The midland journal., 1890-05-30
1t is currently reported that Rev.

received a call from Brookville
church, Jefferson county, Pa, has
accepted the position and will soon
leave Port Deposit.
While Don Prices family of Elk.
ton were at dinner one day last week
sneak thief entered tle house, went
up stairs, rummaged through the
bureau drawers and clothing. secur-
ing watch and SIS in money, depart.
ing with the booty undiscovered.
Jesse Higgins, a well known farm.
er in the Fourth district, near Apple.
ton, died on Sunday morning last of
old age. He was 80 years old and
spent most of his life in the neighbor-
hood in which he died. He leaves a
widow and four grown children.
Calvert W. C. T. U. will hold an
ice cream and strawberry festival in
the grove at that place on Tuesday
afternoon aid evening, the 3rd of
June. Should the weather prove
unfavoraole it will be held the next
evening. The public are cordially
invited.
Mr.. Davis Gillespie son of Nichols
H. Gillespie of Pleasant Grove, has re-
signed his position as assistant superin-
tendent of the West Virginia Central
Railroad, and is spending few days
with his father before going to Georgia,
wherein has accepted a similar position
under Augustus II. Porter. formerly of
the 9th district, and son of w. E. Porter.
Heagy's clam soup improves on &C.
quaintance.
The Misses Jenness, Annie and
Ella, while driving from Korner
Ketch on Saturday morning to
Colora, had an exciting adventure.
The horse stumbled, throwing the
girls out of the road cart. Miss
Annie was cut and bruised about the
head and had one of her wrists
broken. Miss Ella escaped serious
injury.
Ministers, Lawyers, Teachers. and
of hoca hat l;It1o
ercise, should use Carter's Little Liver Pills
for torpid liver and biliousness. One is a
dose. Try them.
Miss Mary Partridge was attacked
with heart failure late on Tuesday
afternoon while walking on Main
street, Elkton, with her sister. She
became unconscious and was carried
into store, where she died a few
minutes later. The deceased is
sister of John Partridge, Justice of
the Peace of Elkton and secretary of
the Agricultural Society of this
county.
Hard times, hard times is the univer-
sal cry, and the papers report hun
dreds of farms sold at mortgages
sales throughout the country. The
capitalists are taking the farms and
the farmers are being turned into
serf tenants. This must 60 on till
the tax is takeu off of all personal
property and farm buildings and
other Improvements and placed on
the bare land value. This is Henry
Georges plan and when the farmers
come to understand the system they
will be universally in favor of it.
Nothing more wholesome and appe-
tising than Heagy's clam soup. Try
plate.
In mentioning late improvements
in the road at Oakwood, Correspon.
dent of the appeal gives Mr.. j. j.
Bennett we'll merited praise in the
following paragraph:
"This part of the road for a num-
Der Of years has been almost impas.
sable owing to the fact that no drains
have been constructed to carry otf the
surface water. Mr.. Bennett has
quarried channel through bed of
rock nearly 100 yards in length,
widened the road and raised the
same by using stone. Mr.. Bennett
displays the same good judg gment in
road mending that he does in thu
merchandising business"
We are the agents here for Hart.
mans Patent Steel Fence, a sample
of which can be seen at our store.
This is a superior fence and worthy
the attention of any one who wants
a neat and durable yard fence.
Height 25 in. to 81 in. Prices fur
nisLed upon application.
Haines & Kirk