The midland journal., 1894-01-12

saulting a child of neighbor. He
was committed to Jail by Justice
Cleaver.
The County Commissioners have
appointed Robert Marshbank. ot
Elkton, trustee of the Cecil county
almsbouse, vice John W. Maboney
The other members of the board are
Delegate George S. Woolley and Jos
T. England.
A colored girl, living on the Wm
M. Knight farm, in the first district,
while attempting to carry loaded
gun downstairs, accidently struck
the hammer of the weapon. The
entire contents of the gun were dis
charged into the back of her head
Death was instantaneous.
The ladies of the Zion Presbyte-
rian Church will give turkey din
ner and an oyster supper at their
Manse, Thursday, Jan. 18th. Dinner
will be served from l to 8; tickets
40 cts. Supper from to 10; tickets
rs cts. Children half price Proceeds
for the benefit of the church fund.
An entertainment will be given at
Chapel school house near Woodlawn
Friday evening, Jan. 10th, by the
Port Deposit Giee and Guitar Club,
to consist of vocal and instrumental
music and some minstrelsy. Come
and enjoy yourself. andhelp in good
cause. Admission 90 cents. No
half price. IT the evening should be
stormy come Tuesday evening, Jan.
23rd at p. m. The proceeds are for
the benefit of the Hopewell Parsonage
Fund.
Miss Blanche H:ndman gave an
evening company to her friends at
her home on Main ST., Thursday
Jan. 4th. Those present were Miss
Lottie Poist, of Colora, Misses Edith
Ryan, George Mcclure. Carrie
Coates, Mary Ryan, Marion Shep
pard, Maidie McDougal, Lillian
Keilholtz. Emma Jacoby. Edith
Wood, Dora Garvin, Messrs. Joseph
Richards, Granville McDougal,
Harvey Truman. Frank Kirk, Mar
ion Garvin, Horace Duyckinck
Howard Wilson and Samuel Barben.
A GUEST.
The Rising Sun Detective Asso
citation met in DR.. Kinks hall last
Saturday at 10 a. M, and elected the
following officers: Pres DR.. L. R
Kirk; Vice Pres, Alfred Kirk Secy.
E. E. Ewing Treas, J. A. Kirk /;
Directors, A. B. Kay. W. r. Cam
eron. II. G. Cummings, DR.. G. S
Dare E. H. Worthington. At the
close of the meeting the association
assembled in the town hall. to the
annual turkey dinner, which had
been prepared by the Ladies Aid
Society. and was pronounced super
ior to all former efforts of the ladies'.
The Woman's Relief Corps met in
their room Thursday afternoon, 4th
inst The installing officers. Mrs.
7. P. Prey and Mrs. Worthe from
Custer Corps, Baltimore, were pres
ent. The following are the officers
installed: Pres, Mrs. G. W. Wilson;
S. V. P, Mrs. Levi Atkinson; J, v.
P, Mrs Samuel Ryan, Sec. Miss
Rhoda V. Wilson; Treas, Miss Mary
Ryan; Chaplain, Mrs. Jos. Woodrow;
Con. Miss Alice Hartenstine; Asst
Con-, Miss Carrie Cummings; Guard
Miss Carrie Kirk. The Garfield Post
was present during installation. The
comrades made interesting speeches
Misses Rhoda V. Wilson and Alice
Hartenstine were elected delegates
to the Convention. to be held in
Baltimore, February 22d.
The Baltimore Sun Almanac is an
annual always looked fo- with inter
est by the patrons of thu Sun. It is
q neat plain book with the regimen
tai type of almanac binding, deep
blue in color containing upwards Of
l40 pages 'chock lulr' of useful in
formation with Table of Contents re
quiring two double column pages to
euumerate the rich variety. Election
returns of the state, members oi
congress. and of the legislature Of
the state, together with a vast
amount of political and other mis-
cellsneous information, always use.
full and ever handy to refer to in Q
moment.
The purchase of the Job Haines
mill with fifteen acres of land BY
John Hunter, from Jacob Tome is ar
evidence of the rapid decline of pro-
Iperty. The mill is one of the bes
located for country business and has
a good supply of water The dan
cost $1,000 a few years ago. Th'
iron grasp of debt and the systems att
cally contrived contraction of thu
money of the country are making
many of the best class of the popula
tion homeless. Every failure is al
injury to the neighborhood where i
takes place.
| R. G.. Dun & Co.. furnishes th,
following.
FAILURES OF 1892 AND 1898.
i The business failures of 1893, a
compared With the previous year
through the Peninsula, are reported
by G. G. Cameron, local agent of R
lG. Dun & Co, as follows: