The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-04-27

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Rev. VIM. j. Birmingham, Elk
toms eloquent Catholic divine, will
deliver a lecture on 'HThe True
Church, !" in lakewood Hall, We'd
nesday evening, May I'd. Admis-
sion 25c.
A young man tied a spirited
young horse to a hitching post near
Sylmar, on Sunday eveninga couple
of weeks ago, while he held a tete
a tete with his best girl. When he
came out to hitch up he found the
animal lying dead with its neck
broken.
Jas. Clark of Pleasant Grove,
whose horse became frightened at
the papermill teamand sustained in
juries resulting in its death few
weeks ago, has made a claim on the
county commissioners for damages,
alleging the road was not of the re-
quired width.
Mr.. George S. Fox who is large
dealer in superior make of ladders,
has purchased the right of the
Taylor Butter Package for Cecil
county. This has every appear
ance of being the best arrangement
for preserving and shipping butter
that has been brought out.
Col. Andrew Wallace Evans, of
Elkton, a retired army officer has
been breveted Brigadeer General
for distinguished services in Indian
campaigns. Col. Evans is a brother
of the late Alexander Evans. He
was in active service during the
entire war of the slave holders re-
bellion.
Richard Darrah and John Kelley,
the tramps who recently entered
the Cecilton colored school house
and destroyed furniture, were given
a hearing before Squire Cleaver of
Elkton on Thursday of last week
and were committed to the House
of Correction for term of three
months each.
These leisurely gentlemen broke
up furniture to build a fire, having
taken lodgings in the school house.
When they get out of the House of
Correction the weather will be
warm enough to sleep without fire.
Marshal Brown the leader of
Coxey's army of the Commonweal
is said to be Henry Lowman a
native of Elkton, and who learned
the printing trade in the Wing
office. Henry was round with a
band of musicians selling Indian
medicine under the title of Prof.
Lorman, some three years ago. He
did not visit Elllton but dispensed
his wonderful cures in North East
and Port Deposit. Henry is a
miscellaneous genius and well calcu-
lated to take such role as Marshal
Brown in the camp of the Common
veal.
The May Arena closes the ninth
volume of this leader among the
progressive and reformative re-
views of the English speaking
world. The table of contents is very
strong and inviting to those inter
ested in live questions and advanced
thought. Among the important
social and economic problems dis
cussed and ably handled in a brave
and fundamental manner, charac-
teristic of this review, are ''The
First Steps in the Land Question,
by Louis f. Post, the eminet Single
Tax leader; 'The Philosophy of
Mutualism," by Prof. Frank Par
sons Of the Boston University Law
School; Emergency Measures for
Maintaining Self Respected Man
hood,o by the editor of the Arena.
The Saloon Evil is also discussed
in symposium. One of the strong
est paper on Heredity that has APP
peared in recent years is found in
this issue from the pen of Helen III.
Gardener. Rev. M. j. Savage APP
pears in very thoughtful paper
on'Tne Religion of Lowell's Poems;"
a fine portrait of Lowell appears as
a frontispiece. DIR. James r. Cooke
contributes a striking paper On the
'"The Power of the Mind in the
Cure of Diseases" A strong fea-
ture of this number is brief char
acter sketch by Stephen Crane en-
titled San Ominous Baby" Stin-
son Jarvis series of brilliant papers
on ''Ihe Ascent of Life" closes with
this issue.
The Arena has made steady pro-
gress; its circulation having increas-
ed during the panic, and it has
necessarily been enlarged to one
hundred and forty four pages. There
is, also, in addition to this, the
book reviews, which cover over
twenty pages, making in all a
magazine OF over one hundred and
sixty pages. The steady increase
in circulation of this $5 magazine