The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-05-11

seen last Saturday AFTERNOON near
Leslie.
Attention is directed to the adv.
of Hamilton Easter & Co., the cold
reliablesn of Baltimore in the dry
goods line.
A mad dog last Saturday morn
ing attacked William Blake while
blowing near Mechanics Valley.
Mr.. Blake escaped from the dog
which was chased up the road
above j. B. Miller's farm and finally
killed.
The Cecil Wing last week pub
fishes a sketch of the authoress,
Miss Martha Finley of Elkton, to-
gether with portrait of the lady
and her cottage. She ought to sue
the Wing forsucha pair of pictures.
w. J. McDougal has taken the
agency for the Adriance Buck eye
bow down binders, mowers, etc.
Farmers are invited to call and in
spect. Anyone in want of a good
four-ho wagon can secure one at
a bargain.
Rev. L. E. Barrett will deliver
his popular lecture, "Adam's Rib,
for the Woodlawn w. G. T. U. at
Hopewell M. E. Church, Saturday,
May - at s p. IN. Come and have
a laughable time and help good
cause. Admission, adults zoe.
children 15c.
VIM. Wilson a colored man in
the employ of the Whitaker Iron Co.,
at Principle Furnace met with a
painful accident last Saturday after
noon, while riding ON horseback
near jackson station, his horse
stumbled and fell upon one Of his
legs spraining it very severely.
The board of town commissioners
of North East met last Tuesday
evening and under the new law, ap
pointed VIM. L. Ha,amo2d, Treas
urer. The salary of the office was
fixed at $50 a year. The required
bond is $12, 900. No definite action
was taken in regard to the bond
issue.
j. NJ. Tucker, I. d. Davis and
W. w. Michigan, who constitute
the Board of Election Supervisors
for Cecil county, have organized by
electing John NJ. Tucker president,
I. d. Davis secretary, and Benjamin
T. Founders counsel.
Gentlemen, appoint young men
with good eyes for election officers.
During the thunder storm last
Sunday night Henry Wright living
on the old Thackery farm, now
owned by w. Kershaw about half
a mile from Elkton came in from a
drive and hitched his horse to a
tree near the house while he went
into the house for q lantern. While
he was gone the lightning struck
the tree, knock the horse down and
killed a dog. Though the horse
was badly stunned and bled freely
at the mouth from the effects of
the stroke, it will probably recover.
A mad dog appeared at Rock
Springs last week and bit a number
of dogs in the neighborhood. The
first appearance of the rabid animal
was in Tyson Reynolds yard and
bit one of his dogs. Two dogs at
Benjamin Garvin's were bitten, also
, one each of John Mason's and John
Gano's. The mad dog was finally
shot and also the dogs he had bitten.
We have never before known such
a crop of mad dogs as has appeared
within year. Wonder if hard times
causes hydrophobia?
The twenty first Annual Conven-
ton of the Maryland State Temper
ance Alliance met in Baltimore on
Wednesday of last week. A call
of Delegates showed a representa-
J ton of 1SS. Cecil was represented
: by Miss Lottie Williams, Miss
Martha Jones, and Mrs. M. B. D..
Snyder of the Young Peoples
Temperance Association of Port De-
posit.
Cecil was not very numerously
, represented for so strong a temper
, ance county with only about 30 gin
3 mills. This Maryland Temperance
= Alliance can make the same boast
:. that the market man did of his pig.
! Piggy was little but he was old.
West Nottingham Lawn Tennis
Association viii hold a tournament
t on their grounds at West Noting
4 ham, May Doth, at one O'Clock,
| with the following clubs: Port De
e posit Tennis Club, Port Deposit
e Country Tennis Club, Liberty
+ Grove Tennis Club and a number
o of players from Rising Sun. Silver
!, medals will be given in the follow
! ing events: ladies doubles, gents
}. doubles, mixed doubles, ladies
+ singles and gents singles. Entries
o will close Tuesday, May 22d anC