The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-06-29

nesday moved his plant to Newark,
| Delaware.
Calvert w. G.. T. U. will hold its
next regular meeting on Thursday,
July 5, at 2 p. M. in the Friends
Meeting house.
The Epworth League held a
festival at Mt. Pleasant on the 16
inst. which was very satisfactory in
its financial results, the enterprise
having Melted 1868.
A meeting of the Pioneer Tennis
Club will be held Monday evening,
7.30 O'Clock, July I'd, at the home
of Miss Anna Bryan. All members
are requested to be present.
An immense tank with a capacity
of 81 900 gallons, is being built at
the Mccullough Iron Works at
North East, for the purpose of sup
plying oil to the new oil burning
furnaces to be put in operation at
that place.
The Rev. Mr.. Fitz Simons, with
clerical party, sailed for Europe
on Wednesday. He expects to be
absent for two months, and Mr..
Brown, of Princeton Seminary, will
have charge of Rock and Zion
churches during his stay abroad.
The Commissioners of North
East have employed civil engineer
Cameron to fix the grade of the
streets and to see that the work
done on the streets is in accord
with the survey. Port Deposit
granite will be used for the road bed
and the streets will be macadamized.
Blake and Taylor the portrait
artists left Rising Sun for North
East on Wednesday morning.
While remaining here they made
about one hundred portraits. Every
person who had work done by
them was well pleased, and the
general verdict of the public is that
they are first class artists.
The Home given for Epileptics at
Port Deposit by Mrs. Abrahams
has had the needed repairs and al
terations made on it by Mr.. j. ID.
West and on Saturday tomorrow
the Home will be formerly opened
by the "Kings Daughters" about
thirty members are expected from
Baltimore to conduct the dedication
ceremonies on the occasion.
Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods, the
authorand lecturer ofBoston, Mass,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Tyson at their home near
West Nottingham. Mrs. Woods is
the author of the famous "Six
Little Rebels with the sequel CDR.
Dick" and those delightful New
England classics "Grandfather and
Grandmother Grey" and is also one
of the editors of the Ladies Home
Journal of Phila.
The real and personal property
of the late Rebecca E. Langdon,
situate at Harrisville was offered
at public sale on Saturday. The
real estate was withdrawn for want
of bids and sold to J. Frank Rey
nolds at private sale on Monday for
5000. The property contained 6
acres and % perches, improved
with a good dwelling and other
buildings. The personal was dis
posed of on Saturday at public
auction.
AT the examination of teachers
held at Elkton and Port Deposit on
June 4th and 9TH, 119 persons were
examined. OF these 101 were white
and Is colored. For the First
grade 80 were examined, % earn
ing certificates and Z failing. For
the Second grade there were 50 ex-
amined, 81 failing, % receiving
certificates and 9 more passing but
being under the legal age for teach
ers were not certified. OF the Is
colored teachers, II passed and Z
were rejected.
One of the pigeons set loose from
the United States training ship
Monongahela was caught by Mr..
George Beck at his place, several
miles from ChestertOwn. In one of
the quilts was found note, stating
that the bird had been liberated on
Sunday, June II, 80 miles from the
capes, 60 miles from the shore, in
the gulf stream. The message was
addressed to Mrs. A. NJ. Knight,
Annapolis, Md. The bird was
wing weary and hungry, and after
being fed refused to leave Mr.. Beck's
poultry yard, so the message was
sent to Annapolis by mail.
This week has been a great wheat
harvest week. The binders com
menced work Monday morning and
by Saturday night there will be
scarcely stalk standing in all this
section of country. ThecrOp ripened
very early this year while hay is
cOrrespondingly late, much of
which wac ont too aaplu tO uat II