The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-27

Messrs. Shelhorn and Moore, ere
vivalists," are conducting series Of
meetings in the NJ. f. Church.
The enrolment of pupils in the
North East pubic school is 22O. 1t Will
reach $50 during the winter term.
Quarterly Conference of the Circuit
of Rising Sun and Sylmar was held
Thursday evening in the M. +. Church.
Howard Brown is fitting up his mill
near Calvert and increasing his power
by placing in an eight horse Otto gaso.
line engine.
Mr.. John B. Kendall, Jr., Princeton
Seminary, preached to the West Not
tingham Presbyt terrain congregation
last Sabbath.
Chas. Keilholtz will sell at public
sale stock and farming implements, at
his residence near Hopewell on Mon
day, Nov. 9th.
The annual election of officers of
the Women's Relief Corps will be held
at their next meeting, on Thursday
Nov I'd, at O'clock. A full attendance
of members is desired
Ex-Sheriff Samuel M. johnson, con-
Quoting general warehouse business
at Leslie, in this county, has made an
assignment for the benefit of his
creditors to w. T. Warburton and Ohio
n. Johnson.
Rev. F. Burgette Short will deliver a
lecture in Mt. Pleasant NJ E. Church
Tuesday evening, Nov. 14th; subject,
"A trip to Chicago and the Worlds
Fair" Admission 15c. proceeds for
benefit of the church.
Tomorrow Saturday, from two
until four O'Clock, an opportunity will
be presented to the tax payers of Rising
Sun to appeal on the 1898 levy for
borough taxes. The Commissioners
will meet all parties at the MIDLAND
JOURNAL Oulce.
John Nesbitt of Colara had his collar
bone broken while engaged in a game
of foot ball at West Nottingham
Academy on the 18th. Wouldn't a
department in manual training in our
Academies and other schools be an i'm
provement on foot ball?
The Rising Sun W. G. T. U. will hold
a gospel temperance meeting in con
nection with the revival service now in
progress in the M. E. church. The
meeting will be addressed by Mrs.
Merton s. Baxter of Michigan, National
Lecturer. Meeting at O'Clock, on
Monday evening, Oct. 30th.
Mr.. Chas. Grant Shaffer of the
Friends Normal Institute is about TO
open an evening class for the study of
the German language and literature.
In addition to being German by birth
Mr.. Shaffer has spent several years in
the SPECIAL study of the language. He
will also take a limited number Of
pupils in vocal and instrumental music
and harmony. For terms and informa-
ton concerning the above instruction
apply to Mr.. Shaffer care of Mr.. J. T.
Mccullough, Rising Sun, Md. 27otf.
Rev. Abraham Storey of London,
Eng, with his family. is visiting his
brother-i law, Rev. Chas. E. Stead of
Colora. This family has the reputation
of being musicians of the first water,
both instrumental and vocal, some of
them having performed before audiences
of 200, 900 in the Crystal Palace, Lon
don. They are also noted evangalists
and have rendered efficient service to
Gen. Booth in his Salvation Army
work and have been identified with
Lady Hope in the same cause. They
talk of giving an entertainment in
Rising Sun Hall in the near future.
The party from this section who
visited the Worlds Fair and spent a
month in the west, Messrs. w. X.
Keilholtz, Oxford, Mr.. Abram Kirk,
and Mr.. Alfred Kirk, Pennington, and
Mr.. James Mccullough, Port Deposit
have, except the latter returned.
After firing of the fair they visited
Elisha Kirk of Pulaski, Iowa, formerly
of Cecil county where they enjoyed the
sport of shooting prairie chickens and
quail. Their western visit has enlarged
their ideas of the expanse of this
country. Ten miles in the western
country counts for no more than one
mile east of the Alleghanies.
Some fellows who visit town after
night fall need attention. They amuse
themselves by committing petty de-
predations, such as breaking off pickets
moving wagons, wheel barrows, etc.,
from the owners premises and fire.
quently breaking and injuring them.
A few nights since the watch sign OF
Mr.. Ford was taken from the fastenings
and broken in two. The sign was a
valuable one having cost eleven or
twelve dollars. There ought to be a
reward large enough to make it an
object worth striving for offered for the
arrest of some of these petty outlaws,
whose highest ambition seems to be
malicious mischief. Either the town
commissioners or a company of citizens
should make up sum by subscription