The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-03-15

more a1d are now "languishing in
Jail at Elkton. They will go from
that to the penitentiary It lie likely
The latest accounts Is that An
drew Mccullough of Elkton who
strayed from his home on Monday
week has not been found. The
woods have been scar ched and the
creek dragged without any trace of
him.
The exercises of the Y, P. s. G. T..
of Friday evening last we're conduct.
ed by Miss Mary E. B. Keen.
Services will be conducted this
evening by Mr.. Phillip Watts, sub.
Ject, "How to Halow Gods Name"
Matt. 60.
The marriage of Miss Mary C.
Hendrickson of Lancaster and Mr..
James W. Keough of Newark. N. j.,
took place at Elizabeth, N. j., on
March, 5. Rev. James H.; Carrigan
was the minister. The bride is the
sister of F. G Hendrickson of Oxford
formerly of Rising Sun.
A flock of wild geese few over
town on Wednesday night, very low.
being but few feet above the Odd
Fellows Hall where they passed over.
They were making for the north pole
tn raise family of goslings. The
wild goose is the only fowl that de.
fies man to rob her nest.
The earthquake shook some folks
lively while it passed by others with
scarcely whisper. Haines & Kinks
hadware store seems to have had the
loudest call. The stoves rocked and
ratified. the rod and bar iron beat q tat
too SO "you couldn't hear your own
ears'' and the tin roof banged and rat
tied as though cyclone had struck it.
Several horses belonging to Mr..
Henry Hess, Fair Hill, were recently
attacked with disease pronounced
by veterinary surgeon pneumonia
bronchitis. They are all valuable
animals, Among the number is
Gilt Edge, well known trotter, and
several others with noted records.
They are now recovering.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of Rising Sun will hold public
meeting in the M. E. Church on Tues
day evening March 10Th. An effort
will be made to make the evening a
pleasant and profitable one. The pro-
gram will consist Of select readings,
Rotations and addresses on the various
phrases of the work interspersed with
music. The public are cordially invit-
ed.
W. S. May. D. D. S., son of Mr..
Richard F. May, of Elkton, grad
uated at the Twenty.third.. Annual
Commencement Of the New York
College of Dental Surgery, on Mon
day last. The exercises were held in
Chickering Hall New York.
The young Surgeon Dentist grad.
uated with fattering honors, being
marked perfect throughout.
We see it announced that E. w.
Hebron of near Still Pond has been
swindled by the piano men. After
several days costly litigation he got
off with paying $500 for a 5000
piano. The same rascals who were
round here we presume worked the
game. Had Mr.. H. H. Haines not
ripped their little game in the bud,
they would no doubt have secured q
victim in this neighborhood.
Two little girls aged respectively
S and z years, daughters of John
Davidson of Elkton were walking on
the race bank of Vinsinger's mill
when the younger fell in. Her sister
plunged in to rescue her and both
narrowly escaped drowning. The
water being low in the race they were
able to stand on the bottom. With
The water up to her shoulders the
elder managed to drag her sister to
the shore. She is q bravo little girl.
Albert Constable Esq, has been
retained to defend the farmers in
Queen Anne's county court in the
suits brought on certain notes given
by them in payment for Hulless Oats
and Seneca Wheat. W. Pinkney
Whyte. Esq, of Baltimore, will be
associated with him. There are at
least twentv-one of these cases.