The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-16

the West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church next Sunday.
Children's Day exercises will bt
held in Ebenezer church next Sun
day, 18th, at 8 o'clock p m.
The town commissioners have had
the board walk On South Queen
street, leading to the depot renewed
this week.
The June meeting of the Cecil
Farmers Club was held on Wednes
day last at the residence of Mr.. Jno
P. Wilson, near Sy!mar.
Rev. W. W. Goodman, pastor o.
Oxford NJ. E. Church, will occupy the
pulpit in Rising Sun M. E. Church
Sunday morning, June 18th.
The Reynolds-Hunt building has
received portico, and the new build
ing across the street of Mr.. Chas
Kirscht is nearing completion.
Farmers complain that the corn
crop is in the back ground, its
numerous enemies having made 8
combined attack ON the crop this
season.
The June session of the Circuit
Court for Cecil county will convene
on Monday next the 10th. The June
term has no jury and generally last
but one day.
Last Sunday was childrens' day at
Hopewell church. Also at Rising
Sun M. E. Church. Childrens' day
at the Churches has come to be the
brightest day in their calendar.
Mr.. R. X. Rawlings, one of our
sixth district most pushing farmers
is building commodious barn
which he expects to have ready to
receive the harvest which is rapidly
maturing.
Merritt S. McNamee has been ap.
pointed associate judge of the
Orphans Court to fill the vacancy
made by the death of James NJ.
Evans. The appointment is an ex.
cellent one.
School Superintendent, Mr.. Geo.
Biddle, examined about one hundred
and twenty candidates for public
school teachers last week. Elkton
and Port Deposit were the places of
meeting where the examinations took
place.
Murray Vandiver of Havre de
Grace has been appointed Collector
of the Port of Baltimore which shows
that Senator German rules national
politics for the democracy of Mary
land and is President Cleveland's
Lieutenant for The state.
The Mccullough Iron Works at
North East are undergoing extensive
alterations. Shannon stack is about
completed. The FORCES are being
torn ont, the intention being to put
in box annesliug furnaces, thus doing
away with the old open ones.
Record of marriage licenses issued
by the Clerk of the Court fof Cecil
county. June 8, Morris M. Drum
mond, of Wilmington and Sarah E..
McCauley OF Andora. June 6, Chas.
Fl. Peabody and Mile NJ. Norris,
both of Port Deposit; Holiday H.
Kirk and Susanna e. jackson, both
of Principle, Michael Worth of
Havre de Grace and Sallie Ladore of
Elkton. June 7, William H. Har-
rington of Pennington and Holster
S. Janney of Bay View; B. Frank
Clark and Sarah NJ. Broadwater both
of Elkton.
McClenahan & Bro, had prospects
for more work than they could likely
do this year, but the stringenoy of
the money market has caused many
large corporations to with hold con
tracts for the present, and the above
firm has discharged about one hun
dred stone cutters and laborers and
will likely discharge more in the
near future.
The above paragraph is clipped
from one of our county exchanges,
and is further evidence of that boom
ing prosperity of the country which
President Harrison expaciated so
grandiloquently on bis retiring mes.
sage. and to which all the monopoly
republican papers responded to in
hearty chorus. 1t has died to very
soft whisper however. Times might
be better they think if there was
more "confdence' and less money
The trustees of Elkton academy
held a meeting last week. R. c. Lewis
was elected trustee to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of J. f. Wilson.
DR.. X. c. Mackall resigned as trustee
and W. H. Mackall, his son, was
elected to fill the vacancy.
There being two vacancies in the
free scholarships. the same we're filed
by the appointment of Blanche Ford
and Guy johnson.
The third annual commencement,
since the academy was merged into
the public school, will be held at the
Odd Fellows hall at lO.30 a. m. on
Friday Both inst, when four scholars
will graduate. There will be music
and other exercises and an address
by Rev. l. L. Wood. Eight medals
will be awarded for work done during
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