The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-13

eminent speakers are announced. The
Silver Lake Quartet will make music
for the occasion. They promise to
make rum howl.
Strawberries are gone but the fans
still hold out, and the ladies of New
Leeds Church will hold "baza:"
tomorrow evening in which the latter
will be served-the fans not the ladies,
inevery variety known to the connois-
seur of that hot weather delicacy.
Hartford county enterprising farm.
ers and others-largely others-are
discussing building railroad from
Bel Air to Stafford on the Susque.
hanna, and Of a continuance of the
road by bridging the river, and con.
Meeting with the Col umbia and Port
Deposit r. r.
Burglars entered the store of Harry
Whitelock & Stubs BROS. at Chesa-
peake City on Sunday night last,
and stole a lot of tobacco and cigars
which were the only goods missed.
The blacksmith shop of Jacob Mety
was first broken into to procure tools
to pry open the door of the store.
e William Trainor of B. NJ. House
who was imprisoned for attempting
to play the Jesse James roll, at train
robbing near, Sylmar about three
years ago, was pardoned by the gov
enor and set at liberty, Saturday
last. He proposes to go to Arizona
shortly where his brother is in the
mining business.
The road petitioned for through
lands of Mr.. Mullen who owns the
Rock Springs property in the 9Th
district, was not granted by the Com
missioners at their last meeting,
there being objections filed. The
clerk was ordered to notify all parties
concerned that the case will be heard
on second Wednesday in August.
The american Farmer, published
at Baltimore by w. B. Sands has
greatly improved in snap and vigor
within the present year, and is st rik-
ing GU. from the shoulder for the
farm and farmer. Every farmer in
Maryland should take copy of the
Farmer which is specially adapted
to the agricultural needs Of this
State.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A, Rankin of
Elkton, with whom many of our read
ers are acquainted, celebrated the
sixty-frst anniversary of their mar
rage on Wednesday July 4th. All
but seven years of this period were
spent in Elkton. Mr.. Rankin al.
though over So years of age is still
able to do good work at his trade,
that of watch and clock repairer.
Mine Host of the Maryland House,
Stephen John, went fishing on the
4th of July for black bass in the
Susquehanna opposite "Canal' sta
ton, Mr.. James Todd keeps the
hotel at "Canap and can accommodate
anglers with man and boat, includ-
ing minnows for bait for the mod
crate sum of $500 a day. Stephen
j. was in luck and caught eight bass,
five of them in about five minutes.
1t required FIVE hours to hook the
other three however. Some of the
fish weighed nesrly 8 pounds.
The Dean Wooden Mills, located
at Newark, Del, which was burned
some months since will not be re-
built. At a recent meeting of the
stockholders of the company reso-
luton was adopted by unanimous
vote to wind up the affairs of the
company and dissolve it.
Large manufacturing establish
ments are being established in the
cities almost altogether since steam
as a motive power has pretty nearly
entirely superseded water power.
Large cities afford greater facilities
for labor and transportation.
The Third battalion of the Mary.
land National Guards, which comp.
rises the four Eastern Shore compan.
les, will go into camp at Bay Ridge
on July SOth, for one week. On the
evening of Auoust 2ni a GRAND han.