The midland journal., 1892-04-15
Friday, April I5. 1892.
MINOR LOCALS

Shad, herring and rock fish arr
plenty on our streets.
Have you seen the electrical show
stand at Z. R Bufington'sP It's |
curiosity.
The stereopticon entertainment
given last Friday evening by Mr.. H
III. Haines for the benefit of thu
Friends Normal school drew ful
house and was highly entertaining
Moses T. Reynolds of Fulton town
ship, Lancaster county, Pa. owns 3
COW sixteen years old which has hai
fourteen calves and makes 9a pounds
of butter q week, five months in the
year.
Mr.. Harry Touchstone OF Calvert
and Miss Lila M. Reeder of North
East, we're married in EIkton or
Wednesday, April 9th at the NJ. E
Parsonage, the Rev. I. L. Wood
officiating.
A Middletown merchant came to
E ktOn with detective and rec0gniz
ed ten dollar note by fole in The
note found in possession of Richards
one of the Delaware gang of burglars
who was arrested near Cecilton.
The Second Missionary Quarterly
Concert will be held in Zion Pres
byterian Church on Sunday evening,
18th inst, commencing at 1880
o'clock. This meeting will be con-
Quoted by the Happy Harvesters."
Last Wednesday 80 head of extra
fine cattle were shipped from Rising
Sun station. IL head belonging to
Jas. b. Maxwell and l9 head to
Edwin H. and Geo. g. Reynolds.
They were shipped to Philada. to. be
transported 10 Europe.
Balm will close the Moonlight
Course OF Lectures in blaze of elo-
quence, which for brilliancy and
auroral beauty is seldom witnessed
All will be there and enjoy this last
grand lecture of the course aud help
swell the receipts as the fund is q
little behind
Jacob Kirk, we'll known travel
ling salesman, and at one time res
ident OF Rising Sun had runaway
near Zion on Monday by his horse
frightening at telegraph pole. Mr..
Kirk was thrown out and severely
hurt and the buggy smashed to
s'smitherenes."
Mr.. H. H. Haines will be home on
Saturday TO morrow after weeks
sojourn 1t Atlantic City with his
daughter Violette. who has been sick
in Germantown with symptoms of
typhoid. Violette T. and Halle H.
Haines will spend a ten days Easter
vacation at home after this date.
The spelling bee held at Port De-
posit one evening last week realized
Sl2. Proceeds for Russian sufferers
The contest was quite spirited one
between Port Deposit spoilers and a
class of country spoilers, which re-
suited In the country class carrying
Of the prizes, J. Walter Patton and
Miss Jennie Carson being the
winners.
James Bailey, tenant on the
farm of Fletcher Wilson. near Turkey
Point, this county. found the body Of
an unknown white man lying on the
shore of the North East river, near
the farm on Saturday. He was
about forty years of age. The body
was badly decomposed. and had
evidently been 10 the water some
time.
james Hammond son of Isaac Fl
Hammond who lives at Battle Swamp
was dangerously injured by farm
roller passing over his body, that
be fell in front of when in tue act of
picking up stick which threw him
OF his feet. Blood flowed freely from
both ears, nose and mouth. Or.
Brown was called in and succeeded
In stopping the flow Of blood. and no
serious results are anticipated.
The green goods swindlers have
been flooding Cecil with their circu-
lar letters and we have heard of one
party at least who was green and
greedy enough to be swindled out of
$3.50 by them after being decoyed
to New York, where the swindlers
lowered bag from the ceiling full OF
crisp greenback. which was given to
the victim. When the cars were
reached on the return home and the
bag was examined it was filed with
pieces of newspaper.
1t was reported that the governor
would not sign the S5U00 appropria
tion bill dividing that sum among
six agricultural societies of the state
to assist them to besr Fair expenses,
but be did sign the bill. Elkton Fair
will get share of the appropriation.
He also signed the bill to incorporate
the Elkton Electric Light and Power
Company.
The first bill Of this company was
vetoed. They asked for all of the
county in the first bill but we're more
moderate in their second demand.
Farmers in the first district are
reported to be experiencing difficulty