take Amelia Spittle. insane. to an
asylum. Contract was made with