The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-02-03

men, offer further inducements ii
j their new advertisement this week
to purchasers Of goods during th,
|, month of February. They hay,
branched out further in the line o
agricultural machinery and we expec
, to announce in the not distant iutur,
their constructing large ware house
where every kind of agricultural
machinery and farm implements vii
he kept. The Sun shines for all
The real estate of Thos. Grubb O
the 9Th district was sold at mortgage
sale by Jacob Tome. at the Court
i House DOR on Monday last The
farm consists of 81 acres. has 6
large handsome brick house and largt
barn on it, with other improvements
and is one of the best farms in that
district. There were no bidders and
J. T. took it at the nominal bid oil
! $4,000. -Four town lots at the head
Of the old Maryland canal were sold
by the same for 500.
Richard G.. Reese died at Elkton
on Tuesday, after few days illness,
of infamation of the bowels. The
deceased was one of the best known
citizens Of the county and one of the
"cleverest," m)t whole souled and
social, will be the unanimous express
sion. Mr. Reese was in his seth
year. and had served the county in
some important and responsible po-
sitions. amolg which was a term as
County Commissioner.
An eye swindle has been practiced
successfully in Chester Co. recently.
Two oily tongued gents, processing
to be in the optic business, visited a
lady who was having her eyes treated
by DR.. Houston of Oxford and stated
that they were scientific opticians
from Philadelphia, and had been re
quested by The physician to examine
her eyes. The fee for looking at the
young lady's eyes was $50 which
strange to say. they were paid, and
went on to gull other credulous fol s.
W j McDougal advertises his Gel
ebrated wagons, an article of home
production which he guarantees, and
his guarantee means something, for
che wagon and builder are right here.
He also sells the Twin harrows and
the Universal. CultivatOr and Corn
Coverer Combined all sold on the
most accommodating terms En-
courage home industry and you will
not be taken in" Billy also carries
on general blacksmithing, horse
shoeing, &c.
This section Of country has been
favored so far this winter by exemp-
tion from drifting SHOWS while com.
parativcly short distance Moth the
roads have been blocked up by drifts.
We have enjoyed comparatively good
sleighing with smooth roads, and
weddings, the out growth of good
sleighing; may he reasonably expect
ed to be numerous in few weeks
This is leap year too, and the girls
have a right to put in an extra word
on the subject.
The following delegates and alter
mates have been chosen to the Will
Tmlngton Conference of the M e.
Church which meets in Wilmington
on the 7th of March: Port Deposit
L. A. C. Gerry and Thomas C.
Bond. Hopewell-C. S. Abrahams
and Ii II. Kirk. Charl stown Cir
cuit-W H. Cole and William Mullen
Cherry Hill Circuit--W. r. Miller
and Thomas Fryer. Elkton-Daniel
Harvey and w. j. Jones. These lay
delegates are elected every four
years. and participate in the election
oi Lay Delegates to the General Con.
ference. which body meets this year.
The Pennsylvania State Board of
Pardons has granted another hearing
to Samuel Johnson, convicted of the
marder Of John Sharpless and sen
fenced to hang next moth. About
every body who has paid any atten-
tion to the case believes "Cuff.' to be
not guilty, and that conviction was
a put up detective job to secure the
reward 1t wonld be a good radiance
to che community if Cuff was hung,
but it wouldn't be the fair thing to
10 if he is not guilty. Some of the
detectives who understand the GRIM
inal business charge that the same
parties who assaulted and robbed J.
Granville Richards are the parties
who murdered Mr.. Sharpless.
Our Port Deposit friends are point.
ing out to Congress way by which
the surplus in the treasury might be
prolitably reduced. A deputation
consisting Of +. S. Everist. J. j
Buck, S G. Rowland J. NJ. McClen-
ahan and W. W Nickle, went to
Washington last week to urge our
representatives in Congress for a
more liberal appropriation for widen.
ing the channel in the Susquehanna
river. They asked for $4,000 to