The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-07-27

y. ~. ZennOer, proprietor oil
Rising Sun marble yard, has just
completed a monument with a 10
feet shaft bearing the following in
scription 'serected by Cecil Circuit
to the memory of Rev. c. T. Cochel
of the NJ. A. Conference M. A.
Church" The monument will be
placed in the cemetery at Bay View
over the grave of the deceased. This
is handsome piece OF work out OF
fine marble.
The trustees and executors of 16
estates holding bonds of the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal Company
were on Saturday last given permits
sion to exchange their old bonds for
the obligations of the reorganized
company. Reorganization was made
necessary by the fraudulent issue
of bonds, for which Lesley and Will
SON, officers of the company, arc
now serving terms in the penitenti.
ary. The company was compelled
to assume responsibility for the fra
udulent issue.
A. L. Crothers, Esq. Attorney at,
Law, renews his professional card in
the MIDLAND JOURNAL this week and
has it in contemplation to make his
Saturday headquarters at Rising Sun
in place of Colora as heretofore. Mr.
Crothers, by his affable manner and
close attention to business, is acqui-
ring an increasing legal practice, and
as the civil service rules of old Faith
err Time promote him to the ranks of
the "old lawyers" he will doubtless
become one Of the leading lawyers of
the Cecil bar.
Dog days commenced on the 18th
inst, and an exchange says thai is a
popular superstition that perso ms
are made liable to be attacked by
disease during this period. This is
hardly a ''superstition" whether the
theory be true or false. This is a
season of enervating heat which re-
lakes the system, while the rapid
decay of vegetable and other organtic
matter fills the air with malaria, and
the belief that "dog days" is sick
ly season, or g. period of incipient
disease, appears to rest on a rational
basis.
Charles Flommont, of Philadelphia
was stricken with paralysis on Friday
evening. lie went to Elkton to see
Fred Racine, relative, who has
been sick for some time past and had
not been in the house 10 minutes
before he fell off the chair on which
he was sitting, His entire left side
was paralyzed, as we'll as his tongue.
His mouth was drawn out of shape.
DR.. Mitchell attended the afflicted
man. Mr.. Flommont is in the en-
ploy of Philadelphia, Wilmington
& Baltimore Railroad Company at
Gray's Ferry.
The Special premiums of the Cecil
County Agricultural fair will be a
marked feature of the fair this Sea-
son, there being fifty Specials.
Among the most important are an
Estey organ, set of parlor furniture,
suits of gentlemen's clothes, china
sets, shoes, chamber sets, a two horse
mower, force pumps. carpets, clocks,
phosphate, -four, etc. These premi-
ums are bona fde and there will
probably be much competition for
the valuable articles in the list.
There are no premiums for branded
fruits of any description.
The Oxford Press tells fish story
in which father and SON went fishing
the latter managing to fall overheard.
After hair breadth and adventures
escapes. however. they reached home
with the usual complement of bass
always large. But the denouement,
the winding up of adventures, like
all the good love stories is where the
thrilling part comes in. The ang.
lers sat down their bucket of fish
while they put away the horse, when
an enterprising pig came along and
ate up the whole catch That is the
most complete way of accounting for
the non appearance of the fish at the