The midland journal., 1890-04-18
NEWS,
Friday, April Is 1890.
MINOR LOCALS


For broom go to Nichols Bros.
j. S. SetJle has been appointed
postmaster at Leeds; succeeding
Mrs F Wood, deceased.
The Oxford ice cream dealers have
increased the price of that delcacy
No more scent plates.
Sheet music reduced to 10 cents a
piece at E. X. Browns. See ad
Fishing commenced on the Sus.
quehanna last week, the hauling and
gIlling seins all getting to work.
A mad dog was shot at White
Rock, Lancaster county, last Sunday,
by James Patton. 1t bit number
of dogs.
The Heagy oyster will last but two
more short weeks.
The rain being over and gone the
next job in order is to fill up the
chuck holes and scrape off the ridges
in the public roads.
The school commissioners will
meet in special session on Tuesday
next. the 22d inst. to examine and
pay quarterly accounts.
The county commissioners have
ordered a flagman to be placed by
the company at the Colora crossing,
on the p. Il B. C. K. r.
Fresh Vegetable and Flower Seeds
for gardens and hot beds, for sale at
DR.. Kinks Drug Store. m2l St
Ex.Sheriff Johnson sold at public
sale, on Saturday last, the interest of
John F. Gale in a farm in the Ninth
district, to Jas. A. Davis.
P. f. Tome, Esq, nephew of Jacob
Tome. was admitted to practice in
the Court of Appeal on Wednesday
of last week, on motion of w. H..
Dawson, Esq.
ALI disorders caused by a bilious
state Of the system can be cured by using
Carriers Little Liver Pills. No pain, grip
ing or discomfort attending their use. Try
them.
The few days of sunshine the last
of the previous and beginning of the
present week enabled our farmtr rs to
report progress and get their oats in
the ground. Gardening has hardly
commenced yet, however.
The Good Templars of Minnehaha
Lodge will hold an open meeting in
Chrome Hail next Saturday (to.mor-
row. night. The program will con.
sist of speeches, recitations and
music. Admission will he free.
The first town election was held
in Elkton under its new charter on
Monday resulting in the election of
Geo. A. Blake for president, John
W. Anthony, Geo. McQuilkin, John
r. Alexander and Frank P. Price
for commissioners.
For queensware or glassware go to
Nichols Bros.
The Spring Fair of the Oxford
Agricu turaI Society will hold its
spring races June 4, 5, and &. The
"speed purse" amounts to $1050.
At the meeting last Thursday Joseph
T. Reynolds resigned the presidency
and Bordley S. Peterson was elected.
Report says that F. NJ. Rawlings
has sold forty-two acres of his land
to Col. T. L. Hogg for one hundred
dollars per acre. This piece is sepa.
rate from his farm and adjoins the
place purchased by Col. Hogg former.
ly known as Kidd's Purchase 1t
has a small house on it.
The Y. p. s. c. Z. of West Not.
tingham assisted by Miss Rhoda V.
Wilson will give musical and lite.
rary entertainment in the chapel on
Wednesday evening, April 3Oth
Proceeds for the benefit of the Sab
bath School. Admission 25c. II
stormy on that evening. will be held
on the following evening,
Hon. W. ii. Brosius and David F
Magee, Jas. B Keech and James T.
Graham OF Liberty Grove will tackle
the tariff next Tuesday evening in
Oxford Hall. The public are bound
to be made sick of tariff diet before
another election campaign, fortu
nate thing that will be. Something
else will have to be taken up
The days of the prince of bivalves are
numbered but Heagy will serve them
to the last.
Rev. l. Jewell will preach on the