The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-04-25

and crossed the bridge, and was fired
on by the bridge tender and several
other parties but all missed the rabid
beast.
Heagy gave the band handsome
treat last Saturday evening on the
occasion of his ice cream parlors pen
ing, and the band discoursed some fine
music. Gastronomy and symphony
met and fraterniZed that evening and
all went merry as marriage bell.
One of the best sales that has been
held this season was that of Isaiah
Lawrence near Battle Swamp. Ten
year old mare $l37; colt rising years
old sol 81; cows from $40. 20 to SOL so;
heller $1,000; shotes $1,000 apiece. All
the farm implements sold well; atten-
dance large. J.C. Hindman, Auct.
On the home stretch; if you would
enjoy farewell plate stop at Heagy's
soon.
Quill Scott was arranged before the
district court in Baltimore on Monday
last, plead guilty and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for two years and
fined 500. Uncle Sam doesn't tarry
long over small job. The cri me was
stealing 81 two cent stamps and 81
cents in money from the Rising Sun
post office on Saturday night week
Henry J. Briscoe. the new treasurer,
has filed his bond with he County
Commissioners. The law requires two
bonds, one to the State for SIS 600 and
one to the county for $50 600. His
bondsmen are Messrs. T. Bradun GILES
pie, William e Gillespie, Carlton Kim
BILE, John Keilholtz and John G. Hind
man.
J. s. Pogue & Son talk of going
into the livery business. Three
liveries in town looks like the Sun
rise people were fond of carriage
driving While H. G. Cummings has
added to his livery business the
agency for the sale of carriages for
city carriage mandatory.
Shad and herring are plenty and
cheap-herring, as usual of late
years. drug on the market. All
the seine, haulers and OILERS are
actively at work, and catching al
the fish they can handle, but prices
are so low that money returns are
not neutrality-suspicious. de Grace
Republican,
The Women's Christian Temper
ance Union will hold a parlor enter
tainment at Mrs. L. A. G. Gerry's,
port Deposit.) President of the
Union, where cut and pot flowers,
caramels, ant ice cream will be sold
for the benefit of the society at and
after p. m, this evening. Music
will also be- furnished.
Fine syrups n. 0 molasses and
other grades for sale by S. T. Wiley,
Colora. 25a3t.
The night passenger train which
arrives here at half past seven met
with an adventure on Monday even
ing near Lincoln. A freight train
in shifting let two of the cars get
away which ran down grade and
met the passenger train causing
smash up which delayed the passen-
ger train for two hours. No person
was injured. MI. II. II Haines from
this place was on the train.
Rev. Jno. Squire, superintendent
of public schools recently met with
painful accident which might have
proved fatal. He was assisting his
son to catch horse after night, and
held lantern in his hand which il is
supposed blinded the horse which
ran over Mr.. Squire, bruising and
hurting him severely. He was
knocked senseless and remained in
that condition for some time.
Heagy's ice cream parlor is the fash
ionable refreshment resort. "Loveyers"
Will take notice.
Clarence Dare. son of DR.. G. S.
Dare, was bit.en in the face by q
coach dog belonging to Mr.. George
Hopkins, on Monday evening last.
Mr., Hopkins carriage was hitched at
the doctors residence and the dog,
one of those blue spotted coach dogs,
: was lying in the carriage, and Clar-
7 ence was caressing and patting the
dog when the animal flew at him bit
= ing him severely in the forehead and
cheak.
A great orchard planting enter
prise has broken out in Chester
county and car loads of peach, pear
and plum trees are being distributed
at the railroad stations. Hickman
-, has got his boom to working. Now
! for watchfulness, pains-taking and
/, intelligent action far above that ex
, ercised by the average farmer. or the