The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-12
NEWS.
Friday, August IL, 1892.
MINOR LOCALS

The Sylmar Sunday school will
picnic in Amos Browns woods Tues
day, Both.
Another torrid spell this week has
made humanity suffer. Monday
night was a killer.
The Ewing mill property near
Colora has been purchased by the
CleDdenin Brothers.
The Tiogs Club, composed of
young men from Philadelphia, is
camping at Happy Valley.
On Thursday night, lightning
struck and burned the barn on the
John Gillespie place in the sth dis
trict.
William McKeever lost another
fine horse last week, which is the
second he has had to die within a
short time.
Granville W. Reynolds while work
ing in the Cecil paper mill had his
fingers caught in the rolls one day
last week, crushing three of them
quite severely.
The large barn belonging to Jordan
Powell, on his farm in East Fallow-
field township, was struck by lightn.
ing on Friday night. July 80. and
completely destroyed.
jeff, aged % years, the faithful
family horse of the late VIM. j.
Evans died last week. Many merry
ride the family have had with Jeff;
no other horse will ever be jeff to
the head of the family.
Jacob Shaw of Port Deposit was
assigned apartments for the summer
in Elkton jail last week, because be-
ing "instigated by the devil" it is
supposed he didn't have proper re-
regard for the majesty of the law.
Mr.. H. J. Sheppard of this town
has sold the property on Main street
at present occupied by the Mahan
families to Mr.. E. M. Hunt who will
clear out the old building and replace
it with 8 new one of modern style.
The Black Barrens Springs have
become quite an attraction to Port
Deposit people. Quite number of
driving parties have visited there
this summer.
Mr.. r. c. Hopkins and family are
summering at the famous Springs.
Marriage licenses issued in August:
John Lambert Norris of Baldwins,
this county. and Clara Townsend, of
Pennsylvania; Charles W. Dennison
and Emma Lewis, colored of Glas-
cow, Del. Aug. 4, Edward T.
Perkins and Effie Adalene Smith, of
Elkton.
A speechless man giving his name
as Conrad Matthews, manufacturer
of baskets, chairs and reed hampers,
No. II Guilford alley, Baltimore, was
found wandering about the streets of
Elkton on Monday and taken into
custody by Sheriff George E. Nc
Kinney and sent to the insane asylum.
Moses Ryan, colored, an inmate of
the Cecil County Insane Asylum
escaped from the second story win
dow by way of the fire escape of that
institution on Saturday night last,
and wandered to his home in Cecil
ton. where he was captured after
difficulty and returned to the asylum.
A gold medal Demorest contest
will be held at the annual w G. T..
U. Convention of Cecil county, at
North East, September 14th. All
holders of silver medals wishing to
contend for the gold one at the com
ing contest will please write to that
effect to Miss Arrie Hynson, Charles
town, Cecil county, Md.
Woodward Abrahams, a former
citizen of Port Deposit and president
of the Cochran & Abrahams Ice
Company, died suddenly at the home
of his daughter in Cleveland, Ohio,
on Thursday, Aug. 4th. Mr..
Abrahams was the last male member
of the old heads ofthe Abrahams
family who was born and raised in
Cecil county.
An amateur balloonist who was to
make an ascent at COLCHESTER Beach
on Saturday last fell from the balloon
when about twenty feet in the air
and was Slightly bruised about the
head and body. The accident was
caused in the guys refusing to work.
The man saw his danger Immediately
and allowed himself to fall.
These internal balloon nuisances
should be suppressed by law as other
nuisances are abated.
College fashions have reached
Elkton and a rowing match was
arranged for Saturday afternoon; a
skifr race between three teams. Two
oarsmen and cock, Swain to each boat
and the race two mile one from a
point on the river and ending at the
iron bridge above Scott's fertilizer
factory. The contestants were
Walter G. Boyd and j. G. Constable
Herbert Litzenberg and Albert Con
stable, Jr., second, and Fred Haines
and John E. Wilson, Jr., third boat.
The girls stood on the bridge to see