The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-01-18

A. S. Elliott, auctioneer, sold on
Monday last personal property OF
John Wigton for the following hand.
some prices:
Milk cows, none of them fresh,
ranged from $40, $4,000 and ISL 25;
hogs $500 to $26.50; one-horse
wagon $40; corn Sc cts. per bbl,;
corn fodder cts. per bundle; chick
ems 10 cts. per h., live. Household
goods brought satisfactory prices.
All the property was sold except the
real estate which was bid to 5000
and withdrawn. The attendance at
the sale was large.
The stockholders of Conowingo
Bridge Company held their annual
meeting on Monday last, when the
board of officers was re elected. A
toll house has been erected at the
east end of the bridge on Cecil side
of the river and a revised schedule
of tolls established. The stock
holders meeting was held in Childs'
Hotel, where the board dincd after
the close of their business.
Mrs. Rebecca E. Murphy, mother
of Hon. John A. j. Creswell, died at
Port Deposit, Friday, aged IS. Mrs.
Murphy's maiden name was Webb a
native of Lancaster Co. Pa, She
married first John Creswell, father
of Hon. j. A. j. Creswell, whe died
comparatively a young man leaving
one son and three daughters. Mrs.
Creswell married DR.. Murphy her
second husband who has been dead
several years.
A fox was let loose at William
Scott's, about a mile and half from
the Sun, ON Monday last. The
ground was muddy and it was very
uphill work for reynard, but he led
the hounds good chase swimming
the creek twice, and when pretty
nearly exhausted, with the dogs close
behind, as he gained the bank of the
stream he was picked up by Harry
Yerkes and saved from the rayenous
jaws Of the hounds.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
for Rowlandville and Mt. Pleasant
charge will be held at Mt. Pleasant
Church on Saturday. Jan 10Th, at
$50 o'clock. Services on Sabbath
as follows: at Mt. Pleasant class
meeting at 80 and at 1880 the
historical sketch of the charge recent.
ly read by the pastor at centenary
exercises of old Cecil Circuit, will be
read. Love Feast at 1.30 and preach
ing by P. E. DR.. Murray at 2.30 p.
m. All are invited to attend.
Mr.. F. S. Everist, president of the
School Commissioners, started a
"bag fox" from his place on New
Years Day, and entertained his
sportsmen friends handsomely we
are informed. Is the President of
the Board cultivating "the boys"
with his weather eye toward fall
campaign. We commend this meth.
cd as infinitely superior to the
"treat' system which is both vulgar
and immoral. Well, the hunters
might hunt good while and not find
a better representative for the legis.
lature. We suggest that Mr.. f. S.
be retained for the fall hunt.
Frank D. Conrey and VIM. D..
Pierce are taking preliminary steps
to establish creamery at Chesa-
peake City. We venture to predict
that Cecil in a few years will be a
great dairy county, when the grain
and grass of the farms will be con-
verted into golden Jersey butter and
shipped in small packages by express
to market in place of large freight
cars loaded with grain and hay.
Grass, tested butter cows and silos is
the bridge that will span the sluggish
stream called hard times. And the
sooner farmers address themselves to
erecting this bridge the better it will
qe for them.
The White Caps, it is reported,
have appeared in Elkton. A man
who INDUCES too much in the ardent
has been notified that if be doesn't
"hold up" he'll be waited on. No
use. The only way to stop the
drinkers is to stop it's manufacture