The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-06-28
MINORLOCALS

lie Loyal temperance Legion VIII
meet Saturday afternoon at three o'clock
Wheat harvest in the first district "is
on" as the politicians say of the fight fol
silver.
Hay harvest was in full blast this week
in this section of country. The crop is
very good.
North East is happy. Crabs have ap.
peared in the river and fine Meek
cherries on the street at cents quart.
The Elkton Bicycle Club has changed
its name to the Wheel club and selected
Lord Baltimore's colors, orange and
black.
Jacob w. Kline and Laura V. Holden
were married on Sunday afternoon, June
I6, by Rev. Wise at the M. f. parsonage
North East.
Joseph H. Crothers died at his home
near Pennington OIL Thursday, June 20,
aged al years. His remains were buried
at Eberezer on Sunday.
Fifty Italians have been engaged to cut
wood for the Mccullough Iron Company
at North East All of that kind of work
used to be done by Americans.
Rev. George S. Bradford, pastor of St.
Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Will
mington, died on Tuesday, June IS, after
a long and severe illness of Brights
disease, aged AZ years.
Geo. o. Reynolds of North East, is en-
gagged i'll frog fishing. He operates at
night by the light of lantern. Frogs are
quite delicacy and there is ready sale
for them in the city markets.
The ladies of Bay View Sunday school
will hold their annual festival in the
grove adjoining the church this and to-
morrow evening. Proceeds for the
benefit of the Sunday school.
young lady while fishing i'll the canal
at Chesapeake City dropped her watch in
the water and of course it went to the
bottom. No young gallant had been
found up to date gallant enough to dive
for it. We fear there are no Leanders at
Chesapeake.
Annual camp meeting of the Philadel-
phia District, New York Conference, Free
Methodist Church will be held at Leslie,
Md, in Mr.. S. NJ. Johnson's Grove, conf
mencing Wednesday afternoon, August
9TH, and closing Wednesday evening
August 18th.
Some person not having in mind the
fear of the law and doubtless being in
stigated by the devil one night recently
at North East shot and wounded one of
Mr.. c. L. Coles horses in the breast with
revolver, while the horse was pasturing
on the river green.
The Philadelphia yachting club are
having their summer cruise in the Chesa-
peake bay this week. The boats belong
ing to the club will assemble and anchor
off Town Point on next Sunday, June 80
after which the fleet will visit a number
of the bay side summer resorts.
A branch of the Baltimore Building and
Loan Association has been organized at
Zion. The officers chosen were Abel ].
Mearns, president; Joseph T. Groves,
e-president; Ernest Mearns, secretary
and Rev. Mr.. Prettyman, treasurer.
Directors-Dexter M. Lee, Jesse HANDLE
ton, Geo. w. Taylor, John Stewart, T.
Taylor Reynolds and DR.. D. L. Clifford
Sheriff White and deputy sheriff
Mackey hanged Horace Cooper in the
Jail yard at Elkton last Friday afternoon
according to program. The governor
was piled with solicitations for a commute
ton of sentence and finally for stay of
execution for few days. He answered
his solicitors by asking them to assign
some cause or reason for their request
but they could give none. The governor
no doubt reasoned if we don't hang
niggers the law is of no use. The last
effort was made by State Senator Crothers
and l.. M. Haines who met the governor
i'll Baltimore on Friday morning. They
could give no reason why the murderer
should not be hanged, except, probably,
the unexpressed reason that public senti-
ment is opposed to judicia murder. And
this is the sole reason that can be assigned
by the signers of the petitions asking the
governor to stay the execution or, COM
mute the sentence to imprisonment for life.
If hanging has become so distasteful to
modern sentimen, even when a beast
shoots girl because she won't consent
to marry him, Senator Crothers had
better set about having the law changed
from hanging TO life imprisonment. as one
of the first movements in the Legislature
next winter.
Walter Vrooman, publisher of the
Peninsula Farmer and chairman of the
executive committee of the Peoples party
paid Rising Sun flying visit on Monday
afternoon. He is busy organizing People:
party clubs i'll different sections of the
state, and reports the people ready and
anxious to hear speakers explain the
principles of the party. In Caroline ant
Dorchester counties many clubs have
been formed and the work is being pushed
in those counties with fattering results
Mr.. Vrooman spent some time last weel
on the Western Shore, speaking il
Annapolis and at other places A
Annapolis democrat tough swore hi