The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-20
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Dec. 20. 1889.
MINOR LOCALS

G. "A. II. camp Fire.
Chickens are reported scarce ant
in demand in our market.
Clarence Thompson, residence neal
Pennington, has been dangerously i'll
of typhoid fever but is reported con
valescent.
DIR. S. w. Morrison, oculist, Of
Oxford will in future have a branch
office at Port Deposit See card in
JOURNAL.
Our stores and shops display q
fine assortment of holiday goods and
young hearts are full of hope of what
Santa Claus may bring.
The Cherry Hill NJ. e. Church will
be opened December %. Revs. Dr..
Murray, Todd and Hill will preach
during the day and evening.
The Cecil Grange will meet to- NOR
row afternoon at the usual hour {
O'Clock. All members should make a
strenuous effort to attend the meeting
Cards are out for the marriage OF
Mr.. j. Archer Lambert of North
East and Miss Harriet johnson
The ceremony will be performed next
Tuesday evening oath.
The regular meetingI of the Y. w. C.
T. U. of Colora will be held in Mr..
Gray's Hall Saturday evening Deem
Der 2lst at half past seven o'clock. A
full attendance is desired.
ATTENTION SIR KNIGHTS IA full
attendance is desired on next Monday
night as nominations for officers and
other business of importance will be
transacted. w. J. McDoUGAL, N. C.
Sheriff j. Albert Boyd, of Cecil
county, has selected Harvey Mackey,
son of ex,Sheriff Mackey, as deputy
sheriff. Mr. Mackey held the same
position under his father.
Dick Dawson of Port Deposit, or
Rock Run, died Monday, Dec. 9th.
He was buried the following Thurs.
day at Hopewell. Dick was fam
GUS saloon keeper in his day.
A literary and musical entertain.
ment will be given in Grange Hall
by the E.kton P. of H. some time in
January. Mr.. George Johnston is
expected to deliver lecture.
Mr.. C. w. Wilson & Son finished
the large barn last week which they
have been employed for several
weeks building on the County Aims.
house ground at Cherry Hill.
James McKinsey an Elkton man
who preferred running the risk of
violating the prohibatory whiskey
law of Cecil county to doing honest
work arrived home last week from q
term at Jessups Cut.
Mr.. G. G. Sill shipped colly pup
by express, on Tuesday to Arazona.
The Kirk brothers who are natives o!
Cecil county, are in the mining bust
ness in that dreary county and want
the dog for camp guard.
Wednesday (Christmas) and jan
uary 1st (New Years day. are lega
holidays, and the Bank will be clos
ed on those days. All notes for dis
count must be presented on Tuesday
previous when the directors will pass
upon them.
The friends of Mr.. John P. Evans
were much alarmed on Wednesday
morning by sudden attack which
proved to be fainting spell, or
something analogous, which prostrat.
ed him while at the mill of Lewis II.
Kirk, The attack resulted in nothing
serious and he recovered from it in q
few hours.
Lewis X. England died at BIZ. resi-,
dence one mile and half sonth oil
Rising Sun, on Tuesday of pneu
monia, after a sickness of about two
weeks. His funeral will be held to
day. Place of interment Rose Bank
Cemetery. The deceased was man
of exemplary character. but unfor-
tunately was possessed of delicate
constitution.
Do not forget that the Detective
Association will hold its annual elec-
ton on the first Saturday in the New
Year, and partake of the turkey dinner
which has become the social feature o.
all those societies. There will be by
law offered to obligate the Associate or
to pay for horses and mules stolen from
members when not recovered. Mem
bers should endeavor to enlarge the
membership.
Among the bills passed by tn,
school Board at its December session
the largest was that of J. H. Medair,