The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-07-13

Sunday 22d inst, will be Children's
Day at Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church.
Harvest wages were 81 to $I25 this
season which was better price than the
crops.
Hughes Keilholtz has moved into the
house on Pearl St., recently vacated by
J. c. Cornish.
Calvert w. c. T. u, will hold their
next regular meeting in the Friends
Meeting house Oh Thursday, July 10, at
2 p. m.
The mason work of the new bridges has
been given to Nesbltt and Mcdowell.
Work on the new structures is to begin
shortly.
The friends of Zion M. E. Church will
hold fruit and ice cream festival on the
lawn in front of the church on Wednesday
evening, July IS.
On Thursday last ]. Walter Winches-
ter, aged II years, son of J. P. Winches-
ter of Oxford, fell from cherry tree and
broke his left arm between the elbow and
wrist Dr. Gillespie set the broken limb.
Mr.. T. D. Bowen of Chestertown, Md,
graduate of Washington college and
later student of Johns Hopkins and ex-
perienced as a teacher, has been elected
as Principal of the Friends Normal In
stitute, Rising Sun.
The Home Mission held very pleasant
sociable at Maple Lawn, the home of the
Misses Wilson, near Rising Sun, last
Friday evening. A large number of
members and guests were present and en-
joyed the literary program and other
| features.
An ice cream, cake and music festival
will be held on the ground of the M. E.
Church at Pleasant Grove, Lancaster
county, on Thursday afternoon and even
ing, July 10. The Wakefield Cornet Band
will make the concord of sweet sounds
for the occasion.
The delegates elected to attend the
National Convention of the Christian
Endeavor at Cleveland, Ohio, from West
Nottingham, were Misses Lena and Carrie
Kimble, Misses Eleanor and Carrie
Nesbitt. They were frightened out of at
tending by the strike.
The lecture given by Mrs. Woods in
the chapel at West Nottingham last Friday
evening drew but small audience, partial
ly ON account of the heavy rain in the
afternoon making travelling disagreeable.
The lecture was fine literary entertain
ment and much enjoyed by those who at
tended.
| Samuel J. Morrison near this town came
near having his residence burned recently
by bundle of clothes catching fire from
a lighted lamp. Mr.. Morrison was
absent at the time, but his wife and
daughter managed to extinguish the
flames after they had burned considerable
clothing, etc.
Thos. H. Brown, near Blue Ball fell
from cherry tree forty feet without re-
ceiving serious injury. A limb broke he
was on letting him down. In the descent
the force of the fall was broken by Mr.
Brown selling limbs, and when near the
ground he caught firm grip of a branch
which so checked his descent that he
alighted on his feet without injury.
The four Sunday schools of Cecil Circuit
M. P. Church-Bay View, New Leeds,
Mount Olivet and Moore's Chape1-will
a hold jubilee in the Gilpin Falls woods,
near Bay View, on Thursday, July 10, all
day. There will be public speaking by
clergymen from Baltimore and elsewhere,
and instrumental and vocal music Re-
freshments will be ON sale and everything
to add to the pleasure of the day.
| Garfield Relief Corp of Rising Sun, will
hold DAIRY Maids Reception" on the
evening of July 81 on the lawn at Mrs.
c. w. Wilson's, from 7 till II. All the
delicacies of the dairy will be served hot
and cold. The entertainment will open
with the Dairy Maids Song, sung in
chorus. The evening will be enlivened
by instrumental as well as vocal music,
and most enjoyable time is anticipated.
Miss Baltimore, one of our Indian
missionaries, will give an address in the
M. E. Church, Rising Sun, on Tuesday
evening, July 18th, at O'Clock. She has
some rare curiosities; among them a
magnificent dress worn by native prin.
cess at wedding.
The public are cordially invited. Ad-
mission free; but collection will be
taken up. WoMANs FOREIGN MIS-
sIoNARY SOCIETY OF RISING SUN.
Gospel Tent neetings at Nottingham
Evangelist George D. Moore of Bridge.