The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-12-01
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Dee. I. 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

residence in Leeds on Thursday
Nov. 23d.
Captain Cohee, of Chesapeake City,
has been appointed lighthouse keeper
at Poole's Island.
j. Fred Crew of Conowingo, has
sold his entire stock of store goods
to Reuben Meisel.
DR.. r r. Crotters wi expose at
public sale his property at Vinegar
Hill Oh December 9th
The almsbouse is rapidly filing
up Six new inmates have been. re-
ceived within the last few days.
Thirty nine hundred pounds of
Thanksgiving poultry were shipped
from Rising Sun station this week.
The James Johnson farm, at Leslie
was sod at Trustees sale on Monday
to Charles H. Benjamin. of Baltimore,
for So 600.
Mr.. George w. Cruikshank and
family left Elkton on Tuesday for
Baltimore, where they will reside in
the future.
A game of foot ball will be played
on the fair grounds at ElktoD to-.
morrow afternoon between Rising
Sun and Elkton.
John Simpson has sold his farm
situated about two miles north of
Elkton, containing Is acres. to VIM.
Colburn, for $500.
Ryan and Garvin have laid porch
floor in front of the meat department
of B. P. Nichols store, which is a
very useful improvement.
John M Solomon, of Wilmington,
Del, has purchased the clay pit of
Wood & Co, at Iron Hill, and has
put force of workmen on it.
The remains of Mrs. Nash, who
died at the residence other daughter.
Mrs. Robert Mitchell, in Wilmington,
were brought to RowlandviIle by the
railroad and buried at Harmony
burying ground on Monday.
jenkins has finished the veranda
of Mr.. Buffing' on's new furniture
store in light buff with brown trim
mings which much improves the front
appearance. Johnson will begin to
pile in the new furniture next week
A meeting of persons interested in
securing q railroad from Elkton
south through the First and Second
districts of this county will be he'd
in Odd Fellows Hall Elkton. on
Tuesday, December 9Th at l | O'Clock.
The SEP supper by the w. r. G
held in the town Hall on Saturday
evening last was not numerously at
tended, but those who we're there
managed to get a good deal of fun
out of the odd dishes which the fair
Mattresses served up in filing their
orders
Special services were held in Elk
ton NJ L Church this week. There
was change of preachers each night.
The arrangement was, on Monday
night, Rev. j P Otis. of Whining
ton; Tuesday night, Rev. Thos. E..
Terry of St Paul's Wilmington;
Thursday night. Rev. w g. Rooms,
of North East; Friday night, Rev. j.
E. Bryan of Rising Sun.
1t is said that the proposed cleo.
trio railway between Havre de Grace
and Belair will he built in the near
future, and that the dynamos and
machinery and appliances for it have
been ordered. Rights of way have
been granted by all the parties
through whose lines the road will
pass The route from Stafford to
Havre de Grace, it is stated, will be
close along the river bank.
Mary Kirk was awarded the Dem.
crest medal in the contest held at the
Friends school house at Calvert on
Friday evening last, under the drec.
ton of the w. G. T U. The second
prize, volume of Helen Jackson g
poems. was awarded Iona England
Miss Rhoda V. Wilson, the sweet
singer of Rising Sun. assisted the
musical part of the entertainment
which was managed by Prof. Weller
The program for December meeting
of Teachers Association at Port
Deposit is as follows: Music, Miss
Marie Barry; essays. Mr.. w. J. Max.
well and Mr. Eugene Reynolds; read
ings, Miss Hannah Whitelock and
Miss Eleanor Nesbtt; music, Miss
Marie Barry. Question for discus
sion: lis Lieut.. Peary justi6able in
his Polar Expedition?" Dsputants
Messrs s, j, Tammany. T, W. Cur
rier, Eugene Reynolds and A. NJ
Vanneman.
On Sunday morning last the Rev
DR.. James L. Vallandigham, for forty
years pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Head of Christians. Del.
preached his farewell sermon. A.
many as four generations of many
families have been under his spiritaa
charge. In the course of his sermon
he gave some statistics of his pas
torate showing that be had baptise(
800 adults and 442 infants, perform
ing 222 marriages, and officiating a
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