The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-22

week.
Samuel w. Passmore and wife of Mar
berth, Pa, are visiting Jas. D. Headly and
other friends in the neighborhood this
week.
West Nottingham Female Seminary
closed for the summer yesterday.
The road from the paper mill to Stone
run has been mended scientifically, re-
port says.
Merritt S. McNamee of the Sth district
is said to have the boss field of wheat in
the "neck."
Howard Boyd, son of S. S. Boyd, of
North East, fell from a cherry tree and
broke his left arm.
Friends Normal school will hold COM
mencement exercises this afternoon, COM
nencing at 2 O'Clock.
Jas. D. Headly had his first mess of new
potatoes this year on the 18th inst. and
reports them very fine.
The Rising Sun w. c. T. U. will meet
i'll the lecture room of the church ON
Thursday, June 18th, at 2.3o O'Clock.
John Gi1pin has sold the Sentinel plant
at Elkton to Taylor Wright, of Oxford,
Pa, who will start newspaper in that
place.
Philip Frank who was accidentally shot
i'll the abdomen about fortnight since
has been removed to his brothers at
Row1andville. He is in a fair way to re-
cover from the injury.
This neighborhood was visited by a
succession of thunder gusts on Wednes-
day night and several fine growing
Showers which the corn, potatoes and
gardens were in much need Of
On Wednesday night of last week
light dun or tan Shetland mare pony,
four feet high, with the end of her right
ear cropped, was stolen from the farm of
Delaware Clark, near Glasgow, Del.
Tuesday evening last the West Not
tingham Christian Endeavor held a lunch
sociable at the home of the Misses Jen-
ness The members and guests had an
enjoyable time bidding on the baskets
and afterward exploring the contents of
their purchase. The proceeds of the
auction were $4.55.
Theodore Garvin is building board
walk on the west side of Wilson avenue.
The new walk will extend from Main
street to Mrs. Fosters. The walk inside
of the Normal school yard fence will be
appropriated, the fence removed and the
walk made part of the public side walk.
In future the front of the lawn will be
open on the street.
Attention is called to the announce
nent of S. T. Wiley of Colora, in another
column of this issue. Mr.. Wiley has de-
monstrated that the pernicious credit
system is conducted at loss both to the
merchant and the customer and will in
augurate strictly cash business on and
after July I'd. 1t stands to reason that
goods for spot cash can be handled for
less than where long credit and bad bills
are to be encountered. Call and ascertain
prices and be convinced of the wisdom of
this move.
Rev. d. e. Shaw, pastor of West
Nottingham Presbyterian Church,
is on a short visit to Pittsburg,
Rev. S. A. Gayley, d. d. their old
minister will fill the pulpit next
Sunday.
James Andrews, who has been a
prisoner in the Elkton Jail for 81
years, has taken a new fancy, i'm
agining himself the jail barber.
For his imaginary services in the
past he has rendered a bill of 800
against the county commissioners,
for shaving and furnishing soap,
towels, &C., for the prisoners.
Misses Violette T. and Halle H.
Haines left on Monday last for
Point Pleasant, point on the
Jersey coast near Spring Lake, with
a party of young ladies and gentle
men from Phila., West Chester,
Wilmington, Trenton and other
points, for a sojourn of ten days.
Mrs. III. H. Haines is chaperon for
the party.
/, After an absence of nearly 5S
years, Mrs. Sarah Bell, aged "a
years, comes from her home in
Indianola, Ind, to visit her half
brother, S. X. Blake, near Singerly
station. She, with a sister and
brother emigrated to the West
when S. X. Blake was only year
old, and had not seen him since.
She will remain East several
months.
Rev. John ID. G. Hanna, formerly
of Port Deposit, met with a painful
accident in Philadelphia, Wednes-
day, 18th. He had gone from
Wilmington on business, taking
his bicycle along. When he was
wheeling into Chestnut street he
was run down by a frightened horse
which was attached to a Herdic
laA,al, L.