The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-10-26
MINOR LOCALS

The bank swindler and the two
who escaped with him from Bel Air
Jail are still at large.
Anti-license clubs have been
organized at Boulden's Chapel and
Harris Meeting House in the fifth
district.
The Epworth League intends
giving musical and literary en-
tertainment Thanksgiving night
Admission, loo.
Farmers say their late planted
corn has not ripened well and they
have plenty of soft corn. There is
no better feed for COWS.
The Cecil Wing has changed its
form from a quarto to folio. The
latter is more nobby in appear
ance but less convenient.
Robert w. Todd formerly of
Port Deposit and Miss Belle
Coulson of Rock Springs were
married on the oath inst.
Thanksgiving day this year viii
fall on the Doth of November. There
are five Thursdays in that month,
which has not occurred since 1883.
Mr.. George James has rented the
Fountain Hotel at Conowing0 now
occupied by John Hess, and expects
TO move in and run the hotel next
spring.
On Wednesday of last week a
freight car wreck occurred near
Perryville in which a car of canned
goods was smashed, and the goods
were an entire loss.
The scholars of the Tome Indus
trial School have organized foot
ball team, which will be under the
name of Tome Institute foot ball
team. When will hazing COM
mence?
The students of West Noting
han Academy will commemorate
the one hundredth anniversary of
the birth of William Cullen Bryant,
Friday afternoon, Nov. ID. Visitors
welcome.
The Rising Sun S. S. will give a
chrysanthemum tea in the lecture
room of the church on Thurday,
Nov. LIST, from 5 to 8 O'Clock.
Supper for adults, 25c.; children
under II, 15c.
Miss Belle Karney, National Y.
organizer from Mississippi, will
lecture in the M. E. Church, Rising
Sun, on Friday evening, Nov. I'd,
at 80 O'Clock. Refreshments will
be served in the lecture room i'm
mediately after the lecture.
What's the use of street lamps
in Rising Sun? They're not lit on
dark nights. Better sell them at
auction and the people can furnish
their own light with lanterns much
cheaper and better. Throw out the
street lamps and save the expense.
Miss Martha Snowden Thomas,
daughter of Rev. I. Snowden
Thomas, editor of the Peninsula
Methodist, and Alfred Knight
Chapman, son of Rev. J. A. M.
Chapman, were married in the
Park Avenue M. e. Church, in
Philadelphia, on Wednesday, even
ing, Oct. 10.
The anti-license meeting to be
held in West Nottingham Church
next Sunday evening bids fair to be
one of the most interesting meetings
of the canvass. In addition to the
home talent, there will be speeches
by medical men who will demon
strate by the light of science the
evils of alcohol both physical and
moral. There will doubtless be a
large attendance on the occasion.
The Loyal Legion held a very
successful parlor meeting at the
home of Mr.. Jonathan Reynolds on
Thursday evening last week. a
literary program was rendered con-
sisting of recitations and music,
followed by refreshments of cake,
grapes, lemonade and bananas.
They have y membership of forty
five.
There will be no meeting of the
L. L. L. on Saturday owing to the
church being decorated.
The two year old boy of Matthew
Russell OF Bay View was badly
burned about the arms and body
last Wednesday,. His mother was
making apple butter in large
kettle of the old fashioned type and
the little fellow, while playing
around tho fire during temporary
absence of Mrs, Russell, in some
way got his clothes on iiFe; IN hel
endeavor TO extinguish the flames
Mrs. Russell's clothes also took fire
and had it not been that hen
daughter was near and threw &
bucket of water over her she would
In all probability have been burned
10 death,
Ghoice white comb honey at the stores
in town and at Rising sun apiary.