The midland journal., 1894-08-31
Dr. Richardson of Calvert, has lost his

| DSoI AANio@ ~ NCAAS'
The repairs to the Presbyterian Church
at Zion were commenced Monday.
Republican primaries will be held at
R. Taylor's office tomorrow afternoon
from to p. nj.
The Oxford public schools opened
Monday for the term of nine months.
They are week ahead of Cecil schools.
Amos Martinda1e had fine mule to
| choke itself to death recently. The
animal got down i'll the stall and was
choked by the halter.
Martha, infant daughter ofThomas and
Annie Kirk of Rising Sun, died Saturday
afternoon of cholera infantum. Inter
ment at Rosebank Cemetery, Tuesday.
L. M. Haines and B. F. Flounders,
trustees, on Monday by A. P. Shockley
auctioneer, sold the Chambers property
situate in North East, to Mrs. Harriet l..
Lambert for $1,000.
| Mrs. D. H. Cullen of Calvert neigh
borhood has cent bearing date 1888 one
of the first issued by the young govern
ment The coin would sell for good
many cents at present.
Reynolds & Hunt have just finished an
order for erecting windmill and putting
in bath room fixtures complete i'll the
Manse at West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church. Their plumbing and windmill
business is keeping them on the go.
Rawlinsvil1e camp meeting the leading
camp of lower Lancaster county closed
yesterday. A number of persons from
Rising Sun attended the camp ON Sunday.
There were I5S tents on the ground and
the attendance on Sunday was estimated
to have been ten thousand persons.
Workmen have been engaged for
several days past clearing the land of VIM.
NJ Singer1y at Frenchtown, on the Elk
| river, two miles south of Elkton, prepara-
tory to building large brick yard on the
land. Mr.. Singerly recently discovered a
| rich vein of the best quality of clay.
Mrs. Esther Trainor, wife of Thomas
Trainor, formerly of Calvert, died last
Saturday at her home at Petersburg,
Virginia. Deceased was a daughter of
William Hambleton of Calvert. The
remains were brought to Calvert and the
funeral will take place this afternoon at
2 o'clock.
A large bay horse was stolen from
James McCamant of New London, Chester
county last week The animal was taken
from the pasture field. A buggy and
harness were stolen the same night from
George Pierce i'll the same neighborhood.
The New London Detective Association
offers reward of SIS.
Jos. S. Pogue & Son desire to contradict
| the report that they contemplate shutting
down work i'll their carriage factory this
fall and winter. To the contrary, they will
put i'll larger stock than 'usual, having
recently enlarged the shops and are better
| prepared than ever to turn out satisfactory
work at satisfactory prices.
| The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society and Ladies Aid Society will meet
with Mrs. Edwin Haines on Wednesday,
| September 5th at o'clock. 1t is the de-
sire that the w. c. T. U. will meet at the
same time to elect delegates to the annual
county convention to be held at Hope
well M. E. Church on Wednesday, Sept.
18th.
| James Brown, Sylmar, threshed out his
wheat crop which made 3o4 bushels to
the acre.
D. w. McVey's crop on adjoining farm
made 33H bushels 2H acres of extra fine
yielded Al 3-5 bushels. That is a fine
section for wheat raising, the yearly yields
invariably being above the general
average.
| While Andrew Holt farmer residing
in Elk Neck, was blasting rock, small
piSSC VI SlOlC SlIuCk Hill III the heck,
penetrating his windpipe and coming out
| of his mouth The wound bled profusely,
and from the loss of blood he became un-
conscious. DR.. Charles NJ. Ellis of Elkton,
dressed the wounds, which he pronounced
| not to be of serious nature.
Great preparations are being made for
the workingmen's picnic to be held in
Warmers grove, near Christiana, Chester
county, Pa, Saturday, September Ist.
Hon. W. U. Hensel, Vim. M. Singerly
and several other sly old party politicians
are expected to do the spouting. Wonder
if the working men are still in frame of
mind to be bamboozled by these sly old
politicians, after their experience this
year'