The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-16
NEWS.
Friday, Aug. 16, 1889.
MINOR LOCALS

September Is, 26 and 9th.
Read the article on "pickles" pub
lished in the Farm Department on
4th page.
William Grason, who has been
confined to his ssbed for week, is
able to be out again.
Mr.. VIM. Stewart of Zion is re-
ported to have flock of 500 chick
ems, besides turkeys and ducks.
The Sus1uehanna keeps in good
order tor bass fishing and the sport
this season supasses all previous years.
Mr.. Samuel Ryan is building small
addition to Mr.. A. l.. Duyckinck's
house to be used as bath room in
part.
Heagy continues to furnish those
delicious melons which tempt the
epicure when he has eaten enough to
try another slice.
One ofH. c. Cummings livery horses
took sick on Tuesday night. The vet
Urinary surgeon pronounced the dis
ease pneumonia.
Potatoes are reported to have COM
menced rotting in the ground. Wet,
warm weather is doing for the potato
crop what it has for other farm crops.
The contract for plastering the NJ.
E. Church OF Cherry Hill has been
awarded to Mr.. VIM. Rambo of Elk
ton.
For -four go to Nichols Bros.
Bishop Curtis will offlciate at the
corner stone laying of the Catholic
Church at Elkton on Sunday. 18th
inst.
A party of Philadelphia gentlemen
have been camping at Mt. Pleasant
(near the Gray Horse) this week, tax
ing sun baths and drafts of pure
country air.
Rev. J. r. Milligan, A. M. pastor of
the Rock Church and principal of the
Melmar Academy of Zion, Md, will
open an Academy at the Rock Church
in September next.
The Presbyterian Sociable held their
August Meeting in the grove at the
church on the Sth inst. and their bust
ness meeting the in Chapel. About go
persons were present.
On Thursday evening. August 9Th
Mr.. Edward Chambers and Miss
Sarah Howard of Zion were married
by Rev. Mr.. Hinson.
Camp meeting is here; so is the
John IL. Sullivan cigar. Come and
see the champion of cigars, 2 for 5,
at thet Maryland House.
The.large crickets whose song har.
bingers the approach of Fall, haye
commenced to make the nights vocal
with their melancholy lays,
The canning season is here again
and you can get your tin cans, pre-
serving kettles, etc. from Haines &
Kirk.
The pleasure club Of Lancaster
took its annual outing last week,
They came down to Perryvilla where
they took tug and went down the
Chesapeake on cruise.
: The contract for furnishing the Aims
House and Insane Asylum with fresh
and salt meats was awarded by the
trustees. on Saturday last, to Joseph
L. Wells, of Elkton he being the low
est bidder.
The Mccullough Iron Company's
works at Rowlandville have again
resumed work after standing idle for
over year. We hope the company
will be enabled to run the Rowland
Vile works to their full capacity and
keep it up.
The drift logs between Port
Deposit and Spesuti Island have
Been purchased by the manager of
Du Bots saving mill, at Havre de
Grace, and will be sawed into lumber
at that town.
All cases of weak or lame back,
backache, rheumatism, will find relief by
wearing one of Carter's Smart Weed and
Belladonna Bachache Plasters. Price %
cents. Try them.
Edwin Booth, the actor, has con.
tributed $500 towards the erection
of a building in Bel Air, Hartford
county, his native county, for the
use of the circulating library and
the Jackson Guards.
William Ross died at the residence
Of his sister, Mrs. Griest. at Fremont,
Pa, on Sunday last, Aug. 18th. The
funeral took place on Wednesday, 14th.
The remains we inferred at the Union
NJ. E. Church Cemetery. The deceased
was in the Esd year of his age.
A party in want of good fire
place heater, suitable for heating one
room down Stairs and one to three