The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-04-07
NEWS.
Friday, April z. 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

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residence in Calvert last Friday, ageC
70 years.
The Young Ladies' Home Mission
sociable will be held at the home Of
Mrs. Gertie Pogue this FRIDAY )evening'
The regular monthly sessions ofthe
County Commissioners, School Com
missioners and Orphans Court will be
held on Tuesday next.
Rt. Rev. Bishop A. A. Curtis will
have services at Rising SIM, Sunday
April 10th at 1890 a. m. There will be
no Mass next Sunday, April g.
In EIkton, on Tuesday afternoon, the
4lh inst, Ezekiel c.. Hammond and
Miss Ida M. Mahoney, of Mechanics
Valley, were married by Rev. I. L.
Wood.
Abe Buzzard Lancaster county bird
who has been brooding in the peniten-
tiary for several years was released last
week. Abe rather out ranks the Oxford
bell buzzard.
Zodiac, one of the finest bred stations
in the county is the property of Geo.
w. Williams at College Green. The at
tenlion of breeders is especially directed
to this noble young horse.
About two acres of woodland belong
ing to the Cecil Paper Mil were burned
last Sunday afternoon. Some boys had
fire in the woods roasting Easter eggs
when it stole march on them.
Jesse French, proprietor of the hotel
at Bald Friar, this county, died last
Friday. He was at his brother,in laws,
Charles Gervin, Texas, on March %,
when he had a paralytic stroke.
8. P. RYAN and Sons expect to COM
mence work on the new Catholic
church at this place, soon, so report
says. The foundation walls have been
waiting the builders for quite while
Richard Harper. formerly of Calvert
died last Friday morning at the resi-
dence of his son, Mortimer Harper
Thurlow, Delaware county. Mr.. Harper
had paralytic stroke the day before
his death.
VIM. NJ. Reynolds who has been an
employee at the Cecil Paper mill for 20
years met with serious accident on
last Friday. He was putting belt on
pulley when his left arm was caught
and broken and his face badly injured.
The Nottingham public school, Miss
Saba A. Scott, teacher, will give a
musical and literary entertainment on
Thursday evening next, 18th inst. The
program will consist of musical selec-
tions, recitations, readings, dialogues,
etc.
Mrs. Gillespies millinery store in
this town has quite an attractive APP
pearance. She is showing large num-
Der of handsomely trimmed hats, beside
varied assortment of untrimmed ones
in all the latest shapes. Mrs Gillespie
also carries full stock of trimmings
including most of the novelties of the
season.
The Rising Sun VIC. 7. U. will hold
their next meeting on Thursday, April
18th at 2 80 O'Clock in the lecture room
of the church. The meeting will be in
the interest of Sabbath observance aud
a special program will be prepared.
April to 10 being self denial week
all members will bring their offering
and relate their experience in sell
denial on the day of meeting.
John B. Finley of Prospect, Hartford
county, has secured the contract for
painting the new Reynolds & Hunt
building and commenced work last
Monday. The building will be painted
pea green with dark olive green trim
ming.
The work of plastering is now being
pushed, Messrs. G. H. Kirk and Millard
Coale being the artists in charge.
r. r. Burlington has got his new
furniture store room in what was origi-
nally known as Odd Fellows Hall, fill
ed with furniture and the young house.
keepers can be fitted out at short notice
There is fine variety of furniture to
select from. Mr.. Frank Jenkins
papered the room; which includes both
the rooms the ground door was former
ly divided into, and touched up the
wood work with the paint brush. Old
acquaintance will hardly recognize the
place in its new role and dress.
Ernest H. Robertson has secured a
position with Strawbridge & Clothier
in the silk department.
Lewis r. Kirk, Jr., who has been at
tending Philadelphia College of Phar-
macy, graduated last week and Rising
Sun now contains one more "medicine
man."
DR.. II. d. Barnes, formerly of Wood
lawn, this county, but at present in
charge of the Pittsburg office of Drs
Mccoy & Wildman, catarrh specialists
paid short visit to his parents this
week.
Record of marriage liQenses issued
by the Clerk of the Court for Ceci
county: March 2s, George P. Virgin
and Vista Nj. Hamb!eton, both OF
Rising Sun; March 20. John T
Gawne, of Philadelphia, Mary +
Ii. Mercy, of Elkton. March 80