The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-02-09
Friday, Feb. 9. 1894.
MINOR LOCALS

Last Wednesday. Feb. 7th was Ash
Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
Alexander Campbell. aged So years
died on Monday at Lewisville.
Rev. Barrett's Adams Rib lecture at
Calvert melted 500 for the church.
The Loyal Legion will meet in the
NE Church, saturday afternoon at .
O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Pickering
rendered dinner to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry England and others last Satur-
day.
Wrn. n. BiddIe of Elkton, and Miss
Florence Hickey. of Wilmington, were
married on Sunday, January 18th in
Camden, N. j.
Daniel E. Smith of Elkton, and Mrs.
Ella Clark of Camden, N. j., will be
married at the latter place on Thurs
day, February 18th.
Michel Wilberford, the herb doctor,
well known throughout the county,
died on Tuesday last at the Cecil county
almshouse of pneumonia.
Some of our citizens housed some ice
of poor quality on Wednesday. 1t
more than ever looks as If the machine
would have TO do the freezing for next
summers ice.
The "green goods" men are again
flooding the country with their circu-
lars. No body but rogues who don t
read the papers are taken in by these
clumsy rogues.
Miss Eva Brickley of Pennington,
was given surprise party on Friday
evening last by a. company of friends
and admirers, making about fourty
persons.
The mills at Baldwin, this county,
which have been idle several months
have started up again, with sixty
hands employed, at reduction of %
per cent.
Several of our farmers have their
corn ground ploughed, while others
have a part of their ground turned.
Some soils are not benefited Dy winter
ploughing.
A colored lad about 20 years of age,
named Abe Smith, left the premises of
Jacob Swayne week ago last Tuesday
in demented and crazed condition.
ANY information obtained of him
should be reported to Mr.. Swayne.
Miss Jane Partridge, sister of Justice
of the Peace John Partridge, died on
Tuesday afternoon at her home in Elk
ton. Miss Partridge had been long
sufferer. and for several months past
has been confined to her room. She
was 10 the 74th year of her age.
There is a movement by the Cecil
members in the legislature to make the
treasurer of the county commissioners
elective, and also to require the treasur-
er to act as Clerk of the county com.
missioners. If the Clerk can do the
business for the same salary all right.
The new paintings in the Elkton
Catholic church are much admired.
Large numbers visit the church daily
to inspect the works of art. The re-
opening of the church on Sunday. Feb
18th, promises to be an imposing cere.
mony. The great Del Puente will be
present on the occasion.
The Polk farm belonging to VIM. r.
Cochran, containing some four hun.
dred acres and situated near Warwick
this county. was sold at public sale OH
Monday for $4,000. the Equitable
Trust Company of Wilmington being
the purchaser.
Another victim of the mortgage
octopus.
Prof. Ramsey's refined magical and
musical entertainment under the
auspices of Excelsior Lodge No. 81
o. o. F. is billed to be at Rising Sun
on the 18th and 10th of this month
These entertainment are highly spoken
of by the public and press being entire
ly free from vulgarity. Tickets for ad
mission 20 and % cents.
The Kent county creameres have
paid the following midwinter prices
for milk per 100 pounds: Chestertowr
creamery. $1.05; Kennedyville, Sl.10
Locust Grove, $1l5; Sassafras ant
Galena, $l.l5; Still Pond, $1l0; Middle
town will pay $1.21. The Locust Grow
creamery in 1898 received 745 II
pounds of milk, made So 900 pounds o
butter and paid to the farmers for mill
alone $SO25. =
The average price at Rising SUI
creamery for the year was about 81 IL
and the midwinier prices about $1.3;
The business for 1893 amounted to $50
65l. The product was about 70 600 lbs
of butter.
At the last annual meeting of tn
stockholders of the Oxford Agricultu
raj Society, officers were elected as fol
lows: President, w. H. Hogg; Vic
Presidents, Henry Cope, DR. F. f
! Mackey, E. P. Duyckinck; Correspond
ing Secretary, G. P. Martindale, Milto
Walker; Treasurer, DIR. J. X. McKis
sick; Managers-Dr. M. E. Conrad, !
w. Bye, R. NJ. Coulter, A. J. Michene
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