The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-11-11
MINOR LOCALS

The rains of last week put out the
forest fires and revived the dropping
Young wheat.
Last month was prolific of marriages
among Cecil county girls. Twenty
eight marriage licenses were issued.
The Zion Presbyterian Church
sociable will be held at Samuel NJ.
Kinks on Saturday (to-morrow)
evening.
The Mutual Fire Insurance Com
panp of Cecil county will hold their
first quarterly meeting at the office
of the company in Elkton on Tues
day, Nov. 18th.
John T. Bennett has purchased
from the Building Association of
Elkton, the brick store house IN the
Hollow, now occupied by him, for
the sum of $4,000.
An Injunction has been filed by
DR.. Ellis of Elkton against the Elec.
trio Light Company restraining them
from cutting the trees on his property
in putting up their wires.
The November meeting of the
Cecil Farmers Club will be held at
Mr.. Enoch McCullough's on We'd
nesday 10th inst. The October
meeting of the club was omitted.
Samuel T. Ryan and Sons have
secured the contract for building the
Catholic chnrch in this town. The
contract price is $4,000. The work
will be commenced as soon as pos
sible and completed in the spring
The texts for the morning and
evening sermons in Chesapeake City
M. +. Church last Sunday were
"Traveling Skyward" and the
"Model Young Mani The chapter
and verse of the texts are not given.
The first contractor Philadelphia
firm to whom was awarded the build.
ing of No. l of Mr.. Tones school at
Port Deposit has backed out and the
contract has been given to another
party, That enterprise hangs fire
awfully.
Howard Ewing of Liberty Grove.
while chopping wood on Wednesday
Of last week cut severe cash in his
foot by the ak g'ancing. The cut
went to the bone and he lost large
quantity of blood before it was
staunched.
Wednesday of last week was the
opening day for duck shooting on
the Susquebanna fats. The day was
calm and drizzly in the morning and
was considered one of the poorest
for the sport. Old gunuers estimated
the game Killed about $500 ducks
not more than half crop for the
first day.
Rev. Joseph R. Milligsn has re-
signed the pastorship of Zion Pres
byterian Church. He has been pas
tor of the church for over seven years.
At the meeting of the congregation
of the church to be held on Thursday
commissioners will be appointed to
present the matter to the Presbytery
of New Castle.
Professor William Kershaw, of
Germantown, has purchased the
farm of John M. Thackery, contain
ing 1913 acres, and situated on the
suberbs of Elkton.
Prof. Kershaw recently sold farm
situated few miles from Elkton for
100000 which he had paid $4,000
for about year ago.
The Creamery Association of
Chester, Lancaster and Delaware
counties at their monthly meeting in
Oxford last week appointed the fol-
lowing committee to coafer with the
directory of the National Dairymen's
Association in Philadelphia; John l.
Carter, Milton Darlington, Robert G.
Woodside, William Sharpless and
Joel Sharpless. The enemy imme-
diately in front of the darymen IS
the oleo counterfeiters.
The Press says;-"On Wednesday
night of last week number of city
guuners returned from Oxford to
their homes with about IS rabbits
and birds, Almost every train going
northward last week carried hunters
away with lot of game
As soon as the close season is out
in this state the same class of
gunners for city markets will be
down here. They range over the
farm, shoot everything with hair or
feathers and take the game to the
city markets. They ought to be
stopped.
Any one who hears Austin L.
Crothers and James T. Graham on
the bustings, or who will examine