The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-08-05
COUNTY NEWS
Friday, August 5, 1892.
MINOR LOCALS

Sunday school to-day with picnic.
Rev. J. R. Milligan of Zion and
family are spending the summer at
Oaean Grove.
Captain W. G.. Purnell of Elkton
has been elected Major of the third
battalion of the Maryland National
Guards.
Perryvile has water company.
Perryvllle should never thirst for
water with the wide Susquehanna at
at her feet.
Philip R. West advertises very
desirable and snug home located at
Vinegar Hill, at private sale, in MID
LAND JOURNAL.
Our enterprising butter manufac-
turer, Mr.. Caleb Conner has started
another separator near Rock Church
in the fourth district.
Mrs. Eliza Reynolds, near Cecil
Paper Mill, has night blooming
cereus that put forth four beautiful
flowers W ednesday night of last week.
The Y. P. A. of Leeds will hold q
festival in Daniel Harvey's grove
near that station this evening; or
propose doing so, if weather is pro-
pitious.
August 25th the Medical Society
of Pennsylvania and Maryland will
hold their annual picnic at Happy
Valley, and will elect officers for the
ensuing year.
Mr.. Gearhling of New Jersey who
purchased Mrs. J. j. Heckart's fine
property near Port Deposit has
moved his family from Camden and
occupies the property.
The parcel of land purchased from
Washington Underwood by the Rose
bank Cemetery Association last
spring was surveyed Saturday, and
will be added to the Cemetery.
We learn that the Rev. Mr.. Nc
Lain, who received the unanimous
call from the Presbyterian Church of
Rock Run, Port Deposit, has declin-
ed, prefering to remain at his charge,
Little Britain.
And now what will the Elkton
base ball club do since Hawk has left
them? The other neighborbood clubs
will Just poke them i the ribs like
the boys did old death when doctor
Hornbook's skill turned aside all his
darts.
A barn and contents on the Ricketts,
farm near Elkton was struck by
lightning on Saturday last and burn.
ed together with the present years
crops, farm implements and machin-
cry. Loss is placed at $4,000. In.
surance $4,000.
Ahsalom B. McVey who resides
near Zion attained his 92d birth day
on Thursday of last week, and was
waited on by numerous party com
posed of his children and grand
children, who met at the old home
stead on that day.
The Octoraro is without doubt
very romantic stream Astounding in
much fine scenery, but Gillespie's
mountain is not located near it as a
correspondent of the Democrat
states, and the 'mountaiu' is very
insignificant lump of dirt and rocks.
One of the valuable stations of
Slngerly's Elkton stock farm was
Frustrated by the heat one of last
weeks torrid days. A physician
was sent for who prescribed cold
water bath and whiskey. The
saloon advocates will now. "pointing
with PRIDE" say "see what benefit
there is in whiskey."
The real estate of Hiram M. Logan,
situated near North East, was sold at
public sale at the Court House door
on Tuesday, July 26th, Clinton Nc
Cullough, Esq, attorney. The pro-
perty was bought by the Mutual
Building Association of Cecil county
for 800, the amount of mortgage
held by the association.
The Cecil Democrat says:
"And now the preachers want
Sunday funerals abolished because
they have too much to do upon the
Sabbath to attend to them. Shall
the people stop dying at certain
times, or shall they he committed to
the ground with out religious service?"
We venture to say that not one of
them would complain.
Woodlawn camp meeting will
commence on Tuesday next and
continue to the 18th. On the follow.
ing Tuesday and Wednesday % and
"a the farmers meeting will be held
on tue camp ground. Excellent
speakers have been secured to dis
cuss a variety of subjects interesting
and profitable to farmers and the
public and large attendance is ex'
pected.
The Board of managers of the
Elkton Agricultural Fair met last
week to consider the matter OF
amusements likely to divert the
county pumpkin most. 1t was
fhOu0ht tho Oh amman Pon,an r idare