The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-10
Friday, April 10. 1891.
MINOR LOCALS
The shad have come.

The shad have come.
Rev. Sam Small will lecture in the
M. E. Church on Monday night next.
We have had some sunshine this
week. That is pretty near pheno-
inenon.
A despatch from that place says
tat Judge Stump was too i'll to open
the April term of court at Denton, on
Monday.
Cards are out for the marriage of
John F. Lynch, of Bay View, and
Miss Clara l. McCarter, of Whining
on the 18th inst.
Rising Sun public school will hold
their entertainment in the Town
Hall on Saturday evening, 18th inst.
Admission loo.
Rev. j. d. Carey. of the Port Deposit
Catholic church, will hold service in
the town hall Rising Sun on next Sun
day morning the 18th, at 1920.
Edwin r. Hill has moved from
Chester county to his farm at Rock
Springs. Merritt Pierce from the
same county moved to Colora.
Garden Seeds by the ounce, pint
or packet at DR.. L r. Kinks drug
store. apr10 If
Isaac N. Mills, late superintendent of
the Delaware branch of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad, has been appointed a
special agent OF the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
VIM. Brown is agent for the As
pinwall Potato Planter, the best
implement of the kind ever manu-
featured. Call and see descriptive
circulars.
John Cunningham aged 80 died on
Tuesday morning at the residence Of
his wife near Ebenezer church
Funeral Thursday 9th inst. at Hope
well cemetery.
The great Snowman, p. T. Barnum
is dead. He died on Tuesday even
ing His estate is valued at s. ,0U0,-
600. Barnum was the most successful
Snowman that ever lived.
Try plate of Heagy's choice oysters.
Reciprocity sugar dropped to 5
cents at our stores this week. Bring
on more OF. these reciprocity goods.
Canada brags Of having lot of them.
Send in your samples Miss Canada.
AT the c,ose of the Delaware Annual
Conference Colored Methodists,) Bishop
Mallaieu, who presided. announced
the following appointments for this
county: Chesapeake City. ). d. Pitts;
Port Deposit, G. T. Townsend.
Owing to the stormy weather, John
S. Writ, Esq. did not deliver his
lecture before the Friends Normal
school, at this place last Friday. IT.
will be delivered this evening. The
matter of good roads is most impor.
tant.
Griffith & Leek's store in Oxford
was broken into Friday night but
the burglars got but little; pair of
shoes, few pennies, and some cigars
and cakes. Their intentions we're
good however, but they were probably
frightened off.
Townsend Pugh caught white
mouse in his corn crib and the little
"varment" can be seen at DR.. Pugh's
watch and clock store in Oxford.
The mouse has black eyes which
betrays its foreign blood. The
genuine white mouse has red eyes.
Buy the Farrand and Votey Organ of
w. B. Wales, Oxford, Pa. 10a4.
What a debt of gratitude the world
owes to such men as Drs. Aver and
Jenner-tbe latter for the great discov-
cry of vaccination, and the former for
his Extract of Sarsaparilla-th best of
blood purifiersl Who can estimate how
much these discoveries have benefited
the racel
The postponed meeting of the stock
holders and managers of the Cecil
County Agricultural Society will take
place on Tuesday next the l4th. The
attendance isrequested to be as large as
possible, as important matters looking
TO the continuation of the Fair will
have to be passed upon.s
Presiding Elder Murray's appoint.
ments for the present quarter are as
follows in Cecil county: April 26th
Wesley, Elkton and North East;
May Sd, Rising Sun and Mt. Plea
SAINT, Port Deposit and Hopewell;
May 10th, Zion, Cherry Hill and
Charlestown.
The shor: pieces of stone roads
have contrasted fayorably with the
dirt roads this winter. The latter