The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-12-15
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Dec. 15. 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

sold Monday to William Jack, OF
Liberty Grove. for $535l. 1t con-
tains 1Ol acres.
Capt. VIM. H. Fowler, of old Fort
Defiance, while chopping block
with a Ratchet, cut the ends off of
three of his fingers.
Tie steamer City Belle has gone
into winter quarters at Havre de
Grace. She is safe from the expected
ice freshet next spring.
Revival services commenced at
Rowlandville NJ f. Church Tuesday
evening. Dec, 18th. Rey. W. C..
Gray is to assist the pastor. Rev.
Jas. Purnell.
L. NJ. Haines, ESQ.,, the republican
candidate for the Senate has served
a notice of contest upon c. G. Croth-
ers. Esq, whose election as Senator
will be contested.
j. Newman Davis, son of L D.
Davis, cashier of the Second National
Bank of Elkton. sang at o concert
given in Hasre de Grace Tuesday
evening of last week.
The Pawnee medicine men have
been delighting the citizens of the
neighborbood with music and pictures
and relieving their ills with their
medicine and faith.
James w. Quinn died suddenly in
Paris. His fine residence, near Port
Deposit, is one OF the attractions of
Cecil county. Mr. Guinn was for
eign buyer for New York house.
The committee appointed at the
Eastern Shore railroad meeting last
week. met in Elkton Tuesday and
drafted charter to be presented at
the next session of the Legislature.
A. P. Shockley of the firm of
Shockley & Smith auctionees of Elk.
ton, was severely burt by jumping
from carriage, the team of which
had taken fright and was running
off
Jesse Lukens will sell at public
sale on the farm of S. j. Reynolds on
Monday next Fl head of first class
cows, Jerseys, Durhams and Hol.
stems, from Medina county, O. See
adv. in another column.
Governor Brown has pardoned Eli
Tucker, who was convicted for the
murder of Uriah johnson in Hartford
county, in May last.
The governor will get Ellis vote
the next time he is up for office.
The restaurant of Washington
Little, at Port Deposit, was entered
by burglars on Wednesday night.
Dec. 9th and robbed of barrel of
coal, lot of pies, cakes and cigars.
The burglars were supposed to be
near neighbors.
Mr.. j. G. Bell of Conowingo is
making extensive improvements on
his property at that place, John
Hunter, millwright, and G. y. Nc
Clure, tinsmith, of Rising Sun, are
engaged in repairing the mill and
hotel properties.
Thieves made an unsuccessful at
tempt to get into the house of Capt.
Zach Cooling of Chesapeake City. on
Monday night, Dec 4th, by trying
to force open one of the back
windows of the kitchen, but were
frightened off by their dog.
At the annual meeting of the board
of directors of the Cecil County
Agricultural Society, held in Elkton,
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Geo. S.
Wonlley; Vice Pres, z. Porter Lusby
Sec. and Treas, John M. Tucker.
On Wednesday morning, Dec. 9th
o corps of surveyors of the B. & O.
staff, starting at Childs. surveyed a
line to Elkton and will continue on
down the county. This survey is
being made in the interest of the
Lancaster, Cecil and Southern R. r
Arthur Wallace, Walter Bond,
Alex. Warfeld and David Blosh were
taken to Elkton Jail by Constable
W. j. Purner, of the Seventh district.
they are charged with having en-
tered the store of Robt. L. Seedlings,
of Port Deposit, and stealing gold
watch, a number of pipes, smoking
tobacco and gold pin and case. They
were committed by B. F. Caldwell to
await the action OF the grand jury.
The parties arrested are colored, and
range in age from IA to 20 years.
The Rising Sun correspondent of
the Democrat says:
The Keely cure fever has struck
our. town, and one of our citizens
who had an uncomfortable appetite
for strong drink is nov being pre-
scribed for at Media Keely Institute,
There is an extensive field for opera.
tions in this section where the Keely
doctors might try their hands. Many
persons of old fashioned ideas still
believe that the best cure is to put
the stuff out of the reach of persons
who get drunk whenever they have
an opportunity and the cash.
Noulson e. Go. and Oliver Nickle