The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-08-02
Friday, Aug. 2 1895.
MINORLOCALS

A grand army excursion went
from Port Deposit, Perryville anG
Havre de GracetO Bay Ridge yester
day.
The long dry spell was broker
last Saturday by copious rains
which relieved vegetation that was
beginning to suffer, especially thai
of the gardens.
The Young Peoples Club Of
Liberty Grove was nicely enter
tanned last week by Miss j. Saun-
ders at Halle Bank the euphonious
name given her pleasant home.
Black Barren Springs is adver.
tised for sale by the executors OF
the late James Black. We trust
parties will purchase the property
enlarge the place and establish a
Chautauqua there.
Thomas Kelley of Perryyille
while gathering berries in Joseph
Coudon's woods came upon green
snake coiled round the bushes feed
ing on the berries. He killed the
reptile which measured s feet in
length.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. McClenahan
and son Roy, of Port Deposit, sailed
for Europe on Wednesday, July
oath from New York on the steamer
Majestic. They will be gone seven
weeks, and will visit England and
France. Returning, will sail from
Northampton on the North German
Lloyd line.
A new fungus disease is reported
attacking the tomatoes in Hartford
The disease makes its appearance
in the vines near the ground and
the lower leaves wither. The vigol
of the plant is injured which
dwarfs the fruit and otherwise in
jures it. Spraying with BordeaS
mixture is being tried as remedy
Mr.. Calvin Hasson, who farms
the Nesbitt place near Port Deposit
while back of his mower entangled
his feet in the lines throwing hin
on the knives. The horse began
kicking, and had not some one
hurried to his relief he would have
been killed, but he escaped after
having the flesh badly torn off his
legs.
Grub worms are reported work.
ing serious injury to the growing
corn. 1t appears they are very
numerous this year and work Oh
the roots where a dozen of these
large worms may be found in one
hill. Two or three bushels of sail
to the acre sown broad cast is giver
as a remedy for this pest, which il
very easy method of getting rio
of them.
j. Alfred Mackie, of Fair Hill
has threshed a IS acre field of Fult,
wheat which yielded SO bushels al
acre.
=. w. Clifford of Blue Ball re
ports yield of 49, bushels from
one of his fields and 81 from
another. We have heard of Others
who have threshed whose yields
were upwards of 80 bushels.
Kent county's marketable whea
crop is estimated at $500 bushels
We are in receipt of a communi
cation from "Traveling Sales
man," on the Rising Sun-Oxfor(
ball game, but its length and late
ness in arriving prevents our pub
fishing it. From an impartia
standpoint, he heavily scores Ok
ford for having pure, unadulter
ated, double distilled case of swelle(
head over base ball (and minor G.
things, too, and holds them up tt
ridicule for blowing over victorie.
won by players from everywhere
but Oxford. And there's NOR,
truth that poetry in his assertions
The leaden footed goddess made
her appearance in town last Tues
day and had warrants served on /;
dozen or so of our citizens for put
ting off fire crackers, roman candles
and other fire works on Fourth o
July evening within the corporal,
limits contrary to the ordinance
made and provided by the "cit.
fathers" Fines were imposed b,
Squire Sill, costs collected, etc
Having practiced on the innocent
the next time when the real crim
breeders make their appearance
with drunken yells and Oaths tn
machinery will be in order for bring
ing them up with round turn.
The City of Elkton.
G. A. Kanouse, of Philadelphi;