The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-04-22
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, April %, 1892.
MINOR LOCALS

The Wilmington Fair will be held
the first week in September on the
same dates as the Cecil County Fair
Mr.. George o. Gary's old friends
welcome him back. He has repGr-
chased the Cecil Star and is doing
business at the old stand.
Matthew Russell made his first
haul this season at the Garrett Cove
shore Thursday of last week, and
landed 900 herring and 81 shad.
DR.. H. H Mitchell, of Elkton, is
lying in critical condition at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. from
the effects of an operation performed.
Colora public school has been
closed for several days on account
of diphtheria in the neighborhood
Several of the pupils have had the
disease.
The Second Missionary Quarterly
Concert in charge of the Happy
Haryestcrs' was held On Sunday
evening last in Zion Presbyterian
Church.
Rev. l.. E. Barrett, the new pre-
siding elder of the Wilmington
District, will occupy the pulpit of
the Elkton M. f Church next Sun.
day morning.
A year after the tragedy the States
Attorney, Baltimore detective and
deputy sheriff came up last week to
look for tracks of the murderers of
Mrs. Richards.
Our farmers all have their oats in
and some of it is up. The fields
adjacent to town they guard with
a gun and the chickens have to suf-
fer for trespass.
The State Conyention of the
National Woman's Christian Tenn.
perance Union of MARYLAND will
meet in the Elkton Presbyterian
Church in October next.
The Cecil Farmers Club April
meeting was held on Wednesday
last at the home of Col. Enoch Noyes,
near Port Deposit. The essay of
the host was on sheep.
The public schools of the county
will close on the 3lst of May. The
governor vetoed the free school book
bill but signed the $4,000 bill to
enable the horse trot to be continued
at the Fairs.
Invitations are out for the wedding
of Miss Uric r. Kennedy, of Frank
lin Township, to Mr.. f. Edgar Hes
ton, of New York, at the home of the
bride, near Kemblesville on Tuesday
afternoon, April 26th at two O'Clock.
VIM. D. Cawley, son of D. Cawley.
manager of the Charlton Works at
North East was among this years
graduates of the Maryland College of
Pharmacy at Baltimore. He received
his diploma at the commencement
exercises last week.
The barn of H. Gray near Still
Pond, Kent county, was burned on
Sunday night. The reflection of the
fire was seen at Elkton. In the loss
addition to the building was 1900
bushels of wheat and 300 bushels oil
corn. The wheat was insured for
81 900. Mr.. Gray is quite positiye
that the barn was set on fire.
At the ANIMAL meeting of the stock.
holders of the Mccullough Iron Co..
held last week at North East Joseph
L. Mcdaniel the former president OF
the company was severely censured
by vote of the stockholders for at
tempting ito publicly attack the
credit of the company" by applying
by untrue and malicious statements
The pastor Of Bethel Colored
Church, Rev. T. w. Thurston, was
arrested for forgery and taken be-
fore magistrate Scott of Elkton lasI
week. He was charged with forging
the names of four persons in Taboo
county, where he preached last sea
son, the note being given IN pay
ment for horse. The parson proved
that the parties who couldn't writ,
had authorized him to sign theil
names, and he was released.
Farrell & Company put in thu
National Bank of Oxford last weel
q ney vault front and new safe
both provided with time locks acc
anti'burglar trimmings. An electric
lamp has been put in the vault.
Thompson Post. G. A. R. of OXFORD
last week purchased at s. r. Dickey
o. ncJa +,