The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-02-16

six legs.
John B. Graham of Charlestown il
building large fishing boat for Jas
G. Crothers.
Mr.. G Silver has sold the patent
right of his wire mattress to William
Gillespie of Woodlawn, for this
county.
The Cecil Paper Mills. near Elk
ton, operated by the firm of l D
Carter & Son. closed down about the
first of this month owing to a lack Of
orders.
The insane colored boy named Abe
Smith who left Jacob Swayne's neal
! Calvert, some two weeks ago has
been recovered and taken to the
asy lum.
Spencer & McGonigal who opperat
ed a canaery; at Port Deposit last
season will not run the business this
year. Times too hard to make it pay
they say.
Tie receipts at the Elkton post.
office for January were the highest
ever reached at the office, The sale
of stamps, cards, envelopes, box
rents, etc, aggregated 1875.
Elwood Nichols of the firm of B
p Nichols & Bro. of this town, who
has been trying Port Deposit as a
grocery stand for the past year. will
return to the Sun in the spring.
The safety gates al the Baltimore
and On'o Railroad on Main street.
Newark, were badly wrecked by the
runaway farm team of James Hol-
land, Of Fair Hill.
The Wakefield Fire Brick Com.
pauy has elected Andrew Anderson
president, and other officers.
The lakewood Lyceum had for dis
cussion at one of it's meetings the
election of United States Senators by
the vote of the people. Such ques.
tions are full of interest and profit to
the public. Questions of govern
ment are the questions most needing
ventilation aud discussion among
the plain people.
Last Monday was one ofthe storm.
lest Of the season Rain. snow and
s'eet accompanied by strong north
east wind rising some times to a gale
After dark small norther set in and
blew with great violence for a short
time The wind was intensely cold,
the rain accompanying the gale. form.
ing sheet of ice as it fell.
A certificate of incorporation of
the Easton and Elkton Railroad
Company has been filed with the
Secretary of State at Annapolis.
The road is to extend from Easton
to Chestertown, the capital stock be-
ing $500 600 shares $50 each. The
'ncorporators are Joseph b. Seth,
James A. Pearce Samuei G. Rowland
Theophilus Tunis and VIM r Mar
tin. The proposed road 10 a link in
the Eastern Shore system now pro
Jected.
There will be musical and literary
entertainment in Bay View M. P.
Church on Saturday evening. Feb
18th, commencing at 7.30 Profess
sors G.. w. Walker. of Montgomery
county, Md, Paul n. Strayer, of
Baltimore College and R N. Brown.
ing of Bryant & Strattnn's College,
Baltimore, Miss Sadie Knellar, also
of Baltimore. will render solos and
rectations.- The proceeds will be
for the benefit of the Methodist par.
sonage at Bay View.
Senator Gibson and Representa-
tive Talbot, of Maryland, are urging
generous appropriations tor Eastern
Shore rivers, including the Elk and
North East. Mr.. Talbot was chiefly
Interested in securing an appropria-
tion to obtain survey of the Sus-
quehanna river above and below Port
Deposit in order that ice gorges may
he prevented either by deepening the
channel to facilitate the plan of ice
blocks bv some other means which
should be deemed feasible by compe.
tent engineers.
Deepening the channel will never
prevent ice eorges. Building broad
and strong levee or wall from above
Rock Run to the lower end of Port
might, which the government will
never do. Surveying and dredging
of creeks cost large sums of money
and the work is but temporary. These
small streams soon fill up again and
the work must be done over. The
amount expended on the public roads
would he greater and more lasting
benefit to the whole community.
On Friday evening last Harmony
Council No. 81. Junior Order OF
United American Mechanics was in.
stituted at Cecilton, this county, by
National Representative S J. Keys,
Deputy State Councillor. etc. etc.
j Similar announcements are of
weekly occurapce in the pagers
Those frsternal associations rise nv
hundreds. flourish for a brief season
and decay. They doubtless serve
in some measure as ameliorating in
huences. but are mere make shifts at
best. The great need of the Ameri-