The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-08


few days at his home in Rising Sun this
week.
Miss Mabel Showalter of Oxford wa.
the guest of the Misses Kirk at their home
on Cherry St. last Sunday.
Chas. E. Dare of the engineering corp:
of the p R. R. spent few days with his
parents in Rising Sun this week.
Miss Dora Webster of Hopewell, Pa,
and Miss Mary Cowan of Oxford, were
the guests of Miss Rhoda V. Wilson last
Sunday.
DR.. S. A. Gayley filled Rev. d. E.
Shaws's pulpit at West Nottingham on
last Sabbath and was in town on Wednes-
day and Thursday, visiting his old parish
ing very we'll.
The neighborhood prayer meet
ings of West Nottingham have been
discontinued till the weather and
roads assume a more settled condi-
ton.
Mr.. John p. Wilson, returning
home from West Nottingham Pres
byterian Church last Sunday, suf-
fered an accident by the bending of
one of the spindles of his carriage.
The Day Basket Factory of North
East has increased the working
time to ten hours,-and so many
people idle who would be glad to
get two, three or four hours work a
day.
Some weather prophets predict
that March will be the most trying
month of the winter.
A safe prediction. March always
is the most trying month of the
twelve.
Station Agent Taylor at the
Baldwin station on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad died Sunday
night after a short illness. His
remains were taken to Chester for
interment.
The receivers of the Mccullough
Iron works at North East went
through the red tape of warning
out the tenants occupying the com
pany's houses and renting them
again under the receivers.
A. V. Oldham and Scott Benja-
min, of Leslie, captured twenty one
cartridges and nine rabbits just
after the "blizzard" and are feed
ing them till they can have a fair
chance to care for themselves.
The ladies of West Nottingham
Presbyterian Church will hold their
regular monthly sociable in the
chapel this evening, commencing
at 7.3O. An entertaining program
has been prepared and in connec-
ton refreshments will be served.
The time has been extended for
making return to the collector of
your income tax, till the 18th Of
April. The rich farmers of Cecil
should have their blanks filled mp
and ready to hand in to collector
Vandiver on or before the day
named.
The North East branch of the
Baltimore Building & Loan Associa-
ton held special meeting on
Thursday of last week, and elected
j. Nelson Black to fill the vacancy
in the Board of Directors, caused
by the withdraw of j. H. Nc
Cracker.
Mr.. B. T. Caldwell has been
elected by the membership of Row.
landville circuit to represent the
charge in the approaching annual
conference to be held in Alexandria,
Va, April Sd next, and of which
the Rev. j, D. Kinzer, d. D. is
president.
The Musical and literary enter
tainment, under the direction of
Prof. G. w. Walker, of Brownings-
vile, Md, which on December last
was postponed on account of a
severe storm, will be held in the
Bay View M. P. Church on Satur-
day (to-morrow) night, March 8.
w. 7. Boulder, bailiff of Elkton,
received word from the police OF
Fort Wayne, Iud., to hold an I'M
known man lately arrived in Elkton
whose description answered to one
they were looking for. When the
officer from Fort Wayne came on
and saw the stranger he proved not
to be the man wanted in the hOosier
state.
Marriage licenses were issued last
week to William F. Grist, of Farm
ington and Lille j. Ashley of Theo-
dore; George d. Lofiand, of Chester
town, and George Il. Jones, OF
Chesapeake City; John B. Holly
and Florence L. Sherman of Port
Deposit; George w. Davidson and
Laura M. Wiley, of Cherry Hill;
Daniel T. Arbuckle and Mary c.
Spratt, of AndOra.
Miss Elizabeth Smithson, elocu-
Zionist, of Baltic, will give an en-
tartainmnnt undar tha auSI,icac M