The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-08
NEWS,
Friday, Mar ch 8 1895.
MINOR LOCALS
The blackbirds have come.


The pupils of Victoria school, Calvert,
are preparing for all entertainment to be
given March IS.
The Chesapeake and Delaware canal
was cleared of ice last week and boats
began to pass through.
The Rising Sun W. c. T. U. will meet
i'll the lecture room of the church on
Thursday, March 18th at 2.3o p. III.
Benjamin, son of William Reed, near
Bay View, nearly severed his foot with an
AK, last Friday, while cutting posts.
Mrs. Ruth A. England, who went to
Wilmington from Sylnar about two
months ago, died March I, suddenly of
paralysis.
]. T. Mccullough is lying in very
critical condition at his home on Cherry
street and but faint hopes are entertained
of his recovery.
Daniel Arbuckle and Miss Mary Spratt
of Andora, were married on Thursday
evening, Feb. 2Sth by Rev. w. 7. Vail
ant, at the Cherry Hill NJ. E. Parsonage
The Perryville Athletic Club will give
their first exhibition in Jr. Order hall on
Monday evening 18th, admission 25c the
proceeds to be added to the new NJ. E.
Church fund.
B. c. Reynolds has rented Sycamore
Mills, Sixth district, to Henry Kirk of
.AA1
Mills. J. c. Bird & Sons will continue to
operate the foundry belonging to the mill
property.
In another column will be found the
adv. of H A. Menough. Oxford, Pa. This
house has acquired wide reputation and
stands in the front rank of Chester Co
merchandising establishments. Read and
consider.
The Borough Commissioners after re-
peated unsuccessful efforts to obtain sat
isfactory lamp-lighting service, have re-
quested the residents opposite whose
homes the street lamps are located to at
tend to the Lighting and cleaning of them
at the rate of 4oc. per lamp per month.
Edward F. Aykroyd, member of the
firm of Aykroyd & Brother, proprietors
of the FELTON, House, Elkton, was arrested
Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Clinton
J. White and taken before Justice P. H.
Cleaver on the charges of keeping dis
orderly house, of selling liquor to minors
and of selling liquor after midnight. The
Justice held the accused in 81 500 bail for
court.
The fire chemical extinguishers were
brought into service at Zion on Monday
night. A table was upset in George Halls
kitchen and a burning lamp broken.
The oil spread over the carpet and was on
fire in moment. The alarm was given
and J. NJ c. Carhart and A. J. Mearns,
with their chemical extinguishers and in
short order put out what would soon have
been an extensive fire.
Samuel Lindsay died near the State
line Tuesday morning, at McClellands-
vile, aged sixty-nine years. He had
been i'll poor health for several months.
but of late had been considered better.
Mr.. Lindsay lived on his farm, and was
is valued at a hundred thousand dollars.
He was born in Mill Greek hundred, Del,
and was son of the late Joseph Lindsay
If the gentleman (?) who entered my
shop on last Monday afternoon and ap-
propriated pair of new shoes will kindly
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be overlooked and no questions asked
Otherwise, the pair of old boots marked
with paint, left there by him, will be re-
turned to the owner by the constable.
J. w. BUCKLEY.
p. S.-No matter if the shoes have been
worn some since, leave them in the sleigh
back of the shop and the above conditions
will be complied with.
Walker B. Wales and wife and D. H.
Menough left Oxford for months trip
through the Sunny south" day or two
before the blizzard struck us. The party
arrived in Jacksonville, Fla, to find the
mercury at s above zero and continued
their journey south until they were able
to get thawed out at St. Augustine, 200
miles nearer the equator. While travel
ing from Atlanta to New Orleans the third
section of their train was thrown over all
embankment and all their baggage con-
sumed. The party returned to Oxford
last Thursday.
DIR. Worrall is giving a course oflectures
to the public school of North East which
is gratuitous addition to the ordinary
scholastic lessons that cannot fail to prove
very useful to the pupils if they choose to
profit by the instruction. The Doctors
subject last Friday was Digestion and
Absorption" He explained in an inter
esting manner the various kinds of food
why the animal body needed food; how
the food was acted on by the process Of
digestion, so that the aliment might be
introduced into the system.
The next lecture, subject Respiration, u
will be given by DIR. Worrall on Friday
afternoon, March I5 at 3 O'Clock.
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