The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-03-16

The March term of the Circuit Cour
will convene on Monday next. The tern
will probably be long.
The Red Hill woods near Elkton ha:
been burned over this week and much
young timber destroyed.
Miss Hannah l.. Peterson, daughter O
Tobias Peterson of the Fourth district
died on Monday, in Philadelphia.
Rev. l.. w. Layfeld will preach q
sermon for the American Mechanics next
Sabbath at the usual hour in the NJ F.
Church of Zion.
Woodlawn w. c. T. U. will hold SER
vices appropriate to the celebration or
the birthday of Hon. Neal Dow. Numer-
Gus temperance organizations are honor
ing the vereran prohibitionist in similar
manner.
Calvert w. c. T. U. will hold SPELL
ing bee and Lunch Sale, in the Friends
school house on March goth. Should the
evening be stormy, the following evening.
Admission 10 cents; doors open at 80.
Two prizes will be awarded.
The w. c. T. U. of Rising Sun will
celebrate Neal Dow's ninetieth anniver-
sary at the home of Mrs. Edwin Haines
on Monday evening March 10TH, at 80
O'Clock A silver offering will be taken
at the door from each guest.
Mr. John Metz, of Chesapeake City,
was badly beaten on Sunday afternoon,
and was struck on the head with stone.
He is in critical condition. George
Lothian, who is charged with the assault
made his escape to Baltimore and has not
been arrested.
The lecture of Rev. F. B. Short at Mt
Pleasant last week appears to have been
something OH the order of love story.
''The Reveries of Bachelor" being the
title. A Shanghai rooster, a red silk
handkerchief and "best girl' figuring
in the lecture conspicuously. 1t pleased
of course.
The Colora Band will hold concert in
Colora Hall on Thursday evening, March
22d The program will consist of negro
melodies, dances, select readings, etc.
Mr. Jos. T. Riale will render several
selections on the baritone and Mr.. VIM.
Carson will further entertain the audi
ence with banjo and guitar solos. Ad-
mission, csc; children, 15c.
The sixty-eighth anniversary of their
marriage has just been celebrated by Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Carter of Lyle, Lancaster
county. Both are in possession of good
health, although both have passed their
ninetieth birthday Mr. Carter was a
member of the Constitutional Convention
of Pennsylvania in 1873 from Lancaster
county, and for many years he was quite
prominent in political affairs.
The ladies of the ElktOn Presby-
terrain Church held a Missionary
Tea in the chapel ON Wednesday
evening of last week. $3.50 was
realized for Home and Foreign
Missions. OF this amount 800
was contributed by Miss Martha
Finley, the children's story writer.
Marriage licenses were issued last
week to John Chandler and Lidie
Bayard, colored, of Delaware; Sam'l
Fisher and Rose Terrell, colored, of
Rising Sun; Dallace B. Lovelace and
Catharine B. Lloyd, of Chesapeake
City; Michael A. Kemp, of Balti-
more and Amelia B. Spittle of Elk
ton.
The finance committee of the
Senate reported the bill to pay the
trustees of Rock Academy 5000 per
annum out of the state school fund,
with the amendment that the
money is to be taken out of the
school tax distributed to Cecil
county. The report was adopted.
The school fund is in no condi-
ton to stand any such fleeing, and
the amendment ought to kill the
bill.