The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-07-25
The old, old picturesque structure,

ings, has been torn down. Levi O.
Cameron, the architect of Cecil has
been cosulted and has suggested an
ornamental two story building 40x3o
feet, 1.-THE lower story to be devoted
to the storage of engins and para.
phernalia, and the upper will be used
as an auditorium for town meetings
and other assemblages."
Messrs. Frank and Wilmer Bird Of
this town have invented a fifth wheel
for carriages. There is an old say.
ing applied TO things that are account.
ed entirely useless or superfluous,
that they are of no more use than a
fifth wheel to wagon. But the
"fifth wheer which the Birds have
devised is intended to falsify this
old adage. 1t is not moving bridge
as the we'll know ordinary wagon
wheel is 5ut circle by which the
shafts or tongue directs the front
wheels of the vehicle in any direction
desired by the driver.
VIM. p. Fowler, a farmer residing
near Elkton was tantalized by a
snake which kept slipping under the
hay cocks he was pitching and,
escaping his efforts to kill, finally he
hit upon plan. He struck a match
and fired the cock the snake was
under. The hay was dry and the
stubble also, and soon lie had lively
fire spreading rapidly on every side
The new danger summoned all of Mr..
Fowler's energies to extinguish,
which he only succeeded in doing
after the fire cad spread over an acre
more or less. When the fire got too
near snaky he slipped off without
molestation from irate William.
Harvest is ended. Wheat was an
average crop. The grain is generally
better developed than last year and
the favorable weather for harvesting
enabled farmers to secure their crops
in splendid condition. Hay was
good crop both in quality and guam
tity, and was put up in prime condi-
tion. Oats was harvested this week
but is very short crop, having been
injured in the spring by the aphis or
plant louise and, cut short in the
maturing season by dry. hot weather.
The prolonged drouth is laying gar
dens and truck patches waste, cucum,
Der vines are about done for. The
potato crop looks sickly and the
tubers small. Corn is waiting for
rain. The sweet corn is in tassel and
is suffering from the dry weather.
We have been looking for state
ment from the census officers show.
ing the population of the towns and
districts of Cecil, but only few
have been published. Our 9th dis,
trict enumerator promised US state.
ment of the number of persons in the
city of Rising Sun Immediately"
but the number is possibly so great
that verifying the lists requires con-
siderable time. We are expecting
the list soon however. The popula-
tion of lakewood, Rock Springs.
Row landville, Colors, Vinegar Hill
and other thriving towns would be
of interest to the public. There will
doubtless arise a jealousy among
these towns when the number of their
population is published like Balti-
more, Philadelphia, st. Louis ct. al.
but that is to be expected. "Frailty
thy name is (not always woman"
The result of Frank Pickering and
his gangs stealing is still exciting
the people who have lost horses and
other property Parties from differ
emit points have visited Oxford and
other places last week in search of
and to identify stolen horses. Mr..
Beck of COLCHESTER was in Oxford
looking for a gray horse he traded
Pickering for a stolen horse from
Chester county. Mr.. Beck identified
horse in I.iveryman Stacks stable
as his, which Mr.. Slack had bought
from John Metals. Jacob A.
Jamison of Fawn Grove, York county,
recovered his traded pony which the
officers secured for him.
Pickering had an agent in Philadel-
pLia who sold the stolen goods sent
to him of all descriptions. The evi.
dence piling up against Pickering is
likely TO land him in the penitentiary
for 20 years.
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