The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-09-21

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lection business for several years, doing
good deal in that line for the Oxford
Press ana other papers.
Postmaster Hindman went to Bel
Air on Wednesday to hear Senator
Breckenridge speak at the Democrat
meeting and came home on Thurs
day morning charmed with the sill.
yer tongued orator.
Wilmer K. Bird is in Columbus,
Ohio attending the state fair this
week talking Bird Cultivation.
Frank p. Bird is in Elmyra N. Y.
at that fair talking on the "same
line"
J. A. J. Creswell, of Elkton, has
been appointed on the ladies floral
committee of the first exhibition of
the Peninsula Horticultural Society,
to be held in the Opera House, Will
mington, Del. September Is, 10, 90
and 81.
There will be no Fair Ball this
year in the Grand Hall on the Elk.
ton Fair Ground. Balls at former
fairs did not pay. "he old fashioned
conventional ball has gone out of
fashion, and the social hop is now
an fault.
The Harrison and Morton marching
| club received their uniforms and terch-
es on Saturday night last and turned
out in line on Tuesday evening, Capt.
Elliott commanding. The whole town
was on its front porch to view the
parade and hear the drums beat.
The fine peaches noticed in last
weeks MIDLAND which were brought
into town from the orchard of MIR.
Harris near Vinegar Hill were the
product of trees furnished Mr.. Jos
A. Roman from the nursery of Mr..
Geo. Balderston.
If you wish to secure one of Birds
celebrated fine harrows with steel
teeth for the sum of ten-10-dol- :
lars, call early on Haines & Kirk.
DR.. Noble of Port Deposit, where
be has practiced medicine several
years, proposes leaving that town aud
establishing himself in Chester, Pa.
He hopes to take up the practice
which the late Dr.. Miner enjoyed
prior to his death.
The advertisement Of the old and
popular dry goods house of Hamil-
ton Easter & sons, Baltimore appears
in our advertising coils. to day. This
is one OF the most reliable firms in
the country. The goods sold by
them are just as represented.
Just received to day three Dbl. Of
those famous Maurice river cove oys-
tiers at Hambleton's. Try them.
Mr.. Henry s. Coudon of Perryville
we learn, bought 26 head of cattle in
Baltimore recently and 10 days after
the cattle were brought home nine of
them died, with others reported sick.
Texas fever is said to be the disease
the cattle are affected with.
Barnes & Hartenstine are doing a
heavy warehouse business at Rising
Sun and Peach Bottom. Barnes
does the "outing'' visiting the farm.
ers and buying productivity, grain,
coal fertilizers and lumber are the
principle articles handled by the
firm.
The Methodist Episcopal Congre-
cation at Cecilton, will hold, until
they build a church. service in An
derson's ball which has been fitted up
and offered free of cost by the owner.
The use of the Episcopal church at
Cecilton was very kindly offered the
Methodist.
M. P. Hartenstine and his
nephew Mr.. w. B. Mackinson, of
Kissimee, Fla. who is spending the
summer in Maryland, made plea.
SAINT trip through lower Pennsylva.
mia. They left Rising Sun on Sat-
urday morning and returned We'd
nesday evening.
Workmen engaged in digging the
foundation for the new Howard
House stables at Elkton, have dug
ur human bones, showing that a
grave yard once occupied the spot in
the forgotten past, doubtless some of