The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-07-08

Pivot Bridge. (Bethel) in this county,
to be known as Pivot post Office.
A special and important meeting of
the managers of the Fair will be held
next Tuesday, July 18th at 10 O'Clock
a. m. 1t is essential that all the man.
ayers be present at this meeting.
Isaac Roberts of Conshohocken, Pa,
will lecture at West Nottingham
Friends Meeting House ON Sabbath
afternoon the 18th inst at go O'Clock.
Subject: Central Truths of Friends.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court on
Saturday granted license to sell in
toxicating liquors to Charles Pavord, of
Elkton. The amount paid was $291.67
for saloon license to May 1st, 1898 and
$3.50 clerks fee.
The cost in the late case of the State
VS.. Frank Il. Fell, removed from Cecil
county to Hartford and tried at the last
term of court, amounted to 81 1882.
Dear justice we have now a-days and
of very thin quality.
Mrs. Sarah P. Nichols met with a
painful accident last Tuesday evening.
AS she was getting in a wagon the
horse started, throwing her back ward
and twisting her left arm so severely
as to cause fracture at the wrist.
The Rising Sun w. e. T. U. will meet
in the basement of the NJ. E. Church
on Thursday, July 14th at 2.3O O'Clock
All members try and be present as
arrangements must be made for our
annual meeting. SECY.
Thomas Tyson, James K. Polk Racine
and Thomas Yeamans were arrested
last week IN North East all charged
with violating the ordinance of that
town against drunkenness and disorder.
ly conduct, and each find 81 and costs.
Frank Cunningham was arrested by
constable Mahan on Sunday last at
Woodlawn charged with threatening
to kill John Yetter and brought to Ris-
ing Sun where he was arranged before
Squire Taylor and bound over to keep
the peace. III. J. Briscoe furnished
the bond.
The town lookup had the first occu-
pant for several years on the night of
the Fourth VIM. Greenfield from the
Paper Mill" for whom a warrant was
issued some time ago for disturbing the
services at Octoraro NJ. F.. Church, was
gathered in and held until the fines
and costs were paid.
w. T. Warburton, Esq, trustee, sold
at trustees sale, on Friday, the farm, in
the Ninth election district of this
county, belonging to the estate of John
w. Rogers, decd, containing LOG acres
of land, to Miss Anna Rogers, for 81, $50
Also the house and lot near Kinks
Mills, to Smith II. Rogers for 500.
The Fourth in Rising Sun was
observed with a Sabbathsrian quiet.
The stores and places of business
were generally closed, flags were
thrown to the breeze and the small
boy only was inclined to make a
noise. A half dozen darkies came
down from Oxford on the early train
to get their bottles filled, but went
back on the ten o'clock train before
the stuff began to make them very
noisy.
At night several persons illuminat.
ed the sky with rockets and other
small fire works.
1. N. Mills special agent has furn-
ished the P. W. & B. railroad COM
pany a report of the prospective
peach crop of the peninsula which is
not encouraging. All concur in the
belief. Mr.. Mills says that all the
crop will be almost total failure,
and there will be hardly enough
peaches for canning purposes. The
estimates give about 100000 baskets
as the crop of the peninsula, but the
peaches are still dropping from the
trees, and it may be that by the
time the fruit generally ripens there
will be none left.
The young children of Enos Morris
who resides on farm near Elkton,
found a powder flask with some
powder in 1t while their parents were
absent, and commenced playing with
the find. They also experimental
with the powder by trying what effect
lighted match would have on the
"villainous saltpeter digged from
the harmless bowels of the EARTH"
The natural result! was an explosion.
The boy ten years of age was pain.
fully burned on the arm, face and
breast, his brother about eight years
old being only slightly burned on
the hand.
AS an instance of the low price of
country real estate, the brick dwell.
ing which was sold at Vinegar Hill
last month a part of the Thomas
Kennard estate brought $3.50. This