The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-12-23
NEWS.
Friday, Dec. 23 1892.
MINOR LOCALS


to allow Monday January Cd as a
holiday. Sunday beng New Years
day.
a. public sale Of first class milk
COWS will be held in Rising Sun on
Wednesday. 2Sth. See adv. in
another column.
Captain EheDezer F. Lewis. a
farmer living near Bay View, died at
9 O'Clock Saturday morning of old
age. He was SO.
The Woman's Relief Corps ct
Garfield Post will hold an oyster
supper in the Town Hall Thursday
evening, Dec. 29Ih.
A water moter has been placed in
Trinity Episcopal Church at Elkton
for pumping wind into the organ and
works charmiDgly it is reported.
The farm of John 7. Rutter,
situated near Woodlawn containing
1928 acres, has been sold at mortga-
gees sale to John w. Williams, for
$1,000
The young ladies Of Chesapeake
City held fair and supper last week
for the benefit of Sabbath school of
the Presbyterian Church, and realiz
ed $83.
AS Christmas day falls on Sunday
this year the following day. Monday
26th will be observed by the banks
which will be closed on that day and
all matters falling due on the 26th
must be attended to on Saturday a
Hazel, a three year old daughter of
G.. G. Sill, fell and fractured her right
arm last Sunday afternoon, making the
third time the arm has been broken !;
and on Wednesday the child had the
further misfortune to fall and break the
left arm.
Bills and circulars are out announcing
the Ladies' Crescent Banjo and Guitar
Cub in the Town Hail. Monday
evening, Jan I'd. The program will
be interspersed with recitatlons, upper
sonations, &c, by MIR. Chas. Williams.
Secure your tickets.
Notice is posted in the post office
at this place of preaching in the
NJ. E. Church Lere by Rachel b.
Price of Bucks county at 3 clock
on Sunday Christmas day. Mrs.
Price is q travelling preacher of the
denomination of Friends.
A "Hare and Hounds" Club has
been organized by the members OF
Elkton Athletic Association and
they expect to give paper hunt the
coming moonlight nights. Good ex-
ercise for boys. We used to play
the game when we went to school
That story and diagram of the
Baltimore american of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Co, stra'ghtning the
track of the p w. & B. railroad by a
direct line from North East to New
ark turns out to be canard. No
such change was ever contemplated
While Mrs. A NJ. Whitaker of
Zion, mother of DR.. j S Whitaker
of Cherry Hill, was descending a
flight of stairs she missed her footing
and fell to the floor below. She cut
and bruised herself badly and is suf
fering from conclusion of the brain.
Mr.. H. c. Cummings, Rising Suns
leading liveryman proposes to hold
a monopoly of the business next
year and has leased the Maryland
House stables. The House will
change proprietors in the tpring, Mr.
Grason retiring and MIR. Smith from
Lancaster county becoming proprie-
tor.
Banner Council, No. II. Order of
United American Mechanics. was ID,
stituted Thursday evening, Dee. 10
at Calvert, with appropriate cere-
monies. Large delegations were
present from Baltimore and councils
throughout the state. John Lewis of
Philadelphia, the national secretary
was among the visitors present
The ANIMAL meeting of the Scott
Fertilizer Works at EiktQn was held
last week. The old Board of drec
tors was elected. The Report to
company showed the business to b.
In 9 prosperous condition IS 900
were added to the surplus fund and a
dividend of s per cent declared on
the capita stock, payable at once.
Programme for January meeting
of the Port Deposit Teachers AS
sociation: Music, Mrs. j. b. Abra-
hams; essays, Mr.. Viii lam Maxwell
and Miss BERTHE Graham; recitation.
Miss May Rodney; reading, Mss
BERTHE kidd, Miss Belle Yanpeman
Question for discussion: Resolved,
That the Indians were wrongfully
dispossessed of this land. Disput-
ants, Eugene Reyaolds, Miss Mary
Patton, J. L. Crothers, 81 J. Hanna
F. Cnrrier and Miss Ida Gerry.
The Columbia Daily Calendar re-
mains the only valuable daily paG
calendar. The calendar for '93 is o
the same general design as that o
previous years, consisting of 36(
leaves, one for every day in the year
and a calendar for the entire year
The day of the week, of the month