The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-05-31
MINORLOCALS

Lie McCulIOuSu lFOH Company
is enlarging it's works at Whining
ton.
Sand is being shipped from
"Grubb's bar" opposite Bald Frier,
in the Susquehanna river, to Balti-
more.
Harry Whitelock, of Perryville,
has been awarded first honor in the
business department of the Will
mington Commercial College.
The knights of the Golden Eagle
of Port Deposit are billed for a fair
and festival to commence on July
4th and continue for three days.
The patrons and friends of school
No. 4, at CeciltOn, propose raising
a flag over the school building on
the afternoon of Decoration Day.
The Civil Service Reform AS
ISOLATION of Maryland held its
annual meeting in Baltimore, last
week, John S. Writ, Esq, of Elkton,
was elected one of the vice presi-
dents.
Fifteen hundred pine logs which
lodged ON Mr.. Bells land at Como
wingo, have been purchased from
the Williamsport lumber COM
panies, and are being sawed into
lumber by Samuel James.
The railroads florists are fixing
up the grounds about the stations.
They have their own greenhouses
where they propagate the plants
and flowers which so beautify the
little parks about the stations.
There is a vacant scholarship
from this county at st. Johns
College, which will be awarded by
a comparative examination to be
held in the Office of the school COM
missioners on Tuesday, June IL.
The scholarship includes board and
tuition.
An ice cream and strawberry
festival will be held on the church
grounds of Union M. E. Church on
Wednesday evening, June 9Th.
Proceeds for the benefit of the
Sunday school. If stormy the
festival will be held the next fair
evening.
The Rev. R. A. X. Strong, d. D..
died at the residence of Prof. Camp
bell, director of Tome Institute, on
Monday of last week, while on a
visit to his daughter, Mrs. Camp
bell. The deceased was 81 years
of age. His remains were taken to
Michigan.
North East issued bonds and
borrowed money to adorn the town;
or improve it, was the term used,
and now the money is gone and the
town is not improved. The bond
business is a dreadful business.
Think of the origin of the word
bond-bondage of the people.
j. Newman Davis, son of Col. I.
ID. Davis, cashier of the Second
National Bank of Elkton, has
gained considerable note as fine
tenor singer. He sang in the opera
Mikado on the Wilmington stage,
and his acting and singing in the
character of Nanki Poo were highly
complimented.
David Ferguson of North East
who was convicted on a charge of
theft, but made his escape before
Squire Deford passed sentence was
rearrested in Baltimore county, by
Constable Murray and arraigned
before the Squire on another charge,
the larceny of $14 worth of meat,
the property of James Roney. The
magistrate committed him to Jail in
default of $500 bail to await the
action of the grand jury in Septem-
Der next. There should be a more
expeditions way of disposing ofsuch
cases. Our read tape process for
Justice is needlessly tedious and
expensive.
Rev. Mr.. Layield, of Whining
ton, preached at Rising Sun on
Sunday last, Rev. Mr.. Bryan not
having sufficiently recoved from
his severe sickness to be able to
occupy his pulpit. Mr.. Layfield
is pastor Of the new church which
was built while Rev. /. Jewell was
pastor. $25 was raised by collec-
tion to help the church fund tC
liquidate the debt on the new Will
mington church. Mr.. Layfield was
quite severe in his structures ON the
extravagant management of Mr.
Jewell, which left a debt Of severa,
thousand dollars to be paid in order
to save the church, which the
Catholics are ready to pick up if il
is forced to sale.
Death of Thomas Grub.