The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-08-06
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Aug. 6, 1856.
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The song of the cricket after night
fall tells US that autumn is near.
A tramp was killed by train on
the railroad, not far from North East,
last week. No person knew him and
the employees of the road barred him.
The brick side walk has been re-
newed in front of E X. Browns and
T. T. Worrall's stores, with larger
of "bran new" brick.
Tomorrow Saturday the Annual
meeting of Cecil Mutual Fire Insur-
ance will be held in the office of the
Secretary, at Elkton.
The York county Agricultural so.
ciety will hold it's next exhibition
commencing October 9Th. The Bel
Air fair will begin on the 10Th.
Ponds Extract. Its sale extends to ev-
cry portion of. the country. There is
only one genuine Ponds Extract for
Pains and Inflamations.
DR.. Hewlett, dentist will be alb
sent from town on Saturday (tomor-
row. and Monday next, and his office
will be closed on those days.
John Dempsy of Bald Hill in the
9Th district, aged 81, died on Wednes-
day night 2Sth inst. and was buried
in "Polks Grave Yard" on Saturday
following.
Ankrim received the first load of
watermelons of the season last Fri
day. They were large fine melons,
and sold-the best of them-for 60
cents apiece.
THAT HACKING COUGH can be
so quickly cured by Shilohs Cure. We
guarantee it. Soldby DIR. L. R. Kirk. \
The annual meeting of the PENN
sular Press Association will be held
al Atlantic City, N. j., on Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday, August 28th,
30th and 3lst, 1886.
Lewis Oldham left a head of tim
othy at the drug store which measur-
ed II inches. The head was brought
from field on the farm of Delaplane
Mccullough.
W.. Tommel, our town baker
has purchased 80 acre farm from
j. III. Bradfeld, near Hopewell, for
which he will pay $2O5O cash. Mr..
-Tommcl will take possession of his
farm Dec. LIST.
''Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys
are marching" A crowd Of these
migratory birds are reported to be
lowering about the roads, examining
the corn fields, orchards and potato
patches.
Five shares of Eureka Fertilizer
Company's stock sold by the admin
istrators of Catharine Porter, at pub.
lie sale at Rising Sun on Saturday
last, brought $495. Bought by the
Company's agent.
Cecil Brown of B. NJ. House. who
was kicked in the face, by mare
fortnight or more since, having his
Jaw broken and sustaining other in
iuries. is able to be about again, and
is rapidly recovering.
The seventh annual Cecil county
fair will BE- held on the Agricultural
Society's grounds, at Elkton, on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, October 9th, 9th, 9TH and Sth
next.
Our Gamers are busy getting ready
for processing corn, and propose
commencing operations about the
goth. They will run altogether on
corn giving tomatoes the go by.
The Rising Sun w. c.. T. U. will
meet Saturday afternoon, Aug. 9TH,
at 3 O'Clock, at their usual place of
meeting in the basement of the M. E.
Church. All members are urgently
requested to be present.
The large stone crusher in the Nc
,Clenahan Bros. quarres a. Port,
broke down on Monday last, causing
delay in this part of the work. Crush
ed stone is in great demand and their
large contracts for this material for
road ballast taxes their large breaker
to the Utmost. A car load Of stone
is broken in q few minutes by the
machine when in full operation.