The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-09-22
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept. %. 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

Work is commencing in the Por
Deposit granite quarries.
Seventy-nine members were added
to North East M. E. Church las
Sunday.
The RowIandvile sheet iron mills
started up on Monday and the vii
layers are happy.
Rev. S. A. Gayley preached al
West Nottingham Presby terrain
Church last Sunday.
Geo. w, Ford, formerly of Phila.
has rented the room adjoining Mrs
Kimbel''s restaurant preparatory tc
conducting the matchmaking anG
jewe!ry business.
There will be services in St
Agnes Catholic Chapel Sunday, Sep
9th, at IL o'clock a m. and every
second and fourth Sunday on each
month until further notice.
John McNulty, who was psralyzed
by falling from fence at Mr.. Frank
Harris and taken to the hospital
died last week and was buried in
Philadelphia Saturday last.
Elkton and vicinity has been in.
tested with company of what may
be termed steal.all thieves. They take
everything they can carry or drive
away, cows, chickens, vehicles. tools,
etc.
The Methodists of Rowlandville
and vicinity propose building a
chapel on the site of old Harmony
church about mile south of Row.
landville, near the old Corban Cooley
farm.
The ferry boat City Belle, which
was sunk during the hurricane and
broken on wharf at Port Deposit,
is undergoing repairs at Baltimore
and will soon be ready to resume her
trips between Port and Lapidum,
On account of sickness of the
pastor, Rev j. E. Bryan, the pulpit
of the NJ. E. Church was filed last
Sunday morning and evening by Rev.
7 Snowden Thomas, editor of the
Peninsula Methodist, of Wilmington.
Mr.. Harry G. Mcdowell has pur.
chased the Benjamin Clifford farm
located near Principle. The farm
contains 100 and was sold at execu.
tors sale last week. The price was
$4,000. Mr.. Mcdowell is son.in
law of the deceased.
W. B. Woodrow of Liberty Grove
desires to announce that he is pre-
pared to weave carpets of various
grades, and guarantees the quality
and price. Orders will be taken for
brooms which he is ready to furnish
at short notice A trial order is
solicited.
Crabs were never more plentiful 10
the North East river, says the North
East Star. than they have been for
the past three weeks Soft crabs
have been caught in large quantities
almost as far up as the grist mill and
have been sold on the streets daily
for IS cents a dozen.
Mt Pleasant M. E. Church Wine.
gar HilD Chapter Epworth League
will meet on Saturday evening, Sept.
23rd, at 7:30 o'clock. An interesting
program has been prepared. A
paper will be read entitled "Amuse.
ments in which Christians should not
Engage" The public cordially
invited.
Albert Filter, of Philadelphia, was
arrested in Elkton Monday evneing
by Sheriff George Mckinney. charged
with having assaulted Miss Fannie
Clark, also of Philadelphia, on Satur.
day last. He was taken before Jus.
tice p. H. Cleaver and held in $500
bail for court. 1t was at Town Point,
on the Elk river, that the alleged
assault took place.
Steadily advancing in spite OF
panics and hard times. Read the
business Advertisements of the town.
new and old and you will see the
steady substantial growth Rising
Sun is making. The town is one oil
the most eligibly situated for bust
ness in the county and is one of the
most healthy and pretty towns to be
found in any section of the country
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Woodlawn camp meet
ing association was held in the Tome
Memorial M. E. Chuch last Saturday
afternoon. By the treasurer's report
the association owes S13e0 afta,