The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-05-23
MINOR LOCALS


A heavy rain on Tuesday morning,
in this section of the county.
Mount E. Kirk is renovating and
improving his dwelling on North
Queen street.
The Y. w. C. T. U. of Colora, will
hold regular meeting on Saturday,
May Oath al O'Clock.
Clam soup at Heagy's, ten cents a
plate.
l.. H. Kirk advertises his Stone Run
Foundry where farmers will find pol
ished pillow castings, etc.
The Rising Sun W. c. T. U. will
meet at Mrs. Norville Browns next
Thursday, May 29tb.
Sheriff j. A. Boyd, S. John Wood
row of Conowingo and j. M. Moore
of Baltimore spent Sunday inOxford.
Engineer David Mcdonald of Port
Deposit had his hand badly scalded
on Friday last by cork blowing of
the boiler.
MIR. VIM. Gross and Miss Ida
Dunn, of the 9Th district, we're mar
ried at Port Deposit ON last Sunday.
May 18th.
j. W. Bowman of Oxford Bazaar
notriety is offering his Bazaar store
for sale. He is going to Denver,
Colorado, in June.
Crys Lodge, No. 244, L. .. G. T. of
this town, will hold strawberry
festival ON Tuesday evening, June
10th, in the town hall.
E. P. Passmore has had his
residence on Cherry Street newly
painted in a yellow tint. Roberts &
Clark of Oxford did the work
Those in want of healthy, out door
employment for the summer will do
well to read the ad. in another column
headed work offered.' 9m4t.
An evening sociable will be held in
s. M. Brickley's grove near Rising Sun,
on the evening of the 28th inst. Music
by Browns orchestra of Lyle, Pa.
Carrie c., daughter of Rev. Chas.
A. Hill, of Centerville, died last Sun
day at the home of her grandfather,
Rev Chas. Hill, in EIkton, of brain
disease.
Another mad dog in the range
passed through Cowantown last week
biting dogs to The right and left as he
went. Mrs. Brown narrowly escaped
his fangs.
A steer belonging to DR.. S. T..
Roman fell into an uncovered we'll in
one of his fields last week; by the aid
of several neighbors, it was lifted
out uninjured.
Will be found an excellent remedy
for sick headache. Carriers Little
Liver Pills. Thousands of letters from
people who have used them prove this
fact. Try them.
Shocked clans at Heagy's by the
pint or quart.
The trustees of the Elkton Presby.
terrain Church organized last week.
r. G. Lewis were elected president;
Daniel Bratton. treasurer, and DR.. j.
II. lamar, secretary.
Hugh T. Boyd died in Baltimore
on Thursday 18th inst. aged 80 years
He was native of Port Deposit and
for number of years held the Office
of Inspector fShingles in Baltimore.
The horse which Mrs John Riley
with lady friend was driving to a
buggy, last week, became frightened
near New Bridge" overturned the
buggy which was broken, but the
ladies escaped injury.
Rey. James Conway, pastor Port
Deposit Presbyteri Church deliver.
ed the ceremony at the install alton
of Rev, d. b. Fitzgerald, as pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Snow
Hill, which recently took place.
Singerly doesn't wait for "river
and harbor appropriations" but does
his own dredging. He has employed
q steam dredger to remove the sand
bar opposite the dyke and to deepen
the creek opposite the pulp mill
wharf.
Calvert w. G.. T. U. will hold an ice
cream and strawberry festival in the
grove at that place on Thursday after
noon and eyening June Sd. Should the
weather prove unfavorable it will be
held the next evening. The public
are cordially invited.
Next Friday May Both is Decoration
Day, made legal holiday by the last
legislature. On that day the banks
will be closed, and public school houses
shut up and the day will be dedicated
to the fallen braves by strewing flowers
on their honored graves.
1t is said that a gang of swindlers
are going around the country offering
to furnish a good eight-wire fence with
elk iron posts. for eight cents per foot,
and secure contracts. which afterward
turn out to mean eight cents per foot
for each wire, Or sixty-four cents foot
The county commissioners have in
their appropriations for roads the
present year assigned to corpora
tions, Of Elkton and Port Deposit
each $500, North East $3.50, Rising
Sun and Chesapeake City $125 each
Charlestowu 500, and Ceciltop S74.
William J. Jones, trustee, sold at
- r. L