The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-07-22
NEWS.
Friday, DULY 20, 1892.
MINOR LOCALS

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report.
On Saturday night there was fine
display in the northern sky of aurora
borealis.
VIM, McKeever has star field of
corn on DR.. Dare's place adjoining
the borough
A shark nine feet long was captur-
ed on the flats near Havre de Grace
a few day since.
Riverside Band, Port Deposit, has
ordered new instruments, which will
cost $500. The instruments are to
be made to order.
There will be Grand Prohibition
Rally in Pennocks Grove, Octoraro, on
August 6 and 7. Some ofthe National
speakers will address the sessions.
Saxton Hall an employee at Pro-
violence Mill while driving from Pro
violence to Ekton by the plank road,
lost his pocket book containing 1913.
The Bohemian Association of Bal
timore will make their annual visit
to the tomb Of Augustine Herman,
ON Bohemia Manor, on Sunday next.
on the steamer Chester
D. S. Hedges has purchased from
J. t. Graham the Mill property at
Frenchtown for $1400. Mr.. Hedges
intends using the mill for the present
as broom mandatory.
Mount Pleasant camp meeting, one
mile south of Oxford, will commence
Tuesday, August g., and continue ten
days. The camp is located on William
G. Gray's farm in East Nottingham.
The governor has appointed for
Cecil county school commissioners,
Mr.. +. S. Eyerist for six years, Geo.
Biddle for four years, and Jesse A.
Kirk for two years; Supervisors of
Election Messers Frank r. Scott,
George O. Massey and John R.
White.
Albert Mitchell, driver for the
United States express company at
Havre de Grace disappeared from
that town on Saturday morning with
$4,000 the company is bound to de-
liver. He drove the wagon away he
was in charge of which was found in
the woods two miles from town.
Mrs. Currier, wife of Mr.. Joseph
Currier, of Turkey Point, died in
Perryville OH "Wednesday night, of
last week. while on a visit TO her son
Mr.. j. H. Fay. The funeral services
were held from his residence in Perry
vile on Friday afternoon, inter
ment in Charlestown cemetery.
The iron works at North East are
running full time and making steel
sheets as we'll as iron. 1t will be
remembered that one of the charges
made by Mcdaniel in his attempt to
place the property of the McCul.
Tough Iron Company in the hands of
a receiver was that tie mills were
not fitted for making steel sheets.
The Rising Sun W. C. 7. U. will
meet in the basement of the NJ. E.
Church on Thursday. July 90, at 2 80
O'Clock. The annual election of off.
GERS will be held and arrangements
made for par!or meeting to be held
the next evening, July 29th, in the
same place, when all Supts. are ex-
pected to report work done during
the year.
Cyrus Chambers of Chester county,
Pa, is 90 years old and moved in
the harvest field this harvest keeping
up with his hired man. 1t would
seem that the old man still believes
in the old methods of cutting grass
and has not fallen in love with the
moving machine. The Kenneth
Neaos tells this story, and may be
the old man didn't NOW all day.
One eveing last week a drunken
man residing on North street was
giving his wife thrashing, when her
cries for help brought crowd to the
premises. When he got through the
job, the woman opened the door and
remarked that it is strange people
can't have q few words without bring
ing such crowd as this."-Appeal,
That's a woman after David's own
heart.
Will Taylor of this town, son of
Squire Taylor, met with a painful
accident few days ago. He was
extracting some nails from a horses
hoof which had remained after the
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