The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-01-27
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Jan. ~ 1898.
MINORLOCALS

Chas NJ. Keilholtz has opened res
taurant in connection with the bakery
kept by Alex. Hoffman,.
H. J. Effing, Rising Suns tonsorial
artist, contempIates running a cigar
stand in connection with his business.
James w. Jones. well known mer
chant of Havre de Grace. dropped dead
on Tuesday morning of last week. He
was in the 57th year of his age.
Thursday. February I'd will be
ground hog day. The next noted day
will be the 1st of April, All FOOLS day;
both members of the same family.
The Agricultural Societs, held a
meeting on Tuesday at which the Ex-
ecutive Committee were instructed to
select managers for the different de.
partments.
DIR. R. D. Dodson of Delta appeared
on our streets last Saturday in a fine
turnout, having taken advantage of
the good sleighing to pay a visit to
former associates. He was accom-
panied by his daughter and they were
the guests of DR.. e. S. Dare.
A son of Gavin Shippers, who lives
with Dennis Mullen. on the Blue Ball
road. was bitten by the mad dog which
passed through Eikton and created
such excitement in that town last
Tuesday. The boy is being carefully
treated so as to ward off hydrophobia.
Messrs. Frank and Harry Yerkes,
former butchers of this town but now
engaged in the livery business at Ken
nett Square, were in Rising Sun last
Saturday calling on old acquaintance
and report business brisk, teams for
sleighing being in steady demand at
$100 per hour.
Three or four cases of small pox are
reported at Frenchtown or vicinity,
but they are isolated and no danger of
the disease spreading is apprehended.
Frenchtown is the station on the rail-
road between Port Deposit and Perry
vile within a short distance of the
Eureka fertilizer works.
The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor of West Nottingham
Presby terrain Church will observe
Christian Endeavor Day on Feb. Sd
The exercises will be held in the
church. A special programme prepar-
ed by the united society will be used
for the occasion. All are invited to at
tend. BY ORDER OF Com.
Excelsior Lodge No. 81, I. o. o. F. of
Rising Sun he'd their annual social
supper yesterday evening. The ban
quet or supper was laid in the town
hail and members. their wives and
number of invited guests partook of
the good things which loaded the festal
board. After the feasting speech
making was INDUCED in by several of
the members.
A full attendance of Crystal Lodge is
desired on next lodge night WED. Feb.
1st) as matters of importance are to be
discussed. The following members
were nominated and elected Wednes-
day evening, Jan. 25th. for ensuing
term: G. t., John Mahan; V. T.,
Mary Shade; X S.. Harvey Truman;
F. s., w. w. Carter; Treas, NJ. E.
Kirk; Chap, Belle Keilholtz; Mar,
Reba S, Nichols; Guard, Jennie War
den; Sent. J. M. Campbell S. j. T., E.
A. Reynolds.
Farmers beware A new swindling
scheme now in process of operation is
liable to catch good many. A stranger
goes around the country representing
an insurance company, insures pro
perty, particularly farm property, and
presents you with a handsome policy.
If no fire occurs the farmer is never
aware of the swindler, but if there is a
fire he then finds to his sorrow that the
whole affair is a hoax. There Is not.
nor never was such company. The
pretended agent pockets the money and
that is the last you ever hear of him or
his company. Moral-Deal with old
and reliable companies, represented
by live local agents.-Ea.
The past few days of mild weather
has brought from their roosting
places, somewhere down in Dixie an
immense flock of buzzards, a hun
dred or more ranged along on post
and rail fence is quite a noyel sight
while dozens are sailing around in
the air. These winged scavengers
have been attracted by offal thrown
from a certain slaughter house on
the out skirts of the borough.
At the annual meeting of the
managers and proprietors of Rose
bank Cemetery, Calvert, held Satur.
day, January IA, the old board of
officers and managers were re. elected:
S. j. Brown, president; John p
Wilson, Job Brown, Levi o. Cameron,
Job M. Griffith, Samuel Haddock
Washington Underwood; C. NJ Refs
Ter, secretary and treasurer; Jacob
Berriker, superintendent. The re-
port of treasurer shows the available