The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-05-06
Friday, May 6. 1892.
MINOR LOCALS


A Camp of Sons of Veterans has
been organized at Childs.
Two grooms and one bride are
Rising Suns May offering to Hymen.
Contribution from Woodlawn "Y'
received too late for insertion this
week.
The Rising Sun w. G. T. U. will
meet in the basement of the church
on Thursday, May 18th at 2:30 p. M.
A new passenger station is to be
built at Oxford this summer; not a
minute sooner than it is needed.
The Young Ladies' Home Mission
will give sociahle at the home of
Misses Hanna and Mable Reynolds,
this friday evening.
We regret to learn that John E.
Wilson. Esq, is ill at home near
Ekton, with Brights' disease OF the
kidneys and heart affection.
The monthly sessions of tie
County Commissioners. Orphans
Court aud School Commissioners
will be held on Tuesday next.
Pinafore is to be presented on the
Port Deposit stage, Tuesday and
Wednesday evening next, for the
benefit of the fire company of the
town.
The real estate of the late George
P. Whitaker will be sold at the court
house in Elkton on the Oath inst. It.
consists of $500 acres of land,
houses and furnaces.
The barn on the property of Jas.
Sullivan. near Iron Hill. together
with the contents was consumed by
fire ten days since; believed to be
the work of an incendiary.
The rather unseasonably hot day
brought the first thunder gust of the
season on Monday afternoon. There
was heavy squall for ten or fifteen
minutes with torrent Of rain.
At the meeting Of the congregation
of the Presbyterian Church of Port
Deposit held last week, a majority of
the members voted that it would not
be expedient to call pastor at this
time.
The sureties of Edward Curry, of
Perryville, who was arrested for
completely in a shooting scrape a
short time ago, and admitted to bail
have given him up and he is again
in jail.
Miss Matte J. Davis. eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. David Fl.
Davis, died Saturday afternoon at her
home.near Chrome. East Nottingham.
She was 5aried at Rose bank cemetery
on Wednesday.
Contractor Thomas H Cornell
commenced work on the Lancaster,
Oxford & Southern Railroad from
Childs station to Providence Paper
Mill Monday. It has been decided
to extend the line half mile further
north of the paper mill, making the
terminal for the present near Rock
Presbyterian Church.
Two of the most drawing cards of
the Oxford Fair next month are to be
a trap shooter of wonderful skill,
and a man in balloon will go up
and jump out. The latter is called
q balloon ascension and parachute
leap. Shooting glass balls and jump
ing from the sky are two of the latest
features in scientific agriculture, and
next to the horse race are most pro-
fitable.
A drunken fight occurred at Texas,
Lancaster county, on Sunday last in
which two brothers, Howard and
Harry Brown were the chief actors.
In the melee Harry the younger
brother stabbed Howard in the
shoulder, indicting two bad wounds
The knife was taken from the boy
and broken, but other than this a
crowd of men stood round and re
fused to interfere. Nearly all crimes
committed can be traced to whiskey,
and the state encourages the whiskey
trade ana crimes.
The Fidelity Insurance, Trust and
Safe Deposit Company trustees,
under the will of Delaplaine Nc
Daniel, deceased, on Friday filed a
bill in equity against the Mcdaniel
& Harvey Company, metal workers
at Sixteenth and Washington avenue.
Philadelphia, charging mis,manage-
ment and fraud. The court is asked
to restrain the defendant fromany
further transfers and from loaning
any money whatsoever to the Nc
Cullough Iron Company. This is
another move in the fight commenced
against the Mccullough Iron Com
pany some months ago.
The May meeting of the Teachers
Association will be held Saturday
l4th and not on the 9Th as enron
eously reported. In addition to the
interesting program prepared for the
occasion there will be lecture by
the Rev. Mr.. Stengle. The associa
y