The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-06
NEWS.
Friday, Oct. 6. 1898.
MINOR LOCALS

and closing Tuesday.
The ferry boat City Bell, has been
mended and has resumed her trips
between Port and Lapidum.
The annual Harvest Home festival
of St. Marks P. E. Church Perryville
was held on Tuesday October 3rd.
The W. C. 7. U. of Rising Sun will
meet in the lecture room of the
church on Tuesday, Oct. 18th. at
230 o'clock.
f r. Burlington has purchased
the new Reynolds-H Hunt building
and the burned lot adjoining on the
corner of Main and Walnut streets.
Two hundred and three new names
were added to the list of voters in
Cecil at the September registration,
and eighty one struck off of deceas-
ed persons
The democrats of Maryland have
nominated Marion De Kalb Smith
for Comptroller. Tie members of
the State Central Committee to repre-
sent Cecil are Albert Constable, Dr.
Ellis and DR.. Sheer.
Miss Mary Riley daughter of
Henry and Martha Riley of Rock
Springs neighborhood, died of con-
sumption, September 22nd. Her
remains were inferred in Pleasant
Grove NJ. E. Cemetery.
An emery wheel burst last week in
the Elkton foundry, but fortunately
no persons was in the range of the
flying fragments. The man who was
using toe wheel was struck on the leg
by the bearing and received pain
full bruise.
The body of an unknown white
man was found in clump of bushes
along the Ogletown road. three miles
north of Newark, en- Monday after
noon. There was deep cash in his
head and the man had undoubtedly
been murdered.
Miss Sarah Reynolds, an old lady
resident of this town, died on Monday
last from the infrmities of old age,
having attained the advanced age of
so years. The deceased was the last
and youngest member of a large
family who were raised in the 9Th.
district.
Rising Suns present trouble is in
finding her boundry lines. There is
no beginning from which to start.
Hence the trouble. The original sur
vey calls for corner of lot The
slot" has been changed and the cor
ner also. Carelesness causes world
of trouble.
The granary on the farm of j.
Kennard Shippers, near Union, was
totally destroyed by FIRE, with its
contents on Tuesday last week, the
loss being estimated at about $500.
The building contained wheat, oats
and quantity of phosphate.
The annual convention OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, which met in Annapolis last
week, adjourned on Friday. Mrs
Geo. A. Blake was elected delegate
at large for Cecil county to the
National Convention, which meets in
Chicago, October 10th. The next
annual convention will meet in
Centerville.
McGaw & Smith. Gamers, whose
factory was started at Elkton thi;
season, have processed 10000 cans
of corn, which is 5000 cases. The
dry weather cut the crop short one
half. They are preparing for heavy
business next season, and propose
packing both corn and tomatoes i
satisfactory arrangements can b.
made with the farmers.
Mrs. Catherine C. Smithson o
Port Deposit, widow Of the late Col
Henry Smithson, and daughter O
the late John and Ann Archer, o
Hartford county, died on Sunday
morning. Mrs. Smithson was eighty
three years old, and the youngest o
thirteen children and the last to die
he family was one of the bes
known in the State of Maryland
The late Hon. Henry W. Arhcer, o
Belair, was brother, and Gen. j. j
Archer and Col. R. H. Archer, of th
Confederate army, were also he
brothers. The mother of Hon
Albert Constable, of Elkton, was
sister. Her funeral took place from
her residence, Tuesday afternoon al
one o'clock.
Burglars at Rising Sun.