The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-08-29

some large sailing craft that went GU
of the river that night.
The labor celebration at Por
| DEPOSIT and Happy Valley will take
place on Monday. Great prepare
tions have been made for the fete
The Rising Sun band is engaged fol
the occasion, and altogether a de
lightful time is anticipated.
The democratic State central com.
mittee for Cecil county have decided
to hold primaries on Saturday ,Septem
Der 6, and a convention on Tuesday
September 9. to select four delegates tc
represent Cecil county in the Second
Congressional District Convention.
News from Crystal Lodge.-A very
interesting meeting was held in Crys-
tai Lodge room on last Wednesday
evening; speeches were made by Bros
Campbell, Carter, Myers and others, a
selection was read by Bro. J. M. Camp
bell, and recitation Dy Bro. Myers.
The literary feature promises to be
something of rare interest the coming
quarter. REPORTED.
VIM. T. Harriott, q farmer near
Chesapeake City, lost two valuable
heifers by lightning on Thursday
night last. A valuable Gray Morrcll
colt which took a $50 premium at
the Cecil county fair year ago, was
found next morning in gully with
its leg broken. 1t is supposed it be-
came frightened during the storm.
The we'll borers commenced work
on Wednesday last week drilling a
six inch well at Mr.. Zehnder's marble
yard and by noon on Saturday had
put down hole 60 feet with iron
tubing and had pump in. Three
day and half and the job complete,
with no dirt and other debris to cart
away. The olden time dug we'll will
soon be numbered with the things of
the past.
By the passage of the Morrill, bill by
Congress, Delaware College of Newark
will receive SIS 900 for the year ending
June 30th, 1890 and one thousand
addition each year until the appropria-
ton reaches $4,000 per annum at
which figure it remains. The college
already receives $4,000 per year from
the old land grant acts and SIS 900 from
the Hatch bill. This gives the college
for the present year total of $35 900
for running expenses and equipments.
In ten years this amount will reach
$4,000 per annum.
Bananas, watermelons and other
delicacies at Heagy's.
The Great Divide, an illustrated
weekly of Denver, Colorado, pays
MIR. VIM. Balderson, son of our
respected fellow countian Lloyd
Balderston, of Colora, who is manag.
ing editor of the Aspen Times, in that
state, the following neat compliment.
"Mr. VIM. Balde-ston, the managing
editor of both dailies, is known to
the people throughout the state as
one of Celorado's brightest editorial
writer's. And nowhere is Mr.. Balder
ston admired as athome. His upright
and straightforward life has made
him many friends in the New Empire
who wish him every success"
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Ewing, who
have been spending several weeks
with Miss Lizzie Briscoe, left on
last Tuesday for Scottsboro, Ala,
where Mrs. Ewing has been engaged
as Principal of Music and Elocution.
The prospectus of the school contains
the following paragraph.
MRS. j. Is. Ewing will be Principal
of the schools of music and elocution
the ensuing year, She has had ten
years experience in teaching. She
has taught in New York. Stanton,
Va, Tennessee, and comes to US lro m
Oxford, Miss. Her specialties are
vocalization, instrumental music
piano and organ-and elocution. In
her special branches she represents
Philadelphia, New York and Boston
schools; is graduate of the New
England Conservatory and the
National School of Oratory.
On Thursday last, during the pre-
valence of the thunder storm, the
lightning struck the ancicn: and ven.
cradle chestnut tree on the farm of
Benz. NJ. Reed, not far from Bethel
NJ. p. Church, and shattered it badly.
This tree is known as the "Taber.
nacle Tree"-it being the tree under
whose shade the Methodist Protes.
tants worshipped more than a hall
a century ago, long before Bethel
church was built. The tree is twenty.
seven feet in circumference short