The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-05
NTY NEWS.
Friday, April 5 1895.
MINOR LOCALS

week.
The ferry boat, City Bell has re
sumed its trips between Port an(
Lapidum.
Secure your seats for the Baconiar
Literary Society entertainment il
the Town Hall this evening.
Robin r. Breast made his appear
ance on Monday last, April list
and announced that spring had
come.
Clarence T. Dare has accepted g
position with E. III. Worthingtor
and took up the duties laid down
by "Doc" on Monday last.
The Rising Sun W. G. T. U. will
meet in the lecture room of the
church on Thursday afternoon
April 11th, at 2:30 O'Clock.
The Elkton town election will be
held on Monday, April Sth, when
two commissioners will be elected
to hold office for two years.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Williams
have left their poultry farm at
Leslie in the charge of Mrs. Mearns
and moved to Philadelphia.
Rev. G. Alcorn of Kennett
Square will preach in Rising SIM
M. E. Church on Sunday morning
next, at TO- o'clock and at Sylma1
at $50.
Thieves invaded the chicken
house of Harry NJ. Boulder on the
Ellis farm near Elkton, one night
last week and carried off sixty five
chickens.
Mrs. Clara I. Turner has pur-
chased from the heirs, the VIM. J.
Evans farm about two miles from
Rising Sun, containing 2144 acres.
The price was 100000.
The P. w. & B. R. r. will
shortly make Elkton the head
quarters for its work train. The
engineer, fireman and members of
the crew will be obliged to reside
there.
At a fire that recently occurred
at Wilson College a daughter of
John S. Settle, of Leeds, who is a
student at the college lost all her
wearing apparel and various mis-
cellaneous articles.
Powers & Cory, the enterprising
foundry firm of Elkton, have con-
tracted with Dubois & Darrow, of
Newark, New Jersey, to furnish
$4,000 pounds of sewing machine
castings.
In order to fill this contract the
present plant of the firm will have
to be increased to almost double its
present capacity.
Some time ago it was announced
that the Gamers on the Peninsula
would only pay S. ton for toma-
toes during the coming season. A
number of growers have held a
meeting at Salisbury, Nd, and
decided that they will not grow
tomatoes for less than S. a ton.
They will also insist upon con-
tract which will bind both packer
and grower. 1t is not known what
the outcome of the matter will be.
The teachers of the 9th, 18th and
Sth districts will hold their regular
monthly meeting at Port Deposit,
in the public school room, on Satur-
day, April 9th. The same program
that was arranged for March meet
ing, which was postponed on ac-
count of bad roads, will be given
at this meeting.
Mr.. HI. R. Torbert will deliver
an address on the public school, its
relation to socialism and it's advant-
ages and possibilities as compared
to individualism or private schools.
A meeting was held in the lecture
room of the NJ. E. Church for the
election Of officers and teachers OF
the Sunday school on Tuesday and
resulted as fOllows:-Supt., w.
Louis Ryan; Asst. supt,, Edwin
Haines; Secy. A. Mabel Reynolds;
Lib, II. Jennie Reynolds; Asst.
lib, Ethel r. Hartenstine; Cherries
ter, c. Conner; Organist, Mary S.
Conner; Asst. organist, Carrie
Coates; Missionary treasurer, Mrs.
Mary L. Brown; Sunday school
treasurer, Anna w. Bryan; Supt.
primary dept, C. w, Wilson; Asst
primary dept, Rhoda Y. Wilson.
Teachers; Mrs. E. P. Haines, Mr..
C. S. Pyle, Mrs. NJ. L. Brown, Mr..
G. Conner, Miss Lizzie R. Stephens,
Miss Anna w. Bryan, Mr.. Edwin
} Haines, Mr.. Walter X, Terry, Miss
A. Belle Keilholtz Mrs. Gertrude
s. Pogue. Assistant teachers;
Misses lIollie R. Wilson, Mary s.
Conner, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Nellie H
Wagner. Sunday school to open
at 8 a. IN. April 7th.
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