The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-03
NEWS
Friday, June 3, 1892.
MINOR LOCALS

QUALITIES aO IOOCh OPP luSo'
Children's Day exercises will be
held in the NJ. E. Church, Rising
Sun, June 18th.
The Young Ladies Home Mission
will hold sociable at Mrs. u. u
S. IFS this evening.
The Cecil Farmers Club will hold
it's June meeting at the residence oil
Mr.. w. w. Moore on Wednesday
18th inst.
Mrs. Patrick Boyle of the 9Th dist
has had the matter of 800 chickens
patched this spring it is reported
and all by natural brooders.
Mr.. Christopher Taylor of Lancas
ter county, Pa, will take charge Of
Rock Springs Hotel and sell any
where from glass to barrel.
Isaac N. Carroll, house carpenter
in Havre de Grace, fell from a porch
on which he was at work, Saturday
and died of his injuries, aged sixty
eight years.
Wheat in the vicinity of FELTON,,
Del, has been so badly damaged by
the recent hail storms, that some OF
the farmers are blowing up their
fields and planting corn.
There was a large ball in Denney
Hall at Sylmar Monday evening
Many young people from Rising Sun
and vicinity and some not so young
attended and shook foot.
The Y. P. S. G. f. of West Not
tingham held its regular monthly
sociable at the home of the Misses
Jenness last Wednesday evening.
About seventy five members and
guests were present.
Herman Ball and Marks Lieber-
man. two Jew clothiers of Elkton
got into a newspaper war on the
merits or rather dement's of their
respective goods which has developed
into a libel SUIT of Ball VS.. Liber-
man.
Martin Kemether, farmer living
about three miles east of Elkton, be-
came suddenly insane while driving
through New Castle on Monday
afternoon. He was taken to the
Delaware State Hospital at Farm
hurst.
An entirely new system of number
ing trains went into effect with the
new schedule of the Delaware division
of the P. W. & B. R. R. which took
effect on Monday, May %. All
Delaware trains are numbered be-
tween so and 80 inclusive and even
numbers running north and the odd
numbers running south.
The Rev. 7. W. Thurston, pastor
of the Bethel A. NJ. E. Church, Elk
ton, has been indicted by the grand
iury for Talbot county, on the charge
of forging the name of James Il. Dick
inson. colored, and that of others to
a promissory note for one hundred
dollars.
The Rev. was cited before Justice
of the Peace in Elkton few weeks
ago on the same charge but the
parties failed to sustain their charge
and the parson was released,
"They say" there is stock com
pany to purchase the Elkton appeal,
change the name, g. W. Cruikshank
to be editor and the new paper is to
be independent democrat! For
heaven sake. don't start any more
democrat papers in Cecil county
There is such a variety of opinions
about what the democratic party is
that it has become confusing. II we
are to have still another, an indepen
dent variety evaporation will be
added to confusion.
The annual commencement Of
Melmar academy of Zion will be held
in the Presbyterian church at thai
place on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings next, June 8 and 9. The
preliminary exercises will be held al
the manse on Wednesday evening.
This evening the Melmar pupils
assisted by the missionary societies
will give an Egyptian entertainment
in the Zion Presbyterian Church, al
eight O'Clock, This entertainment
will be in charge of Miss Harrie
Conner, who has spent eleven years
in Egypt as missionary. and is nov
home for years rest.
Little information can be obtained
concerning the identy of the two
men, who are under arrest, one il
Rochester, N. Y, and the other il
Philadelphia, suspected of being tn
murderers of Mrs. j. Granville
Richards. States Attorney Austin L
Crothers and William S. Evans, Esq
went to Rochester last week, but the,
decline to make any statement,
1t is more than likely these tw'
crooks were the men who committed
the burglary and murder but i
appears like an almost hopeless tasl
to procure sufficient evidence to fas
ten the crime upon them.
The case against Frank Fell, 10
perjury removed from this county
was begun last week at Belair. Th