The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-11-14
The Town Commissioners of Elk

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ton opened the bids for the bonds for
the new Council Hall now being bull;
on North street. The National Bank
of Elkton bid a per cent. interest,
and Jacob Tome offered premium
of one. fourth of one per cent. and
five per cent. interst. The Bank
was given the loan.
Which is to say Jacob offered to
loan the money at per cent interest
! if they woold take $99.75 and call it
500.
There was a discussion among the
members of Rising Sun NJ. Il. Church
on Sunday evening last, on the agi.
tating question in the church
whether, as Samantha, Josiah Aliens
wife puts it, women shall set upon
the conference Brother Zehnder
advanced the argument that such an
innovation on the time honored Gus,
tom of the Church should not be
allowed as it would tend to corrupt
the Church.
Benjamin Huber, who had a store
in Lancaster county, Pa, about
mile from Chestnut Level. was shot
and killed on the night of Nov. 3rd,
by spring gun he had set in his
store with the hope of catching burg
lars. Burglars had broken into his
store sometime previous and The gun
was Get to catch them on the next
visit. Such traps are most danger
GUS contrivances. They never catch
the thief and are constant menace
to the trapper.
Both air and water abound in
microbes, or germs of disease, ready to
infect the debilitated system. To i'm
part that strength and vigor necessary
to resist the effect of these pernicious
atoms, no tonic blood-purifier equals
Ayers SarsaparilIa.
A party of barn burners have at
last been arrested near West Chester
-Four young men were out on ben
der, and they thought it would be
superb fun to see barns burn, after
filling themselves with whiskey.
One Of men who worked for Thomas
Fl. Marvel, whose barn was chosen to
apply the match to. Two barns were
burned, all growing out of the glo
-ious privilege of having licensed
saloons where whiskey can be got
handy. The saloon is beneficent
institution and great tax payer!
SwindIers must find the farmers of
Lancaster and neighboring counties
in Pennsylvania rare geese to pluck.
Notices in the papers are constantly
appearing of a couple of these gentry
(they always hunt in couples) going
round among the farmers of our
neighboring state with some scheme
to make them rich. The last is
paiut dodge, in which an order is
secured for 100 gallons of paint at
$3.50 gallon which the enterprsing
farmer has to pay for, in place of
quantity Stree gratis for nothing to
paint his barn just to introduce the
article.
At Theodore Sharpless' sale on
Thursday the 9th, inst, ten cows com.
ing in profit in April and May next
averaged $4l00 a head, heifers $40 to
$33, horses $50 to $50, shoats 81 to SIS.
brood sow and pigs $35, two horse
wagon $50, carriage SIG, potatoes zoe.
per bushel, corn ole. to ST Is per barrel
$50 barrels averaged $102, cornfodder
&c. per bundle in field. The sale
amounted to $4,000. and he has 16 acres
of wheat in the ground and 800 bushels
of potatoes still unsold.
AT Saml. Davenports sale on the
18th inst. 20 cows averaged $43, 6
months old colts $40 to $50 apiece. Both
sales are considered good. J. G. Hind
man, Auct.
Palpitation of the heart, nervousness.
tremblings, nervous headache, cold hands
and feet, pain in the back, and other forms
of weakness are relieved by Carter's Iron
Pills, made specially for the blood, nerves
and complexion.