The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-07-08
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, July 8, 1892.
MINOR LOCALS


The special mail service between
Conowingo and Flintville, Hartford
county, has been discontinued.
Alexander Hoffman of Rising Sun
has secured the privileges of the
boarding tent at Woodlawn camp.
The annual meeting ofthe Farmers
and Mechanics Mutual Insurance
Association will be held at Calvert,
July 80.
Our best farmers report the wheat
not we'll filled and the crop will fall
short several bushels to the acre of
last years yield.
Rev. George B Peabody, a native
of Liberia, Africa, will deliver a lee.
ture in Little Britain Presbyterian
Church next Sunday evening.
Look out for the large bills for
attractions at the r. S. G. Band
festival, to be held Friday and
Saturday, July 2znd and 23rd.
The twenty-sixth annual session
of the Maryland State Teachers
Association will be held at the Blue
Mountain House, July 5, 6 and Z.
The town commissioners of Elkton
have contracted with the electric
light company to have the streets
lighted by electricity after May
next.
A festival entertainment will be
held at Pleasant Grove Chapel, Ian
caster county, tomorrow afternoon
and evening, July 9. Benefit of
church.
Walter Merry, son of Mr.. W. G..
Merry of Elkton was badly injured
by falling from cherry tree, which
he had climbed in Elk Neck. alighting
across fence.
Moses N. Gillespie died at his
residence in Rowlandville on Satur-
day, June "a. His remains were
buried in West Nottingham Presby.
terian cemetery on the following
Tuesday.
Trains commenced last week run
ming oa the straightend part of the
track of the P. W. & B. R. r. near
Charlestown. The company expect
to gain considerable time by this
improvement in the track.
John Campbell resident Of Childs
this county, died on last week aged
about fifty years. He served through
the late war in the 9th Nd, regiment
and his death is attributable to
wounds received in the service.
Mr.. and Mrs. SamI. W. Passmore
of Rising Sun closed up their house
last week and left for their annual
summer vacation among their
children. The greenhouse and plants
are in charge of Mrs. Brown during
their absence.
Warren j. Haines, son of L. M.
Haines, Esq, of Elkton who recently
graduated from the Friends School,
Wilmington, DEL, has passed sue
cessful entrance examination to
Princeton College, which institution
he will enter in the fall.
Mr.. J. G. Constable, of Elkton, who
contested in the athletic exhibition
or the Y. M. G. A. of Wilmington,
held in that city on Saturday, June
25th, won in two events, pole vault
ing and the half mile run, the respec.
tive prizes being a gold medal and q
Jersey sweater.
William Clifford has sold his
match horses in Lancaster, Pa, for
good price. They were sired by
H. c. McDowell's stallion and is
another evidence ofthe profit derived
from breeding from the best stock
Fine stock brings fine prices and
costs no more to raise than scrubs.
A heavy rain accompanied with
sharp lightning poured down for
about an hour on Sunday evening
giving the wheat and hay in this part
of the county another soaking. The
peals of thunder were very heavy
One of the trees in the public schoo
house green was shattered by the
lightning.
Joseph B. Miller a son of Mr.
Thomas S. Miller, bright and intel
ligent lad just entering his Twelfth
year died at the home of his parents
near Union NJ. Z. Church on Thurs
day morning about half past eigh
o'clock. For some weeks past b,
la boao