The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-11-30

j Walter j. Booth, tue stock dealer
of Chester county who was wei
known in this neighhorhood, and
who recently failed for $4,000, in
addition to his failure it is reported
he is forger. He has skipped it is
thought to Cans ada.
The residence of George Howell,
at Court House Point, was destroyed
by fire on Thursday night 18th OF
November, together with all the fur
niture therein. Mr.. Howell had
made arrangements to move to Elk
Neck the following day and took his
wife and children to E.kton to visit
his wife's father. When he returned
he found everything in ashes,
nothing having been saved but the
clothes they wore. The origin ofthe
fire is unknown.
On Thanksgiving day the corner
stone ceremonies of the N. +. Parse
mage of this town were completed by
depositing in the stone to which an
opening had been left by the builders,
sketch of the town, prepared by the
pastor, Rev. / Jewell, copy of the
MIDLAND JOURNAL, names of mem
bers of the different church organizers
with some small coins and other me.
mentoes. when the opening was closed
with block of marble furnished by
Mr.. Zehnder, proprietor of the Rising
Sun marble yard, which was sealed up
tight.
There will be "leap year" party at
the parsonage Rev. I. JEWELS on to-
morrow evening. The ladies will
ticket each beau and when the com
pany gathers a hat full of rosetts is
shaken up-at least that is the general
plan of conducting this kind of party
and each gentleman draws ribbon
and is assigned to the lady to whom
the ribbon belongs. He first; however
pays5 cents for the privilege of draw"
Having escorted his lady home and to
extract 5 cents worth of smiles or
frowns is his look out. The money
goes to the m ssionary society of which
the lady is member.
Another destructive conAagation
occurred on the Peninsula last Thus.
day week, and the town of POGO
moke was partial y destroyed. The
loss was at first stated to be half a
million but has since been reduced
to one quarter of million. Nearly
all the stores were destroyed, two
hotels and three newspaper offices.
The Cecil Mutual Fire Insurance Co
is heavy loser, reported to be about
$50, 900. The company has received
a number of bad burns in those
pitch pine towns down ON the Pen.
Ursula.
Hugh Thompson, whose fall crop
of straw berries were noticed in the
columns of the Democrat a few
weeks ago, we have learned, gather
ed between fifty and sixty quarts OF
them which he sold in Philadelphia
for forty cents quart. Mr.. Thomp,
son has large patch of Strawberries
They are of the variety called Cum
berland Triumph and have been in
bearing all summer, and are now full
of unripe fruit. He attributes their
continuous bearing this summer to
the fine weather rather than to any
popularity of the vines or the soil
in which they are growing.-Cecil
Democrat.
We presume this double crop
was ewing to the superabundance OF
rain we have had since last August,
The strawberry is a great water
drinker and we have NO doubt that
strawberries if supplied bountifully
by irrigation could be made to
produce two crops every season. In
California where irrigation is employ.
ed, strawberries are grown eight
months in the year.