The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-03-25

MINOR LOCALS

ChAs. II. Dare and .. TAylOf w Hsou
are home from Lafayette college spend
ing the Easter holiday.
The next sociabIe of the Young
Ladies' Home Mission Circle will b.
held Friday evening, April 1st.
DON'T miss the entertainment of the
Baconian Literary Society of the
Friends Normal Institute this evening
An especially fine program has been
arranged. Admission Is cents.
Henry Frederick, aged 70 years, died
at Principle, in this county, on We'd
nesday night last week. His remains
were inferred at the Catholic cemetery,
Havre de Grace, on Thursday. The
deceased was a famous boot maker in
his day.
The Rising Sun w. G. T. U. will meet
in the basement of the church on
Thursday, March 31st at $50 o'clock,
The meeting will be in the interest Of
Sabbath observance and we hope all
members and friends will try and be
present.
Falrview Castle, K. g. E. Fourth
district, was instituted and twenty-five
members initiated last Thursday 18th.
Officers: Master of Records, Webster
Brown; NoLle Chief, J. r. Conoly:
Vice Chief. J B. Ewing; Hight Priest
C. r. Ewing; Venerable Hermit, VIM.
Chidister; Sir Herald, o. g. Rodgers;
Master of Records, Walter Martindale;
Clerk of Exchequer, J. 3. Roberts
Keeper of Exchequer, Edward Kirk;
Past Chief, Harry Ewing.
The following is list of the Rising
Sun public school scholars who obtain
ed the highest average week ending
March 18th. Dora NJ. Garvin, 98; Clara
A Keilholtz 9S; Lille r. Keilholtz, 98;
Anna M McDougal, IS; Eleanor E.
Burkins, SO; Lulu N. Worthington, 95;
Mary Ryan, 9S; Maggie ]. Shade, IS;
Granville McDougal. 95; Edeth L.
Wood, 93; Samuel K. Barben, SO; Elmer
s. HambIeton. SO; Lewis G. Harlem
slime 80; Charles Taylor, 81.
At the sale of store goods of Thos.
Kennard, decd, A. S. Elliott reports
good prices obtained; print goods
brought from Sc. to &c. per yard, and
muslin 1Oc. per yard. Some ofthe goods
sold for more than retail price. At the
sale of household goods on the 18th the
attendance was large and high prices
the order of the day. Parlor suit, $53;
rocking chairs, SIS; feather beds, 45c
per ib; second hand carriage, SS7; sleigh,
$50; corn, Soc. per Dbl; potatoes, 46c
per bushel; l6 year cd mare, $50; COW,
$26 so.
Mr.. Palmer G.. Ricketts,, son of
the late P. 9. Ricketts, of Elkton and
founder of the Cecil Whig, has been
installed as director of the Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New
York, the oldest and most successful
engineering school in this country.
This is quite an honor for SO young
a man. Young Ricketts, had natural
aptitude for mathematics and took TO
that line of study as natural as 80
duck to water.
Much excitement has taken place
this week among house.keepers Incl
dent to the annual March movements.
Taking furniture out>of one house
and placing it in another, pulling up
carpets from some floors and tacking
them down on others, cleaning house
incident to leaving but leaving the
premises dirtier after than before The
attempt with detergent and broom.
Joseph Hambleton, father Of post
master Sam'l. Hambleton of Rising
Sun, aged 50 died at his residence
between College Green and Calvert
on Monday morning March 2lst 1892
The deceased had been sufferer from
heart trouble since October last
Funeral from his residence on Thurs
day at one o'clock p. m Place oil
interment Friends burying ground
at B. M. House.
The trouble which has been pre-
cipitated on the Mccullough Iron
Co., is felt most severely in North
East. Many of the men have secur-
ed employment elsewhere and Others
will follow if the mills lay idle any
length of time. There are 81 empty
houses and z empty store rooms in
town it is reported. This lack Of
population and business can not all
be attributed to the recent stoppage
of the mills, but to that gradual down
grade which has depleted the county
of population in common with otheI
country districts all over the land
On Wednesday night of last weeh
The Mccullough Iron Company
Office at North East was entered by
burglars through a window tbs
shutter of which was pried open
The safe which was small one anG