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

a brass band at Colora.
Woodlawn Camp Meeting will
begin Tuesday, August 9Th.
The ten-pin alley at COLCHESTER was
destroyed by fire on Friday night.
The tomato and sweet corn crops
promise to be very fine which will
rejoice the Gamers.
Postmaster Hindman has Miss
Maggie McNamee as his assistant in
handling the mail.
The epizooty has made its appear
ance among the horses in the Blue
Ball neighborhood.
r. j. Rowland has been appointed
post master at Liberty Grove in
place of Hiram T. Brown.
Sam Bell Nesbitt and son are
doing the mason work for the new
post Office building at Colora.
W. I. Fryer is having a new post
office building put up at Colora,
which looks like permanent business.
Hon. Murray Vandver entered
upon the discharge of his duties as
Collector of Internal Revenue on
Saturday.
The funeral of Miss Jemima Nesbitt
was largely attended ON Thursday of
last week, interment at West Not
tingham cemetery.
Henry HURT, one of the murderers
of DR.. j. H. Hill, died in the Mary
land penitentiary on Friday morning
last of consumption.
The National Bank of Rising Sun
has declared semi. annual dividend of
4 per cent, as usual and increased their
surplus fund to $25 900.
The property of Capt j. T. Jones,
situated at Elk Neck Crossing near
Elkton. has been sold to C. A.
Whitaker, of North East, for So 900.
On Saturday last R. L. Tosh raised
large barn on the farm recently
purchased from j. N. Tosh. S T.
Hindman is the contractor and
builder.
The County Commissioners were
IN session last week and fixed the
rate of the levy for the year at 10
cents, a reduction of II cents from
last year.
Benjamin Campbell, of Newark,
has recovered the team,-horse,
wagon and harness-stolen from him
a short time ago. The thief's name
is Morris Goodin; he has not yet
been captured.
During the electrical storm that
visited this county on Monday even
ing the lightning struck and killed
three horses on the farm of Joseph
H. Steele. near Chesapeake City, in
the second district. The horses were
insured.
Children's Day services will be
held at Rowlandvllle M. E. church
next Sunday, 9th inst, at $50 p. IN.
Rev. j. E. Bry an of Rising Sun will
deliver an address and an interesting
program of music, Rotations, etc.,
has been prepared. All are cordially
invited.
There was no meeting of Cecil
Grange last Saturday. Farmers all
too busy harvesting to attend. The
next regular meeting day is the 18th,
when the grange expects to have
Rev. Mr.. Layfeld of Zion deliver an
address on grange work. Mr.. Lay
field is an old granger and warmly
interested in the farmers cause.
John Cline, farmer, residing near
Charlestown, narrowly escaped being
killed on the P. W. & B. r. r. Mon
day night. AS he drove over the
tracks, accompanied by his nine year
old son, his team was struck by extra
southhound congressional express
No. 81. The horse was killed and
the carriage demolished. The boy
escaped uuhurt. Mr.. Cline was
slightly injured.
Presiding Elder Barrett in his cir
cult letter to the Peninsula Methodisl
makes the following complimentary
allusion to the Zion NJ. Il. Church
which has lately been done over:
At Zion, the improvements made
in church property are so thorough
and tastful that we could scarcely
recognize it as the same. This was
great work to be undertaken by a
small membership, but Brother Lay
field has not learned to say no, and
victory came of course.
Some time ago q stranger opened
shooting gallery IN Bel Air, and
was himself very expert with the
rifle. On Thursday of last week be
came out in a new character, that O.
a detective, and apprehended two
colored men. Frank L. Brown, who
is wanted at Pocahontas, Pa, fol
felonious assault, and James Stevens
charged with murder at Frankfort
Ky. The stranger was "Texal
Harry" the Southern detective who
captured the Hatfelds and othel
notorious outlaws.
Rev. William SchouIer. rector o