The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-01-25
MINOR LOCALS


w. R. Love is putting up new dwelling
with store room attached in Conowingo.
There is some talk of opening a flour
and feed mill in the Denney factory at
Sylmar.
Miss Marietta Mearns of Zion was the
guest OF the Misses Wilson near Rising
Sun this week.
A little daughter of Mr.. and Msr. Gross
of Pilot Town was badly burned by upset
ting a pan of hot grease one day last
week.
The Rising Sun W. c. T. U. will meet
with Mrs. Bella Pogue on Thursday, Jan.
3Ist, at 80 O'Clock.
Our town bailiff has been cunning for
unmuzzled CANNES this week. He has
flushed several and bagged one.
Maryland has $50 canning factories
representing about five millions of dollars.
Maine comes next with 200 New York
135, New Jersey 100, Delaware 60,
Virginia 60.
On Wednesday last the National Bank
of Rising Sun reelected the old board OF
directors as follows: H. H. Haines, Pres;
]. A. Kirk, Vice Pres DR.. L. R. Kirk,
Secy.; Timothy Haines and Reuben
Haines.
Mrs. Deborah Evans died at the home
of her son-in-law, Isaac S. Strahorn, near
Fair Hill, 18th inst. The deceased was
in her Saith year. The funeral took place
Friday, interment at Head of Christiana
cemetery.
E. NJ. Hunt and Jacob Bare had shoot
ing match last Friday. The birds were
clay pigeons, not considered the very best
for pot-pie.
Another shooting match will be held in
the field near the public school house
next Tuesday.
Fine skating is still being enjoyed by
the young folks. The ice on Hunters
dam is in first class condition for the
sport, although too thin in two or three
small places. DR.. Moore found one of
these places last Tuesday night and took
plunge up to his armpits.
Merchants have been taking account of
stock since the first of the year to find
their bearing in the business sea which
has been sea of trouble for a long period.
This annual reckoning will find many
have drifted out of the course they pro-
posed to sail in at the commencement of
the voyage.
Elkton had the sensation of runaway
match last Sunday. The young couple
hied to Camden, N. j., the gretna green
of the country to have the silken cord
spliced. The young couple are William
McClay whose father is a butcher and
Miss Josephine Powell whose father is a
bar tender, an omen of eating and drink
in5 should indicate future plenty and
prosperity.
Il. n. DloWH, lOIHlSIly Oh NlSlllS Dun,
who for the past few years has been EN-
ployed in the Baltimore Custom House,
has lately taken general agency for SUBJ
scription books of all kinds. Any one
wishing to purchase any particular work
at rock bottom prices or to secure an
agency can write him for terms, with the
assurance of being treated "on the square,"
He is located at 3S S. Holiday St.
John T. Gamble has on his farm in
Mechanics Valley a great bed of the
whitest of white clay, suitable for paper
makers use, etc. The bed is reached two
feet below the surface of the ground, and
Mr.. Gamble has dug into it about II
feet without striking through the vein.
There are about 10 acres overlaid with
this valuable white clay. Experts have
carefully examined the washed clay, and
say it is exceedingly fine and white; but
little sand or mica in it. There is on the
hillside hereby considerable mica Mr..
Gamble in digging found many fossil
shells and bones deep in the clay bed
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