The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-11-24
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Nov. "a. 1898.
MINORLOCALS

An original pension has been
granted Joseph Cornish, of North
East.
Loyal Legion will meet in the
lecture room of the M. e. Church
Saturday, 25th at 8 O'clock,
j. Albert Boyd filed bis answer to
the petition of Clinton j. White in
tie Circuit Court on Wednesday.
Monday last was the opening day
Of the cunning season, and the army
of gunners kept up a constant
fusillade.
william McNamee of Elkton
slipped and fell while crossing the
floor of Frazer's drug store and broke
one of his legs.
The Y NJ. G A. of Oxford have
engaged the Original Fisk Jubilee
Singers to appear in Oxford Hall
Wednesday evening, Nov. 29th. Adj
mission SOC.
James T. Graham, clerk of the
court has moved his mother and
sisters from Liberty Grove to Elkton
where the family will make their
home in future.
The Missionary Society of West
Nottingham Presbyterian Church
met with Mrs j. w. Mccullough
Thursday. 10Th inst. The Literary
Society met at Henry Keene's the
same evening.
Andrew Whittock, Handy Andy
Elkton's SCISSOR grinder has been
committed to the House of Correc-
tion for 80 days by Squire Cleaver, on
the charge Of babitual disordery con.
duct, otherwise whiskey.
The Whitaker Iron & Steel Works
of West Va. owned by the Principle
firm of this county were destroyed by
fire on November 18th The estimat.
ed loss is $50, 100 on which there was
an insurance OF about $4,000.
John Scanned, Sr. one of the
forgemen at Principle iron works.
met with a serious accident on Fri
day last. His son was Strengthening
one of the bars and his sledge struck
Mr.. Scanned and broke his arm.
The W. c. T. u. of Calvert will
hold a Demorest Contest and must
Gale in Friends school house at that
place on Friday evening, Nov. oath
(if stormy on Saturday evening" at
730 o'clock. Admission zoe. child
rem under II years, 10c
Cards have been issued for the
marriage of H. Frank Witwortb,
town treasurer of Elkton to Mis-
Elizabeth Hughes, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. William II. Hughes al
their residence in Elkton, on Wed
nesday evening, Nov. 29th.
Another Of the Dupont barns was
burned on November II. The one
on the farm occupied by Edward l..
Settler, in Brandywine Hundred.
De-. 1t was valued at $4,000 ard
the contents at $1,000. It occupied
the place of one destroy ed November
8, 1890.
The Providence paper mill of the
Sipgerly Paper and Pulp Company is
now running five days per week. A
reduction of ten per cent has been
made in the wages of the outside
laborers. A practical demonstration
of the good times promised after the
Sherman silver act was repealed.
Mr.. G. W. Cruikshank has received
an appointment to a clerkship in the
office of the Collector of Internal re
venue in Baltimore and will move
his family from EIkton to Baltimore.
We extend our hearty congratulations
and hope it may prove precursor
TO run of good fortune in the future.
Miss Anna Coudon has held with
in the last fortnight ehrysanthemum
show at the residence of Mr.. Henry
S. Coudon near Perryvile. Fifty
varieties of flowers are included in
her collection. The exhibitions were
given in the afternoons and evening
and we're well patronized by the ad-
mirers of those autumn flowers.
The crowded condition of the
primary department in the Elkton
public school has made it necessary
to move a grade from the public
school proper to the Academy build
ing. This will involve the employ
ment of another assistant teacher,
who will be required to teach higher
mathematics and possible classics.
Tie M"rling Juvenile Temple,
Rising Sun, installed the following
officers on the 18th for the ensuing
term: p G.. T., VIM. w. Bryan; c
T., Emma Wilson; c. Il, Lulu
Worthington r. S., Carrie L.
Coates; Asst. S., Mary S. Ryan
+. S.. Hanna NJ Kirk; Treas, Alma
NJ. Keilholtz; g., Edith Ryan; S.,
Joe Richards; G, Carrie z. Kirk;
NJ, Frank c. Firk D. NJ. Carrie A.
Cummings.
Jacob McCardle is again in Elkton
jail for "disorderly conduct" Jacobs
conduct will always be bad as long
ss the state provides whiskey for
him and others at 10 cents drink
The state ought to be put in Jail in
place of Jake. Or may be it would
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