The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-03-10

Sleighs were out on Saturday
during the snow blizzard enjoying
their farewell ride for the season
probably.
Harry Peters colored man of the
9Th district died on Sunday night,
February &c whose friends claim be
had reached the uncommon age OF
100 years and upwards.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is erecting new signal tower
at Perryvile which it is stated will
contain % switch levers, % of which
will operate II different switches.
DR.. Dare lost a valuable horse
Tuesday. The animal got hurt in
the stable on Saturday night by be-
coming tangled in its halter. 1t was
so seriously injured that death
resulted.
The "Kaolin Works" property at
North East containing IS acres of
land, was sold at trustees sale last
Friday by VIM. I. Warburton, Esq,
to William T. Hildrup of Trenton,
N. j., for $4,000.
Rev. John McElmoyle, lately pas.
tor of the Tioga (Pa) Presbyterian
Church, has accepted the call recently
extended him by the Presbyterian
Church of EIkton. He is a graduate
Of Princeton Seminary.
Mr.. Chas K;rscht has rented the
room adjoining Kimbell's restaurant
which he will occupy after the 21st
inst, and be prepared to attend to
the wants of his patrons and invites
all who wish footwear or repairing
done to call.
William Brown is going about
with bandaged eye He was help.
ing to push the work on his new
house and while mixing bed of
mortar on Tuesday got portion of
the plaster in his eyes cauing pain
full injury
Mr.. VI. B. Van Bennett made tenn
perance address at RussellviIle Hall on
last Saturday, taking for the text of
his discourse The Thieves of Jericho"
The Oxford Press says he presented the
question "in kind and unparalleled
way" Mr.. Van Bennett must be a
remarkable speaker to have 1.-The
Thieves of Jericho" for text and the
saloon for subject and present them
in kind and unprejudiced way" No
doubt the thieves and saloons appreciate
that kind of handling. 1t is coming
round toward election times and the
Press don't want to hurt anybody's
"phelinx" you know.
The county commissioners were in
session on Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week.
The Clerk submitted letter from the
state Tax Commissioner stating that
the State Board Of Appeals had reduced
the valuation of the shares of capital
stock of the North Avenue Land Com
pany, of Baltimore city, to one dollar
per share and that the action of said
board would reduce the assessment of
the company in Cecil county. 1t was
ordered that the Treasurer return as
insolvent the county tax of $973O on
an assessment of $l1.S=0.
Various changes were ordered to be
made in the assessment for 1893
The Commissioners were engaged
the entire day on Wednesday in revis-
ing the assessments for $685.
Samuel Short and Thomas Shivery
were arrested on Saturday by Bailff
Boulder for drunkenness and dis
order y conduct on the street. They
were each fined 81. and costs amount
ing to $4,S5, by Squire Partridge.
Shivery was released upon payment
of fine but Short was committed to
Jail being unable to raise The smount.
The above is specimen paragraph
such rs appears in the Elkton papers
every week. And similar conditions
exist in all parts of the county. The
people are mighty tired and sick OF
their high license experiment and are
anxious to get another crack at the
infamous law when it will be knock
ed higher than Gilroy's kite.