The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-12-22
A great many farms in this county

goods aud thronged with customers,
sdmiring and buying
Samuel A. Sturgeon who was re-
commended for postmaster of North
East by Congressman Talbot has
received the appointment.
The Court has appointed Joseph
p. McCay. a young lawyer OF tho 9TH
district, Examiner in ChAncery, vice,
John +. Wilson, deceased.
The new fire alarm bell in Elkton
is voted a failure. Hasn't loud
enough voice to wake people. Some
people are hard to wake up.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. 7. Leedom Of
North East will celebrate the silver
anniversary Of their wedding this
evening amid congratulating friends
A large barge was launched at Elk
Landing last week built by the Die.
bert Brothers, and christened Ttos.
McNalty by Miss Kate Jamison Of
Elkton who broke bottle Of wine
over the boats head.
New postmasters haye been ap
pointed at Cherry Hill and North
East within the past week. D..
Whitaker succeeds Joseph Cantwell
at the former place, and Mr. Stur-
geon succeeds Mr.. McCraeken ut
North East.
The Racket store In ElktOn, pro-
prietor C. c. Caldwell. caught FIRE on
Wednesday night last week and
about $1,000 damsge was sustained
by the goods from fire and water.
The loss is covered by insurance 10
large city stock company.
Burlington has filed his new build.
ing with furniture from ground floor
to roof. Furniture. carpets, mat
tresses till you "can't rest" Last
Saturday was selectsd for "grand
opening" occasion but the storm
frowned down that enterprise.
Miss Marion E. Money Of Leeds
has been elected assistant to teach
class in the ElktoD Academy, which
was removed from the public school
building that was over crowded. The
assistant at the Academy was re-
quired to be competent to teach tri-
gonometry. Latin. French and
German. Miss Money is q graduate
of Western Maryland College.
The Elkton and Southern railroad
company was organized last we ok at
meeting called for the purpose at
Elkton. Messrs. George Biddle
David P, Davis, John S. Writ. John
J. Williams II. H. Brady. z Porter
Lusby, George S. Woolley, Manly
Drennen and DIR. Howard Bratton
were named as the incorporators of
the company. The capital stock Of
the company was placed at S110 900
the par value Of the shares being $50.
DR.. Howard Brattou was elected
permanent secretary and treasurer of
the committee. Messrs. Woolley,
Writ and Drennen were appointed a
committee to secure the necessary
legislation. Tie executive committee
was named as follows: Messrs. Writ.
Bratton, Dreunen. Woolley and
Biddle.
The court on Monday afternoon
took up the contested election case
of Clinton j. White vs.. John Albert
Boyd. The court refused to grant
the petition filed by the attorneys for
White asking the court to pass an
order directing the clerk of the court
to produce the ballots cast at the
last election before the examiner and
furnish said examiner with copies of
said ballots until it has been estab-
lished that the ballots are the same
as were cast at the recent election,
and that they have not been tempered
with in any manner. Until this is
done the court will take no action in
the matter.
When we learned the amount of
red tape the law required to be ua.
wound and rewound we concluded
this was about she size of it. The
chief judge of election of the fifth
district put both feet in it as if by
design, when he pocketed the rejected
ballots in direct violation of law
which lay right under his eye. order.
ing such ballots to be sealed up in
the box.
s. r. Kimbell has the newest and
cheapest Christmas goods in town.