The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-07-28
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, July IS, 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

implements, &C., Monday, Aug. It'll
Most all the men employed by the
Port Deposit Granite Company have
issued attachments against the
company for their wages.
The Young Ladies' Home Mission
will hold a sociable at the home OF
the Misses Wilson, near Rising Sun.
on Friday evening, Aug. 4th.
The Cecil county farm at Cherry
Hill is reported to be in fourisbing
condition This is thes seasori,f the
year for farms tc LOOK their bit.
Rev. C. C. Adams will occupy the
pulpit of West Nottingham Preshy
terian Church July 30th and August
9th; and Rev. NJ. j. Mcleod, Aug.
18th.
The Farmers and Mechanics Fire
Association of Cecil county had $500
insurance of the barn of Allen Nc.
Lane of Cherry Hill which was burn,
ed last week.
The Rising Sun base ball club has
organized and is prepared to receive
challenges. All correspondence
should be addressed to the secre.
tary, j. A Hartenstine.
The Woodward farm near Newark
was sold at Sheriff's sale to Mrs.
Emma Bayard, the mortgage, for
$500. Purchasers of farms now
days are generally mortgages.
Stephen Reynolds advertises a
double dwelling situate on South
Queen street in this town at private
sale. The property is almost new
and is very desirabIy located,
The County Commissioners of
Kent and Cecil counties will meet at
the office of the latter in Elkton on
August Sd next, to receive proposals
for the building of an iron bridge
over the Sassafras river at Kennedy's
mill.
Record of marriage licenses issued
hy the Clerk of the Court for Cecil
county: Jolly II, Elmere E. Camp
bell, of Perry vile, and Irene Gray,
of Rock Springs; Henry F. Lockard
and Laura j Alexander, both of Elk
Neck.
J. Frank Foster, of Wood AVN, and
Lulu M. Trimble, of Philadelphia.
The Y. P. A. of Leeds held a
festival and open air concert on
Thursday, July 9th, in the grove
adjoining the church. Proceeds for
church purposes. A blind auction
was held in connection with the
festival.
Mr.. VIM. II. Kelly, of Baltimore,
who has been gathering some data
from the office of the County Com
missioners for the use of the State
Bureau of Industrial Statistics, paid
the Clerk MIR. c. II. Smith quite a
compliment by saying that the books
of his office were better kept and the
system more comp etc than any in
the State,-DemOcr0t.
A North East reporter for the
Baltimore American writes under
date of July 22d.
The Mccullough Iron Company's
Works which haye been shut down
for some time, will soon resume
operations. The works closed last
June, owing to scarcity of orders
and the general depression in bust
ness and lack of confidence. This
town and vicinity, which draws its
chief support from the works, felt
the shut down kneely. During the
shut down big Improvement has
been made to the plant. Two anneal
ing furnaces were put in, the contract
work upon which, in charge of VIM
Swindells & Co., of Pittsburg, was
completed yesterday. The furnaces
will be ready for charging about
August l. The Mccullough Com
pany will then be able to compete
with any iron firm in the country in
manufacturing iron. A different and
finer grade of iron than has ever be.
fore been made in this town will be
produced from the new furnaces. 1t
will be block iron, for which there
is now more demand than for galva-
nized iron, which for years has heen
q feature at the plant here. With
the new furnaces, which are calculat.
ed to do the best sheet iron anneal
ing work, the company can make
both the galvanized and block iron.
The dog tax of Cecil county, like
the personal property tax of New
York city is running down annually
as the property increases. During
the last fiscal year there wNs received
by the Treasurer on :1unt of dog
tax hut 1878 as against $1,l39 fol-
1892, $l,493 for 1890, $1,439 for 1885
and 81 ,525 for 1887, showing steady
decrease.
There has been no change in the
law. Why does the tax decrease?
The officers in charge of the county
affairs ought to be able to answer.
The Democrat commenting on the
subject says:
'"There are at the lowest calcula
thannor1 l. =