The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-05-20
Friday, May 20, 1892.
MINOR LOCALS

high and a few spar RATS have come
down.
DR.. Worrall will deliver the
memorial address at North East ON
corat,on day, May Both.
The Sunday school at Pennington
will hold festival on Saturday,
June 4th proceeds for the benefit OF
the school.
Mrs. Julia Hester Van Reed,
mother of Mrs. Noble T. Blddle, Of
San Joe, California, died at the
residence of her daughter on May l.
Last week and this have been
favorable for setting out plants and
friend Passmore of the green house
has done land office business in
that line.
The herring have turned their
heads down stream and are making
their way back to the ocean Fishing
is over for 1892. The catch of herring
has been very large.
Cecil Grange meets tomorrow at
100 p IN. and it is important that
the committee to secure grove for
holding farmers mass meeting
shou d all be present.
Sheriff Mckinney arrested James
Entwistle on Thursday night last
week at his home about two miles
east of Elkton, on peace warrant
sworn out by his father.
Job B. Sidwell, builder and con-
tractor, is building a barn near
sylmar for D. W. McVey SO by 70
feet; also one for Il. W. Sidwell, near
the same place. Is by Is feet.
See Clayton N. Balderston's adv.
offer 5000 sweet potato plants for
sale. He also announces that after
June 1st he will! be ready to supply
strawberries of the Sharpless variety
in large or small quantities.
MIR. Thomas Janney died suddenly
at his home near Principle on Friday
evening, May 6. His fune al took
place in Bay View church the follow.
ing Monday. His remains were in
tered at Bay View cemetery.
The friends of DR.. H. H. Mitchell
will learn with pleasure that he is
rapidly improving under treatment
at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he
has been for some weeks and he is
expected home at an early day.
Twelve large Ice bouses, all under
one roof, the property of Frederick
& Sons, of Baltimore, and q ware
house near the canal at Havre de
Grace, we're destroyed by fire early
Thursday morning, May 18th. The
loss was very heavy.
A tramp who was drunk went to
an entertainment given by some
colored people in Abrahams hall,
Port Deposit, and either fell or was
pushed down the stairs and broke
his leg. He was sent to Baltimore
to hospital.
Mrs. Daphne Chalfant died on
Sunday, May 9Th at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. Cookem, near
Liberty Grove. She was buried at
the Friends burying ground. West
Nottingham. Mrs. Chalfant was in
her Seth year.
Barnard Rosszza Totogranda of
Port Deposit, committed suicide
Sunday by cutting his throat with a
razor. The deed was done at tue
house where he boarded kept by
Samuel H. st. Clair. He was driven
to suicide by drinking whiskey.
The long term prisoners in New
Castle Jail have been fitted ont with
convicts suits of black and gray, the
same used in all the penitentiaries in
the country. The men made no
objection to their uniforms and some
of them seemed quite proud of them.
One hundred and fifty suits is the
number ordered.
Three champion anglers of Oxford
went fishing for speckled trout in
York county, Pa. They reported
their catch at 100 pounds which they
hung up in safe place so they sup,
posed, till morning; but during the
night rats came and devoured them
oil. What lose Great fisher.
men-those Oxford fellows.
Deputy Fish Commissioner, Thos.
TT. Hughlett, on May Sd, placed in
BlaekWater river, Dorchester county,
100000 Young shad, May 4, Choptank
river at Brick Mills, Caroline county,
100000. May 5, Chester river at
Millington 100000. May 6. North
East river, North East, Cecil county,
100000 and on same day in Mill
creek, near Elkton, 100000.
A heavy rain on Sunday evening
followed an all day rain on Saturday
and thunder gust on Sunday night
was not accompanied by much rain
but constant fash and play of light
ping with heavy rolling thunder, en-
titled the meteorological display to
the distinction of an electrical storm,
A couple of charges exploded on the
telephone wires with reports like the
discharge of pistol.
The X. of P. held a protracted
fair at Colora under large tent last
xrooly an1 Moodou l..,o