The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-08-11
Friday, Aug. IL, 1893.
MINOR LOCALS

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afternoon.
The Elkton and Rising Sun base
ball teams will play on the fair
grounds tomorrow afternoon.
The Rising Sun and Port Deposit
clubs will play game of base ball
at Port Deposit on Tuesday next.
A marriage license was issued on
August l to Harvey R PevonShire,
of Rowlandville, and AMSNo Watkins,
CT Port Deposit.
The money drawer in DR.. Carson's
drug store at Rock Run, was robbed
on Tuesday evening of last week
about O clock and the money drawer
carried away.
The call for republican primaries
has been issued and August 10Th is
the time appointed for going through
the ceremony of arranging for a
ticket The ruling passion is strong
in death.
The last charge of the old republi-
can guard is being made to endeavor
to shift public attention again on the
tariff seed wort. Too late Their
fate will be that of Napoleon's
guards at Waterloo.
The Elkton Grange always has
pleasant excursion to Colchester.
Two weeks ago they had their annual
outing. Four hundred persons &C
companied the order on the trip
which was delightful one.
Rev. NJ. j. Mcleod will occupy
the pulpit at West Nottingham Pres
byterian church on Sunday next, 18th
inst. and Rev Wilbur C. Mickey of
New Hope, Pa, will preach there
Aug. goth.
The Harmony Rowlandville M. P.
Church festival recently held was
made inharmonious by some drunk
characters. The trustees of the
church publish card warning them
what they may expect if they should
disturb their church meetings in
future.
The Hover Ink Company of North
East lave been awarded the contract
for supplying the Department of the
Interior with writing fluid. Their
bid was in competition with the ink
firms of the country which speaks
we'll for the quality of the article
they manufacture.
The improvements to the Elkton
gas works are completed and the
retorts in operation. The supply of
gas is better and fully sufficient for
the heaviest demand. The company
reduced the price of gas per thousands
feet in January to 81, and Sl.5O per
thousand for fuel purposes.
The advertisement in another
column of Chas. Kirscht, our Rising
Sun shoemaker, is pointer to those
in need of work in his line. He has
built up trade in this neighborhood
by promptly keeping his engage
ments, doing first class work, and
deserves further encouragement
Tie dry weather is playing havoc
with the tomatoes and sweet corn in
Hartford as in Cecil, but Hartford is
much more extensively engaged in
the canning business than this
county and consequently has larger
area OF those crops to suffer. Potatoes
are suffering everywhere in this region
of country from drought.
Governor Brown gave the follow
ing denial when solicited to release
from the penitentiary Stephenson
Archer.
81 have already expressed my
views in the matter. Archer has
one more year to serve from Septem-
Der next, and all the pardons in the
world would not remove the stigma
that he has brought upon himself and
family and he is as well cared for
there with no expense to his family,
as he would be out. l don't believe
in a man losing his citizenship or
being ostracised out before his time
expires in order TO give him this
right"
DR.. Lewis whose home was in Elk.
ton was county surveyor of this
county for brief period and when
he died, many years since, he was in
very reduced circumstances. He
left three small children two sons
and a daughter One of the sons
was about six years Of age and the
other four. One of the children at
the death of their father was taken
care of by relatives and the other,
Arthur, the younger was placed in a
home in Philadelphia. The boy who
was placed in the home remained
their till he was 10 when he left and
card was given him bearing his
name and birth place, Strangely
enough his relatives lost sight of
him and concluded he was dead.
Last week one day a well dressed
gentleman arrived in Elkton and in.
quired if there was any people by
the name of Lewis residing their
He was informed there were at Cherry
Hill, and on further inquiry the
druggist, Fl. Cutler Wells ascertained
that the gentleman was the long lost
brother of Frederick S. Lewis oil
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