The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-09-28
MINOR LOCALS

Ellw0od Balderston has filled
three silos with corn ensilage. He
believes in ensilege for dairy COWS.
Andrew Woodall, a native of
Kent county owns $500 acres of
land in the lower district of this
county.
DIR. Clapp, son-in-law of Mr.. j..
Harvey Rowland, was killed by a
falla fortnight since which fractured
hisskill.
The crowded condition of the
Elkton public school building will
make it necessary to build an adj
ditiOn in the near future.
A light frost ON Tuesday morn
ing, and the cold wave of Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning was
a notice to prepare for winter.
Miss Virginia Ransom, of Port
Deposit, a cousin of Jacob Tome,
will be married on October 9th, to
Charles F. Spottswood of Norfolk,
Virginia.
Colora's three latest novelties are
a new grain and general farm pro-
duce exchange by Chistie & Wiley,
a new cash store and a news boy 81
years old.
The anti-license campaign will
open in North East district at
Rooney's Hall, October LIST, by a
mass meeting to be held every week
till the election.
The marriage of Louella, daughter
of Elizabeth B. and the late George
B. Passmore, to j. Carroll Hayes of
West Chester, Pa, took place at
the home of the bride, in Oxford,
on Tuesday.
Bishop Adams will preach a
sermon and confirm in st. Mary's
p. E. Church, North East, Monday
evening, Oct. LIST, at 7.30 O'Clock.
A fine program of music has been
arranged by the choir assisted by
Grosh Orchestra.
There is an "Eight of Clubsn
social organization frequently men
toned in the county gossip recently
which appears to be quite popular.
There are a number of Highlow
Jack and the Game socials but they
are not popular as news items.
Two boys were fooling with a
pistol last week at Conowingo and
as is the pistols wont it event off, !"
the ball hitting the noseof one of the
boys which proved too hard for the
lead, the ball glancing off without
doing his "snoot" much damage.
Recently the Barnes Bros, of
Carpenters Point, were hauling a
seine for rock fish in North East
river, and caught a shark eight
feet long. There were a large
number of rock fish in the seine at
the time, but they were so mutilat-
ed by the shark as to be unfit for
market.
A very delicate strike occurred
at Perryville at the canning house
of A. II. Owens & Bro. The
PolanderS struck because some of
our own people went to work. The
trouble however was soon settled
by the firm, the Poles returning to
work after brief reconsideration
of the matter.
Edward Staggers, of Philadelphia,
has purchased the farm of John Il.
Lewis, containing pa acres, near
Newark, Del, for $4,000.
This appears good deal above
the ordinary price of farms, and
the improvements are probably
very valuable. The purchaser,
however, is city man.
Tomorrow afternoon the "un-
terrified democracy of this county
will hold their primaries prepare
tory to nominating Fred Talbot
and settling the little gubernatorial
difference between GARNER" Brown
and Rayonr the Jew. The de-
mocracy appears to be reduced to
the choice between the Israelite and
the Philistian.
A large monument weighing
about 3 tons, was erected in the
new cemetery at Leeds on Monday
in memory of Miss Sarah Wilson
the founder of the first Sunday
School in this State outside of Balti-
more city, which was organized at
Leeds in 1917. The monument
was purchased by the NJ. p. Sunday
schools Ofthis county.
William Lambert was walking
on the street at North East the
other day and thinking he recogniz-
ed an old acquaintance slapped him
on the back with his umbrella
The fellow was stranger and pick,
ing up stone struck Mr.. Lambert
on the head, inflicting painful
wound. After the wound was
dressed search was made for the
illgrained biped but discretion had
induced him to get out of town.