The midland journal., 1894-01-12
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, j am. II 1894.
MINOR LOCALS


meetings at Calvert.
J. G. Bel, of Conowingo. is ahead
of all others in securing crop of ice.
The Odessa Creamery Company
has declared diyidend- Of 10 per
ON the capital stock.
Loyal Legion will meet to morrow
a:teroon at o'clock in the Lecture
Room of the nj. E. church.
Prof. Weller is teaching class OF
over thirty scholar vocal and instru.
mental music, in Denny's Hall,
Sylrar.
Mr.. Abraham Brumield. an old
citizen and justice of the peace at
Principle, died on Saturday, Dec. 30
from the effects of the grip.
Mr., Edward McCaslin, of Rock
Springs, and Miss Matilda Dunn OF
Oakwood, were married by Rev. Mr..
Morris on Friday, Dec. 2lst.
The young ladies of Port Deposit
held concert last week for the
benefit of the poor of the town, $40
was the result of the enterprise.
The store firm of R. p Mcdowell
G. Son of Conowingo has partially
changed proprietors, r P. Mcdowell
retiring and Charles Roby taking an
interest in the business.
Reuben Kinks family near Calvert
we're startled by the alarm of fire
few days ago. 1t proved to be a
sooty chimney. The fire was extin
guished without damage.
Havre de Grace held a municipal
election on New Years day and
some of the defeated candidates are
claiming the election was illegal the
day being legal holiday.
The following officers of Rising
Sun Cornet Band were elected at the
meeting Saturday evening: Leader.
H. s. Smith, Pres, Halus Ewing;
Treas, W. L. Ryan; Secy., Evans
Ewing.
Winter is being delayed SO long
that the public is beginning to feel
anxious about ice The ice machine
will supersede nature before many
wears. The machine supplies purer
and better ice than the pond or
stream.
u. S Grant Post. No 10, e. A r.
will have camp fire and public
installation of officers, at their post
room, at Cherry Hill, on Wednesday
evening. Jan 18th at O'Clock. The
Staff of the Department of Maryland
are expected to be present and will
install the officers. The public are
cordially invited.
The Carhart & Co. mercantile firm
of Zion announce that dollar will
nearly double it's purchasing power
previously to their taking account of
stock. The most Of folks who have
to purchase dollars by the result of
their labor baye discovered that the
purchasing power of the dollar has
been doubled quite good while
That is what the gold ring aristocracy
call an "honest dollar The other
fellows are setting down to the con-
clusion that such dollar is no more
honest than common thief.
Another colony OF Germans came
from Kansas last week and settled
on the Eastern shore. Two or three
exoduses of the same people had
preceded those of last week, all farm
ers, and many others are expected
TO follow. These German farmers
will be valuable accession to the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and are
no doubt only the advanced parties
of large immigration to the state.
The mild climate of the peninsula
will prove an agreeable contrast to
that of Kansas.
The announcement that w. g..
Purnell of Elkton would be elected
secretary of the Mary land Senate al
Office he has so ably filled for several
sessions was too previous. The
German ring concluded that it would
be better politics for them to have j.
Roger McSberry young man OF
Frederick, and they so stated to the
members in caucus and McSterry
was chosen to fill the place. Cecil
got o journal clerk. Eugene HI. Pearce
OF the lower district. Purnell is too
good q man for the Baltimore ring
Mr.. G. G. Crothers contended the
choice should be made by secret bal
lot but the bosses wouldn't trust
their man out of sight and ordered
viva voce vote
Harry S Cameron of Elkton re-
ceived committee clerkship in the
House.
The Singerly pulp works at Elktou
have again stated up and number
OF families in Elkton have been made
happy.
Polk Racine, one of the pulp mil
employees, and an EIktOn celebrity
describes the process of pulp making
in a contribution 10 the Democra
from which we clip the following
A chemical preparation is used il
which the wood is immersed fol
several hours. it is then washed ant
made ready for the wet machines