The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-08-10
NEWS.
Friday, Aug. lO, 1883
MINOR LOCALS

day" at Woodlawn camp.
White comb honey in pound sec
tions at Rising Sun Apiary.
The Republican primaries will be
held tomorrow afternoon from 3 to
6 o'clock.
Hon. Alexander Evans of Elkton
has been seriously indisposed for
several days past.
Mrs. Sarah E. Miller, widow of Boyd
Miller, Port Deposit, has been granted a
widows arrears pension.
On Tuesday next Wood.awn camp
begins. The meeting promises to be
a large- camp than last year.
The Pennington base ball club crossed
bats with the Port Deposit club, Friday last.
and defeated them in we'll contested game
by score Of IL to 8.
Wednesday was the hottest day of the
year. Some thermometers registered
above a 1000. The mercury at DIR.
Kinks drug store marked $50.
The monument to the memory Of the
Rev. T. G. Cochel, a Methodist ?rotes-
tant preacher, was I'm vailed in Bayview
Cemetery Monday afternoon.
Tile County Commission ers, Or.
phans' Court and School Commits.
sioners will be in session next
Tuesday.
Only FIVE marriage licenses were
issued last month in this county.
The "loveyers" are all outing this hot
weather.
Mrs. Eliza A. Geeening, widow of
the late John Greening, of Port De-
post, has been granted an arrears of
widows pension.
H. T. Pyle, of Calvert, has remod-
eled his grlst mill by putting in new
burrs and machinery of the latest
approved pattern.
Mr.. A. Ferguson lost horse recent
ly near Lewis Kinks mill. His son
was driving down the hill when the
animal fell and rolling into the gutter
died before it could be relieved.
personals" taffy is the latest
wrinkle in newspaperdom. Mrs, Mr.,
or Miss Somebody is visiting some
body, no matter how obscure.
Mr.. Jacob Markee, living about
three miles east of Elkton, was kick.
ed by horse one day last week and
badly but not seriously injured.
A party of Peninsular Editors had an
excursion to the Blue Mountain House
last week and enjoyed high old time
G. w. Cruikshank and DR.. J. III. Fra
ger represented Cecil at the junket.
Samuel Cruikshank who has been
confined in the Jail at Elkton charged
of shooting John Montgomery of Lam
caster county, short time ago, was
taken to Lancaster City, on Monday.
Secondhand bicycles several sizes aud
styles almost as good as new, now in stock
at Hanna, Haines & PASSWORDS, and will be
sold very low; an excellent chance for be-
ginners. Call and see them before they 60.
Nancy Keys, aged SO years, a
native of 9Th dist. died last week in
Columbia, Hartford county, from
injuries sustained by falling down
stairs.
DR.. Howard Bratton is building a
residence on the site of the old Elk
ton Jail, after the building has been
completed the doctor proposes to
set up housekeeping.
The peach hauler has made his
appearance in town. If he would
take "a line from the fish hauler's
book on huckstering, and blow horn
he would sell more peaches.
Mr.. VIM. Harriot's large thrasher
was burned on the farm of Mr.. G. o.
Massey in the Second district one
night last week. Nothing was known
of the fire until the next morning.
The past July was the coolest for
Is years, according to the weather
bureau. We will bet two cents the
bureau will not report August the
coolest.
Miss Mary Bond. Port Deposit
will open select school September
lst for boys and girls. Her adver-
tisemet will be found in another
column of this issue Of the MIDLAND.
We would call the attention of our read
nrs IN the adv of Profs Hoffman e. Hertz-