The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-02-19
MINOR LOCALS

weather this weekday, crisp, clear.
Cecil Grange will meet tomorrow
afternoon and members wanting to
order clover seed should be present.
Monday, Feb. 22d being q legal
holiday the bank will be closed, and
items mateuring on 2lst and 22d
must be attended to on Saturday 90
w. M. Pogue OF the firm of Joseph
s. Pogue & Son Of this town, returned
on Friday last from a business and
pleasure trip to the Buck Eye state.
At the last meeting of the directors
of the Happy Valley aud Mount
Ararat Park q committee was APP
pointed TO secure the services OF o
steamboat to run next season.
The s.business men" of Elkton are
receiving green goods circulars from
New York gentry. No gudgeons bite
at green goods bait except some who
do not subscribe for newspaper.
Tbey are fair game for swindlers.
Tue boys about town revived the
ancient game of corner ball and play
ed in Dr.. Dare's field on Monday
afternoon. The game in one respect
resembled could Ciutes'' hog shear
ing. There was more noise than
wool.
The New York company who have
leased the old magnesia mines on
Goat Hill have twenty-five men at
work mining the mineral and a
smaller force quarrying stone to build
kilns. The baby medicine will be
burned and reduced to powder on
the ground or in the vicinity of the
mines.
The little ones are the life aud joy
of the household. and no home is
complete or natural without them
For ali their little ills and worriments
DR. Fenner's Soothing Syrup is
superior to all others. Warranted
to satisfy or money refunded. For
sale by DR.. L. r. Kirk and all
dealers.
Mrs. Mary Currier the old lady
who died fortnight since in this
county at the age of 104 years, was
the mother of seven children, four
living. She has thirty.on living
grandchildren, one hundred great
grandchildren and seven great great
grandchildren. She had never been
in railroad car. Moral: IF you
want to live long go slow.
Free literary entertainment will be
given by the Epworth League of this
place in the basement of the Rising
Sun NJ. E. Church, on Thursday
evening, Feb, 25th consisting OF an
address by Rev. F. B. Short, of Colora,
and Rotations, selections and papers
BY members of the Epworth League.
interpreted with choice music by
the M. e. choir. All are cordially
invited to attend.
Mr.. A. ]. Kitchener, of West Not.
bingham who fell from his wagon
about two weeks since and hurt his
game leg, was at Colora driving his
wagon on Tuesday. The ubiquitous
reporters story was that the bone was
so badly shattered that amputation
would have to be performed. Moral :
don't believe all you read in the
papers unless you find it in the
MIDLAND JOURNAL.
Last Sunday while DR.. Joseph
w. Reynolds was walking in the
woods in the neighborhood Of Cecil
Paper mill u dog slipped up and bit
him on the hand without giving any
warning of its approach. He turned
suddenly, seized the dog by the
throat and kicked it to death. The
dog was strange animal of medium
size. The hand that was bitten
swelled end was painful.
The following prices have been
paid nv the Kent county creameries
per 100 lbs. for milk during the month
OF January :-Chestertowu, $1.20,
Kennedyvills. $l.20; Locust Grove
$3.50; Crumpton, slips; Sassafras
81 20
Our creamery men test the mill
and pay according to the hutter pro-
ducing quality of the lactial fluid.
An epidemic ofhiccoueh lie report
ed prevailing on the peninsula o
Maryland and Delaware. Tht
victims of this rather unusual malady
have an irrepressible hiccough which
continues for several weeks or til
the unfortunate patient is exhausted
and succumbs to the disease If hi