The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-12-08

Sheriff Boyd took the oath of office
Tuesday and entered upon his duties
The ring understands its business.
Captain Craig caught his sleeve in
cog in the Bib machine shop and
his arm was broken between the
wrist and elbow.
The County Commissioners Or
phans' Court ald School Commits.
sioners will hold their regular month
ly meetings on Tuesday next.
The grip has made its appearance
again and some of our town folks are
complaining Of the torture of this
lndescribable Russian disease.
A wedding took place in Chesa,
peake City November I'D, the groom
Mr.. Oliver 3. Hayes was aged AS;
the BRIDE Miss Etfie NJ. Moody, II.
Mrs. Mariah Smith, an aged lady
OF about 20, and mother-in law of j.
Harve Clark, OF Calvert, fell and
fractured her right ann on Wednes-
day last,
The cold snap on Saturday night.
Nov 25th closed the river at Porl
Deposit Tor the first time this season.
The returning warm wave soon
opened it agar.
There was quite fall of snow on
Tuesday in TINS section of country
which tempted few sleighs out ON
Wednesday morning but the warm
sun soon spoiled The fun.
Another butcheriDg establishment
will soon be started in town, Homard
Terry and j. t. Rale have rented
Smedley's old stand and are whetting
their knives for the slaughter.
Mrs. Carrie V. Dickinson, wife of
Mr.. Walter Dickinson of Bethel, and
daughter of W. B. Coleman, of Chesa-
peake City, died very suddenly Sun
day, in the twenty-fourth year of her
age.
Main street of our little borough
has been thoroughly piked from Buff
tington's stoae to the Maryland
House from sidewalk to sidewalk.
Other parts of the street are re-
ceiving similar attention.
Robert G. Seedlings news and
tobacco store at Port Deposit was
broken into one night last week and
about $50 worth of goods stolen.
The money drawer was broken open
but there was no cash in it.
DR.. c. M. Ellis through his solicitor
Clinton Mccullough. Esq. has Fl ed a
bill in equity for the sale of Odd
Fellows Hall, Elkton. The property
is owned by the plaintiff, and the
heirs of the late James B. Groome
The game of foot ball arranged
between Rising Sua and Eikton, to
have been played at Elkton on Sat-
urday last, was cancelled by the
manager of the latter team, owing, he
claimed, to the disability of some OF
his players.
Elizabeth Brown a colored woman
of the 9Th district is reported to have
reached her 100th year on Thanks
giving day We presume this case
10 like most of the reported colored
centenarians, matter of memory
unsup ported by documentary evid
ence.
Marriage licenses were issued last
week by the Clerk of the Court as
follows: Nov. 25th, Willie Reason
and Hester Brooks colored, of Earle
vile; Nov 28th, FL Frank Witworth
and Elizabeth E. Hughes, of Elkton
Nov. 29th Harry McGulrck and
Catharine E. Galloway, of North
East; Walter A George and Elnora
Seward of Elkton.
AT the regular meeting of National
Lodge No. 81. l. O. o. F., of Elkton
held on Friday evening last, the fol
lowing officers were chosen for the
ensuing six months: N. G., Fl. G
Wells; Y. G.. j. A. Sloan; Secretary
Ricketts, Nelson; Permanent Sect.
M. R. Gilpin; Treas. George Nc
Quilkin; Chap, C. E. Alexander
Trustees, G E. Alexander, j. G
Dunbar and w. H. Cole.
A meeting of those favorable to .
railroad down the Eastern Shore wa.
held in the Agricultural Society.
room, in Elkton, Tuesday. There
was good attendance and deep in
terest manifested. Samuel c. Row
land was made president, and Geo
r. Ash secretary. After an inter
change of views, it was resolved tha
the president appoint a committee o
nine gentlemen to procure charter
If the Democrats Conowingo cor
respondent is varacious reporter
the Conowingoes gould give tb,
wild and woolly west points. H,
says:
Certain young men gather il
postoffices at mail time and spit al
over the floor, racket, wrestle
sauawk, cackle, bray, yell, whoop
swear and a lot of other unbecomin!
hieroglyphics.''
They behave better at the Sun
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