The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-09-20
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Sept. 20. 1895.
MINORLOCALS

There is talk of Millinery store
at Rowlandville, see adv. next
week.
Oxford fair commences next
Wednesday. See adv. in another
column.
Jos. I. Riale of Rising Sun had a
horse to die of cerebro spinal mem
nights this week.
The northern Convocation will
meet in North Sassafras Parish,
Cecil county, Sept. 25th.
The Rising Sun W. C. T. U. will
meet with Mrs. VIM. Clifford on
Thursday Sept. Goth, at 2.30 p. m.
Miss Lulu M. McCay of Port
Deposit, returned to the State
Normal School on Tuesday, Sept.
9th.
Anyone wanting a bicycle can
secure bargain by calling on w.
II. Mcclure & Bro. First come,
first served.
Notice the change of date of the
sale of mortgaged real estate, by
Barclay Reynolds, adm. of Geo.
Carter, decd.
Rev. Alfred 7. Scott of Whining
ton will preach at Rising Sun next
Sunday morning and evening, and
at Sylmar in the afternoon.
Rising Sun did herself proud
with the Band she sent to Elkton
fair last Thursday. 1t numbered
twenty pieces and was credit to
the county.
A Hurst Democratic Club of the
9th dist. was organized at Rising
Sun last Saturday evening and a
call issued for a meeting in DIR.
Kinks hall tonight.
Robt. Love will sell at public
sale on Wednesday, Sept. 25th, at
Eli COulson's store at Corner Ketch,
his house and lot containing %
acres, on the road from West Not
tingham to Woodlawn.
Wednesday morning a special
train passed through Rising Sun
carrying about 500 scholars and
teachers from the Elwyn Training
School for the Feeble Minded.
They were on their annual outing
at Happy Velley.
Thos. Thompson, an aged farmer
of the fourth district, was found
dead in his corn field last Wednes-
day. Coroner Litzenburg was mott
fled and after an examination
rendered verdict of heart failure.
III. +. Mackey has sold the VIM.
Preston farm of 22O acres, near
Rock Springs, to Howard Bradley
of Wrightsdale. Mr.. Mackey
purchased the property at mort
gagee's sale last spring for $4,000.
A birthday party was given by
the ladies of the Home Mission of
West Nottingham Presbyterian
church at the Manse yesterday af
ternoon. The receipts of the party
were $51. 40, and several "birth-
days" to hear from yet. We will
give the modus operandi next week.
A woods meeting will be held in
Jonathan Reynolds woods north of
Rising Sun by the colored people
of Mt. Hope church, commencing
Sunday next and continuing over
the following Sunday. All-day
services will be held Sunday and
preaching every evening through
the week.
AS Mrs, MilcAa Mcdowell, wife
of VIM. j. Mcdowell, of Elk Neck,
was driving to North East last
Wednesday, she overlook a traction
engine and her horse became fright
ened, upset the wagon and threw
her out. She sustained double
fracture of her right leg below the
knee.
i, T., Nichols & Bro. are imprOv-
ing their store property by digging
the cellar three feet deeper, prepar-
atOry to lowering the floor to a level
with the side walk. About mid
night last Monday the entire wall
on the south side of the store caved
IN, which required the prompt ac-
ton from force of wOrkmen until
four O'Clock to keep the building
from being wrecked.
One Of the fakirs at the Fair got
himself into a little difficulty on
Wednesday. He was selling arti-
cles of jewellery promising to refund
some of the money. He failed to
make good his promise and was
subsequently arrested. The crowd
threatened to mob him, but he re;
turned some of the money and the
crowd escorted him to the station
from which he took his departure
The married and single men o.
this place played game of ball or
Friday last, which resulted in favor