The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-25
MINOR LOCALS


bushels of Fultz wheat to the acre.
Mrs. John W. Tyson, near Bay
View, died on Thursday night of last
week.
Miss Deborah Preston treated the
JOURNAL office to basket of Clinton
grapes.
Diphtheria is reported in Port
Deposit and whooping cough in
Chesapeake City.
VIM. I. Miller declines running
for county commissioner on the
prohibition nomination.
Try Heagy's oysters.
The fine September weather is
making amends for the wretched
July and August weather.
The Rising Sun M. e. Church con
gregation put down a new carpet in the
church this week bought of Worthing-
ton & Robertson.
James Stone of East Nottingham.
Pa, fell from the drivers seat of q
moving machine among the wheels
and was killed.
The warm dry weather of the last
ten days has prepared the corn tor
cutting and farmers are busy at taat
work and wheat seeding.
Big potato crops are being report
ed. The largest yet heard Of is by
John f. Alexander of Elkton who
raised 43O bushels on one acre of
ground.
The Sunday School picnic given by
Wesley Chapel on last Saturday was a
success financially. There was con-
siderable bad behavior caused by
whiskey.
Sylmar Methodist Episcopal Church
will be dedicated on the Sd and 4th of
October. Dr. Murray, presiding elder.
and other ministers will be present to
participate.
Register Tosh sat three days this
week in Rising Sun, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. for the purpose of cor
recting the register of voters. Twenty
five new names were added to the list
and fifteen removed by certificate.
Mr.. VIM. Brown closed his cannery
this week and reports only about half
pack. He processed corn only,
which crop was injured by wet
weather and storms about caring
time.
A half mile race track has been
laid out on the fiat at the mouth of
Octoraro creek above the Junction
where the sports of Hartford and
Cecil propose training their fast
horses.
Heagy's oyster stews are favorites
with all corners.
The large stackyard of DIR. H. M.
Uhler. in Sassafras Neck, containing
the entire crop of wheat, oats and hay
of the farm, was totally destroyed by
fire on Saturday last. A steam thresher
had inst commenced TO thresh the grain
when the fire was discovered, and. to
this is attributed it origin.
Cows in the section of Kennett
Square are going blind rapidly. They
first become affected with running
sore of the eye, particularly the lefl eye,
and eventually become blind. The
herds of J. Atwood Pyle, Harry Davis
and George Davis are thus attacked as
well as several others in that neighbor-
hood.
John Thomas Bryson, of E lkton died
on Friday last, after lingering illness
oftyphoid fever IN his 22d year. Mr..
Bryson was a member of Company A.
Third Battalion, NJ. N. G., and it is
claimed that he contracted his illness
while at the last encampment of the
Maryland Militia. Several other mem
bers were sick'of the same disease.
Albert Smith, colored man from
Warwick, went to Buck Bridge on
Saturday night of last week and while
there, got drunk and soon became in
volved in big fight with four other
colored men. During the fight one OF
the men drew,u knife and cut large
cash three inches long in Smith 3
breast. Whiskey gets in its work.
The Young Woman's Home Mission
airy Society will hold lunch sociable
in connection with their Sd Anniversary
in Pogue's Pavilion Friday evening,
Oct. I'd at 7:30 p. m.
A special meeting will be held on
Friday evening Sept, 25th at the home
of Mrs. S, r. Kimbell. 1t is earnestly
requested that all members be present
Since Elkton's' last big fire, fire
company has been incorporated with
a capital stock of $1,000. The COM
pany is named "The Singerly Steam
Fire Engine Hook and Ladder Co.,
No. of Elkton Cecil Co.," formi-
dable name for length to be sure,