The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-09-23

with typhoid fever at his home near
Principle.
Wheat in this county seems to be
turning out very well. Those having
threshed reporting over 80 bushels per
acre.
A branch ink factory (printers ink
will be opened by DIR. T. A. and
Clarence Worrall, the former having
purchased the rights of the Hanover
Company of Philadelphia.
MIR. Arthur Fell, of Saline county,
Mo-, is visiting his parents and relatives
in this section. MIR. Fell is engaged in
the fruit and nursery business in
Missouri and reports crops fair, prices
good.
The w. G. T. U. will meet at Mrs.
Edwin Haines' on Thursday, Sept. Goth
at 2 80 p. m. All members try to be
present to elect delegates to State Con-
vention TO be held in Elkton Oct. 5, 6
and 7.
The Vinsinger saw mill at Elkton
has been rented for the purpose of using
the building and power for creamery
and one of those power butter makers
will soon be in operation there it is
promised.
Mrs. Lizzie Craig. respectable
colored woman of ElktOn, dropped
dead on Tuesday evening in the yard
of Mr.. Joseph Hincbliffe, where she
was employed. The doctor pronounced
death from cholera morbus.
The changes in the register of the 9th
district resulted in the addition of 80
new names, II removals bv death. Is
left the state and added by certificate
The registrars will sit 3 days next
month tor further revisions of the lists.
Rev. Louis E. Barrett, P. E. of Will
mington Dist, will give lecture in
Mt. Pleasant Vinegar HilD M. E.
Church on Wednesday evening, Oct.
5lh. Subject, "Adam's Rib, or Matri.
mony and the Path Leading Thereto"
Admission Is cents.
One hundred and four trains passed
Elkton station on Tuesday last. The
increased travel is caused by the
national G. A. r. encampment in
Washington. The gates in Elkton
were kept closed all night, having a
watchman at hand to let travellers pass.
Francis L. McCrabb, an industrious
farmer of Little Britain township,
Lancaster county, committed suicide
last Friday morning by hanging him.
self in the woods on the place that he
farmed. He had been low.spirited
and melancholy for about year, sup
posed to have resulted from the grip.
E. M. Hunt has received the contract
for the plumbing for Jos. s. POgue's
double house now in course of erection
which contains % rooms. He will also
put in place large Florida steam
heater for which he is agent. The
building will be supplied with hot and
cold water and provided with bath
rooms.
The Wilmington Fair this year was
a decided failure. and one of the
managers has announced that it will
be necessary to sell pools next year or
it will be impossible to hold another
fair.
This Is the downward course Elkton
fair trOd. With pool selling enters all
other gambling and their accompany.
ing black-legs and pick pockets. This
crowd of harpins step in where decent
people fear to tread.
Thomas w. Rittenhouse a former
resident of Rising Sun and son of Mrs.
Jesse A. Kirk, died of Bright's disease
in Butte, Montana, the 10th inst, in
the AID year of his age. Mrs. Ritten-
house was reported hopeessly i'll also.
The remains Of the deceased will be
sent to Rising SUI where his relatives
and friends expect them to arrive to day.
The funeral will take place from the
residence of Mr.. H. H. Haines, Sunday,
Sept. 25th at 1:30 p. m. All friends are
respectfully invited to attend. Inter
ment at Zion cemetery.
Convention OF the Cecil County
Christian Endeavor Union will be held
in Zion Presbyterian Church on We'd
nesday, Oct. 18th, afternoon and even
ing. Business meeting during after
noon session, officers will be elected
for the ensuing year. All societies
belonging to this union are requested
to send representatives. Eminent
speakers will address the evening meet.
ing. If stormy on Wednesday the
convention will take place ON Thursday,
Oct. 18th. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.