The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-09-01
NEWS.
Friday, Sept. L, 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

stephens nave returned nOLue lTOIu tne
Worlds Fair.
Rey. S. A GayIey of Wayne is spend
ing few days with Mr.. and Mrs. A.
l.. Duyckinck.
Amos r. Brown occupied the pulpit
in the NJ. E, Church at thy place last
Sunday morning.
H. A. Baily of Bristol, Bucks Co.,
Pa, is visiting his cousin, J. D. Headly,
near Rising Sun.
Mrs. John T. Reynolds and daughter
of Media are visiting Mrs. Amy Rey-
nolds near Rising Sun.
The Friends Normal school building
at this place has been supplied with the
convenience of we'll of good water.
Attention is directed to the advertise
ment of the new warehouse firm Of
Slicer & Hartenstine in another column.
Mr.. and Mr.. Sam'l T. Reynolds left
Rising Sun last Wednesday for trip
to Williams Grove and adjacent points.
Mr.. Geo. G. Reynolds and family are
spending a week at Williams Grove,
Pa, attending the Farmers Institute.
The linemen of the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph Company have been
working here this week replacing new
poles and adding another cross arm.
Rey. Mr.. McLane of Carlisle preach
ed at West Nottingham last Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Mcleod, formerly of Avon
dale, will preach September Sd and 10th
Prof. w. L. Kaufman returned to
Rising Sun last Monday and will open
the fall term at Friends Normal In
stitute with competent assistant, on
Monday, September, II.
Nottingham Quarterly Meeting of
Friends will convene at Brick Meeting
House this morning friday at 10
O'Clock. A First day sch DOL confer
ence will be held on Saturday morning.
The large maple Tree at the corner of
Main and Queen streets has been
denuded of its branches and the bare
trunk with the large prongs alone is
left. A new top is expected to form
next season.
The public sale of the real and
personal property of Mr.. e. P. Pass
more of this town was held on Monday
The house which is large surrounded
by fine grounds, sold for $4,000. Mrs.
Cornelia Black burn, sister-in. law of
Mr.. Passmore was the purchaser. The
household goods sold for fair prices.
Mr.. Passmore will leave town to reside
with one of his sons in Ohio, it is re-
ported.
Thursday evening of last week J. A.
Pogue, one of Rising Suns liyerymen
hired team to a colored individual
who paid in advance and said he would
be back in the course of a few hours.
He evidently lost the road or had a
short memory, presumably the latter
from later accounts of some of his tran
sactions, for when Friday dawned team
and darby were still out in the cold,
cold world. After several days search
the horse was found tied in woods
near Wilmington, the harness hidden
near by and still further search traced
the buggy to Wilmington where it had
been sold for $40 and resold for SIT.
From appearances the horse had been
living on wind and hadn't much of
that left when found The forgetful
darby has not put in appearance to offer
any apology yet. In the meantime
Allie is trying to figure out the profits
of the transaction.
The marriage of Winter Lincoln
Wilson, eldest son of the late John
E. Wilson, of Elkton to Miss Mary
Mahala Turner took place at ST.
Paul's English Lutheran Church,
Washington, D. c., on Thursday,
Aug. 31st.
After a careful post-m ortem DR., T.
H. Mackie says that the cattle of
Henry and Joseph Coudop, of near
Perryville, died of the Texas fever.
The disease was contracted from a
herd of cattle brought from the
South, which were pasturing GA
Henry Cogdon's farm.
Miss Caroline X. Budd, eldest
sister of Miss Mary l.. Budd, assist
ant teacher in the EIkton public
school, was married at the home of
her parents in Smyrna, Del, on
Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 23d to
Mr.. James H. McNeal, of Easton,
Md. The ceremony was performed
by the BRIDES brother. Rev. Henry
G. Budd, assisted by Rev. Adam
Stengle,
The following changes in the mail
schedule of Cecil county has been
made: North East to Calvert.
Leave North East daily except Sum-
day IL a. H., arrive Calvert by p.
M, leave Calvert daily except Sun
day $50 a. M, arrive North East by
7.30 a. m. Blue Ball to Leeds. Leave
Blue Ball daily except Sunday $50
a. IN, arrive Leeds by 7.15 a. NJ,
leave Leeds daily except Sunday TO-.
Is a. M, arrive Blue Ball by 11.4O
o. m.
A tragic coincidence is reported
by DR.. Housekeeper, physician ofth
County Almshouse. Moses Pharaoh