The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-07-27
MINOR LOCALS

Woodlawn camp opens Tuesday,
Aug. 18th.
There areat this time II demented
people in the Elkton jail, two of
whom are females.
VIM. M. Pogue of Rising Sun
disposed of a pair of horses this
week to a BALTIC. party for $500.
Brickley and McCullough's ex-
cursion to Colchester from Port De
post last week was well patronized.
John Terry of Port Deposit got
one of his feet badly injured by the
running away of a horse with hay
rake.
During game of base ball at
Elkton lastSaturday, George Brown,
the Elkton pitcher, broke his arm
at the shoulder.
On Wednesday night last week
horse and dog cart were stolen
from the premises of John Nc
Keowan, near Newark.
Next Sunday at Mt. Hope A. U.
M. p. Church near Rising Sun,
there will be an all day grand rally.
Special sermon by the pastor, Rev.
E. w. Scott, at 3 p. m. All are
invited.
Elias Rhoades, of Wilmington,
while on visit to his mother, Mrs.
Martha Rhoades, near Summit
Bridge, captured a gray eagle
measuring six feet from tip to tip
of his wings.
The much needed rain on Satur-
day evening seriously interfered
with the dairymaids' reception at
c. w. Wilson's held under the
auspices of Garfield Relief Corps
and it was continued on Monday
evening-so was the rain.
A "cake walk" one of those en-
tertainments so dear to the heart of
the colored folks recently came off
in Elkton. The winnerwas "Major'
George Wilson who measures Al
inches in height weighs 55 pounds
and is 30 years old. On this oc-
casion the little darby "took the
cake.n
Manager Tom Devon's team of
bail tossers went to Oxford ON Fri
day last and played the Senators.
The argument resulted in favor of
the Senators in six innings by %
to7 The batteries were Devon
and Bryan, Stricklandand Flaherty.
The same clubs will play at Rising
Sun tomorrow afternoon.
Robert Wilson who has been
runninga watch repairing establish
ment in Port Deposit for several
years, was arrested on Tuesday
evening of last week, by warrant
sworn out by VIM. p. Cummings,
charging Wilson with disposing of
gold watch belonging to him. He
was given hearing ON Wednesday
and was committed to Jail in default
of bail. Wilson claims hisstore was
robbed on Wednesday night the
previous week and the watch along
with number of others taken.
A fatal disease has attacked the
hogs of William T. Mccullough and
S. j. Ward & Bro, of Mechanics
Valley and some fifteen or twenty
have died within the past few days.
The only symptom shown is the
loss of all use of their hind quarters
and their refusal to eat. Death
follows in each case in about ten
days. One of the hogs was opened
and it was found that both lungs
and intestines were very much dis
eased and inflamed. The disease
is to be investigated by the local
board of health.
Charles C. Crothers and G. Nc
Cullough, attorneys for John Banks,
of Chesapeake City, who was made
treasurer of Cecil county by a bill
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Maryland Legislature, have filed a
petition in court asking that writ
of mandamus be issued compelling
Manly Drennen, the treasurer ap-
pointed by the commissioners in
May, to vacate the office and turn
the same, with the books and
records, over to Banks. The case
will come up for hearing at the
September term of court.
Two eleven year old Elkton girls
narrowly escaped death by the cars
one day last week. They were
crossing the railroad bridge over
Big Elk when they discovered a
freight train coming down grade
upon them. The girls were con-
fused by fright and one of them fell
down. Two boys, John Kitchens
and Philip Hall were approaching
the bridge at the same time and
hurrying to the girls, Kitchens
lifted the PROSTATE girl and with
the aid of Hall hurried them off OF
the bridge just as the train flew
past, Kitchens is the boy who a
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