The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-06-16
Friday, Dune 16, 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

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The receipts of the Oxford Spring
Fair, which was held last week amount
ed to about $4,000.
Childrens' Day services will be hello
in Mt. Pleasant M. E Church, June
25th, morning and evening.
The Friends Normal Institute will
hold their eighteenth annual COM
mencement next Friday evening, go
inst.
Mrs. Martha J. Hindman. one of the
heirs, purchased the Kennard property
at Vinegar Hill at the re sale on Satur-
day for $500.
Edward Crothers, a young man o.
Banks, this county, on Monday, haC
three fingers of his right hand cut of
by circular saw.
Mr. Harry T. Martindale of Zion was
graduated from the commercial depart
ment of Goldey's Commercial College.
Wilmington, last week.
Garfield Post and the Women's Re
lief Corps will hold an ice cream and
strawberry festival in the Town Hall
this evening and to morrow evening.
Henry Cutler Wells has purchased
the stock, goodwill and fixtures of DIR
H. H. Mitchell's drug store, Elkton, and
has leased the store house for years.
The butchering outfit formerly used
by Franklin Smedley was sold on
Tuesday by Yerkes Brothers under bill
of sale which they held on the property.
The creamery of w. g. Powell & Co.
of Chesapeake City which was burned
last week was insured in the Farmers
and Mechanics Mutual of this county
for $1,000.
James Irwin, an aged inmate of the
Almshouse, died last week in his Goth
year. When boy he lived in Baltl-
more, and was a witness of the battle
of North Point.
Miss May Gray, of Middletown, DEL.
is visiting Mrs. g. Il. Hopkins.
Ellis P. Passmore, Jr., son of Jno
w. Passmore of Butte, Mont, is visit
ing his grand parents in Rising Sun.
The days are now a goodly length
Next Wednesday will have IA hours
and 81 minutes of sun shine to which
may be added of twilight and dawn
light enough to make l6 hours of day
light.
Rey. H. L. Hodge, pastor of Oxford
Presbyterian church preached at West
Nottingham last Sunday as per an
nouncement. He and Mr.. and Mrs.
David M. Taylor were entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. H. FL. Haines on Sunday.
The Boat Yard Band of Elkton, sere-
naded Charles G. Crothers, the demo-
cratic candidate for the Senate, on
Monday evening last at the Howard
House. MIR. Crothers made short ad-
dress thanking the band for their COM
pliment.
Mrs. Martha Ann Nesbitt, widow OF
Robert Nesbitt, and daughter of the
late John Tosh, died at her residence
near Mt. Pleasant on Sunday evening,
June IL, aged 81. The funeral occurred
on Wednesday. Interment at West
nottingham.
Emmett White, of Elkton, who was
shot In the left eye while on a bee hunt
few weeks ago, went to Wills Eye
Hospital in Philadelphia on last We'd
nesday, and on Friday had the eye bal
taken out. The operation had to be
performed in order to save the sight OF
the other eye.
Hooper G. Giles, son of William T
Gizes, Eikton's famous green grocer
was killed in Baltimore on Tuesday
morning. He was head breakman on
a fast freight between Philadelphia and
Baltimore and while passing through
the tunnel fell off and received injuries
from which he died in a short time.
Post Office inspectors VIM. B. Smith
of Elkton, and Thomas Troy, of Wash
ington, D. c.. arrested Thomas E. Nc
Cracker, one of the oldest clerks in the
post Office department in Washington
on Saturday, on charge of rohbing the
mails. He was employed in the dead
letter department as an opener and had
been appropriating the money in the
letters 10 his own use for some time
McCracken was from Iowa.
Edward D. Spear, superintendent O.
Singerly's pulp mill at Elkton went to
New York the other day to see his
daughter married. His wife had a
warrant issued for his arrest, on the
charge that her husband had abandon
ed her. The officer conducted him tC
Ludlow street Jail where he was lock.
ed up In default of bail. The wedding
went on as tho nothing had occurred
Spear must be fool to get into such s
scrape as that,
The States Attorneys held a oonyen
ton in Baltimore on Wednesday. Th'
conference was suggested by States AT
torney E. S. Eiohelbsrger, of Frederick
county, and the invitations were gener
ally accepted. 1t was called for thu
purpose of considering the present con
dition of the criminal law and practic,
of the State, with view to the submits
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