The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-24
Friday, April "a, 1891.
MINOR LOCALS

John S. Everist is reported quite
ill.
The season of bacon and greens is
Upon us.
The Elkton tennis club has organic
al for the season.
The dandelions are decking the
lawns and road sides like globes Of
gold.
A creamery is about to be started
in the Cecilton district at Cayot's
Corner.
Base balls and bats of every kind and
price at DIR. Kinks drug store. IT,
Gardening, gardening everybody
who has square yard of turf is turn.
ing it up and planting.
The first thunder gust of the sea
son put in an appearance on Saturday
evening. There wasn't mucn rain.
The w. G. I U.of Rising Sun will
meet with Mrs. Edwin Haines on
Thursday. April Both at 2.3O o'clock.
The sheet mill. forge, pudding
furnaces and bar mills of the McCul.
lough Iron Co., at North East started
up this week.
Levi R. Mearns sold at mortgage sale
on Tuesday the John E. Hurford farm
in the ninth district and became the
purchaser for $4,000
Mary McCleary. of Port Deposit, who
is insane has been committed to the
county asylum by Justice Burroughs,
of the Seventh district.
Levi o. Cameron, contractor and
builder, has taken the contract for
building large barn on the farm of the
Misses Mearns, near Zion.
Captain John E. Wilson offered the
Harness property at Reeder's Corner at
public sale. 1t contains q acres, was
bid TO $500 and withdrawn.
Walter Buckwith, of Middle Neck,
shot "a gray eagle, one day last week
while carrying off one of his lambs.
The eagle measured feet from tip to
tip.
w. $. Evans, Esq, attorney. sold at
the Court House. on Tuesday last, the
Hessey farm, in the First district, con-
tanning 2l0 acres, to Andrew WoodalI,
for $3975.
The oyster season is almost over at
Heagy's.
The Board of Managers of the
Oxford Agricultural Society held
meeting last Saturday and made
arrangements for the Spring fair, to
be he'd in June.
Engineer Isaac S. Cassin has com.
pleted the water works plan for Elk.
ton and advertisements will be insert.
ed in Engineering Ne,os and other
mechanical papers.
Thomas Nesbitt, of Symar, dropped
dead while blowing on Monday after
noon in his brother-in laws field.
Heart failure was the cause of death.
He was ga years old.
Friend Passmore is very busy
setting out beds of cabbage and
tomato plants, which will be ready
for customers as soon as the custo-
msrs are ready for the plants.
Isaac England has bought of the
Misses Mearns of the ninth district a
large tract of timber, and will move his
steam saw mill thither and convert it
into lumber for different purposes.
G. W. Cruikshank, Esq, former
editor of the Democrat who has been
troubled with slight attack of the
grippe. last Saturday suffered a re.
lapse which confined him to his bed.
Buy the Farrand and votey Organ of
w. B. Wales, Oxford, Pa. lOa4.
Mrs Sarah Thackery, widow of the
late Thomas Thackery, suffered
stroke of paralysis on Sunday morning
last at her home near Elkton, and is
in precarious condition. She is in
the 74th year of her age.
J.J. Heckert and James A. Dell, will
sell 20 headoffi Kansas and Nebraska
horses, on Saturday, May I'd at the
Farmers and Commercial hotel. These
horses are said to be of fine bred stock.
and young. J.C. Hindman auct.
The second quarterly convention of
the Cecil County Christian Endeayor
Union will be held in Leeds MP
Church, tomorrow afternoon and
evening commencing at 23O O'Clock.
A full program has been prepared. All
are invited to attend.
After suffering horribly for years
from scrofula in its worst form, young
son of Mr.. r. L. King, FOG Franklin
street, Richmond, Va, was recently
cured by the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla.
No other medicine can approach this
preparation as cleanser of the blood.
Mrs Gornlfna