The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-02
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, june 2, 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

Charles H. Dunning, formerly of this
county, died in Philadelphia on We'd
nesday, oath inst, aged sixty-three
years.
The shipment of berries from the
Peninsula is now fully under way
from forty to fifty carloads 60 north
daily.
W.D. Price, treasurer, has submitted
his statement of the finances of the
town of Elkton for the year ending
May 1st The receipts were $7,247 .83,
and cash balance of $50 so.
Malcolm R. Gilpin, assistant freight
agent at Elkton station, and Miss
Carrie C. Walker, of Elkton, were mar
ried at Atlantic City on Tuesday, May
10th, by Rev. William Altman.
The Rising Sun w. G. T. U. will
meet in the lecture room of the church
on Thursday, June Sth at $50 O'Clock.
All members who Joined in May are
expected to pay their dues at the meet
ing.
Robert Cameron, who was injured
some months ago by being struck by
train of cars at the North East station,
has received IS, 600 from the Phiadel
phia. Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road Company.
1t was announced from the pulpit at
West Nottingham Presbyterian Church
last Sunday that there would be a
nomination and an election of an elder
on the following Sunday, June 4th to
fill vacancy.
Cards are out for the wedding of Jno.
S. Deford, of North East, ana Miss May
Foulks, of Elk Neck. The ceremony
will take place at the residence of the
brides parents, on Thursday, June 18th,
at six O'Clock p. m.
The dry weather is telling on the
gardens and grass crop. The poorest
crop of hay will be harvested in this
section this season that has been in
several years. The NOW felds are
generally very weedy.
David Lewis purchased the real estate
of Eliza Forester, decd, containing 90
acres of land, located near Bay View,
at public auction. at the Court House
door, on Thursday last week from w.
T. Warburton, Attorney, for ST. 25.
The storage house of the damask
mill operated by NJ. Gambrill & Com
pany. near Elkton, was burned out on
Saturday afternoon last. The building
was of stone; in it were stored oil and
waste stock, The loss was not heavy.
Next Sunday Rev. s. A. Gayley, d.
D., will preach his farewell sermon at
West Nottingham. A very large con
gregation no doubt will assemble on
that occasion to take leave of their
minister who has so long ministered
acceptably to them.
During thunderstorm on Tuesday
evening of last week Miss Ann Gregg,
an aged lady of Principle Furnace,
was struck on the head with a shutter
while trying to fasten it. The blow
caused sudden attack of paralysis
from which she died on Saturday.
John D. Haines and wife started for
Omaha on Saturday morning last. He
left sooner than he anticipated on ac-
count ola notice by telegraph that he
must be on hand on June LIST if he de-
sired the situation offered him as the
firm could not hold it open for him
longer.
A small gray bug, something like
the rose bug is destroying the young
corn plants in the lower edge of Chester
and Lancaster counties. This new
"bug" has made its appearance in the
neighhorhood of Zion, and is playing
havoc with some corn fields. The bug
burrows below the surface an inch or
so and cuts off the tender plant. Our
agricultural bugologists will doubtless
soon be after the little turk.
While loading telegraph poles at the
North East depot on Saturday after
noon last one of the poles slid around
so that one end projected over the north
bound track of the Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore Railroad. and
while in that position was struck by
the engine of an express train running
at 3 rapid rate. The glass In the cab
was broken, and pieces struck the
engineer in the face, injuring him
slightly.
AT the approaching commencement
of Lafayette College, S. T. Wilson, son
of Thos. J. Wilson, of Rising Sun, will
graduate as a civil engineer. AS a
mark fhis high standing he has been
assigned SPECIAL GRAFTON. The Technical
grafton. Mr.. Wilson will have taken
his degree in three years, having been
prepared for the Sophmore class at
West Nottingham Academy. He has
already secured a responsible and lucra-
tive position at Phillipsburg, NJ.
Leonard w. Lee, who resides on Mr..
4. ,. Rays farm short distance from
Kissing Sun, was the subject of a sur,
prise greeting by half hundred or more
of his friends and neighbors one even.
ing last week, who called to celebrate
Mr., Lees birth day, The large com-
pany spent an enjoyable evening. en-.