The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-08-10

says, was one of the grandest demonstra-
tons of the kind in long series of years.
The corner stone of the new Mt.
Oliyet NJ. 2. Church in East Noting.
ham was laid Saturday. The exer-
cises were conducted by Rev. W. s.
Hammond, President of the Confer
ence, and ReY. DR.. S. B. Switzerland.
The high license and local option
law of New Jersey has been pronounced
constitutional by the Supreme Court
of the state. The rum party were in
high hopes that the law would be de-
clared void ON account of constitutional
defects.
A l6 year old darkey named Harris.
horn shot another boy of the same
hue named John Shade last week in
the thigh with a shot gun. The
shooting was malicious, and a war
rant is out for Hartshorn's apprehen.
sion.
"Bud" has been busy for several days
past putting the canning factory mac
hinery in order in the canning houses
of Rising Sun, Liberty Grove and
Rowlandville. The rain on Wednes-
day evening will greatly benefit the
sugar corn, which the protracted drouth
threatened to entirely ruin in a short
time.
The prohibitionists of this county
will probably take steps to secure a
large tent in which to hold Prohibit
ton campaign meetings. Arrange.
ments will also be made with prom.
inent orators of the party to deliver
speeches during the coming fall
Cecil Democrat.
A. L. Crothers Esq. whose profess
sional card will be found in the MID.
LAND JOURNAL will in future, be at
his Office in Rising Sun on Saturdays
from 9. a. m, to IL m. and be in
Colora in the afternoon. Mr.. Croth.
ers is getting considerable practice in
this part of the county.
A Harrison and Morton club has
been organized in Port with the fol-
lowing officers: James A. Davis,
president; W. W. Hopkins, VIM.
Parker, Enoch Noyes, Enoch McCul-
Tough, Geo. NJ. Christie. Alex. Craig
and Thos. G. Bond, vice.presidents;
s. A. Vanrort and H. A. Nesbitt,
secret aries, and John r. Bond, treas.
The Harrison and Morton club which
was organized at Rising Sun last week
elected the following officers. H. H.
Haines, president; Howell Moon, A. s.
Elliott. r. L. Christie, Lewis Kirk and
w. w. Carter, vice.presidents; John
w. Mccullough. secretary. and Peter
Hartenstine, assistant secretary; treas
urer, Wayne Reynolds; Barclay Rey-
nolds, Street Brown, DIR. L. r. Kirk,
Geo. S, Fox and Job Haines, executive
committee. Though the evening was
unfovorable thirty.two names were
enrolled.
Messrs. Barnes & Hartenstine are lust
now doing quite lively trade in the sale of
Orchilla Guano, and the special wheat and
grass manures kangaroo" and "Fair and
Square" The manures have all been used
by our farmers within the past year on their
various crops and have given universal sat-
isfaction, and the sales as a consequence,
are steadily and rapidly increasing. The
prices for these several brands of goods are
as low as the lowest and come within the
reach of every farmer, and we advise all
who have not given them trial to do so, by
all means on their fall crops.
The Groome Guards returned from
their weeks encampmenta at Bay Ridge,
on Saturday evening last, highly pleas.
ed with their trip. In the target prac.
tice, in which their were five confess
tants from each company in the bat
allion, Lieut.Wm. A. Wright of the
Guards, won the silver cup which had
been offered as prize by an officer of
the battalion; and to show their appre-
citation of the honor thus conferred
upon their company, the members SUBJ
sequently presented Lieut.. Wright
with handsome sword.-Appeal.
The Groome Guards or company
A of the National Guards of Mary
land was conveyed from Elkton last
week on the State Steamer Handle.
ton, to the camping ground at Bay
Ridge. There were 80 members in
the company. These summer excur.
sions and encampments are becom-
inU very fashion ahln In othar ototoe