The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-10-28
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, October %, 1892.
MINOR LOCALS

The total registration in Cecil is d,
949-5,930 white and 1,019 colored.
Mrs. Levi M. johnson and children
of Harrisburg are visiting cher uncle
Theo. Brickley, at Pennington.
VIM. T. Scott has purchased from the
heirs of George Haines. their farm neal
town for $4250. The farm contains &c
acres and is nice property.
The 6.21 a. m. train on Tuesday was
three quarters of an hour tate on &C
count of being detained by the fire at
Chandler's lumber yard and mill in
Oxford.
Cold weather will soon be with us,
prepare for it, 20 to the Mammoth
Store" where YOU will find everything
needful. Read the advertisement in
another column.
Henry Harrison and son of Oxford,
have doue the mason work of the Hunt
building on Main street. They had
several hands at work this week and
rushed the wall up in a jiffy.
A disease know as contagious con-
junctivetis (sore eyes, has broken out
among Barclay Reynolds cows and
has already caused several of them to
lose the sight of one or both eyes.
A telegram was received from New
Mexico on Thursday, announcing the
death of Miss A. E. Hasson. Miss Has
son was a native of this county, the
family residing at Charlestown.
Rev. l.. E. Barrett will lecture in the
Rising Sun M. E. Church on Tuesday
evening November 1st for the benefit
of the parsonage. Subject: Adam s.
Rib" Admission, 25 cents; children
Is cents.
EFT. B. Day, the basket manufacture
err at North East. has purchased lot
on the PHILADELPHIA, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad opposite the tower
at North East, upon which he will
build basket factory.
Some one who is evidently cross
grained enough to do anything mean
entered Barclay Reynolds barn few
nights ago and appropriated-a large
quantity of oats without stopping at
the house to say "thank you"
Attention is called to the adys. Of
public sales of personal property of
VIM. J. Evans decd, Nov. 18th and of
Reuben Reynolds. decd on Nov. 10th
also that of the warehouse property of
A. l.. Duyckinck at Leslie on Nov. l6.
The new proprietor of the old hotel
on North street, Elkton. has put In two
bars, one for the "niggers." There
will be Saturday night circus during
the winter. The town council should
appoint a couple of aids 70 Bou lden at
its next meeting.
The Morling Juvenile Temple met at
its accustomed place Wednesday even.
ing, 26th and is now in first class work.
ing order. An invitation is extended
to all Juveniles to come join the ranks
and grow up to useful men and women
and earnest temperance workers.
A gang of calathumpians to the
number of % got sailed down in Oxford
on Thursday last week for riotous noise
and damaging the front of Mrs. E. B.
PASSWORDS house on the night of Oct
18th. They were stood up before
Squire Tayl Tor and fined, the fine and
cost amounting to $3.50 each.
The politicians and whippers-in of
the old parties are endeavoring to get
up the old fashioned 'hurrah" and
torchlight humbug in Oxford in order
to keep the lambs in line while the old
foxy office hunters shear them. To-
morrow night one of those intellectual
displays is arranged to come off
An installing officer and two assist
ants from Baltimore will be present at
the meeting of the WomaD's Relief
Corps of Rising Sun on Friday after
noon, October IS. After the election
the installing exercises will take pace.
The meeting will be held at the G.. A.
r. headquarters at 2 O'Clock. A full
attendance is desired.
Quarterly meeting for Rising Sun
and Sylmar charge will be he'd next
Sunday October Goth. Love feast at
Rising Sun at 8 a. m. Preaching by
the pastor at 1880 a. M, and by the
Presiding E der, Rev. l.. E. Barrett at
100 .. M. Nh. Barrett will preach and
hold Quarterly Conference at Sylmar
on Monday al 7.30 p. M,
Ducks are reported to be plentiful on
the SusquehaDna fiats-black ducks,
black heads and red heads-but no
canvas backs have as yet arrived from
their summer quarters. The first day
shooting comes on Wednesday, Nov. "a
and will continue on Mondays, We'd
nesdays and fridays during the months
of November and December.
At the sale of Jonathan Pickering
near Zion on the 22d. horses sold at
$40, $l27 so, 500 80, SGT; registered
Jersey cows and heifers sold at S66, $50,
SOS, $50, S66 SOL, $45, SAG, SAB; six
calves, o days to 2 months cd. sold at
80 to S37 so; yearling bull calf $40; two
weeks old pigs "a and $8,T5 each. Farm.
ing implements sold at moderate prices.
Jefferson public school, No. 5, near
Principle, celebrated Columbus Day by
observing the official program. After
this number of Rotations and read
ings were rendered, several selections
of music were sung. The school room
was Hastily decorated by the pupils
with flags, pictures and flowers. Several
visitors were present. After the ex-
ercises were concluded a pleasant time
was spent 10 games till noon when all
dispersed for home.
William S. Evans. administrators of
the estate of Reuben Reynolds, deceas
ed sold on last Saturday the farm OF
70 acres in the Sixth district for S37l0.
The purchasers were f. Henry Haines
of Pleasant Grove, Lancaster county,
Pa, and Amos s. Evans. The latter's
farm adjoins the land sold. The price
paid for the property would scarcely
pay for the improvements, lnclqdlng
fencing, leaving the land at about the
original government price OF Wlln