The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-07-24
COUNTY NEWS,
Friday, July "a, 1891.
MINOR LOCALS

acre on 6 acres.
The Young Ladies' Home Mission
Society meets at the home of Miss
Gertie Robertson this evening.
W. r. Cameron is announced by
his friends as candidate for county
commissioner.
Mr.. George NJ. Anderson of Port De-
posit, was relieved of what spare cash
remained in the money drawer of his
drug store on Monday.
Lightning appears to be unusually
fatal this summer. Every week brings
tidings of a number of deaths and other
damages by the fluid.
Apple trees were never so heavily
loaded with fruit, the half at least of
which should be shaken offor the trees
will De seriously injured.
Private w. W. Porter, of Company
G. Elkton, was sent home sick from
camp Douglass Thursday last week.
He is dangerously i'll with typhoid
fever.
The Rising Sun base ball club
played their FIRST game yesterday
Perryville heing their opponents
The score resulted 16 to 8 in favor
Of our boys.
The Colora Y has elected Mrs.
Alice G Shippers delegate to Glyn-
don Park Camp to represent the Y
at the ". G. T. u, meeting which
will be held on the 18th inst.
Rev. Mr.. Bryan pastor of Rising
Sun M. E. Church, will preach at Mr..
A. r. Browns, Sylmar, every other
Sunday at 8 p. M, till the new church
is finished, commencing next Sunday.
The restaurant at Happy Valley has
been broken into several times since
the opening of the season by petty
thieves. Candy and cigars have been
the articles mostly taken. and it is sup
posed to have been done by boys.
Mrs. Indie v. Cooper formerly of
Rising Sun, now of Wilmington, DEL,
has been granted patent for an inn
proved spool holder and has already
had numerous applications from per-
sons desiring to purchase or manufac
ture on royalty.
Mrs. Tucker, wife of A. j. Tucker
died at the residence of her mother
near Texas, Lancaster Co., on Wednes-
day of'consumption. Mr.. Tucker who
clerks for b. p. Nichols & Bro, of this
place was notified of his bereavement
by messenger. soon after his wife's
death.
Don't be discouraged about that
eczema till you have given Ayers
Sarsaparilla persistent trial. Six bot
ties of this medicine cured the COM
plant for George s. Thomas, of Ada,
Ohio, when all other remedies failed to
AFFORD any rellef.
ST.. Denny, of the firm of S. L.
Denney & Co.. the enterprising
skewer manufacturing firm OF Sylmar,
has purchased the Vanzant farm at
that place for $4,000 and will divide
it up into lots and small tracts to
suit purchasers.
The place to get ice cream, peaches
and cream will be at the festival at
Hopewell M. E. Church Wednesday
evening July Goth. if that evening
should be stormy will hold it the
next evening. The proceeds for the
benefit of the Sabbath school.
Rev. /. Jewell paid his friends in
Rising Sun a visit this week and
spent Monday night with them. His
complexion. is not 80 forid and clear
after exchanging the high and dry
atmosphere of upper Cecil for the
malarial fats of Wilmington.
That old and historic Cecil county
institution, West Nottingham Academy,
under the management of Prof. John
g. Conner, A. M. Principal, will open
for the fall and winter term on Monday !.
Sept, 18th. For information on the
course of study see advertisement in
another column.
An iron bridge over Stone Run a.
McKinsey's mill, formerly Phillips, is
soon to be put up and the road changed
to the north side of the stream. A
bridge at that place is greatly needed
aud the present board of county COM
missioners should haye the thanks of
the people of this part of the county for
granting the same.
The bolt of Lightning which killed
j. j. Hanna's horse at Porter's
Bridge on Wednesday evening of
last week, and struck the house occu.
pied by Mr.. Mathews, came very near
Mrs. Mathews, who was standing but
a moment before on the porch where
the lightning struck.
Perry Barnes is again in luck as a