The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-03-09
Squire Spence of Cherry Hill is reported

OF Mrs. f.. L. Reynolds.
Orien T. Kiinbell, stenographer for
Hamilton Disston, is spending week at
home OH account of i'll health.
The Rowland Company will start up
their works ct Port Deposit on Monday.
No fear of ice freshets this spring.
The yellow-ned has been brought into
town in considerable numbers, but is not
popular. Too many bones for the meat
The Legislature has passed the bill pro-
viding for the appointment of physician
to the Jail by the Sheriff of Cecil county.
The property of the late Vim. J. Jones,
on North street, Elkton, was sold at
trustees sale on Tuesday to l.. NJ Haines
for $6,55o.
The Port Deposit amature MINISTRIES
performed i'll the Hall last night, but not
i'll time to get notice of the concert in
the MIDLAND JOURNAL.
1t is said that Spencer & McGonigal's
cannery will be removed from Port De-
post to lower county to get fuller sup
plies of corn and tomatoes
| Sylvester Roe, farmer, living near
Warwick, is laying at the point of death.
He was gored by an infuriated bull while
walking across his cattle yard.
The report is abroad that Senator Croth-
ers has been appointed an attorney for
the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. The late
VIM ]. Jones was attorney for the COM
pany.
Mr.. ]. Polk Scott, who conducts an
agricultural warehouse i'll Elkton, made
an assignment to Austin L. Crothers, for
the benefit of creditors The assets are
placed at $500; liabilities not known.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Thompson, of
Principle, were very agreeably surprised
OH Saturday evening last by about fifty of
their friends and neighbors, the occasion
being the eighth anniversary of their
marriage.
A mad dog made his appearance at
Bank, four miles from E1kton, on Tues
day of last week and bit many ofthe dogs
there. He was followed and killed at
Henderson's gate i'll the 4th District.
Since then about 20 dogs in the neigh
borhood have been killed.
Mrs Sarah McNamee, of the Eighth
district, relict of the late Frederick
McNamee, died Saturday, March
the grid. Her funeral took place
on Thursday. Interment in Friends
Cemetery at West Nottingham. The
deceased was about So years of age and
had been confined to her bed since last
May.
William w. Burkley proprietor of the
HowardHouse, Elkton, attempted to cross
theSusquehanna river, near the Baltimore
and Ohio bridge, i'll a batieau last Friday,
The boat was swamped by the action of
floating ice, and Mr.. Burnley was in great
danger. He got ashore after two hours
and half of labor. Many persons watch
ed him from the shore, but were unable to
help him.
Brother Taylor Of the Appeal says he
does not encourage personal references to
people in the way of alleged 'jokes."
The latter may be very funny to the
writer and few of his friends, but they
possess no interest for the general reader
and are decidedly tiresome.
A timely hint to some of the contem-
poraries of the APPEAL.
On Monday flock of wild geese came
honking over town but appeared to be a
scouting party only and not a genuine
e1nigrant party. They circled round APP
parently taking note of the country and
foated off toward the Chesapeake. A
couple of shots were fired at them, res
minder that their most deadly enemy was
on the alert.
A pig was caught supposition says by
the boys of Washington College. They
shaved its sides and marked "W. c."
Washington College, on each side of the
pig i'll large letters and then turned him
loose. President Reid, of the college,
last week received a bill claiming
damages The bill will not be paid unless
the farmer can definitely prove that Wash
ington College boys disfgured the animal
| Assessing damages would be a nice
point the amount of damage being
measured by the humiliation and mental
suffering endured by piggy,
The Young Ladies' Home Missionary
Society was entertained by Drs. Jenness
and Moore on Friday evening last. Rec
itations and music divided the honors
with the good bachelor cheer provided by
the hosts. DIR. Jenness recited, Miss
Lizzie R. Stephens read the paper, John
l.. Stephens and Eugene Connor drew
concord of sweet sounds" from violins,
but the Pansy Chorus was where the fun
came in
Bachelor parties are always entertain
ing, there is such a charm about their
social negligee and informal formality
antipodes you see. But bachelor is an
antipode anyhow, especially ifantiquated.
One of the poems recited was DIR.