The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-26
NEWS
August 20, 1892.
MINOR LOCALS

to-day.
S. G. England & Sons creamery
at Zion is making about 1900 pounds
of butter per week.
Forty tickets were sold at Rising
Sun station for the excursion to
Colchester yesterday.
The doctors OF. Chester, Lancaster
and Cecil counties celebrated their
annual picnic at Happy Valley on
Thursday.
The Cecil Sentinel, it is announc.
ed, will not appear this week as
previously stated, but will mount
guard next week
The public schools of the county
will open September lst and not on
the 9Th as enormously reported in
last week JOURNAL.
There is prospect of creamery
being established in Elkton. A pre-
limlnary meeting was held and 200
COWS offered to milk the concern.
Last Sunday evenings thunder
storm was severe in the neighbor-
hood of Principle. Lightning struck
the fence near Mrs. George GILES
PIES residence.
Miss Poll r. Eyerist, daughter of
Mr., f. S. Everst was bitten ON the
hand by their family dog. Rather
an undesirable kind of dorg to have
about the house.
A horse attached to cart was
drowned in Harlan's dam last week.
A boy driving the horse in attempt
ing to dump load of dirt got the
horse in the water.
The Rock Academy will open Sept.
5th, with Miss Rockwell of Holmes
dale, Pa, as teacher. Miss Rockwell
is graduate of Elmira College at
Chambersburg, Pa.
Steamboat excursions, starting at
Georgetown and stopping at all land.
ings enroute will be run to the Elk
ton Fair on Sept. 9Th and 9th. This
was happy thought.
Marriage licenses issued: Aug.
1S, Daniel L. Chick and Grace John.
son colored of Port Deposit. August
1S, Elmer Lampson and Florence
Wise, colored, of Ekton.
The Teachers Association of the
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth districts
will hold their regular monthly meet.
ing in the public school room at
Port Deposit on Saturday, Sept. 3rd.
A marriage license has been offered
as special premium to the bachelor
who will exhibit the biggest cabbage
at the Elkton Fair. The girl who
traps that chap will get cabbage
head.
On Sunday during camp some
malicious person cut horse belong
ing to John Caywood, whose pro
perty adjoins Woodlawn camp
grounds. The animal died of it's
wounds.
Garfield Post of Rising Sun and
Wingate Post of North East have
been assigned quarters at Washing
ton for the Grand Army Encamp-
ment which meets in Washington on
the Goth of September.
Governor Brown and his staff are
expected to attend the Elkton Fair
to witness the races. The governor
it seems is determined TO hold on to
the title of Farmer" Brown by pat.
ronizing the horse race.
Mr.. Joseph Kline, of Philadelphia,
has purchased from Mr.. Edward W,
Taylor, the farm known as the Kirk
patrick property tenanted by Harry
Boulder, and situated near Elder
Station in the Third district for
$4,000.
Prof Rowland Watts, formerly of
Cecil county, who has been professor
of mathematics in Washington Col
lege, Chestertown, for several wears,
has resigned his position, and will
take course of study in Johns Hop,
kins University.
Another express handler went
wrong in Newark, Del, a short time
ego whose name is Charles Philips
agent of the United States express
company. $l4,100 disappeared al
the same time that Charles did.
The Havre de Grace agent who
left with $4,000 appears to be still al
large.
The Republicans of Cecil county
will hold their primary meetings or
Saturday, August 27, The county
convention will be held on the follow
ing Monday, and r G. Thackery il
the favorite for congressional nomi
nee The Democrats have nominated
Talbot lawyer also. No farmer
need apply.