The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-02-02
Friday, Feb. 2, 1904.
MINOR LOCALS


Elkton composed of ladies and gentle
men.
The Odd Fellows Hall 10 Elkton is
to be sold Saturday. Feb. 18th by Gin
ton Mccullough, trustee.
While cunning for musk rats on the
Brandywine marsh near Wilmington,
Augustus Faske shot y. d. Buckmaster
accidentally. Buckmaster was instantly
killed.
W. S. Evans, trustee, sold at trns
tees sale at the Court House door
in Elkton. Tuesday, the Dunbar
Morgan property CD High street.
Elkton to Amos S. Evans, for $l675.
Quartely meeting will be held in
Rising Sun M. E. Church next SUM-
day morning Preaching by Rev. L
E. Barrett, 2 E.. at 1870 M, and
by Rev. l.. W. Layfeld at $50 p. m.
Our delegate Woolley appears to be
q fighting member in the House and
that's the kind we need. We trust
that in all his combsts he'll make the
wool fly on the peoples side from the
thick fleece of the corporations.
E. II. Reynolds who is sojourner
in this part of the sixth district, the
paradise of farmers, reports his crop of
wheat at 323 bushels per acre and oats
over 60 bushels.
W. Press. Reyno ds goes him good
deal better and reports 40 bushels to
the acre.
A walnut tree was felled on the
farm OF Col. Enoch Noyes. near Port
Deposit. At the bait it measured
6 feet in diameter and Is feet in cir
conference. Its height was Sc feet
The age of the tree was nearly three
hundred years. Col Noyes intends
to sell the tree, which he thinks is
worth over four hundred dollars.
George Juergens, of Scotland
Point. on Friday last, fell on pitch
fork, tine of which ran through the
lower portion of his abdomen, CON-
ing out through the hip behind For
tunately neither his bowels nor the
large blood vessel of the thigh were
penetrated. DR. Bratton attended
the sufferer, and he is now recover.
ing.
The Rising Sun W. C. T. U. will
meet in the lecture room of the
church on Thursday Feb. 9th. A
W. C. T. U. worker from Baltimore
will give Bible Reading and in the
evening in the same place will talk
on Loyalty" to the church. All
members and friends are cordially
invited. Evening meeting at Z
O'Clock.
Several car loads of tin plate ar.
rived at Havre de Grace the other
day. three of which were consigned
to s. j. Seneca and four to Reynolds
Bros. Mr.. Seneca expects to begin
making cans the latter part of the
week, and Reynolds Bros. about
February 1st. The two factories
will give work to upwards of FIVE
hundred people.
We we're sorry to see MIR. M. ..
McNsmee's rejection by the Senate.
Mr.. McNamee was appointed Judge
of the Orphans Court by Governor
Brown, to fill the vacancy made by
the death of Judge Evans. Why
was be rejected we wonder Well,
no we don't either. He is fair and
honest Judge. of good ability, and
should have been confirmed.
Marriage licenses issued by the Clerk
Of the Court for Cecil county: Jan
10. Daniel R. Rooney of Rochester,
N. Y, and Elizabeth NJ. Moore OF this
county; Jan. %, Samuel A. Taylor and
M. Jennie Warden of Rising Sun; Jan.
%, Samuel G. Smith and Clara G.
Slicer OF Pennington; Jan. "a. VIM j.
Steen and Florence johnson, both
colored, of Rising Sur, Gibson Valen
tine. colored, of Cherry Hill. and Katie
Congo of Iron Hill; Jan. 25, Theodore
M. Richie and Mary j Schof, both oil
Hartford county.
Joseph Abrahams and Myrou
Miller, both of Woodlawn, will leave
for Topeka, Kan, on Monday nex'
to join a party who are going to
Mexico to enter into coffee culture
A Mr.. Merry of Topeka has purchas
ed large tract of land south of ths
city of Mexico which he will convert
into a coffee plantation and party
of Americans will accompany Mr.
Merry and assist in establishing the
enterprise. Mexico is said to pro-
duce coffee of superior flavor. The
coffee plant is shrub, commences
bearing when two years old and lives
thirty to thirty-fve years.
Cecil county promises to come to thu
front as great clay county, the bes
clays for pottery being found in grea
abundance in several sections OF tn
county. In place of taking the clay t
the potteries the potter will come to tn
clay. Cecil carries the belt as the pro
duCer Of superior quality of hay, AM
the next prize she is reaching for is tn
cup for the best clay. When the pro
cesses are perfected for separating til
alumina q valuable mineral clay
abound in Cecil will take another jun