The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-02-15
NEWS.
Friday, Feb. 15. 1850.
MINOR LOCALS


BacOnian society is declared off this
year.
Henry Burk of West Nottingham
died Of pneumonia on Monday NOR.
ming.
The ice cutters of Sunday night
had the whole dam thing to them.
selves.
An effort Is being made to organ
ize stock company to operate the
sash factory at Port Deposit.
School Books, Blank Books, States,
Tablets, Paper, Envelopes, Of all kinds
and quality, at Dr.. Kinks Drug Store.
Jack G.. Constable. son of Albert
Constable Esq. of Elkton is attending
Friends Select School In Whining.
ton.
Archibald Brown committed suicide
by hanging himself in his barn ia Full
ton township, Lancaster county, last
Thursday,
George Brown, of this place has Sc
cured position In West Philadelphia,
, which he left here ON Monday morn
ing last to fill.
The nineteenth annual Spring Fair
of the Oxford Agricultural Society will
be held on June S, 6, Z; the Fall Fair on
September 25, 26. o.
John Alexander of North East
has broken his arm twice playing
base ball. Base ball isn't Johns
forte, evidently.
Mr.. Elmer E. MARBLE and Miss
Lizzie E. Shippers. residents of the
Elkton District near West Amwell,
were married yesterday.
The big hog season is about over.
We note one butchere,l by VIM. T.
Johnson, of College Green, recently
that weighed o29 pounds dressed.
Persons who have ice houses com.
menced hauling ice with rush on
Friday last and kept il up till most
persons have secured summer sup
ply.
The scum ofsnow which covered the
ground on Monday was followed by a
dash of weather which bears remark
able resemblance to the "old time"
winter.
The boys tried the ice as soon as the
first shell had formed on Haines' dam,
the great skating rink of the neighbor-
hood, aud some of them in conse-
quence got cool bath on Saturday.
Do not despair of curing your sick
headache when you can SO easily obtain
Carter's Little Liver Pills. They will eff
ect a prompt and permanent cure. Their
action is mild and natural.
The river closed on Monday below
Port, the mnsh ice lodging Oh the
piers of the B. &. o. bridge and grad.
ually extending soon covered the
river.
The West Nottingham Church
Sociable and Ladies Aid Society
met at Mr.. VIM. E. Gillespie's yes.
terday l4th inst. The attendance
being very large.
The barn on the farm Of A. F..
Mearns, near Zion was destroyed by
fire on Thursday afternoon 7th inst
The building was insured, in a Ches.
ter county company for $500.
The marriage of Edwin H. Row
land son of j. Harvey Rowland Of
Port Deposit was announced to take
place yesterday, 14th inst, at ST.
Peters Church, Baltimore,
Frank P. Bird is teaching the last
generation to blow the horn and beat
the drum. The preceding generation
has just stepped off the stage. having
taken their diplomas and gone out intO
the world to make noise.
Last Saturday afternoon game of
corner ball was played between New
vally School and Rowlanjville School
which lasted about four hours oflively
playing and was very interesting In
which the former proved victorious.
The weather has been some what
stormy and little wintery since
February I'd. and it is astonishing
how many people believe in the me-
neurological knowledge of ground.
hog,
The construction of iron works at
Elkton is again on the carpet. A
similar project was on the tapis there
several years ago when the business
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