The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-04-14
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, April IL, 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

Barnes d Harte nstlne are closing
up their business. See their ad.
Mr.. Crspian Taylor Of Rock
Spring, is now foreman of the Nc.
Cullough Iron Co.'S. farm.
Mr.. Harvey Garvin has purchased
of William Brown lot of ground,
and intends putting up a dwelling
house in the near future.
Amanda Rich. negro woman of
Chesapeake City, was committed to
jail last week as being insane. With
an asylum belonging to the county
why are insane persons put in Jail?
Mr.. S. B. Foard will open pool
and billiard room in the basement of
Odd Fellows Hall, Ekton. upon the
removal of the Cecil Comfy Ne,os
from the building A roost for
gamblers.
A man from the barrens passing
Sloan's maj bic yard in Eikton the
other day and seeing the tomb stones
and monuments inquired what grave
yard" it was. Zehnder, take in your
tomb stones.
The petition of Isaac f. Vanars-
dale, formerly OF Zion, for a position
as superintendent Of division 10 the
Agricultural Department was filed
by Representative Talbot in the de-
partment on Thursday 9th inst.
The rains of last week renewed
this have extlnguished the forest
fire which seemed to be raging in all
quarters. Since railroads have been
built in all parts of the country the
annual destruction Of forests by fires
is very great.
Otto Zook, who has been employed
for several years freight agent and
book-keeper at the Port Deposit &
Columbia Railroad depot, Port De-
post, has accepted position at
Columbia, Pa. Mr.. j. Fred West
succeeds Mr.. Zook as freight agent.
Fred Gurnauser succeeds Mr.. West
as ticket agent at depot.
On last Tuesday evening, 4th inst.
Mrs. D. M. Hanna, residing near
Mechanics Valley in this county,
missed her footing and fell to the
bottom of the cellar distance of
six of seven feet upon the sharp
stone steps below, cutting deep
cash behind her right ear which bled
profuse'y and otherwise bruising her
limbs and body.
Rising Sun NJ. E. Sunday School
has elected the following officers for
one year: Supt.. W. Lewis Ryan !;
Secretary, Miss Ethel Hartenstine !;
Treasurer, Edwin Haines MIS-,
sionary Treasurer, Mrs. Mary L
Brown; Assist Supt W. w Garter :;
Librarians, Miss Hanna j Reynolds
and Miss f. Beatrice Keilholtz :;
Chorister, Caleb Conner Organist,
Miss Mary Conner.
Shad have been brought to town
by the haulers in limited numbers
this week The most of the fishing
is being done by pound nets The
long hauling seins arc being less
used, and are only employed in the
most favorable locations. The
pound net is much less expensive
1t is said the shad is shy of the
pound When they strike the lead
net they back off. The herring fol.
low it up till they enter the trap.
A committee of peninsula peach
growers appeared before the board of
health of Philadelphia recently and
requested them to exclude all peaches
the fruit of trees affected with the
yellows from that market as such
fruit was dangerous. They said that
no peach grower could be induced to
eat two Of such peaches. Tle trees
smitten with yellows ripen their fruit
one to six weeks in advance of the
same family of healthy trees. The
fruit is also very large and fine in
appearance but not fit to eat.
Record of marriage licenses issued
by the Clerk of the Court for Cecil
county: Mar. 81, Isaac w. Ham
mond of Woodlawn, and Edna l..
Thompson of Port Deposit. April i
Ernest S. Miller and Lizzie B. Nc
Vey, both of Mechanics Valley;
Robert B Russell of Liberty Grove,
and Sara E. Craig of Colora; Frank
Hill and Laura Leeger, both colored
of Havre de Grace April 3, Ezekial
Hammond, and Ida NJ. Mahoney,
both of Mechanics Valley, j. Swami
EyerisL and Labnts D. Pussy, both
of Port Deposit; Walter G., Clayton
of St. Augustine, and Mary E. Free.
man, of Chesapeake City. April 5,
Harry Wilson and Kate Deflsh, both
of Havre de Grace.
A law suit at which large number
of witnesses were examined, was
tried before Justice John Partridge
in Elkton, last week, which was q
sixth district matter. A lot Of
wheat was sold at public sale last
spring on the Clifford farm by Rut-
lidge Clifford, which was understood
to contain 20 acres. H. c. Nc
powell bought one half the wheat
under the impression he vas buying
10 acers. After purchasing he had
the field surveyed which proved tC