The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-05-25
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, May %, 1894.
MINOR LOCALS

The lumber yards at Port Deposit los
heavily by the flood.
The Cecil Farmers Club will meet at
Vim. E. Gil1espie's, near West Noting
ham, next Wednesday.
The day being too stormy last oaooath
the Communion services were postponed
at West Nottingham for one week.
The Rising Sun w. c. T. U. will meet
in the lecture room of the church on
Thursday, May 3Ist at ?. 80 O'Clock.
Sixty little girls dressed in white took
part in the May procession i'll the Elkton
Catholic Church, on Sunday afternoon.
Theodore Garvin is repairing William
Browns canning factory, the roof OF
which was crushed i'll by the April SNOW.
The Epworth League of Hopewell M.
E. Church will hold a May party at
Shipley's Point tomorrow, at the Club
House.
The pupils of Rising Sun public school
will give all entertainment in the Town
Hall on Friday evening, June Ist, at 7.3o
O'Clock. Admission, Ioc.
Geo. Abrams, of North East, and Miss
Sadie Hamilton, daughter of Mr.. Wesley
Hamilton, were married at the brides
home i'll Leslie on Wednesday of last
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Samuel B. Grant has been appointed
Justice of the Peace at Cherry Hill to
succeed the late James Spence, who
recently died. Grant acted as constable
for Spence as long as he lived and steps
into his shoes wlen dead.
Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md, has
issued its preliminary announcement,
giving the general aim of the school and
a scope of its first years work. Copies
may be had by applying to Jas. R. Camp
bell, A. M, Director, Port Deposit.
A short time ago the Maryland Society
of Sons of the Revolution offered two
medals for the best essays ON maryland
in the Revolution to pupils of the State
and Harvey Scott, of the Elkton school,
was awarded the second prize, bronze
medal.
There will be an ice cream and straw
berry festival held on the lawn at Ebene-
ger M. E. Church on Saturday afternoon
and evening, June I'd. Proceeds for Sun
day school. If stormy, festival will be
on the following Monday, June 4th. All
are invited.
At a special session of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county on Tuesday, distri-
button was made of the 18th account OF
Geo. w. Clifford, David S. Clifford and w
T. B. R. Robertson, exrs. of Benjamin Gift
ford, decd, and the first and final account
of Eliza L. Carter, Henry L. Carter and
Robert D. Carter, exrs. of Israel D. Carter
decd was passed, and distribution struck
on same.
The grand jury of Hartford county last
week indicted A. Day for embezzling from
the brokerage firm of Baker 6, Morgan al
Aberdeen.
Day has been with the firm about two
years during which time he took 50, 7oc
from them. He was editor of the Aber
deem Enterprise and manager of the Aber
deem town hall and his downfall was {
great surprise to the people of the town
The suit of Jos. w. Reynolds against
the Farmers and Mechanics Insurance
Company for the loss occasioned by the
burning of his barn last August, and
which was moved to Bel Air court, was
settled this week without trial, the Com
pany paying the full amount of the claim
with interest from date How much
more pleasant and business like it would
have been for them to have settled the
matter promptly.
The MIDLAND acknowledges the receipt
of an invitation to attend the annual com
mencement of Goldey Wilmington Com
mercial and Shorthand College, at the
Opera House, June 18th. Addresses will
be made by ex-congressman Russell G
Horr of Michigan and Gen. Louis Wayne
of Philadelphia This institution ha
forged its way to the front ranks of bust
ness colleges and stands second to none
owing to the working energy of the Prin
cipal and founder, Prof. II. S. Goldey.
Mrs. Sara Bell of Indianola, Iowa, il
visiting her niece, Mrs. Sam'l Tyson. Mrs
Bell was born i'll Cecil county in 1873 anC
went out to Indiana i'll 1896; since ther
she has lived in Indiana, Miss, Kan, an(
Iowa. She is daughter of Solomon
Blake and a sister of Mrs. H. a. Orr wilC
makes her home with Mrs. Tyson.
Mrs. Hettie Baker also of Indianola, ;
niece of Mrs. Bell has been visiting Mrs
Tyson but has gone OH trip through
Peuna. and expects 10 spend week il
Washington, d. c., before returning t.
her home.
The young people in the vicinit!
of Bay View organized a lawn tennis
club last week. The members arr
Miss Mollie Cameron, where thu
meeting was held and the Organiza
ton formed, Name Abrams, Poe;
Reed, Myrtle Abrams, Anna Simcoe
Mabel Tyson, Clara Burns, Ruti
Abrams, Rhoda Burns; Messrs. b
Simcoe, Philip Cameron, r. Rose
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