The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-03-11
A case Of scarlet fever is reported in

/ wednesday.
Miss Emma Garvin will open a
trimming and dress making establish
ment in the store room next door to
the post Office. formerly occupied by
J. T. Burkins, about the first of April.
| Secure your tickets for the next en-
tertainment to be given by the Moon
] light Lecture Course COMMITTEES on the
10th. Is. f. Duane, the side-splitting
humorist and impersonator, has been
engaged for the occasion. Reserved
seats 35c; general admission ESQ.
There is bill before the legisla
ture making salary of $1,000 for
tue States attorney of Cecil county
in place of fees. Such bill ought to
include other officers who are paid by
fees in place of salary.
A petition numeronsly signed by
the citizens of Rising Sun asking the
Legislature to pass local option law
for the town and submit it to vote Of
the citizens within corporation
limits has been forwarded to
Annapolis. Such law will not be
passed or bill presented.
Senator Writ presented . petition
of Jacob Tome, and thirty nine other
citizens of Cecil county, praying for
relief for the bondsmsn of Stephen
son Archer.
The legislature had better repeal
the law requiring personal bondsmen
for state officers.
DR.. Fenner's Salt Rheum Ointment
is known by taose familiar with it as
the "grandest medicine ever made by
man." For all skin eruptions.
Warranted to satisfy or money re-
turned. For sale by DR.. L. r. Kirk
and all dealers.
Mics Lillian Gray, daughter of the
late George N. Gray, who left Newark
about year ago. for the ostensible
purpose of accepting a position with
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, at Chicago, cannot be heard
from by her friends. The case has
been placed in the hands of the
detectives and efforts will be made to
ascertain what has become her.
DR.. G. M. Ellis has sold the farm
be recently purchased at public sale
from the Mcdaniel estate, to William
Kershaw, for $i4OO. The sale was
made through VIM. FL. Elder OF Elk
ton, and DR. Ellis doubled bis money
inside of ten days. Don't all go to
buying farms on speculation. There
is only one Prof. Kershaw to q
thousand farms that are for sale.
A spelling bee will be held at Fair
Hill school house for the benefit of
the school Saturday evening. March
IL. The classes will be formed one
for children fifteen years Of age and
under, the other for all over that age.
A gold pen and holder will be given
for first prize in each class and gold
dollar for second. Words to be
given from New American Pronounc.
ing Speller and Webster's Primary
Dictionary. Admission Is cents.
Benjamin Brown, colored, employ
ed by Mr.. F. s. Everest, dropped
dead of heart disease, on Tuesday,
1st inst, while assisting Mr.. Everist
in driving cattle to Port for ship
ment. Brown had been in the
employ of Mr.. Everist as a farm
| hand for number of years. Mr..
Everist had theremains taken charge
of by Undertaken Foster and buried
at his own expense. This is the
second one of Mr.. Everist's farm
hands that have died suddenly this
winter.
| ]. W. Collins, the president of the de-
funct National Bank of California, at
San Diego, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself last week. This was the
bank in which q number of Cecil coun-
tains had money invested with the
promise of big interest, and which
suddenly closed in November last. Col
Inns seems to have lost all his fortune,
and the receivers Investigations placed
him under the charge of embezzling
300 900 of the banks funds. He was to
have been arrested the day he shot
himself.
Fairview Castle No. q, X. G. e. will
be instituted at Lombard on Thursday
evening. nth. The following officers
have been elected and will be installed;
Past chief, Webster Brown; Noble
chief, J. r. Conley; Vice chief Jos
Ewing; High Priest, Geo. Ewing;
Venerable Hermit, w. II. ChidIster;
Master of Records, w. C. Martindale
Clerk of Exehequer, Jno. r. Roberts;
Keeper of Exchequer, Ed. M. Kirk; Sir